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Michael McNamara Independent · Clare

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Attendance
17.0%
459 / 2706 divisions
Party line
69.0%
with Independent
Dissents
142
broke with party
PQs asked
1,511
34th Dáil
Lobbying returns
10
filed targeting them
Tá 185
Níl 267
Staon 7

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Broke with Independent 142 times

DateThemPartyActionBill / motionOutcome
2024-06-26 nil ta Question put Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motions (Resumed) Carried
2024-06-26 nil ta Question put Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motions (Resumed) Carried
2024-05-15 ta nil Question put Future Ireland Fund and Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages Govt (Finance) ↗ Carried
2024-02-21 nil ta Question put Commissions of Investigation (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] Sinn Féin PMB ↗ Lost
2024-02-21 nil ta Amendment put Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2022 (Section 4(2)) (Scheme Termination Date) Order 2024: Motion (Resumed) Lost
2024-02-14 nil ta Amendment put Reform of the Television Licence Fee Model: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Carried
2024-02-14 nil ta Question put Reform of the Television Licence Fee Model: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Carried
2023-12-13 nil ta Question put Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) (No. 2) Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] Sinn Féin PMB ↗ Lost
2023-12-12 ta nil Question put An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business Carried
2023-12-06 ta nil Amendment again put Renters: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Carried
2023-12-06 ta nil Question put Renters: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Carried
2023-12-06 ta nil Amendment to amendment put Immigration: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Lost
2023-12-05 nil ta Question put An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business Carried
2023-11-29 ta nil Amendment to amendment put Neutrality: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Lost
2023-11-15 nil ta Question put Escalation of Violence in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Carried
2023-10-18 ta nil Amendment put Middle East and the Occupied Palestinian Territories: Motion (Resumed) Lost
2023-10-10 ta nil Question put Financial Resolution No. 3: Tobacco Products Tax Carried
2023-07-12 ta nil Amendment put Housing and Homelessness: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Carried
2023-07-12 ta nil Question put Housing and Homelessness: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Carried
2023-06-28 ta nil Amendment put Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motions (Resumed) Lost
2023-06-28 nil ta Question put Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motions (Resumed) Carried
2023-05-31 staon nil Amendment put Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) (Amendment) Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] People Before Profit-Solidarity PMB ↗ Lost
2023-03-28 ta nil Question put An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business Carried
2023-03-22 nil ta Amendment to amendment put Eviction Ban: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Lost
2023-03-08 ta nil Amendment put Environmental Protection Agency (Emergency Electricity Generation) (Amendment) Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages Govt (Environment) ↗ Lost
2023-02-22 ta nil Amendment put Anniversary of Russian Invasion of Ukraine: Motion (Resumed) Lost
2023-02-15 ta nil Amendment put Emergency Housing Measures: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Carried
2023-02-15 ta nil Question put Emergency Housing Measures: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Carried
2022-11-23 nil ta Question put Finance Bill 2022: Report Stage Govt (Finance) ↗ Carried
2022-10-26 nil ta Question put Development (Emergency Electricity Generation) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages Govt (Environment) ↗ Carried
2022-10-26 nil ta Amendment put Social and Affordable Housing Supply: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Carried
2022-09-27 nil ta Question put National Surplus (Reserve Fund for Exceptional Contingencies) Act 2019: Motion Carried
2022-06-29 nil ta Question put EirGrid, Electricity and Turf (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages Govt (Environment) ↗ Carried
2022-06-29 ta nil Amendment put Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion (Resumed) Lost
2022-06-29 nil ta Question put Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998: Motion (Resumed) Carried
2022-03-09 ta nil Amendment put Excise: Financial Resolution Lost
2022-03-02 nil ta Amendment put Social Welfare (Payment Order) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] Sinn Féin PMB ↗ Carried
2022-01-26 ta nil Amendment put Leaving Certificate: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Carried
2022-01-26 ta nil Question put Leaving Certificate: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Carried
2021-12-02 ta nil Amendment put Houses of the Oireachtas Commission (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages Govt (Public Expenditure) ↗ Lost
2021-12-01 ta nil Question put Employment Permits (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] People Before Profit-Solidarity PMB ↗ Lost
2021-11-24 staon ta Amendment put Education (Health, Relationships and Sex Education) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] Social Democrats PMB ↗ Carried
2021-10-06 staon ta Amendment put Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 2021: Motion (Resumed) Lost
2021-07-14 ta nil Amendment put Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages Govt (Finance) ↗ Lost
2021-07-14 nil ta Question put Mandatory Hotel Quarantine Extension: Motion (Resumed) Carried
2021-07-14 ta nil Question put Lifting of Covid-19 Restrictions: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Lost
2021-07-07 nil ta Question put Finance (Covid-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages Govt (Finance) ↗ Carried
