Finian McGrath Independent · Dublin Bay North

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154
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659
34th Dáil
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2
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297
Níl 317
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Broke with Independent 154 times

DateThemPartyActionBill / motionOutcome
2019-12-05 nil ta Question put Social Welfare (Payment Order) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) Fianna Fáil PMB ↗ Carried
2019-12-04 ta nil Question put Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Order for Report Stage Carried
2019-12-03 nil ta Question again put Confidence in the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Lost
2019-11-28 nil ta Question put Planning and Development (Amendment) (First-Time Buyers) Bill 2019: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] Fianna Fáil PMB ↗ Carried
2019-11-21 ta nil Amendment put Hospital Overcrowding: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Lost
2019-10-24 ta nil Question put Finance Bill 2019: Financial Resolutions Govt (Finance) ↗ Carried
2019-10-24 ta nil Amendment put Public Ownership of the National Broadband Network: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Lost
2019-10-24 nil ta Question put Public Ownership of the National Broadband Network: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Carried
2019-10-08 ta nil Question put Financial Resolution No. 2: Mineral Oil Tax Carried
2019-09-26 ta nil Amendment put Offshore Islands: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Lost
2019-09-26 ta nil Amendment put Agriculture: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Lost
2019-09-26 nil ta Amendment put Special Needs Education Places: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Carried
2019-07-11 ta nil Amendment again put EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Lost
2019-07-04 nil ta Amendment put Judicial Council Bill 2017 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages Carried
2019-07-04 nil ta Question again put Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendment) Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] Sinn Féin PMB ↗ Carried
2019-07-04 nil ta Amendment again put Mental Health Services Reports: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Carried
2019-07-04 ta nil Amendment again put Cork Mail Centre: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Lost
2019-07-04 nil ta Amendment put Cork Mail Centre: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Carried
2019-07-02 nil ta Amendment put Land and Conveyancing Law Reform (Amendment) Bill 2019: Report Stage Govt (Justice) ↗ Lost
2019-07-02 nil ta Amendment put Land and Conveyancing Law Reform (Amendment) Bill 2019: Report Stage Govt (Justice) ↗ Lost
2019-06-27 ta nil Amendment again put Home Help: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Lost
2019-06-27 nil ta Question put Home Help: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Carried
2019-06-27 ta nil Question put Carers: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Lost
2019-06-20 nil ta Question again put National Minimum Wage (Protection of Employee Tips) Bill 2017 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) Carried
2019-05-16 ta nil Amendment put Mother and Baby Homes: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Lost
2019-05-16 ta nil Amendment put Mother and Baby Homes: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Carried
2019-05-15 ta nil Question put Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: From the Seanad (Resumed) Govt (Transport) ↗ Carried
2019-05-09 nil ta Question again put Road Traffic (All Terrain Vehicle and Scrambler Motor-cycle) (Amendment) Bill 2019: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] Fianna Fáil PMB ↗ Carried
2019-04-16 ta nil Question put An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business Carried
2019-04-04 nil ta Question again put Residential Tenancies (Prevention of Family Homelessness) Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] Sinn Féin PMB ↗ Lost
2019-03-28 ta nil Amendment again put Local Drug and Alcohol Task Forces: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Lost
2019-03-28 nil ta Amendment put Local Drug and Alcohol Task Forces: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Carried
2019-03-28 ta nil Amendment again put National Children's Hospital: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Carried
2019-03-28 ta nil Amendment put National Children's Hospital: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Carried
2019-03-28 ta nil Question put National Children's Hospital: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Carried
2019-03-27 nil ta Question put Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage Govt (Transport) ↗ Carried
2019-03-26 ta nil Question put An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business Carried
2019-03-26 nil ta Amendment put Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) Govt (Transport) ↗ Carried
