Social Welfare Bill 2012: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages (Continued)
  Business of Dáil

Thursday, 13 December 2012

Dáil Éireann Debate
Vol. 786 No. 3

Question again put:

The Dáil divided: Tá, 93; Níl, 53.

Tá	Níl
Bannon, James.	Adams, Gerry.
Barry, Tom.	Boyd Barrett, Richard.
Breen, Pat.	Broughan, Thomas P.
Burton, Joan.	Browne, John.
Butler, Ray.	Calleary, Dara.
Buttimer, Jerry.	Collins, Niall.
Byrne, Eric.	Collins, Joan.
Byrne, Catherine.	Colreavy, Michael.
Carey, Joe.	Cowen, Barry.
Coffey, Paudie.	Crowe, Seán.
Conaghan, Michael.	Daly, Clare.
Conlan, Seán.	Doherty, Pearse.
Connaughton, Paul J.	Donnelly, Stephen S.
Conway, Ciara.	Dooley, Timmy.
Coonan, Noel.	Ellis, Dessie.
Corcoran Kennedy, Marcella.	Flanagan, Luke 'Ming'.
Costello, Joe.	Fleming, Tom.
Coveney, Simon.	Grealish, Noel.
Creed, Michael.	Halligan, John.
Daly, Jim.	Healy, Seamus.
Deasy, John.	Healy-Rae, Michael.
Deenihan, Jimmy.	Higgins, Joe.
Deering, Pat.	Keaveney, Colm.
Doherty, Regina.	Kelleher, Billy.
Donohoe, Paschal.	Kirk, Seamus.
Dowds, Robert.	Kitt, Michael P.
Doyle, Andrew.	Lowry, Michael.
Durkan, Bernard J.	Martin, Micheál.
English, Damien.	McConalogue, Charlie.
Farrell, Alan.	McDonald, Mary Lou.
Feighan, Frank.	McGrath, Michael.
Fitzgerald, Frances.	McGrath, Mattie.
Fitzpatrick, Peter.	McGrath, Finian.
Flanagan, Charles.	McGuinness, John.
Gilmore, Eamon.	McLellan, Sandra.
Griffin, Brendan.	Murphy, Catherine.
Hannigan, Dominic.	Naughten, Denis.
Harrington, Noel.	Nulty, Patrick.
Harris, Simon.	O'Brien, Jonathan.
Hayes, Tom.	Ó Caoláin, Caoimhghín.
Hayes, Brian.	Ó Cuív, Éamon.
Heydon, Martin.	O'Dea, Willie.
Hogan, Phil.	Ó Fearghaíl, Seán.
Humphreys, Kevin.	Ó Snodaigh, Aengus.
Humphreys, Heather.	O'Sullivan, Maureen.
Keating, Derek.	Pringle, Thomas.
Kehoe, Paul.	Ross, Shane.
Kelly, Alan.	Shortall, Róisín.
Kenny, Seán.	Smith, Brendan.
Kyne, Seán.	Stanley, Brian.
Lawlor, Anthony.	Tóibín, Peadar.
Lynch, Ciarán.	Troy, Robert.
Lynch, Kathleen.	Wallace, Mick.
Lyons, John.
Maloney, Eamonn.
Mathews, Peter.
McCarthy, Michael.
McEntee, Shane.
McGinley, Dinny.
McHugh, Joe.
McLoughlin, Tony.
McNamara, Michael.
Mitchell, Olivia.
Mitchell O'Connor, Mary.
Mulherin, Michelle.
Murphy, Dara.
Murphy, Eoghan.
Nash, Gerald.
Neville, Dan.
Nolan, Derek.
O'Donnell, Kieran.
O'Donovan, Patrick.
O'Mahony, John.
O'Reilly, Joe.
Ó Ríordáin, Aodhán.
Perry, John.
Phelan, John Paul.
Phelan, Ann.
Quinn, Ruairí.
Rabbitte, Pat.
Reilly, James.
Ring, Michael.
Ryan, Brendan.
Sherlock, Sean.
Spring, Arthur.
Stagg, Emmet.
Stanton, David.
Timmins, Billy.
Tuffy, Joanna.
Twomey, Liam.
Wall, Jack.
Walsh, Brian.
White, Alex.

Tellers: Tá, Deputies Paul Kehoe and Emmet Stagg; Níl, Deputies Seán Ó Fearghaíl and Aengus Ó Snodaigh.

Question declared carried.

Business of Dáil

Deputy Gerry Adams:   As the Ceann Comhairle will be aware, he suspended Deputy Mac Lochlainn yesterday.

An Ceann Comhairle:   The Dáil suspended him, not me.

Deputy Gerry Adams:   He was quite rightly allowed to vote earlier. I understand he was subsequently denied entry to the Chamber to vote. He has a constitutional entitlement to vote and a mandate to vote. I ask the Ceann Comhairle to look into this matter.

An Ceann Comhairle:   The only thing I can say is that for as long as I have been here, and long before me, if a Member is suspended he or she is suspended from the House and he or she is not entitled to be in the Chamber. Whether it is a constitutional right is not a matter that I can judge. It is a matter for the courts.

Deputy Gerry Adams:   I understand that. I have only been here a short period and there are many traditions in this Chamber which I think are archaic, anti-democratic and stifle proper and full debate. I know the Ceann Comhairle is only here to interpret and implement the rules but we will take legal advice on this matter.

  Sitting suspended at 2.50 p.m. and resumed at 3 p.m.