Amendment No. 23 is a technical amendment related to amendment No. 98. Amendment No. 129 is a technical amendment related to the changes made as part of amendment No. 16. On amendment No. 52, the detention of children is never compatible with their best interests.
Amendment No. 48 deletes three subsections, which provide for the detention of unaccompanied children, and will replace them with a provision that explicitly prohibits the detention of children. Amendments Nos. 49 to 51, inclusive, and amendments Nos. 53 and 54 concern further provisions for the detention of minors, particularly alternatives to detention. My amendment No. 186, on "Alternatives to detention", and my amendment No. 187, on "Measures relating to minors", introduce comprehensive provisions for alternatives to detention and the application of those measures to minors.
Key terms by TF-IDF across 11,131 words from 17 speakers. The summary quotes the highest-scoring sentences verbatim — nothing is paraphrased.
Tellers: Tá, Senators Garret Ahearn and Pat Casey; Níl, Senators Victor Boyhan and Alice-Mary Higgins.
| Question | Result | Tá–Níl |
|---|---|---|
| Amendment put: | Lost | 20–24 |
| Question put: "That the Order of Business be agreed to". | Carried | 24–19 |
| Amendment put: | Lost | 12–31 |
| Amendment put: | Lost | 16–28 |
| Amendment put: | Lost | 17–25 |
| Amendment put: | Lost | 17–23 |
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