Richard O'Donoghue Independent Ireland · Limerick County

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Attendance
32.6%
883 / 2706 divisions
Party line
97.1%
with Independent Ireland
Dissents
20
broke with party
PQs asked
590
34th Dáil
Lobbying returns
141
filed targeting them
370
Níl 510
Staon 3

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Farming
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Construction / development
20 related bills:
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Who's been in their ear 141 lobbying returns filed · 34th Dáil

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Other declared interests 2 · dail-2025

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Committees 2

Broke with Independent Ireland 20 times

DateThemPartyActionBill / motionOutcome
2024-01-31 ta nil Amendment put Misuse of Drugs (Cannabis Regulation) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] People Before Profit-Solidarity PMB ↗ Carried
2024-01-17 ta nil Amendment put Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (The Family) Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages Govt (Children) ↗ Lost
2023-12-13 ta nil Question put Residential Tenancies (Deferment of Termination Dates of Certain Tenancies) (No. 2) Bill 2023: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] Sinn Féin PMB ↗ Lost
2023-11-22 nil ta Amendment put Palestine: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Carried
2023-11-22 nil ta Question put Palestine: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Carried
2022-11-16 ta nil Amendment put Tailte Éireann Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages Govt (Housing) ↗ Lost
2022-10-26 ta nil Question put Development (Emergency Electricity Generation) Bill 2022: Committee and Remaining Stages Govt (Environment) ↗ Carried
2022-10-19 nil ta Amendment put Sex Offenders (Amendment) Bill 2021: Report and Final Stages Govt (Justice) ↗ Lost
2022-09-27 ta nil Amendment put National Surplus (Reserve Fund for Exceptional Contingencies) Act 2019: Motion Lost
2021-11-24 ta nil Amendment put Education (Health, Relationships and Sex Education) Bill 2021: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] Social Democrats PMB ↗ Carried
2021-10-06 ta nil Amendment put Health (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 2021: Motion (Resumed) Lost
2021-09-15 ta nil Question put Confidence in Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence: Motion Carried
2021-02-25 ta nil Question put Health (Amendment) Bill 2021: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages Govt (Health) ↗ Carried
2020-09-10 ta nil Question put Health Act 1947 (Section 31A - Temporary Restrictions) (Covid-19) (No. 4) Regulations 2020: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Lost
2020-07-30 nil ta Amendment put Residential Tenancies and Valuation Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages Govt (Housing) ↗ Lost
2020-07-30 nil ta Amendment put Residential Tenancies and Valuation Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages Govt (Housing) ↗ Lost
2020-07-30 ta nil Question put Residential Tenancies and Valuation Bill 2020: Committee and Remaining Stages Govt (Housing) ↗ Carried
2020-07-16 ta nil Amendment put Employment Rights: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Carried
2020-06-27 ta nil Question put Nomination of Taoiseach (Resumed) Carried
2020-02-20 staon nil Question put Nomination of Taoiseach Lost

Recent divisions

DatePosActionBill / motionOutcome
2026-04-14 nil Question put Financial Resolution No. 2: Natural Gas Carbon Tax Carried
2026-04-14 nil Question put Financial Resolution No. 1: Mineral Oil Tax Carried
2026-04-14 ta Amendment put Financial Resolution No. 1: Mineral Oil Tax Lost
2026-04-14 nil Question put Confidence in Government: Motion Carried
2026-04-14 nil Question put An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business Carried
2026-02-11 nil Question put Cost-of-Living Crisis: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Carried
2026-02-11 nil Amendment put Cost-of-Living Crisis: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Carried
2026-02-11 nil Question put Bord Bia: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Carried
2026-02-11 nil Amendment put Bord Bia: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Carried
2026-02-11 nil Amendment put Regulation of Drones Bill 2025: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] Green Party PMB ↗ Carried
2026-02-11 nil Question again put Residential Tenancies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2026: Committee and Remaining Stages Govt (Housing) ↗ Carried
2026-02-11 ta Amendment put Residential Tenancies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2026: Committee and Remaining Stages Govt (Housing) ↗ Lost
2026-02-11 ta Amendment put Residential Tenancies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2026: Committee and Remaining Stages Govt (Housing) ↗ Lost
2026-02-11 nil Question put Residential Tenancies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2026: Second Stage (Resumed) Govt (Housing) ↗ Carried
2026-02-11 nil Amendment put Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: From the Seanad Govt (Justice) ↗ Carried

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