Adams, Gerry, SFBannon, James, FGBarry, Tom, FGBreen, Pat, FGBruton, Richard, FGBurton, Joan, LPButler, Ray, FGButtimer, Jerry, FGByrne, Catherine, FGByrne, Eric, LPCannon, Ciarán, FGCarey, Joe, FGCoffey, Paudie, FGCollins, Áine, FGCollins, Niall, FFColreavy, Michael, SFConaghan, Michael, LPConlan, Seán, FGConnaughton, Paul J., FGConway, Ciara, LPCoonan, Noel, FGCorcoranKennedy,Marcella, FGCostello, Joe, LPCoveney, Simon, FGCowen, Barry, FFCreed, Michael, FGCrowe, Seán, SFDaly, Jim, FGDeasy, John, FGDeenihan, Jimmy, FGDeering, Pat, FG

Doherty, Pearse, SFDoherty, Regina, FGDonnelly, Stephen INDDonohoe, Paschal, FGDooley, Timmy, FFDowds, Robert, LPDoyle, Andrew, FGDurkan, Bernard J., FGEllis, Dessie, SFEngish, Damien, FGFarrell, Alan, FGFeighan, Frank, FGFerris, Anne, LPFerris, Martin, SFFitzgerald, Frances, FGFitzpatrick, Peter, FGFlanagan, Charles, FGGriffin, Brendan, FGHalligan, John, INDHannigan, Dominic, LPHarrington, Noel, FGHarris, Simon, FGHayes, Brian, FGHayes, Tom, FGHealy, Seamus INDHeydon, Martin, FGHogan, Phil, FGHowlin, Brendan, LPHumphreys, Heather, FGHumphreys, Kevin, LPKeating, Derek, FGKehoe, Paul, FG

Kelleher, Billy, FFKelly, Alan, LPKenny, Enda, FGKenny, Seán, LPKyne, Seán, FGLawlor, Anthony, FGLynch, Ciarán, LPLynch, Kathleen, LPLyons, John, LPMac Lochlainn,Pádraig, SFMcCarthy, Michael, LPMcDonald, MaryLou, SFMcEntee, Helen, FGMcGinley, Dinny, FGMcGrath, Finian, INDMcHugh, Joe, FGMcLellan, Sandra, SFMcLoughlin, Tony, FGMcNamara, Michael, LPMaloney, Eamonn, LPMartin, Micheál, FFMitchell, Olivia, FGMitchell O’Connor, Mary, FGMulherin, Michelle, FGMurphy, Catherine, INDMurphy, Dara, FGMurphy, Eoghan, FGNash, Gerald, LPNeville, Dan, FGNolan, Derek, LPNoonan, Michael, FGNulty, Patrick, IND

Ó Caoláin,Caoimhghín, SFÓ Ríordáin, Aodhán, LPÓ Snodaigh, Aengus, SFO’Brien, Jonathan, SFO’Donnell, Kieran, FGO’Donovan, Patrick, FGO’Dowd, Fergus, FGO’Mahony, John, FGO’Reilly, Joe, FGO’Sullivan, Jan, LPPenrose, Willie, LPPerry, John, FGPhelan, Ann, LPPhelan, John Paul, FGPringle, Thomas INDQuinn, Ruairí, LPRabbitte, Pat, LPReilly, James, FGRing, Michael, FGRoss, Shane, INDRyan, Brendan, LPShatter, Alan, FGSherlock, Sean, LPSpring, Arthur, LPStagg, Emmet, LPStanley, Brian, SFStanton, David, FGTuffy, Joanna, LPTwomey, Liam, FGVaradkar, Leo, FGWall, Jack, LPWhite, Alex, LP

THE ABORTION ACT: HOW THE TDS VOTED:DÁIL ÉIREANN

VVOOTTEEDD IINN FFAAVVOOUURR OOFF TTHHEE LLEEGGIISSLLAATTIIOONN AANNDD AAGGAAIINNSSTT TTHHEE RRIIGGHHTT TTOO LLIIFFEE

FG = Fine GaelFF = Fianna FáilLP = Labour PartySF = Sinn FéinIND = IndependentIND (FG) = Expelled from FGPBP = People before ProfitSP = Socalist PartyTN = Taoiseach’s Nominee

THE LANDMARK BILL that will allow for abortion in Ireland passed the final Dáil vote on 12 July 2013 by 127 vote in favour (YES) to 31 votes against (NO).

Fianna Fáil was the only party where members were allowed a free vote on the issue and 14 members voted against the bill. In total, 5 Fine Gael TDs voted against the change inlegislation. 1 Sinn Féin member voted against the bill. 5 Independents voted against the billfor pro-life reasons. 6 independents voted against the bill because it ‘didn’t go far enough.’

