Before making the announcement, the President establishes, after consulting the Chair of the committee responsible and/or the rapporteur, that the text received is indeed a Council's first reading position and that the circumstances described in Rule 59 do not apply.
Sula ndéantar an fhógairt, déanann an tUachtarán, tar éis dul i gcomhairle le Cathaoirleach an choiste fhreagraigh agus/nó leis an rapóirtéir, a shuíomh gur seasamh na Comhairle ar an gcéad léamh go deimhin é an téacs atá faighte agus nach bhfuil feidhm ag na himthosca a thuairiscítear i Riail 59.