Dáil debates
Thursday, 8 December 2005
Overseas Missions: Referral to Select Committee.
11:00 am
Willie O'Dea (Limerick East, Fianna Fail)
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I move:
That the proposal that Dáil Éireann approve the despatch, pursuant to section 2 of the Defence (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 1960, as applied by the Defence (Amendment) Act 1993, of a contingent of the Permanent Defence Force for service with the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL), established on 19 September 2003, under UN Security Council Resolution 1509 (2003) in carrying out its additional role in relation to:
(i) the provision of security for the Special Court for Sierra Leone and the evacuation if and when needed of UNMIL military personnel and officials of the court in the event of a serious security crisis affecting those personnel and the court as set out in Security Council Resolution 1626 of 19 September 2005; and
(ii) the apprehension and detention of former President Charles Taylor in the event of a return to Liberia and the transfer of him or the facilitation of his transfer to Sierra Leone for prosecution before the Special Court for Sierra Leone and the keeping of the Liberian Government, the Sierra Leonean Government and the Council fully informed as set out in UN Security Council Resolution 1638 of 11 November 2005,
be referred to the Select Committee on Justice, Equality, Defence and Women's Rights, in accordance with paragraph (1) of the Orders of Reference of that committee, which, not later than 15 December 2005, shall send a message to the Dáil in the manner prescribed in Standing Order 85, and Standing Order 84(2) shall accordingly apply.
The Dail Divided:
For the motion: 76 (Bertie Ahern, Dermot Ahern, Noel Ahern, Barry Andrews, Seán Ardagh, Niall Blaney, Johnny Brady, Martin Brady, Séamus Brennan, John Browne, Joe Callanan, Ivor Callely, Pat Carey, John Carty, Donie Cassidy, Michael J Collins, Mary Coughlan, John Cregan, Seán Crowe, John Curran, Noel Davern, Síle de Valera, Noel Dempsey, Tony Dempsey, John Dennehy, Jimmy Devins, John Ellis, Martin Ferris, Michael Finneran, Dermot Fitzpatrick, Mildred Fox, Pat Gallagher, Jim Glennon, Noel Grealish, Mary Hanafin, Seán Haughey, Jackie Healy-Rae, Máire Hoctor, Joe Jacob, Cecilia Keaveney, Peter Kelly, Séamus Kirk, Tom Kitt, Conor Lenihan, Michael McDowell, Tom McEllistrim, Finian McGrath, John McGuinness, Paddy McHugh, John Moloney, Arthur Morgan, Donal Moynihan, Michael Mulcahy, M J Nolan, Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin, Éamon Ó Cuív, Seán Ó Fearghaíl, Aengus Ó Snodaigh, Charlie O'Connor, Willie O'Dea, Liz O'Donnell, John O'Donoghue, Denis O'Donovan, Noel O'Flynn, Ned O'Keeffe, Fiona O'Malley, Tim O'Malley, Tom Parlon, Peter Power, Mae Sexton, Michael Smith, Noel Treacy, Dan Wallace, Ollie Wilkinson, Michael Woods, G V Wright)
Against the motion: 52 (Bernard Allen, James Breen, Pat Breen, Tommy Broughan, Joan Burton, Paul Connaughton, Paudge Connolly, Jerry Cowley, Seymour Crawford, Ciarán Cuffe, John Deasy, Jimmy Deenihan, Bernard Durkan, Damien English, Olwyn Enright, Eamon Gilmore, John Gormley, Marian Harkin, Tom Hayes, Séamus Healy, Joe Higgins, Phil Hogan, Brendan Howlin, Paul Kehoe, Enda Kenny, Kathleen Lynch, Pádraic McCormack, Shane McEntee, Dinny McGinley, Paul McGrath, Liz McManus, Gay Mitchell, Breeda Moynihan-Cronin, Gerard Murphy, Denis Naughten, Michael Noonan, Fergus O'Dowd, Brian O'Shea, Séamus Pattison, John Perry, Ruairi Quinn, Pat Rabbitte, Michael Ring, Seán Ryan, Trevor Sargent, Joe Sherlock, Róisín Shortall, Emmet Stagg, David Stanton, Liam Twomey, Mary Upton, Jack Wall)
Tellers: Tá, Deputies Kitt and Curran; Níl, Deputies Kehoe and Stagg.
Question declared carried.