Tommy Broughan (IND LP), Róisín Shortall (IND LP) and Tom Fleming (IND)abstained from the vote. Tanaiste Eamon Gilmore (LP) was in the US. Nicky McFadden (FG), Noel Grealish (IND) and Maureen O’Sullivan (IND) wereabsent for the vote. Sean Barrett (Ceann Comhairle) was excluded from the vote

AABBSSTTAAIINN // AABBSSEENNTT

Bacik, Ivana, LPBrennan, Terry, FGBurke, Colm, FGCoghlan, Eamonn, INDCoghlan, Paul, FGComiskey, Michael, FGConway, Martin, FGCrown, John, INDCullinane, David, SFCummins, Maurice, FG

Clune, Deirdre, FGD’Arcy, Jim, FGGilroy, John, LPHarte, Jimmy, LPHayden, Aideen, LPHenry, Imelda, FGHiggins, Lorraine, LPKeane, Cait, FGKelly, John, LPLandy, Denis, LP

Moran, Mary, LPMac Conghail, Fiach, TNMulcahy, Tony, FGMullins, Michael, FGNaughton, Hildegarde, FGNoone, Catherine, FGNorris, David, INDÓ Clochartaigh, Trevor, SFO’Donnell, Marie-Louise, TNO’Neill, Pat, FG

O’Keeffe, Susan, LPO’Sullivan, Ned, FFPower, Averil, FFReilly, Kathryn, SFSheahan, Tom, FGWhelan, John, LPWhite, Mary, FFVan Turnhout, Jillian, TNZappone, Katherine, TN

HOW THE TDS VOTED:DÁIL ÉIREANN

Boyd Barrett, Richard, PBPCollins, Joan, PBP

Daly, Clare, INDFlanagan, Luke ‘Ming,’ IND

Higgins, Joe, SPWallace, Mick, IND

VVOOTTEEDD AAGGAAIINNSSTT TTHHEE LLEEGGIISSLLAATTIIOONN AANNDD FFOORR TTHHEE RRIIGGHHTT TTOO LLIIFFEEBrowne, John, FFCalleary, Dara, FFCreighton, Lucinda, IND (FG)Flanagan, Terence, IND (FG)Fleming, Sean, FFHealy-Rae, Michael, INDKeaveney, Colm, IND

Kirk, Seamus, FFKitt, Michael, FFLowry, Michael, INDMcConalogue, Charlie, FFMcGrath, Mattie, INDMcGrath, Michael, FFMcGuinness, John, FF

Mathews, Peter, IND (FG)Moynihan, Michael, FFNaughten, Denis, INDÓ Cuív, Éamon, FFÓ Fearghaíl, Seán, FFO’Dea, Willie, FFSmith, Brendan, FF

Timmins, Billy, IND (FG)Tóibín, Peadar, SFTroy, Robert, FFWalsh, Brian, IND (FG)Grealish, Noel, INDvoted NO in all stages tothe final vote

VVOOTTEEDD AAGGAAIINNSSTT TTHHEE LLEEGGIISSLLAATTIIOONN BBEECCAAUUSSEE IITT‘‘DDIIDDNN’’TT GGOO FFAARR EENNOOUUGGHH..’’

HOW THE SENATORS VOTED:SEANAD ÉIREANN

VVOOTTEEDD AAGGAAIINNSSTT TTHHEE LLEEGGIISSLLAATTIIOONN AANNDD FFOORR TTHHEE RRIIGGHHTT TTOO LLIIFFEEBradford, Paul, IND (FG)Daly, Mark, FFHealy Eames, Fidelma,IND (FG)

McSharry, Marc, FFMooney, Paschal, FFMullen, Rónán, INDÓ Domhnaill, Brian, FF

Ó Murchú, Labhrás, FFO’Brien, Darragh, FFO’Brien, Mary Ann, TNO’Donovan, Denis, FF

Walsh, Jim, FFWilson, Diarmuid, FFLeyden, Terry, FF

The bill was passed at the Seanad vote on 23 July 2013; 39 voted in favour (YES) to 14 votes against (NO)

VVOOTTEEDD FFOORR TTHHEE LLEEGGIISSLLAATTIIOONN AANNDD AAGGAAIINNSSTT TTHHEE RRIIGGHHTT TTOO LLIIFFEE

AABBSSTTAAIINN// AABBSSEENNTTBurke, Paddy, FGByrne, Thomas, FF

D’Arcy, Michael, FGMoloney, Marie, LP

Barrett, Sean, INDHeffernan, James, IND

Quinn, Feargal, IND

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