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Politician · Senator · 27th Seanad

Michael McDowell

Unaffiliated

Michael McDowell has 4 declared interests in the Register of Members' Interests, 1 matched to a CRO company. Michael McDowell is named in 543 lobbying returns on the Register of Lobbying.

Constituency / panel
National University of Ireland
Membership
2025-01-29 → current
Committees
5 current, 1 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
76 of 222 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 18 rows, with the filters applied
42
Tá (yes)
34
Níl (no)
0
Staon (abstained)
222
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

  • 202644 of 11126 Tá · 18 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.

  • Níl (no)
  • 2026
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DateDivisionVoteResultOfficial record
Referendum on Irish Neutrality and Protection of the Triple Lock: MotionAmendment putNíl (no)Carried29 Tá · 16 Níl
Criminal Law, Civil Law and Defence (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2026: Report and Final StagesAmendment putNíl (no)Lost12 Tá · 26 Níl
Criminal Law, Civil Law and Defence (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2026: Committee StageAmendment putNíl (no)Lost12 Tá · 28 Níl
Criminal Law, Civil Law and Defence (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2026: Committee StageAmendment putNíl (no)Lost11 Tá · 28 Níl
Criminal Law, Civil Law and Defence (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2026: Committee StageAmendment putNíl (no)Lost10 Tá · 28 Níl
Criminal Law, Civil Law and Defence (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2026: Committee StageAmendment putNíl (no)Lost9 Tá · 30 Níl
Garda Síochána (Powers) Bill 2026: Committee Stage (Resumed)Question putNíl (no)Carried29 Tá · 12 Níl
Arbitration (Amendment) Bill 2025: Report and Final StagesQuestion putNíl (no)Carried27 Tá · 15 Níl
EU-Israel Association Agreement: MotionAmendment putNíl (no)Lost12 Tá · 21 Níl
Arbitration (Amendment) Bill 2025: Committee Stage (Resumed)Question putNíl (no)Carried25 Tá · 14 Níl
Arbitration (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second StageQuestion putNíl (no)Carried27 Tá · 12 Níl
Mental Health Bill 2024: Report and Final StagesQuestion putNíl (no)Carried26 Tá · 14 Níl
International Protection Bill 2026: Report and Final StagesQuestion putNíl (no)Carried26 Tá · 19 Níl
An tOrd Gnó - Order of BusinessQuestion put: "That the Order of Business be agreed to."Níl (no)Carried26 Tá · 17 Níl
International Protection Bill 2026: Committee Stage (Resumed)Question putNíl (no)Carried26 Tá · 16 Níl
International Protection Bill 2026: Committee Stage (Resumed)Amendment putNíl (no)Lost16 Tá · 28 Níl
An tOrd Gnó - Order of BusinessQuestion put: "That the Order of Business be agreed to".Níl (no)Carried24 Tá · 19 Níl
Residential Tenancies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2026: Second StageQuestion putNíl (no)Carried28 Tá · 14 Níl