Dáil debates

Wednesday, 1 March 2023

Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members]

 

The following motion was moved by Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne on 23 February 2023: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."

Debate resumed on amendment No. 1.

- (Minister of State at the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Deputy Joe O'Brien)

5:02 pm

Photo of Seán Ó FearghaílSeán Ó Fearghaíl (Kildare South, Ceann Comhairle)
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I must now deal with a postponed division relating to amendment No. 1 to the Second Reading motion on the Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021. On Thursday, 23 February 2023, on the question, "That the amendment be made”, a division was claimed. That division will be taken now.

Amendment put:

The Dáil divided: Tá, 69; Níl, 55; Staon, 0.


Tellers: Tá, Deputies Hildegarde Naughton and Cormac Devlin; Níl, Deputies Violet-Anne Wynne and Chris Andrews.

Colm Brophy, James Browne, Richard Bruton, Colm Burke, Peter Burke, Mary Butler, Thomas Byrne, Jackie Cahill, Dara Calleary, Ciarán Cannon, Joe Carey, Jennifer Carroll MacNeill, Jack Chambers, Niall Collins, Patrick Costello, Michael Creed, Cathal Crowe, Cormac Devlin, Alan Dillon, Stephen Donnelly, Paschal Donohoe, Francis Noel Duffy, Bernard Durkan, Damien English, Alan Farrell, Frank Feighan, Joe Flaherty, Seán Fleming, Brendan Griffin, Simon Harris, Seán Haughey, Martin Heydon, Emer Higgins, Neasa Hourigan, Heather Humphreys, Paul Kehoe, Brian Leddin, Josepha Madigan, Catherine Martin, Steven Matthews, Paul McAuliffe, Michael McGrath, Joe McHugh, Aindrias Moynihan, Michael Moynihan, Jennifer Murnane O'Connor, Hildegarde Naughton, Malcolm Noonan, Darragh O'Brien, Joe O'Brien, Jim O'Callaghan, James O'Connor, Willie O'Dea, Kieran O'Donnell, Patrick O'Donovan, Fergus O'Dowd, Christopher O'Sullivan, Pádraig O'Sullivan, Marc Ó Cathasaigh, Éamon Ó Cuív, John Paul Phelan, Anne Rabbitte, Michael Ring, Eamon Ryan, Brendan Smith, Niamh Smyth, Ossian Smyth, David Stanton, Robert Troy.

Níl

Chris Andrews, Ivana Bacik, Cathal Berry, Martin Browne, Pat Buckley, Holly Cairns, Seán Canney, Sorca Clarke, Joan Collins, Michael Collins, Catherine Connolly, Rose Conway-Walsh, Réada Cronin, David Cullinane, Pa Daly, Pearse Doherty, Paul Donnelly, Dessie Ellis, Mairead Farrell, Michael Fitzmaurice, Peter Fitzpatrick, Gary Gannon, Thomas Gould, Johnny Guirke, Danny Healy-Rae, Brendan Howlin, Martin Kenny, Claire Kerrane, Michael Lowry, Pádraig Mac Lochlainn, Marc MacSharry, Denise Mitchell, Imelda Munster, Catherine Murphy, Verona Murphy, Gerald Nash, Denis Naughten, Cian O'Callaghan, Louise O'Reilly, Darren O'Rourke, Eoin Ó Broin, Ruairi Ó Murchú, Aodhán Ó Ríordáin, Aengus Ó Snodaigh, Thomas Pringle, Maurice Quinlivan, Patricia Ryan, Seán Sherlock, Róisín Shortall, Brian Stanley, Peadar Tóibín, Pauline Tully, Mark Ward, Jennifer Whitmore, Violet Wynne.

Amendment declared carried.

Motion, as amended, agreed to.

5:07 pm

Photo of Seán Ó FearghaílSeán Ó Fearghaíl (Kildare South, Ceann Comhairle)
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The Bill will be read a Second Time this day 18 months from now.