It is Traveller Pride Week and if this House could do one thing to celebrate Traveller Pride Week, it would be to have debate on Traveller mental health. I support Senator Black in her call for a debate on Palestine. I also support the call by Senator Flynn for a debate in the context of her remarks on Travellers and Traveller Pride Week.
Senator Sherlock also spoke about Palestine and made the point that serious aspersions were being made towards the Irish Council for Civil Liberties, ICCL. Senator Flynn spoke very passionately about the loss of her friend, a young woman, to suicide very recently and of the high levels of suicide within the Traveller community. Senator Kyne spoke about support for debates on Palestine and Traveller Pride Week as well.
Key terms by TF-IDF across 4,261 words from 17 speakers. The summary quotes the highest-scoring sentences verbatim — nothing is paraphrased.
Tellers: Tá, Senators Rónán Mullen and Michael McDowell; Níl, Senators Robbie Gallagher and Joe O'Reilly.
| Question | Result | Tá–Níl |
|---|---|---|
| Question put: "That the Order of Business be agreed to." | Carried | 26–11 |
| Amendment put: | Lost | 4–28 |
| Question put: | Carried | 31–3 |
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