Amendment No. 14 specifically provides that the electoral commission has responsibility for undertaking a thorough review of the Electoral Act on its establishment. Amendment No. 21 relates to the issue of Seanad reform included in the provisions for an electoral commission and that it would conduct constituency reviews in reviewing constituencies for election to Seanad Éireann.
Amendments Nos. 13, 21 and 24 propose to give an coimisiún new additional functions in reviewing and implementing the proposals of the Seanad reform implementation group and the Manning report, and reviewing the constituencies for Seanad Éireann, having regard to any alterations to the electoral franchise for a constituency of Seanad Éireann and the criteria by which the Taoiseach may nominate a person as a Member of Seanad Éireann.
Key terms by TF-IDF across 8,456 words from 13 speakers. The summary quotes the highest-scoring sentences verbatim — nothing is paraphrased.
Tellers: Tá, Senators Alice-Mary Higgins and Lynn Ruane; Níl, Senators Seán Kyne and Catherine Ardagh.
| Question | Result | Tá–Níl |
|---|---|---|
| Question put: | Carried | 22–11 |
| Question put: | Carried | 22–12 |
| Amendment put: | Lost | 8–19 |
| Question again put: "That Fourth Stage is hereby completed; the Bill is hereby received for final consideration; and the Bill is hereby passed." | Carried | 30–5 |
| Amendment put: | Lost | 9–22 |
Party shown is the one each member held on 2022-07-07, 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.