The deletion of the definition of climate justice was welcomed by some people in the climate movement who say it is better to have no definition than a poor one but we are taking the opportunity to reinsert our definition of climate justice into the Bill. One of my amendments, and an amendment from Deputy Whitmore, removes the clause that would tie the climate change advisory council to the regulations.
The Minister has also failed to address the concerns on how the Government's Seanad amendments compromise the independence and scientific basis of the work of the Climate Change Advisory Council and he has made no provision for the Oireachtas to approve these accounting rules.
Key terms by TF-IDF across 3,471 words from 13 speakers. The summary quotes the highest-scoring sentences verbatim — nothing is paraphrased.
Tellers: Tá, Deputies Brendan Griffin and Jack Chambers; Níl, Deputies Bríd Smith and Jennifer Whitmore.
| Question | Result | Tá–Níl |
|---|---|---|
| Question put: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." | Carried | 72–66 |
| Question again put: | Carried | 74–68 |
| Amendment put: | Lost | 60–80 |
| Question put: | Carried | 92–47 |
| Question put: | Carried | 93–48 |
| Amendment put: | Lost | 50–88 |
| Question put: | Carried | 92–48 |
| Question put: | Carried | 90–49 |
| Question put: | Lost | 44–87 |
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