I must now deal with a postponed division relating to Second Stage of the Wind Turbine Regulation Bill 2016, taken on Thursday, 21 September 2017. On the question, "That the Bill be now read a Second Time", a division was claimed and in accordance with Standing Order 70(2) that division must be taken now.
Wind Turbine Regulation Bill 2016: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members]
Question again put: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
The Dáil divided: Tá, 40; Níl, 83; Staon, 0.
Tá
- Boyd Barrett, Richard.
- Brady, John.
- Broughan, Thomas P.
- Buckley, Pat.
- Burton, Joan.
- Collins, Joan.
- Collins, Michael.
- Connolly, Catherine.
- Coppinger, Ruth.
- Crowe, Seán.
- Daly, Clare.
- Doherty, Pearse.
- Ellis, Dessie.
- Ferris, Martin.
- Fitzmaurice, Michael.
- Harty, Michael.
- Healy, Seamus.
- Howlin, Brendan.
- Kelly, Alan.
- Kenny, Gino.
- Kenny, Martin.
- McGrath, Mattie.
- Mitchell, Denise.
- Munster, Imelda.
- Murphy, Paul.
- Nolan, Carol.
- Ó Broin, Eoin.
- Ó Caoláin, Caoimhghín.
- Ó Laoghaire, Donnchadh.
- Ó Snodaigh, Aengus.
- O'Reilly, Louise.
- O'Sullivan, Jan.
- Penrose, Willie.
- Quinlivan, Maurice.
- Ryan, Brendan.
- Sherlock, Sean.
- Smith, Bríd.
- Stanley, Brian.
- Tóibín, Peadar.
- Wallace, Mick.
Níl
- Aylward, Bobby.
- Bailey, Maria.
- Barrett, Seán.
- Brophy, Colm.
- Browne, James.
- Bruton, Richard.
- Burke, Peter.
- Butler, Mary.
- Byrne, Catherine.
- Byrne, Thomas.
- Cahill, Jackie.
- Calleary, Dara.
- Canney, Seán.
- Carey, Joe.
- Casey, Pat.
- Cassells, Shane.
- Chambers, Jack.
- Corcoran Kennedy, Marcella.
- Cowen, Barry.
- Curran, John.
- Daly, Jim.
- D'Arcy, Michael.
- Deering, Pat.
- Dooley, Timmy.
- Doyle, Andrew.
- Durkan, Bernard J.
- English, Damien.
- Farrell, Alan.
- Fitzpatrick, Peter.
- Flanagan, Charles.
- Fleming, Sean.
- Griffin, Brendan.
- Halligan, John.
- Harris, Simon.
- Haughey, Seán.
- Heydon, Martin.
- Humphreys, Heather.
- Kehoe, Paul.
- Kelleher, Billy.
- Kyne, Seán.
- Lahart, John.
- Lawless, James.
- Lowry, Michael.
- MacSharry, Marc.
- McGrath, Finian.
- McGrath, Michael.
- McGuinness, John.
- McHugh, Joe.
- McLoughlin, Tony.
- Madigan, Josepha.
- Martin, Catherine.
- Martin, Micheál.
- Mitchell O'Connor, Mary.
- Moran, Kevin Boxer.
- Moynihan, Aindrias.
- Moynihan, Michael.
- Murphy, Dara.
- Murphy, Eoghan.
- Murphy, Eugene.
- Murphy O'Mahony, Margaret.
- Naughten, Denis.
- Naughton, Hildegarde.
- Neville, Tom.
- Noonan, Michael.
- Ó Cuív, Éamon.
- O'Callaghan, Jim.
- O'Connell, Kate.
- O'Dea, Willie.
- O'Donovan, Patrick.
- O'Dowd, Fergus.
- O'Keeffe, Kevin.
- O'Loughlin, Fiona.
- O'Rourke, Frank.
- Phelan, John Paul.
- Rabbitte, Anne.
- Ring, Michael.
- Rock, Noel.
- Ross, Shane.
- Scanlon, Eamon.
- Smyth, Niamh.
- Stanton, David.
- Troy, Robert.
- Zappone, Katherine.
Staon
Tellers: Tá, Deputies Aengus Ó Snodaigh and Brian Stanley; Níl, Deputies Joe McHugh and Tony McLoughlin.
Question declared lost.
Explanations under Standing Order 138(2A) as received from Members
Deputy Ruth Coppinger and Deputy Paul Murphy voted in favour of the Wind Turbine Regulation Bill 2016 being read a Second Time as the Bill has provisions for greater involvement for local communities in consultation and planning; and it contains provisions that would limit private profit driven development not in the interests of local communities. Solidarity stands for a large scale public investment in renewable energies as part of ending the use of fossil fuels. The passage of this Bill to Committee Stage would have enabled further discussion on set back distances, excess production by private energy firms and the ownership of renewable energy resources.