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Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of Seanad

2026-02-19 Carried Seanad Éireann Division Question put:
25Tá
15Níl

What the debate was about

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On the basis of considerable filibustering of this important legislation both yesterday and today----- There was none of that. On a point of order----- I move: That, notwithstanding anything in Standing Orders or the Order of the House today, the proceedings on No. 1 shall, if not previously concluded, be brought to a conclusion at 3 p.m. by the putting of one question from the Chair, which shall, in relation to amendments, include only those set down or accepted by Government.

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Key terms by TF-IDF across 35 words from 2 speakers. The summary quotes the highest-scoring sentences verbatim — nothing is paraphrased.

Tellers

Tellers: Tá, Senators Garret Ahearn and Paul Daly; Níl, Senators Conor Murphy and Maria McCormack.

Other votes in this debate

QuestionResultTá–Níl
Amendment put: Lost 14–27
Amendment put: Lost 14–27
Amendment put: Lost 14–24
Question put: "That section 1 stand part of the Bill." Carried 24–14
Amendment put: Lost 12–26
Amendment put: Lost 12–24
Question put: Carried 25–14

Tá

25
  • FF Fianna Fáil 13
  • FG Fine Gael 11
  • IND Independent 1
FF Alison Comyn Nominated by the Taoiseach
FF Anne Rabbitte Nominated by the Taoiseach
FF Diarmuid Wilson Administrative Panel
FF Fiona O'Loughlin Administrative Panel
FF Joe Flaherty Nominated by the Taoiseach
FF Lorraine Clifford-Lee Nominated by the Taoiseach
FF Niall Blaney Agricultural 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 Garret Ahearn Administrative Panel
FG Joe O'Reilly Labour Panel
FG Maria Byrne Agricultural Panel
FG Mark Duffy Labour Panel
FG Noel O'Donovan Nominated by the Taoiseach
FG PJ Murphy Agricultural Panel
FG Paraic Brady Agricultural Panel
FG Seán Kyne Cultural and Educational Panel
IND Martin Conway Administrative Panel

Níl

15
  • SF Sinn Féin 6
  • IND Independent 5
  • LAB Labour 2
  • GP Green Party 1
  • SD Social Democrats 1
SF Chris Andrews Labour Panel
SF Conor Murphy Industrial and Commercial Panel
SF Joanne Collins Agricultural Panel
SF Maria McCormack Labour Panel
SF Nicole Ryan Administrative Panel
SF Pauline Tully Cultural and Educational Panel
IND Alice-Mary Higgins National University of Ireland
IND Aubrey McCarthy University of Dublin
IND Frances Black Industrial and Commercial Panel
IND Rónán Mullen National University of Ireland
IND Victor Boyhan Agricultural Panel
LAB Laura Harmon Industrial and Commercial Panel
LAB Nessa Cosgrove Labour Panel
GP Malcolm Noonan Agricultural Panel
SD Patricia Stephenson Labour Panel

Party shown is the one each member held on 2026-02-19, 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.