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Ministers and Secretaries and Ministerial, Parliamentary, Judicial and Court Offices (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage

2025-02-13 Carried Seanad Éireann Division Question put:
38Tá
13Níl
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The Bill will also allow for the existing allowance for Ministers of State attending Cabinet meetings to be extended to four Ministers of State. Clearly, the issue before us today that the Minister has introduced is about increasing the number of junior Ministers, and of super junior Ministers who attend but do not speak at Cabinet meetings.

The number of Ministers of State and of super junior Ministers is a new concept. What I do not want, and we need assurances, and I say this having been through two terms and having seen a lot of junior Ministers come and go, is junior Ministers who are there to act as a buffer for a senior Minister so that a senior Minister does not have to come into the room and answer the difficult questions.

ministers 85state 100junior 30minister 103government 75cabinet 28need 51older 21senator 26responsibilities 15

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Tellers

Tellers: Tá, Senators Garret Ahearn and Robbie Gallagher; Níl, Senators Conor Murphy and Pauline Tully..

Other votes in this debate

QuestionResultTá–Níl
Question put: "That the Bill do now pass." Carried 35–12

Tá

38
  • FF Fianna Fáil 18
  • FG Fine Gael 15
  • IND Independent 5
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 Nikki Bradley Nominated by the Taoiseach
FG PJ Murphy Agricultural Panel
FG Paraic Brady Agricultural Panel
FG Seán Kyne Cultural and Educational Panel
IND Alice-Mary Higgins National University of Ireland
IND Aubrey McCarthy University of Dublin
IND Gerard P. Craughwell Labour Panel
IND Rónán Mullen National University of Ireland
IND Sharon Keogan Industrial and Commercial Panel

Níl

13
  • SF Sinn Féin 6
  • IND Independent 2
  • LAB Labour 2
  • AON Aontú 1
  • 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 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
GP Malcolm Noonan Agricultural Panel
SD Patricia Stephenson Labour Panel

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