Amendments Nos. 25, 36 and 40 propose to give an coimisiún new additional functions in reviewing the electoral system, constituencies and franchise for Seanad Éireann as well as the criteria by which the Taoiseach may nominate a person as a Member of Seanad Éireann. Amendment No. 54 requires the Minister to submit a report to the Houses of the Oireachtas within 12 months of the passing of the Act outlining measures taken to reform the electoral franchise for the vocational panels and for universities constituencies of the Seanad as well as the criteria applied to the nomination of Members for Seanad Éireann under Article 18 of the Constitution.
Key terms by TF-IDF across 4,656 words from 9 speakers. The summary quotes the highest-scoring sentences verbatim — nothing is paraphrased.
Tellers: Tá, Senators Seán Kyne and Lisa Chambers; Níl, Senators Michael McDowell and Victor Boyhan.
| Question | Result | Tá–Níl |
|---|---|---|
| Amendment put: | Lost | 14–19 |
| Amendment put: | Lost | 14–20 |
| Amendment put: | Lost | 13–21 |
| Question put: "That the Order of Business be agreed to." | Carried | 21–14 |
| 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.