2019-03-26 nil ta Amendment put Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) Govt (Transport) ↗ Carried
2019-02-21 ta nil Amendment again put Homelessness: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Lost
2019-02-20 nil ta Question again put Confidence in Minister for Health: Motion (Resumed) Lost
2019-02-14 ta nil Amendment again put Nurses, Midwives and Paramedics Strikes: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Lost
2019-02-07 nil ta Question again put Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions)(No. 2) Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] Carried
2019-02-07 ta nil Amendment again put JobPath Programme: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Lost
2019-01-31 nil ta Question again put No Consent, No Sale Bill 2019: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] Sinn Féin PMB ↗ Carried
2019-01-31 ta nil Amendment again put Juvenile Crime: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Lost
2019-01-24 staon ta Question again put Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] Carried
2019-01-17 nil ta Amendment put Nurses and Midwives: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Carried
2019-01-17 nil ta Question put Nurses and Midwives: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Carried
2019-01-17 nil ta Question again put Health (Pricing and Supply of Medical Goods) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] Fianna Fáil PMB ↗ Carried
2019-01-17 ta nil Amendment again put Promoting Cycling: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Lost
2019-01-17 ta nil Amendment again put Rural Crime: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Lost
2019-01-17 ta nil Amendment again put Nurses and Midwives: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Lost
2018-12-18 ta nil Amendment put Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Report Stage Lost
2018-12-18 nil ta Amendment put Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Report Stage Carried
2018-12-18 nil ta Amendment put Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Report Stage Lost
2018-12-18 ta nil Amendment put Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Report Stage Lost
2018-12-18 ta nil Question put Data Sharing and Governance Bill 2018 [Seanad]: Report Stage Carried
2018-12-05 nil ta Amendment put Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) Govt (Health) ↗ Lost
2018-12-05 nil ta Amendment put Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) Govt (Health) ↗ Lost
2018-12-05 nil ta Amendment put Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) Govt (Health) ↗ Lost
2018-12-05 nil ta Amendment put Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) Govt (Health) ↗ Lost
2018-12-05 nil ta Amendment put Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) Govt (Health) ↗ Lost
2018-12-05 ta nil Question put Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage Govt (Health) ↗ Carried
2018-12-04 nil ta Amendment put Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) Govt (Health) ↗ Lost
2018-11-29 nil ta Question again put Social Housing Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] Sinn Féin PMB ↗ Carried
2018-11-29 nil ta Amendment put Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) Govt (Health) ↗ Lost
2018-11-29 nil ta Amendment put Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Bill 2018: Report Stage (Resumed) Govt (Health) ↗ Lost
2018-11-08 nil ta Question again put Vulnerable Persons Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] Independent PMB ↗ Carried
2018-10-25 nil ta Question again put Sale of Illicit Goods Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] Fianna Fáil PMB ↗ Carried
2018-10-25 ta nil Question again put Finance Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) Govt (Finance) ↗ Carried
2018-10-18 nil ta Amendment put Taxation Agreement: Motion (Resumed) Lost
2018-10-09 ta nil Question put Financial Resolution No. 3: Value-Added Tax Carried
2018-10-02 ta nil Question again put Regulation establishing Internal Security Fund: Motion (Resumed) Carried
2018-09-27 ta nil Amendment again put Local Government (Restoration of Town Councils) Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] Labour Party PMB ↗ Lost
2018-07-12 ta nil Amendment put Implications of Brexit for Irish Ports: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Lost
2018-07-10 nil ta Amendment put Industrial Development (Amendment) Bill 2018: Report and Final Stages Govt (Business) ↗ Lost
2018-07-06 ta nil Amendment put Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: From the Seanad (Resumed) Govt (the Environment) ↗ Carried
2018-07-06 ta nil Amendment put Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2016: From the Seanad (Resumed) Govt (the Environment) ↗ Carried
2018-07-05 nil ta Amendment put Intoxicating Liquor (Breweries and Distilleries) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage Labour Party PMB ↗ Carried
2018-07-05 nil ta Amendment put Intoxicating Liquor (Breweries and Distilleries) Bill 2016: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage Labour Party PMB ↗ Carried
