Seanad Éireann debate -
Friday, 19 Jul 1968

Vol. 65 No. 17

Constitution Amendment Proposal: Motion.

Mr. Murphy

I move:

That, as the electorate decided in favour of the retention of Proportional Representation for Dáil elections as recently as 1959, Seanad Éireann condemns any new proposal to amend the Constitution in this regard as being dictatorial and undemocratic.

Question put.

The Seanad divided: Tá, 18; Níl, 29.

Tá

• Carton, Victor.
• Conlan, John F.
• Crowley, Patrick.
• Davidson, Mary F.
• FitzGerald, Garret M. D.
• Fitzgerald, John.
• McAuliffe, Timothy.
• McDonald, Charles.
• McHugh, Vincent.
• Malone, Patrick.
• Mannion, John.
• Murphy, Dominick F.
• O'Reilly, Patrick (Cavan).
• O'Sullivan, Denis J.
• Prendergast, Micheál A.
• Quinlan, Patrick M.
• Rooney, Éamon.
• Sheehy Skeffington, Owen L.

Níl

• Ahern, Liam.
• Boland, Gerald.
• Brennan, John J.
• Browne, Seán.
• Cole, John C.
• Dolan, Séamus.
• Eachthéirn, Cáit Uí.
• Egan, Kieran P.
• Farrell, Joseph.
• Fitzsimons, Patrick.
• Flanagan, Thomas P.
• Honan, Dermot P.
• Killilea, Mark.
• McGowan, Patrick.
• Martin, James J.
• Nash, John Joseph.
• Ó Conalláin, Dónall.
• Ó Donnabháin, Seán.
• O'Kennedy, Michael.
• Ó Maoláin, Tomás.
• O'Reilly, Patrick (Longford).
• O'Sullivan, Ted.
• Ryan, Eoin.
• Ryan, James.
• Ryan, Patrick W.
• Ryan, William.
• Sheldon, William A. W.
• Teehan, Patrick J.
• Yeats, Michael.

Tellers: Tá: Senators J. Fitzgerald and Murphy; Níl: Senators Browne and Farrell.

Question declared lost.

The Seanad adjourned at 10.30 p.m. until 3 p.m. on Tuesday, 23rd July, 1968.