Emergency Budget: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Dail Éireann — 2022-06-29 ============================================================ Catherine Connolly (CC), Galway West I must now deal with a postponed division relating to the motion regarding an emergency budget. On Tuesday, 28 June 2022, on the question, "That the amendment to the motion be agreed to", a division was claimed and in accordance with Standing Order 80(2), that division must be taken now. Catherine Connolly (CC), Galway West The amendment is passed. Pearse Doherty (SF), Donegal A Leas-Cheann Comhairle, there is no doubt that people across the State are calling for emergency intervention. Catherine Connolly (CC), Galway West We are in the middle of a vote, Deputy. Please resume your seat. The amendment has just been carried and I am now obliged to put the question----- Pearse Doherty (SF), Donegal On a point of order, I am calling for a vote on the amendment by other than electronic means. Catherine Connolly (CC), Galway West The Deputy can come back to that in a minute. I am in the middle of clarifying what has happened. The question now is, "That the motion, as amended, be agreed to." Pearse Doherty (SF), Donegal No. As a teller in the vote on the amendment and given that the public is calling out for an emergency intervention on the cost-of-living crisis, I am asking for a vote on the amendment other than by electronic means. Catherine Connolly (CC), Galway West In the interest of clarity, the question is, "That the motion, as amended be agreed to." A vote has been called for other than by electronic means. I am going to allow a roll-call vote on the motion, as amended. Pearse Doherty (SF), Donegal To clarify, when the Leas Cheann-Comhairle announced the result of the vote on the amendment to the motion, I stood up as a teller in that vote and asked for a vote other than by electronic means. There has not been a division called on the substantive motion. We have not gone to that process. As a teller, I ask her to allow a vote other than by electronic means on the amendment. Darragh O'Brien (FF), Dublin Fingal The Chair has already ruled on this. Pearse Doherty (SF), Donegal That is what happened. Catherine Connolly (CC), Galway West I ask Deputies to show a little respect. This is complex and I am trying to clarify the situation. The amendment was carried. I stood up to put the question that the motion, as amended, be agreed to. I was interrupted by Deputy Doherty at that point asking that the vote be carried out by other than electronic means. I am conceding to that. A Deputy The vote should be on the motion, as amended. Catherine Connolly (CC), Galway West I was putting that question when the interruption came, before I got to put it. I was in the process of putting it when the request came for a vote other than by electronic means on the amendment. I am allowing that. Catherine Connolly (CC), Galway West Is the motion, as amended, agreed to? Deputies No. Vótáil. Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (SF), Donegal As the difference between the "Tá" and "Níl" votes was ten or less, and considering that people in this country need help now and cannot wait until October, we ask for a vote other than by electronic means. Catherine Connolly (CC), Galway West A vote has been called for other than by electronic means. As the difference in the vote was ten or less, the Deputy is allowed to call for a roll-call vote under Standing Order 83(3)( b ). --- Source: Houses of the Oireachtas. Licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). The Official Report is revised after first publication; the fetch timestamp below identifies the version quoted. Record URI: https://data.oireachtas.ie/akn/ie/debateRecord/dail/2022-06-29/debate/main Retrieved: 2026-08-14T04:50:54+00:00 Sitting date: 2022-06-29