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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed)Amendment put | Tá (yes) | Lost15 Tá · 27 Níl | Oireachtas (opens in a new tab) | |
| Finance Bill 2025: Second StageQuestion put | Did not vote | Carried28 Tá · 10 Níl | Oireachtas (opens in a new tab) | |
| Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee StageAmendment put | Tá (yes) | Lost14 Tá · 27 Níl | Oireachtas (opens in a new tab) | |
| Fishing Industry: MotionAmendment put | Did not vote | Lost13 Tá · 29 Níl | Oireachtas (opens in a new tab) | |
| Fishing Industry: MotionAmendment put | Did not vote | Lost13 Tá · 28 Níl | Oireachtas (opens in a new tab) | |
| EU Regulations: MotionsQuestion put | Did not vote | Carried29 Tá · 12 Níl | Oireachtas (opens in a new tab) | |
| EU Regulations: MotionsQuestion put | Did not vote | Carried28 Tá · 17 Níl | Oireachtas (opens in a new tab) | |
| EU Regulations: MotionsQuestion put | Did not vote | Carried28 Tá · 16 Níl | Oireachtas (opens in a new tab) | |
| Horse and Greyhound Racing Fund Regulations 2025: MotionQuestion put: "That the motion be agreed to." | Did not vote | Carried27 Tá · 5 Níl | Oireachtas (opens in a new tab) | |
| Migration: MotionQuestion put: "That the motion be agreed to." | Did not vote | Carried32 Tá · 11 Níl | Oireachtas (opens in a new tab) | |
| Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed)Amendment put | Did not vote | Lost12 Tá · 25 Níl | Oireachtas (opens in a new tab) | |
| Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed)Amendment put | Did not vote | Lost12 Tá · 28 Níl | Oireachtas (opens in a new tab) | |
| Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed)Amendment put | Did not vote | Lost13 Tá · 29 Níl | Oireachtas (opens in a new tab) | |
| Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed)Amendment put | Did not vote | Lost6 Tá · 34 Níl | Oireachtas (opens in a new tab) | |
| Electricity (Supply) (Amendment) Bill 2025: Committee and Remaining StagesQuestion put | Did not vote | Carried30 Tá · 12 Níl | Oireachtas (opens in a new tab) | |
| Electricity (Supply) (Amendment) Bill 2025: Committee and Remaining StagesAmendment put | Did not vote | Lost13 Tá · 29 Níl | Oireachtas (opens in a new tab) | |
| An tOrd Gnó - Order of BusinessQuestion put: "That the Order of Business be agreed to." | Did not vote | Carried30 Tá · 16 Níl | Oireachtas (opens in a new tab) | |
| Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed)Amendment put | Níl (no) | Lost17 Tá · 31 Níl | Oireachtas (opens in a new tab) | |
| Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed)Question put | Níl (no) | Carried28 Tá · 19 Níl | Oireachtas (opens in a new tab) | |
| Child Trafficking and Child Sexual Exploitation Material (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report StageQuestion put: "That the Bill be received for final consideration." | Did not vote | Lost13 Tá · 28 Níl | Oireachtas (opens in a new tab) | |
| Child Trafficking and Child Sexual Exploitation Material (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report StageAmendment put | Did not vote | Lost14 Tá · 31 Níl | Oireachtas (opens in a new tab) | |
| Child Trafficking and Child Sexual Exploitation Material (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report StageAmendment put | Did not vote | Lost14 Tá · 31 Níl | Oireachtas (opens in a new tab) | |
| Domestic Violence (Free Travel Scheme) Bill 2025: Second StageAmendment put | Did not vote | Carried23 Tá · 11 Níl | Oireachtas (opens in a new tab) | |
| Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed)Question put | Níl (no) | Carried23 Tá · 13 Níl | Oireachtas (opens in a new tab) | |
| Cost of Childcare: MotionQuestion put: “That the motion, as amended, be agreed to.” | Did not vote | Carried22 Tá · 11 Níl | Oireachtas (opens in a new tab) |