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Election of Leas-Chathaoirleach

2025-02-19 Carried Seanad Éireann Division Question put: : "That Senator Maria Byrne be elected Leas-Chathaoirleach."
36Tá
15Níl
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What the debate was about

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I move: "That Senator Maria Byrne be elected Leas-Cathaoirleach." It gives me great privilege to propose the name of my good friend and colleague Senator Maria Byrne for the position of Leas-Chathaoirleach. I move: "That Senator Eileen Flynn be elected Leas-Chathaoirleach." It is a great honour to propose my friend and colleague Senator Eileen Flynn for the position of Leas-Chathaoirleach of the Seanad. I urge everybody to join me in supporting Senator Eileen Flynn for the position of Leas-Chathaoirleach.

The question to be put is if they support Senator Maria Byrne as Leas-Chathaoirleach and Government Members will say "Yes". I would say that whatever the outcome, and this is the same message I gave on the election of the Cathaoirleach, the Leas-Chathaoirleach when elected serves the Seanad and does not serve any political party.

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Key terms by TF-IDF across 2,537 words from 16 speakers. The summary quotes the highest-scoring sentences verbatim — nothing is paraphrased.

Tellers

Tellers: Tá, Senators Garret Ahearn and Paul Daly; Níl, Senators Frances Black and Nessa Cosgrove.

Tá

36
  • FF Fianna Fáil 18
  • FG Fine Gael 17
  • IND Independent 1
FF Aidan Davitt Industrial and Commercial Panel
FF Alison Comyn Nominated by the Taoiseach
FF Anne Rabbitte Nominated by the Taoiseach
FF Dee Ryan Nominated by the Taoiseach
FF Diarmuid Wilson Administrative Panel
FF Fiona O'Loughlin Administrative Panel
FF Imelda Goldsboro Nominated by the Taoiseach
FF Joe Flaherty Nominated by the Taoiseach
FF Lorraine Clifford-Lee Nominated by the Taoiseach
FF Margaret Murphy O'Mahony Labour Panel
FF Mary Fitzpatrick Industrial and Commercial Panel
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 Gareth Scahill Nominated by the Taoiseach
FG Garret Ahearn Administrative Panel
FG Garret Kelleher Industrial and Commercial Panel
FG Joe O'Reilly Labour Panel
FG Linda Nelson Murray Industrial and Commercial Panel
FG Manus Boyle Nominated by the Taoiseach
FG Maria Byrne Agricultural Panel
FG Mark Duffy Labour Panel
FG Mike Kennelly Labour Panel
FG Nikki Bradley Nominated by the Taoiseach
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 Rónán Mullen National University of Ireland

Níl

15
  • SF Sinn Féin 6
  • IND Independent 5
  • LAB Labour 2
  • AON Aontú 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 Eileen Flynn Administrative Panel
IND Frances Black Industrial and Commercial Panel
IND Lynn Ruane University of Dublin
IND Tom Clonan University of Dublin
LAB Laura Harmon Industrial and Commercial Panel
LAB Nessa Cosgrove Labour Panel
AON Sarah O'Reilly Agricultural Panel
SD Patricia Stephenson Labour Panel

Party shown is the one each member held on 2025-02-19, 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.