Politician · Senator · 27th Seanad
Michael McDowell
- Constituency / panel
- National University of Ireland
- Membership
- 2025-01-29 → current
- Committees
- 5 current, 4 ended — Seanad Select Committee on EU Scrutiny and Transparency; Committee on Members' Interests of Seanad Éireann; …
- 4
- Declared items
- 1
- CRO-matched interests
- 0
- Awards to declared companies
- 543
- Lobbying returns
- 0
- SIPO donation records
- 34%
- Vote participation
Reports for 2017–2025 (party) and 2020–2022 (members)
75 of 221 divisions
Votes
Every recorded division of the Seanad while Michael McDowell 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.
- 42
- Tá (yes)
- 33
- Níl (no)
- 0
- Staon (abstained)
- 221
- Divisions held
- 34%
- 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; 146 not voted in.
Votes by year
- 202643 of 11026 Tá · 17 Níl
- 202532 of 11116 Tá · 16 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.
| Date | Division | Vote | Result | Official record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Criminal Law, Civil Law and Defence (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2026: Committee Stage (Resumed)Amendment put | Did not vote | Lost4 Tá · 23 Níl | Oireachtas (opens in a new tab) | |
| Domestic Violence Judgments Register Bill 2026: Committee and Remaining StagesAmendment put | Did not vote | Lost6 Tá · 23 Níl | Oireachtas (opens in a new tab) | |
| Offences Against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: MotionsAmendment put | Did not vote | Lost9 Tá · 24 Níl | Oireachtas (opens in a new tab) | |
| Criminal Law, Civil Law and Defence (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2026: Committee StageAmendment put | Níl (no) | Lost12 Tá · 28 Níl | Oireachtas (opens in a new tab) | |
| Criminal Law, Civil Law and Defence (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2026: Committee StageAmendment put | Níl (no) | Lost11 Tá · 28 Níl | Oireachtas (opens in a new tab) | |
| Criminal Law, Civil Law and Defence (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2026: Committee StageAmendment put | Níl (no) | Lost10 Tá · 28 Níl | Oireachtas (opens in a new tab) | |
| Criminal Law, Civil Law and Defence (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2026: Committee StageAmendment put | Níl (no) | Lost9 Tá · 30 Níl | Oireachtas (opens in a new tab) | |
| Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second StageQuestion put | Did not vote | Carried29 Tá · 10 Níl | Oireachtas (opens in a new tab) | |
| Údarás na Gaeltachta (Amendment) Bill 2024: Céim an Choiste agus na Céimeanna a bheidh FágthaAmendment put | Did not vote | Lost10 Tá · 28 Níl | Oireachtas (opens in a new tab) | |
| Garda Síochána (Powers) Bill 2026: Report and Final StagesAmendment put | Tá (yes) | Lost15 Tá · 26 Níl | Oireachtas (opens in a new tab) | |
| Garda Síochána (Powers) Bill 2026: Report and Final StagesAmendment put | Tá (yes) | Lost18 Tá · 24 Níl | Oireachtas (opens in a new tab) | |
| Combating Firearms Trafficking and other Firearms-Related Offences: MotionQuestion put | Tá (yes) | Carried30 Tá · 6 Níl | Oireachtas (opens in a new tab) | |
| Critical Infrastructure Bill 2026: Committee and Remaining StagesQuestion put: "That the Bill do now pass." | Did not vote | Carried31 Tá · 3 Níl | Oireachtas (opens in a new tab) | |
| Critical Infrastructure Bill 2026: Committee and Remaining StagesQuestion put | Did not vote | Carried29 Tá · 5 Níl | Oireachtas (opens in a new tab) | |
| Garda Síochána (Powers) Bill 2026: Committee Stage (Resumed)Question put | Níl (no) | Carried29 Tá · 12 Níl | Oireachtas (opens in a new tab) | |
| Garda Síochána (Powers) Bill 2026: Committee Stage (Resumed)Amendment put | Tá (yes) | Lost12 Tá · 29 Níl | Oireachtas (opens in a new tab) | |
| Air Navigation and Transport (Amendment) Bill 2026: Second StageQuestion put | Did not vote | Lost15 Tá · 28 Níl | Oireachtas (opens in a new tab) | |
| Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) (Amendment) Bill 2025: Committee StageAmendment put | Did not vote | Lost15 Tá · 30 Níl | Oireachtas (opens in a new tab) | |
| Garda Síochána (Recording Devices) (Amendment) Bill 2025: Committee StageAmendment put | Did not vote | Lost16 Tá · 28 Níl | Oireachtas (opens in a new tab) | |
| Arbitration (Amendment) Bill 2025: Report and Final StagesQuestion put | Níl (no) | Carried27 Tá · 15 Níl | Oireachtas (opens in a new tab) | |
| Arbitration (Amendment) Bill 2025: Report and Final StagesAmendment put | Tá (yes) | Lost16 Tá · 24 Níl | Oireachtas (opens in a new tab) | |
| Arbitration (Amendment) Bill 2025: Report and Final StagesAmendment put | Tá (yes) | Lost16 Tá · 24 Níl | Oireachtas (opens in a new tab) | |
| An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (Resumed)Amendment put | Tá (yes) | Lost16 Tá · 25 Níl | Oireachtas (opens in a new tab) | |
| EU-Israel Association Agreement: MotionAmendment put | Níl (no) | Lost12 Tá · 21 Níl | Oireachtas (opens in a new tab) | |
| EU-Israel Association Agreement: MotionAmendment put | Did not vote | Lost12 Tá · 20 Níl | Oireachtas (opens in a new tab) |