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International Protection Bill 2026: Report and Final Stages

2026-03-25 Lost Seanad Éireann Division Amendment put:
15Tá
27Níl

What the debate was about

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What this amendment seeks to do is to provide that: (a) Within 12 months of the passing of this Act, the Minister shall produce a report on the treatment of refugees and asylum seekers. (b) The report shall analyse the effects of this Act and include details as to whether immigrants are receiving appropriate legal counselling and are being treated humanely in detention in line with national law and the European Convention on Human Rights. That served to blur Ireland's position when it comes to the ECHR, and that is why I support Senator Boyhan's inclusion in this legislation of the ECHR and the adherence to international human rights law.

rights 211amendment 190echr 73human 146asylum 81bill 144amendments 105court 94legislation 121senator 103

Key terms by TF-IDF across 17,325 words from 19 speakers. The summary quotes the highest-scoring sentences verbatim — nothing is paraphrased.

Tellers

Tellers: Tá, Senators Victor Boyhan and Aubrey McCarthy; Níl, Senators Cathal Byrne and Paul Daly..

Other votes in this debate

QuestionResultTá–Níl
Amendment put: Lost 16–26
Question put: "That the Order of Business be agreed to." Carried 26–17
Question put: Carried 26–19

Tá

15
  • IND Independent 8
  • SF Sinn Féin 4
  • LAB Labour 2
  • SD Social Democrats 1
IND Alice-Mary Higgins National University of Ireland
IND Aubrey McCarthy University of Dublin
IND Eileen Flynn Administrative Panel
IND Gerard P. Craughwell Labour Panel
IND Michael McDowell National University of Ireland
IND Rónán Mullen National University of Ireland
IND Sharon Keogan Industrial and Commercial Panel
IND Victor Boyhan Agricultural Panel
SF Chris Andrews Labour Panel
SF Conor Murphy Industrial and Commercial Panel
SF Maria McCormack Labour Panel
SF Pauline Tully Cultural and Educational Panel
LAB Laura Harmon Industrial and Commercial Panel
LAB Nessa Cosgrove Labour Panel
SD Patricia Stephenson Labour Panel

Níl

27
  • FF Fianna Fáil 14
  • FG Fine Gael 12
  • IND Independent 1
FF Alison Comyn Nominated by the Taoiseach
FF Anne Rabbitte Nominated by the Taoiseach
FF Dee Ryan Nominated by the Taoiseach
FF Diarmuid Wilson Administrative Panel
FF Fiona O'Loughlin Administrative Panel
FF Joe Flaherty Nominated by the Taoiseach
FF Margaret Murphy O'Mahony Labour Panel
FF Mary Fitzpatrick Industrial and Commercial Panel
FF Ollie Crowe Industrial and Commercial Panel
FF Pat Casey Labour Panel
FF Paul Daly Agricultural Panel
FF Robbie Gallagher Labour Panel
FF Shane Curley Cultural and Educational Panel
FF Teresa Costello Agricultural Panel
FG Cathal Byrne Cultural and Educational Panel
FG Eileen Lynch Agricultural Panel
FG Evanne Ní Chuilinn Nominated by the Taoiseach
FG Gareth Scahill Nominated by the Taoiseach
FG Garret Kelleher Industrial and Commercial Panel
FG Joe O'Reilly Labour Panel
FG Manus Boyle Nominated by the Taoiseach
FG Maria Byrne Agricultural Panel
FG Mike Kennelly Labour Panel
FG Noel O'Donovan Nominated by the Taoiseach
FG PJ Murphy Agricultural Panel
FG Seán Kyne Cultural and Educational Panel
IND Martin Conway Administrative Panel

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