More than that, it is a deliberate insult to those people who want to discuss the Electoral Reform Bill 2022 and the Higher Education Authority Bill 2022, and amendments to them, at length, which is very important for our democracy. Before I call on the Deputy Leader to respond on the Order of Business, it is a matter for the House to schedule its own business but I know, as do all Members, that there is a large amount of legislation coming before the House in the run-up to the summer recess.
Senator Ruane made comments about witnesses at the surrogacy committee. Senator Mullen has moved an amendment to the Order of Business: "That in respect of No. 2, all words after "12.45 p.m." be substituted by the following. "and the proceedings thereon shall if not previously concluded, adjourn after two hours"." Is the amendment being pressed?
Key terms by TF-IDF across 4,326 words from 17 speakers. The summary quotes the highest-scoring sentences verbatim — nothing is paraphrased.
Tellers: Tá, Senators Tim Lombard and Lisa Chambers; Níl, Senators Michael McDowell and Sharon Keogan.
| Question | Result | Tá–Níl |
|---|---|---|
| Amendment put: | Lost | 14–19 |
| Amendment put: | Lost | 14–20 |
| Amendment put: | Lost | 13–21 |
| Question put: : | Carried | 26–13 |
| Amendment put: | Lost | 15–24 |
| Question put: | Carried | 30–16 |
| Question put: | Carried | 30–11 |
Party shown is the one each member held on 2022-07-06, 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.