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: Report and Final StagesAmendment put | Níl (no) | Lost12 Tá · 26 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) | |
| Garda Síochána (Powers) Bill 2026: Committee Stage (Resumed)Question put | Níl (no) | Carried29 Tá · 12 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) | |
| EU-Israel Association Agreement: MotionAmendment put | Níl (no) | Lost12 Tá · 21 Níl | Oireachtas (opens in a new tab) | |
| Arbitration (Amendment) Bill 2025: Committee Stage (Resumed)Question put | Níl (no) | Carried25 Tá · 14 Níl | Oireachtas (opens in a new tab) | |
| Arbitration (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second StageQuestion put | Níl (no) | Carried27 Tá · 12 Níl | Oireachtas (opens in a new tab) | |
| Mental Health Bill 2024: Report and Final StagesQuestion put | Níl (no) | Carried26 Tá · 14 Níl | Oireachtas (opens in a new tab) | |
| International Protection Bill 2026: Report and Final StagesQuestion put | Níl (no) | Carried26 Tá · 19 Níl | Oireachtas (opens in a new tab) | |
| An tOrd Gnó - Order of BusinessQuestion put: "That the Order of Business be agreed to." | Níl (no) | Carried26 Tá · 17 Níl | Oireachtas (opens in a new tab) | |
| International Protection Bill 2026: Committee Stage (Resumed)Question put | Níl (no) | Carried26 Tá · 16 Níl | Oireachtas (opens in a new tab) | |
| International Protection Bill 2026: Committee Stage (Resumed)Amendment put | Níl (no) | Lost16 Tá · 28 Níl | Oireachtas (opens in a new tab) | |
| An tOrd Gnó - Order of BusinessQuestion put: "That the Order of Business be agreed to". | Níl (no) | Carried24 Tá · 19 Níl | Oireachtas (opens in a new tab) | |
| Residential Tenancies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2026: Second StageQuestion put | Níl (no) | Carried28 Tá · 14 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) | |
| Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed)Question put | Níl (no) | Carried23 Tá · 13 Níl | Oireachtas (opens in a new tab) | |
| Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed)Question put: "That section 4 stand part of the Bill." | Níl (no) | Carried26 Tá · 14 Níl | Oireachtas (opens in a new tab) | |
| 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. | Níl (no) | Carried35 Tá · 12 Níl | Oireachtas (opens in a new tab) | |
| Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2025: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining StagesAmendment put | Níl (no) | Carried31 Tá · 16 Níl | Oireachtas (opens in a new tab) | |
| Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2025: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining StagesQuestion put: "That section 16, as amended, stand part of the Bill." | Níl (no) | Carried31 Tá · 16 Níl | Oireachtas (opens in a new tab) | |
| Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second StageQuestion put | Níl (no) | Carried32 Tá · 19 Níl | Oireachtas (opens in a new tab) |