I must now deal with a deferred division relating to amendment No. 1, in the name of Deputy Pearse Doherty, to the motion regarding the proposed approval by Dáil Éireann of the Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2022 (Section 4(2)) (Scheme Termination Date) Order 2024. On Wednesday, 21 February 2022, on the question "That the amendment be made", a division was claimed and that division must be taken now.
Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2022 (Section 4(2)) (Scheme Termination Date) Order 2024: Motion (Resumed)
The following motion was moved by the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Deputy Roderic O'Gorman, on Wednesday, 21 February 2024:
That Dáil Éireann approves the following Order in draft;
Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2022 (Section 4(2)) (Scheme Termination Date) Order 2024,
a copy of which was laid in draft form before Dáil Éireann on 25th January, 2024.
Debate resumed on amendment No. 1:
To insert the following after "25th January, 2024":
": provided that this Order shall take effect only after the Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2022 has been amended to provide for the Accommodation Recognition Payment Scheme termination date to be extended only for the following:
— existing recipients with respect to the beneficiaries of temporary protection currently benefiting from the scheme; and
— new applicants who propose to host a beneficiary of temporary protection in their property which is also their own principle primary residence and who have not availed of the Rent-a-Room Scheme in the previous 12 months".
- (Deputy Pearse Doherty)
Amendment put:
The Dáil divided: Tá, 42; Níl, 89; Staon, 0.
Tá
- Andrews, Chris.
- Berry, Cathal.
- Brady, John.
- Browne, Martin.
- Buckley, Pat.
- Canney, Seán.
- Clarke, Sorca.
- Conway-Walsh, Rose.
- Cronin, Réada.
- Crowe, Seán.
- Cullinane, David.
- Daly, Pa.
- Doherty, Pearse.
- Donnelly, Paul.
- Ellis, Dessie.
- Farrell, Mairéad.
- Funchion, Kathleen.
- Gould, Thomas.
- Guirke, Johnny.
- Healy-Rae, Danny.
- Kenny, Martin.
- Kerrane, Claire.
- Mac Lochlainn, Pádraig.
- McDonald, Mary Lou.
- McGrath, Mattie.
- Mitchell, Denise.
- Munster, Imelda.
- Murphy, Verona.
- Mythen, Johnny.
- O'Reilly, Louise.
- O'Rourke, Darren.
- Ó Broin, Eoin.
- Ó Murchú, Ruairí.
- Ó Snodaigh, Aengus.
- Quinlivan, Maurice.
- Ryan, Patricia.
- Shanahan, Matt.
- Stanley, Brian.
- Tóibín, Peadar.
- Tully, Pauline.
- Ward, Mark.
- Wynne, Violet-Anne.
Níl
- Bacik, Ivana.
- Barry, Mick.
- Brophy, Colm.
- Browne, James.
- Bruton, Richard.
- Burke, Colm.
- Burke, Peter.
- Butler, Mary.
- Byrne, Thomas.
- Cahill, Jackie.
- Cairns, Holly.
- Calleary, Dara.
- Cannon, Ciarán.
- Carroll MacNeill, Jennifer.
- Chambers, Jack.
- Collins, Joan.
- Connolly, Catherine.
- Coveney, Simon.
- Cowen, Barry.
- Devlin, Cormac.
- Dillon, Alan.
- Donnelly, Stephen.
- Donohoe, Paschal.
- Duffy, Francis Noel.
- Durkan, Bernard J.
- English, Damien.
- Farrell, Alan.
- Feighan, Frankie.
- Flaherty, Joe.
- Foley, Norma.
- Gannon, Gary.
- Griffin, Brendan.
- Harkin, Marian.
- Harris, Simon.
- Haughey, Seán.
- Heydon, Martin.
- Higgins, Emer.
- Howlin, Brendan.
- Humphreys, Heather.
- Kelly, Alan.
- Lahart, John.
- Lawless, James.
- Leddin, Brian.
- Lowry, Michael.
- Madigan, Josepha.
- Martin, Catherine.
- Martin, Micheál.
- Matthews, Steven.
- McAuliffe, Paul.
- McConalogue, Charlie.
- McEntee, Helen.
- McGrath, Michael.
- McGuinness, John.
- McHugh, Joe.
- McNamara, Michael.
- Moynihan, Aindrias.
- Moynihan, Michael.
- Murnane O'Connor, Jennifer.
- Murphy, Catherine.
- Murphy, Paul.
- Nash, Ged.
- Naughton, Hildegarde.
- Noonan, Malcolm.
- O'Brien, Darragh.
- O'Brien, Joe.
- O'Callaghan, Cian.
- O'Callaghan, Jim.
- O'Connor, James.
- O'Dea, Willie.
- O'Donnell, Kieran.
- O'Donovan, Patrick.
- O'Dowd, Fergus.
- O'Gorman, Roderic.
- O'Sullivan, Christopher.
- O'Sullivan, Pádraig.
- Ó Cathasaigh, Marc.
- Ó Cuív, Éamon.
- Ó Ríordáin, Aodhán.
- Rabbitte, Anne.
- Richmond, Neale.
- Ring, Michael.
- Ryan, Eamon.
- Sherlock, Sean.
- Shortall, Róisín.
- Smith, Brendan.
- Smyth, Niamh.
- Smyth, Ossian.
- Troy, Robert.
- Whitmore, Jennifer.
Staon
Tellers: Tá, Deputies Pádraig Mac Lochlainn and Denise Mitchell; Níl, Deputies Hildegarde Naughton and Cormac Devlin.
Amendment declared lost.
Motion put and declared carried.
Cuireadh an Dáil ar athló ar 7.14 p.m. go dtí 9 a.m., Déardaoin, an 22 Feabhra 2024.
The Dáil adjourned at 7.14 p.m. until 9 a.m. on Thursday, 22 February 2024.