First, I put on record that the leader of my group, Senator Boyhan, received the Order of Business for today at 10.19 a.m. Second, I propose an amendment to the Order of Business, as proposed by the Leader, to provide that the words "and Remaining Stages" in respect of the Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) Records, and another Matter, Bill 2020 would be deleted from the Order of Business.
I ask the Leader of the House, Senator Doherty, who did so much to campaign for compassionate access to abortion care alongside those of us in Together for Yes, to request that the Minister for Health come into the Chamber to listen to the concerns of pregnant people, their partners and families regarding maternity care in Ireland.
Key terms by TF-IDF across 6,044 words from 33 speakers. The summary quotes the highest-scoring sentences verbatim — nothing is paraphrased.
Tellers: Tá, Senators Michael McDowell and Victor Boyhan; Níl, Senators Robbie Gallagher and Seán Kyne.
| Question | Result | Tá–Níl |
|---|---|---|
| Question put: "That the Bill do now pass." | Carried | 23–14 |
| Amendment put: | Lost | 17–30 |
| Amendment put: | Carried | 30–16 |
| Question put: | Carried | 23–13 |
| Amendment put: | Lost | 9–25 |
| Amendment put: | Lost | 12–25 |
| Question put: | Carried | 23–13 |
| Amendment put: | Lost | 14–23 |
| Amendment put: | Lost | 13–23 |
Party shown is the one each member held on 2020-10-16, 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.