2021-06-30 nil ta Question put Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021: Committee and Remaining Stages Govt (Justice) ↗ Carried
2021-06-16 nil ta Question put Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages Govt (Environment) ↗ Carried
2021-06-02 ta nil Question put Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution (Inclusive Budget Reform) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] Sinn Féin PMB ↗ Lost
2021-06-01 nil ta Question put An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business Carried
2021-05-12 ta nil Question put European Defence Agency Project: Motion (Resumed) Carried
2021-05-12 ta nil Question put Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) Govt (Environment) ↗ Carried
2021-03-25 ta nil Amendment put Family Leave and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages Lost
2021-03-25 ta nil Amendment put Family Leave and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages Lost
2021-03-25 nil ta Amendment put Young People and Access to Further and Higher Education: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Carried
2021-02-25 nil ta Question put Health (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages Govt (Health) ↗ Carried
2021-02-24 nil ta Question put An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business Carried
2020-12-03 ta nil Question put Finance Bill 2020: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage Govt (Finance) ↗ Carried
2020-11-18 ta nil Amendment put Scrambler Motorbikes and Quad Bikes: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Carried
2020-11-10 ta nil Question put Confidence in Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Motion Carried
2020-11-04 ta nil Question put Forestry (Planning Permission) (Amendment) Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] Sinn Féin PMB ↗ Lost
2020-10-23 nil ta Question put Health (Amendment) Bill 2020: Second Stage Govt (Health) ↗ Carried
2020-10-22 ta nil Question put Ministerial Power (Repeal) (Ban Co-Living and Build to Rent) Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] Sinn Féin PMB ↗ Lost
2020-10-22 ta nil Amendment put Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Act 2020 - Part 5: Motion (Resumed) Lost
2020-10-22 nil ta Question put Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Act 2020 - Part 5: Motion (Resumed) Carried
2020-10-22 ta nil Amendment put Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act) 2020 - Part 3: Motion (Resumed) Lost
2020-10-22 nil ta Question put Health (Preservation and Protection and other Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act) 2020 - Part 3: Motion (Resumed) Carried
2020-10-13 ta nil Question put Trade Union Representation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2018: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] Sinn Féin PMB ↗ Lost
2020-10-07 ta nil Amendment put Dying with Dignity Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) People Before Profit-Solidarity PMB ↗ Lost
2020-10-07 ta nil Question put Dying with Dignity Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) People Before Profit-Solidarity PMB ↗ Carried
2020-10-07 nil ta Amendment put Pandemic Unemployment Payment: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Carried
2020-09-30 nil ta Question put Ministers and Ministers of State (Successors) Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] Aontú PMB ↗ Lost
2020-09-30 ta nil Question put Ban on Rent Increases Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] Sinn Féin PMB ↗ Lost
2020-09-03 nil ta Question put Criminal Justice (Enforcement Powers) (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages Govt (Justice) ↗ Carried
2020-09-03 nil ta Question put Criminal Justice (Enforcement Powers) (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages Govt (Justice) ↗ Carried
2020-07-30 staon nil Question put Civil Law and Criminal Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2020 [Seanad]: Second Stage Carried
2020-07-30 nil ta Question put Adjournment of Dáil: Motion Carried
2020-07-16 nil ta Amendment put Employment Rights: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Carried
2020-06-24 ta nil Amendment put Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motions Lost
2020-06-24 ta nil Amendment put Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motions Lost
2020-06-24 nil ta Question put Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motions Carried
2020-06-24 nil ta Question put Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motions Carried
2020-03-26 ta nil Amendment put Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages Govt (Health) ↗ Lost
2020-03-26 ta nil Amendment put Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages Govt (Health) ↗ Carried
2020-02-20 ta staon Question put Nomination of Taoiseach Lost
2016-01-27 nil ta Amendment put Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) Govt (Education) ↗ Lost
2016-01-27 nil ta Amendment put Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) Govt (Education) ↗ Lost
2016-01-27 nil ta Amendment put Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) Govt (Education) ↗ Lost
2016-01-27 nil ta Amendment put Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) Govt (Education) ↗ Lost
2016-01-27 nil ta Amendment put Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) Govt (Education) ↗ Lost
2016-01-27 nil ta Amendment put Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) Govt (Education) ↗ Lost
2016-01-27 nil ta Amendment put Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) Govt (Education) ↗ Lost
2016-01-27 nil ta Amendment put Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) Govt (Education) ↗ Lost
2016-01-27 nil ta Amendment put Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) Govt (Education) ↗ Lost
2016-01-27 nil ta Amendment put Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) Govt (Education) ↗ Lost
2016-01-27 nil ta Amendment put Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) Govt (Education) ↗ Lost
2016-01-27 nil ta Amendment put Technological Universities Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) Govt (Education) ↗ Lost
2016-01-21 ta nil Question put Order of Business Carried
2016-01-20 ta nil Amendment put Confidence in Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Carried
