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Politician · Senator · 27th Seanad

Michael McDowell

Unaffiliated

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
Reports for 2017–2025 (party) and 2020–2022 (members)
0
SIPO donation records
75 of 221 divisions
34%
Vote participation

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.

Download CSV 221 rows, with the filters applied
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.

DateDivisionVoteResultOfficial record
International Protection Bill 2026: Committee Stage (Resumed)Amendment putTá (yes)Lost17 Tá · 25 Níl
International Protection Bill 2026: Committee Stage (Resumed)Amendment putNíl (no)Lost16 Tá · 28 Níl
International Protection Bill 2026: Committee Stage (Resumed)Amendment putTá (yes)Lost12 Tá · 31 Níl
An tOrd Gnó - Order of BusinessQuestion put: "That the Order of Business be agreed to".Níl (no)Carried24 Tá · 19 Níl
An tOrd Gnó - Order of BusinessAmendment putTá (yes)Lost20 Tá · 24 Níl
International Protection Bill 2026: Committee StageAmendment putTá (yes)Lost15 Tá · 23 Níl
International Protection Bill 2026: Committee StageAmendment putTá (yes)Lost13 Tá · 23 Níl
International Protection Bill 2026: Committee StageAmendment putTá (yes)Lost15 Tá · 26 Níl
International Protection Bill 2026: Committee StageAmendment putTá (yes)Lost15 Tá · 25 Níl
Health Information Bill 2024: Committee StageAmendment putDid not voteLost8 Tá · 25 Níl
Online Safety: MotionAmendment putDid not voteLost9 Tá · 24 Níl
Online Safety: MotionAmendment putDid not voteLost9 Tá · 24 Níl
Institutional Burials (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second StageQuestion put: “That the motion, as amended, be agreed to."Did not voteCarried30 Tá · 8 Níl
Institutional Burials (Amendment) Bill 2022: Second StageAmendment putDid not voteCarried30 Tá · 8 Níl
Copyright and Related Rights (Amendment) Bill 2025: Committee StageAmendment putTá (yes)Lost11 Tá · 23 Níl
Copyright and Related Rights (Amendment) Bill 2025: Committee StageAmendment putTá (yes)Lost11 Tá · 23 Níl
Copyright and Related Rights (Amendment) Bill 2025: Committee StageAmendment putTá (yes)Lost13 Tá · 27 Níl
Residential Tenancies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2026: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining StagesQuestion putDid not voteCarried25 Tá · 14 Níl
Residential Tenancies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2026: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining StagesAmendment putDid not voteLost12 Tá · 24 Níl
Residential Tenancies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2026: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining StagesAmendment putDid not voteLost12 Tá · 26 Níl
Residential Tenancies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2026: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining StagesQuestion put: "That section 1 stand part of the Bill."Did not voteCarried24 Tá · 14 Níl
Gnó an tSeanaid - Business of SeanadQuestion putDid not voteCarried25 Tá · 15 Níl
Residential Tenancies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2026: Committee Stage (Resumed)Amendment putDid not voteLost14 Tá · 24 Níl
Residential Tenancies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2026: Committee Stage (Resumed)Amendment putDid not voteLost14 Tá · 27 Níl
Residential Tenancies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2026: Committee Stage (Resumed)Amendment putDid not voteLost14 Tá · 27 Níl