2018-05-23 nil ta Amendment put Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) Govt (Justice) ↗ Lost
2018-05-10 ta nil Amendment put Health Service Reform: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Lost
2018-04-26 ta nil Amendment put Community Employment Pension Scheme: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Lost
2018-03-22 nil ta Amendment put Business Insurance: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Carried
2018-03-08 ta nil Amendment put Motor Insurance: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Lost
2018-03-08 ta nil Amendment put Provision of Cost-Rental Public Housing: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Lost
2018-03-08 ta nil Amendment put Sustainable Seaweed Harvesting: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Lost
2018-02-22 ta nil Amendment put Dublin Traffic: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Lost
2018-02-01 ta nil Amendment put Affordable Housing: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Lost
2018-01-25 ta nil Amendment put Shortage of Teachers: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Lost
2018-01-23 nil ta Amendment put Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage Govt (Education) ↗ Lost
2018-01-23 nil ta Amendment put Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage Govt (Education) ↗ Lost
2017-12-06 nil ta Amendment put Business of Dáil Lost
2017-12-06 ta nil Question put Business of Dáil Carried
2017-12-06 staon ta Amendment put Social Welfare Bill 2017: Report and Final Stages Govt (Employment Affairs) ↗ Carried
2017-12-05 nil ta Amendment put Public Service Pay and Pensions Bill 2017: Committee Stage Govt (Public Expenditure) ↗ Lost
2017-11-28 ta nil Amendment put Rural Crime: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Lost
2017-11-08 ta nil Question put Water Services Bill 2017: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage Govt (Housing) ↗ Carried
2017-11-07 nil ta Amendment put Water Services Bill 2017: Report Stage Govt (Housing) ↗ Lost
2017-10-26 ta nil Amendment put Housing: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Lost
2017-10-19 ta nil Amendment put Local Authority Boundaries Review: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Lost
2017-10-19 ta nil Amendment put Correcting Pension Inequities: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Lost
2017-06-22 ta nil Question put Trade and Foreign Direct Investment: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Carried
2017-06-22 ta nil Amendment put Building Standards, Regulations and Homeowner Protection: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Lost
2017-06-14 ta nil Question put Nomination of Taoiseach (Resumed) Carried
2017-06-01 ta nil Amendment put Nursing Homes Support Scheme: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Lost
2017-05-25 ta nil Amendment put Residential Institutions Statutory Fund: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Carried
2017-05-25 ta nil Question put Residential Institutions Statutory Fund: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Carried
2017-05-18 ta nil Amendment put Rural Equality Bill 2017: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] Sinn Féin PMB ↗ Carried
2017-05-18 ta nil Amendment put Proposed Sale of AIB Shares: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Lost
2017-05-18 nil ta Amendment put Proposed Sale of AIB Shares: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Lost
2017-05-18 nil ta Amendment put Proposed Sale of AIB Shares: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Lost
2017-05-18 nil ta Question put Insurance Costs: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Carried
2017-05-04 ta nil Amendment put Standing Order 27: Motion (Resumed) Lost
2017-05-04 ta nil Amendment put Standing Order 27: Motion (Resumed) Lost
2017-05-04 ta nil Amendment put Standing Order 27: Motion (Resumed) Lost
2017-05-04 nil ta Question put Standing Order 27: Motion (Resumed) Carried
2017-04-13 ta nil Amendment put Reform of An Garda Síochána: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Lost
2017-03-30 nil ta Question again put Universal Jurisdiction of Human Rights Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] Independents 4 Change PMB ↗ Lost
2017-03-30 nil ta Question again put Thirty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution (Economic, Social and Cultural Rights) Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] Independent PMB ↗ Lost
2017-03-30 ta nil Amendment put Money Advice and Budgeting Service and Citizens Information Centres: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Lost
2017-03-30 ta nil Amendment put National Children's Hospital: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Carried
2017-03-30 ta nil Question put National Children's Hospital: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Carried
2017-03-09 ta nil Amendment put National Educational Psychological Service: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Lost