2016-01-20 ta nil Question put Confidence in Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Carried
2015-12-16 ta nil Amendment put International Protection Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Committee Stage Carried
2015-12-15 nil ta Amendment put Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) Lost
2015-12-15 nil ta Amendment put Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage Lost
2015-12-15 nil ta Amendment put Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage Lost
2015-12-15 nil ta Amendment put Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage Lost
2015-12-15 ta nil Question put Garda Síochána (Policing Authority and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2015 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage Carried
2015-12-02 ta nil Question put Harbours Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages Govt (Transport) ↗ Carried
2015-12-02 nil ta Amendment put Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2013 [Seanad]: Committee and Remaining Stages Lost
2015-12-02 ta nil Question put Order of Business Carried
2015-12-02 ta nil Question put Order of Business Carried
2015-12-02 nil ta Amendment to amendment put Residential Tenancies (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012: From the Seanad (Resumed) Govt (the Environment) ↗ Lost
2015-12-02 nil ta Amendment put Harbours Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages Govt (Transport) ↗ Lost
2015-12-02 nil ta Amendment put Harbours Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages Govt (Transport) ↗ Lost
2015-12-02 nil ta Amendment put Harbours Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages Govt (Transport) ↗ Lost
2015-11-26 ta nil Question put Order of Business Carried
2015-11-26 ta nil Question put Order of Business Carried
2015-11-26 ta nil Question put Economic Partnership Agreement: Motion Carried
2015-11-26 ta nil Question put Planning and Development (Urgent Social Housing Supply) Policy Directive 2015: Motion Carried
2015-11-25 ta nil Question put Finance Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final Stage Govt (Finance) ↗ Carried
2015-11-25 ta nil Amendment put Credit Union Sector: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Carried
2015-11-25 ta nil Question put Credit Union Sector: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Carried
2015-11-18 ta nil Question put Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Bill 2015: Report Stage Govt (Public Expenditure) ↗ Carried
2015-11-18 nil ta Amendment put Electoral (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2015: Report and Final Stages Govt (the Environment) ↗ Lost
2015-11-05 ta nil Question put Order of Business Carried
2015-11-05 ta nil Question put Order of Business Carried
2015-11-05 ta nil Question put Finance Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) Govt (Finance) ↗ Carried
2015-11-05 ta nil Question put Social Welfare Bill 2015: Second Stage (Resumed) Carried
2015-10-13 ta nil Question put Financial Resolution No. 3: Tobacco Products Tax Carried
2015-10-07 ta nil Amendment put Corporate Tax Policy: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Carried
2015-10-07 ta nil Question put Corporate Tax Policy: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Carried
2015-10-06 ta nil Question put Order of Business Carried
2015-10-06 ta nil Question put Memorandum of Understanding on Establishment of Battle Groups: Motion Carried
2015-09-30 ta nil Amendment put Social Housing Policy: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Carried
2015-09-30 ta nil Question again put Social Housing Policy: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Carried
2015-09-30 nil ta Amendment put Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) Govt (the Environment) ↗ Lost
2015-09-30 nil ta Amendment put Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) Govt (the Environment) ↗ Lost
2015-09-30 nil ta Amendment put Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) Govt (the Environment) ↗ Lost
2015-09-30 nil ta Amendment put Climate Action and Low Carbon Development Bill 2015: Report Stage (Resumed) Govt (the Environment) ↗ Lost
2015-09-23 ta nil Amendment put Hospital Waiting Lists: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Carried
2015-09-23 ta nil Question put Hospital Waiting Lists: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Carried
2015-09-22 ta nil Question put Confidence in Taoiseach, the Attorney General and the Government: Motion Carried

Recent divisions

DatePosActionBill / motionOutcome
2024-07-03 nil Question put Defence Forces: Motions (Resumed) Carried
2024-07-03 nil Question put Defence Forces: Motions (Resumed) Carried
2024-06-26 nil Question again put International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Motion (Resumed) Carried
2024-06-26 ta Amendment put International Protection, Asylum and Migration: Motion (Resumed) Lost
2024-06-26 nil Question put Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motions (Resumed) Carried
2024-06-26 ta Amendment put Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motions (Resumed) Lost
2024-06-26 nil Question put Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motions (Resumed) Carried
2024-06-26 ta Amendment put Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motions (Resumed) Lost
2024-06-19 nil Question put Gnó na Dála - Business of Dáil Carried
2024-06-12 nil Question put Planning and Development Bill 2023: Report Stage (Resumed) Govt (Housing) ↗ Carried
2024-05-15 nil Question put Challenges Facing the Childcare and Nursing Home Sectors: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Carried
2024-05-15 nil Amendment put Challenges Facing the Childcare and Nursing Home Sectors: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Carried
2024-05-15 nil Question put Affordable Housing: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Carried
2024-05-15 nil Amendment put Affordable Housing: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Carried
2024-05-15 ta Amendment to amendment put Affordable Housing: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Lost

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