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Politician · Senator · 27th Seanad

Garret Ahearn

Fine Gael

Constituency / panel
Administrative Panel
Membership
2025-01-29 → current
Committees
8 current — Seanad Public Consultation Committee; Seanad Select Committee on EU Scrutiny and Transparency; …
2
Declared items
1
CRO-matched interests
0
Awards to declared companies
354
Lobbying returns
Reports for 2017–2025 (party) and 2020–2022 (members)
1
SIPO donation records
165 of 221 divisions
75%
Vote participation

Votes

Every recorded division of the Seanad while Garret Ahearn was a member, as published by the Houses of the Oireachtas. A division is a vote taken by calling the roll. Each row opens the division on oireachtas.ie. The record shows how someone voted, not why.

64
Tá (yes)
101
Níl (no)
0
Staon (abstained)
221
Divisions held
75%
Voted in

Not voting can mean illness, leave, ministerial or committee duties, or sitting in the chair. The record does not say why. Counted from 13 Feb 2025; 56 not voted in.

Votes by year

  • 202686 of 11027 Tá · 59 Níl
  • 202579 of 11137 Tá · 42 Níl

Vote history

A bill is usually voted on in two kinds of division. Amendment put is a vote on a proposed change to the bill or motion; Question put is the vote on the bill or motion itself, as it then stands. Two rows can therefore share a title: the count beside each result and the official record show which vote was which. The record does not publish the amendment’s wording here.

DateDivisionVoteResultOfficial record
Cost of Childcare: MotionAmendment putTá (yes)Carried22 Tá · 11 Níl
Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed)Amendment putNíl (no)Lost15 Tá · 35 Níl
Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed)Amendment putNíl (no)Lost11 Tá · 21 Níl
Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed)Question put: "That section 4 stand part of the Bill."Did not voteCarried26 Tá · 14 Níl
Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed)Amendment putDid not voteLost14 Tá · 27 Níl
Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed)Amendment putDid not voteLost14 Tá · 26 Níl
Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2025: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining StagesQuestion put: That the Government amendments undisposed of are hereby made to the Bill; in respect of each of the sections undisposed of, the sections, or as appropriate the sections as amended, is hereby agree to in Committee; the Title, as amended, is hereby agreed to in Committee; the Bill, as amended, is accordingly reported to the House; Fourth Stage is hereby completed; the Bill is hereby received final consideration; and the Bill is hereby passed.Tá (yes)Carried35 Tá · 12 Níl
Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2025: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining StagesAmendment putTá (yes)Carried31 Tá · 16 Níl
Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2025: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining StagesAmendment putNíl (no)Lost14 Tá · 33 Níl
Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2025: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining StagesQuestion put: "That section 16, as amended, stand part of the Bill."Tá (yes)Carried31 Tá · 16 Níl
Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2025: Committee StageAmendment putNíl (no)Lost6 Tá · 39 Níl
Pregnancy Loss (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2025: Second StageAmendment putTá (yes)Carried33 Tá · 17 Níl
Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second StageQuestion putTá (yes)Carried32 Tá · 19 Níl
EU Regulations: MotionsQuestion putDid not voteCarried30 Tá · 14 Níl
EU Regulations: MotionsQuestion putDid not voteCarried30 Tá · 17 Níl
EU Regulations: MotionsQuestion putDid not voteCarried31 Tá · 15 Níl
Finance (Local Property Tax and Other Provisions) (Amendment) Bill 2025: Committee and Remaining StagesQuestion put: "That the Bill do now pass."Tá (yes)Carried34 Tá · 5 Níl
Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse Bill 2024: Report Stage (Resumed) and Final StageQuestion put: "That the Bill do now pass."Tá (yes)Carried29 Tá · 17 Níl
Disability (Personalised Budgets) Bill 2024: Second StageAmendment putDid not voteCarried26 Tá · 16 Níl
Disability (Personalised Budgets) Bill 2024: Second StageAmendment to amendment putDid not voteLost16 Tá · 26 Níl
Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse Bill 2024: Report StageAmendment putDid not voteLost18 Tá · 26 Níl
Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse Bill 2024: Report StageAmendment putDid not voteLost19 Tá · 26 Níl
Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse Bill 2024: Report StageAmendment putDid not voteLost18 Tá · 26 Níl
Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: MotionsAmendment putDid not voteLost8 Tá · 27 Níl
Offences against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: MotionsAmendment putDid not voteLost8 Tá · 27 Níl