Division on 2025-04-30

Question put: "That section 4 stand part of the Bill."

Debate: Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee Stage

Legislation: Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024 (Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee Stage)

Outcome: Carried · Tá 86 · Níl 64 · Staon 0 · no vote recorded 24

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Tá (for): 86

Grouped by party as on 2025-04-30.

Fianna Fáil (45)

Aindrias Moynihan · Aisling Dempsey · Albert Dolan · Brendan Smith · Cathal Crowe · Catherine Ardagh · Charlie McConalogue · Christopher O'Sullivan · Cormac Devlin · Dara Calleary · Eamon Scanlon · Erin McGreehan · Jack Chambers · James Browne · James Lawless · James O'Connor · Jennifer Murnane O'Connor · Jim O'Callaghan · John Connolly · John Lahart · Malcolm Byrne · Martin Daly · Mary Butler · Michael Cahill · Michael Moynihan · Micheál Martin · Naoise Ó Cearúil · Niall Collins · Niamh Smyth · Norma Foley · Pádraig O'Sullivan · Pat the Cope Gallagher · Paul McAuliffe · Peter 'Chap' Cleere · Robert Troy · Ryan O'Meara · Séamus McGrath · Sean Fleming · Seán Ó Fearghaíl · Shane Moynihan · Shay Brennan · Thomas Byrne · Tom Brabazon · Tony McCormack · Willie O'Dea

Fine Gael (32)

Alan Dillon · Brian Brennan · Catherine Callaghan · Colm Brophy · Colm Burke · David Maxwell · Edward Timmins · Emer Currie · Emer Higgins · Frankie Feighan · Grace Boland · Helen McEntee · Hildegarde Naughton · James Geoghegan · Jennifer Carroll MacNeill · Jerry Buttimer · Joe Cooney · Joe Neville · John Clendennen · John Cummins · John Paul O'Shea · Keira Keogh · Kieran O'Donnell · Maeve O'Connell · Martin Heydon · Michael Murphy · Micheál Carrigy · Neale Richmond · Noel McCarthy · Peter Burke · Peter Roche · William Aird

Independent (9)

Barry Heneghan · Gillian Toole · Kevin Boxer Moran · Marian Harkin · Michael Healy-Rae · Michael Lowry · Noel Grealish · Paul Nicholas Gogarty · Seán Canney

Níl (against): 64

Grouped by party as on 2025-04-30.

Sinn Féin (35)

Aengus Ó Snodaigh · Ann Graves · Cathy Bennett · Claire Kerrane · Conor D. McGuinness · Darren O'Rourke · David Cullinane · Dessie Ellis · Donna McGettigan · Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire · Eoin Ó Broin · Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin · John Brady · Johnny Guirke · Johnny Mythen · Louis O'Hara · Louise O'Reilly · Máire Devine · Mairéad Farrell · Mark Ward · Martin Kenny · Matt Carthy · Maurice Quinlivan · Natasha Newsome Drennan · Pa Daly · Pádraig Mac Lochlainn · Pat Buckley · Paul Donnelly · Réada Cronin · Rose Conway-Walsh · Ruairí Ó Murchú · Seán Crowe · Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh · Sorca Clarke · Thomas Gould

Social Democrats (9)

Aidan Farrelly · Cian O'Callaghan · Eoin Hayes · Gary Gannon · Jen Cummins · Jennifer Whitmore · Liam Quaide · Pádraig Rice · Sinéad Gibney

Labour Party (9)

Conor Sheehan · Duncan Smith · Eoghan Kenny · Ged Nash · George Lawlor · Ivana Bacik · Marie Sherlock · Mark Wall · Robert O'Donoghue

Independent (4)

Brian Stanley · Catherine Connolly · Mattie McGrath · Seamus Healy

Independent Ireland (2)

Michael Collins · Richard O'Donoghue

Aontú (2)

Paul Lawless · Peadar Tóibín

100% RDR (1)

Charles Ward

Green Party (1)

Roderic O'Gorman

People Before Profit-Solidarity (1)

Ruth Coppinger

No vote recorded: 24

Members serving on 2025-04-30 for whom the official record lists no vote in this division. The record does not state a reason; the Ceann Comhairle does not ordinarily vote.

Alan Kelly
Barry Ward
Carol Nolan
Ciarán Ahern
Danny Healy-Rae
Darragh O'Brien
Denise Mitchell
Holly Cairns
Joanna Byrne
John McGuinness
Ken O'Flynn
Mary Lou McDonald
Michael Fitzmaurice
Naoise Ó Muirí
Paschal Donohoe
Patrick O'Donovan
Paul Murphy
Paula Butterly
Pearse Doherty
Richard Boyd Barrett
Rory Hearne
Simon Harris
Timmy Dooley
Verona Murphy