I support Senator Clonan's and Senator Martin's contributions. I am encouraged by Senator Martin's comments that we should pass the occupied territories Bill. Senator Black has been pushing the occupied territories Bill for a number of years.
Senator Higgins raised the matter of the occupied territories Bill, which I dealt with in my reply to Senator Martin. Senator Gavan raised a number of issues relating to Palestine and the occupied territories Bill. Senator Alice-Mary Higgins has moved amendment No. 2 to the Order of Business: "That the proceedings of Report and Final Stages of the Planning and Development Bill 2023 be adjourned at 5.45 p.m. today".
Key terms by TF-IDF across 4,415 words from 19 speakers. The summary quotes the highest-scoring sentences verbatim — nothing is paraphrased.
Tellers: Tá, Senators Alice-Mary Higgins and Eileen Flynn; Níl, Senators Robbie Gallagher and Seán Kyne.
| Question | Result | Tá–Níl |
|---|---|---|
| Question put: | Carried | 24–9 |
| Amendment put: | Lost | 7–21 |
| Question put: "That the Order of Business, as amended, be agreed to." | Carried | 22–13 |
| Amendment put: | Lost | 11–23 |
| Amendment put: | Lost | 7–21 |
| Amendment put: | Lost | 9–25 |
| Amendment put: | Lost | 9–24 |
| Amendment put: | Lost | 8–22 |
| Amendment put: | Lost | 8–25 |
| Amendment put: | Lost | 8–26 |
Party shown is the one each member held on 2024-09-25, 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.