Will they be subject to mandatory hotel quarantine? We should be clear that if these amendments from various parties are not passed, and the Government has clearly stated its objections to them, then this is not a Bill for mandatory hotel quarantine, as is being reported. It is a Bill for a piece of theatre or a joke about mandatory hotel quarantine.
Without those elements, it is clear that this legislation is to be used by the Government to play at mandatory hotel quarantine and pretend it is doing it, while the Californian variant can come in as it wishes. It does not achieve what we need it to achieve and if the Government does not accept the amendments, I urge the other Opposition parties to join us on Fifth Stage to vote against the Bill and ask the Government to come back with a proposal for proper, mandatory hotel quarantine.
Key terms by TF-IDF across 5,769 words from 14 speakers. The summary quotes the highest-scoring sentences verbatim — nothing is paraphrased.
Tellers: Tá, Deputies Alan Kelly and Duncan Smith; Níl, Deputies Brendan Griffin and Jack Chambers.
| Question | Result | Tá–Níl |
|---|---|---|
| Question put: | Carried | 131–11 |
| Amendment put: | Carried | 86–58 |
| Amendment put: | Lost | 60–84 |
| Question put: "That the motion, as amended, be agreed to." | Carried | 83–61 |
| Amendment put: | Carried | 90–53 |
| Amendment put: | Carried | 77–66 |
| Question put: | Carried | 125–5 |
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