2017-02-15 ta nil Question put Confidence in Government: Motion Carried
2017-01-26 ta nil Amendment put Fossil Fuel Divestment Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] Independent PMB ↗ Lost
2017-01-26 ta nil Amendment put Tracker Mortgages: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Lost
2017-01-19 ta nil Amendment put Anti-Evictions Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] People Before Profit-Solidarity PMB ↗ _
2017-01-19 ta nil Question put Anti-Evictions Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] People Before Profit-Solidarity PMB ↗ Carried
2017-01-19 ta nil Amendment put Tillage Farming: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Lost
2016-12-16 ta nil Amendment put Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) Carried
2016-12-16 nil ta Amendment put Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) Lost
2016-12-16 ta nil Amendment put Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) Carried
2016-12-16 ta nil Question put Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Bill 2016 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage Carried
2016-12-15 nil ta Question put Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] Labour Party PMB ↗ Lost
2016-12-13 ta nil Question put Courts Bill 2016: Report and Final Stages Govt (Justice) ↗ Carried
2016-12-08 ta nil Amendment put Pension Equality and Fairness: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Lost
2016-11-17 ta nil Question put Courts Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) Govt (Justice) ↗ Carried
2016-07-07 ta nil Question put Protection of Life in Pregnancy (Amendment) (Fatal Foetal Abnormalities) (No. 2) Bill 2013: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] Lost
2016-06-30 ta nil Question put Animal Protection (in relation to Hares) Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] Independent PMB ↗ Lost
2016-03-10 nil ta Question put Sittings and Business of Dáil: Motion Carried
2016-01-27 nil ta Question put EU Association Agreement with Central America: Motion Carried
2015-12-15 ta nil Amendment put Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) Lost
2015-12-15 ta nil Amendment put Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage Lost
2015-12-15 ta nil Amendment put Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage Lost
2015-12-15 ta nil Amendment put Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage Lost
2015-12-11 ta nil Amendment put Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages Lost
2015-12-02 ta nil Amendment put Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages Lost
2015-12-02 ta nil Amendment to amendment put Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: From the Seanad (Resumed) Govt (the Environment) ↗ Lost
2015-11-10 nil ta Question put Single Resolution Fund: Motion Carried
2015-10-14 ta nil Question put Public Holidays (Lá na Poblachta) Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] Lost
2015-10-08 ta nil Amendment put Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) Govt (the Environment) ↗ Lost
2015-09-29 ta nil Amendment put Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) Govt (the Environment) ↗ Lost

Recent divisions

DatePosActionBill / motionOutcome
2019-12-05 nil Question put Social Welfare (Payment Order) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) Fianna Fáil PMB ↗ Carried
2019-12-04 ta Question put Gaming and Lotteries (Amendment) Bill 2019 [Seanad]: Order for Report Stage Carried
2019-12-03 nil Question again put Confidence in the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Lost
2019-11-28 nil Question put Planning and Development (Amendment) (First-Time Buyers) Bill 2019: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] Fianna Fáil PMB ↗ Carried
2019-11-21 nil Amendment put Hospital Overcrowding: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Lost
2019-11-21 ta Amendment put Hospital Overcrowding: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Lost
2019-11-20 ta Question put Finance Bill 2019: Fifth Stage Govt (Finance) ↗ Carried
2019-11-20 ta Question put Finance Bill 2019: Order for Fifth Stage Govt (Finance) ↗ Carried
2019-11-06 nil Amendment put Regulated Professions (Health and Social Care) (Amendment) Bill 2019: Report and Final Stages Govt (Health) ↗ Lost
2019-11-05 ta Question put An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business Carried
2019-10-24 nil Question put Public Ownership of the National Broadband Network: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Carried
2019-10-24 nil Amendment put Public Ownership of the National Broadband Network: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Lost
2019-10-24 ta Amendment put Public Ownership of the National Broadband Network: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Lost
2019-10-24 ta Question put Finance Bill 2019: Financial Resolutions Govt (Finance) ↗ Carried
2019-10-08 ta Question put Financial Resolution No. 3: Stamp Duties - Section 126AA Bank Levy Carried

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