Subsection (9) is subject to subsection 6, where that provides that the Minister shall not appoint a lay person as a lay member of the commission unless a resolution approving the appointment has been passed by each House. Nothing in this Part affects, limits or inhibits the right of the Government in any case where it advises the President to appoint any member of the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeal, or the High Court to any judicial office in any of those courts to appoint any other such member to the vacancy thereby created without seeking any recommendation from the Commission.".
Key terms by TF-IDF across 4,703 words from 7 speakers. The summary quotes the highest-scoring sentences verbatim — nothing is paraphrased.
Tellers: Tá, Senators Michael McDowell and Sharon Keogan; Níl, Senators Robbie Gallagher and Joe O'Reilly.
| Question | Result | Tá–Níl |
|---|---|---|
| Amendment again put: | Lost | 12–25 |
| Question put: "That the Order of Business be agreed to." | Carried | 26–11 |
| Question put: | Carried | 31–3 |
Party shown is the one each member held on 2023-07-04, frozen by a dated join — not their party today. The Oireachtas API publishes no date of birth and returns an empty gender field for every member in this period, so no age or gender breakdown is shown.