As the Ceann Comhairle will be aware, we have had some dialogue today and my party has made a submission which would permit all Dáil business to return to Leinster House. This motion is premature in that we need to find a solution to this in the week ahead and get our business back to Leinster House as soon as possible on the same basis that we are asking hundreds of thousands of workers and students to conduct their business. I thank the Ceann Comhairle and the members of the Business Committee for their detailed consideration of the proposals this morning.
It is all a matter of roadmaps, obviously, but I refer to a roadmap showing the way back to Leinster House so Dáil Éireann can work there safely with a 1 m distance, which we have proposed and which I hope can happen. This motion is simply to give effect to the facilitation of next week's business as an interim solution.
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Tellers: Tá, Deputies Brendan Griffin and Jack Chambers; Níl, Deputies Denise Mitchell and Pádraig Mac Lochlainn.
| Question | Result | Tá–Níl |
|---|---|---|
| Amendment put: | Carried | 79–64 |
| Question put: "That the motion, as amended, be agreed to." | Carried | 78–65 |
| Question put: | Lost | 15–125 |
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