I must now deal with a postponed division relating to the motion regarding the Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2022 (Section 9(2)) (Amount of Financial Contribution) Order 2025. On Wednesday, 21 May 2025, on the question, "That the amendment to the motion be agreed to", a division was claimed and in accordance with Standing Order 85(2), that division must be taken now.
Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2022 (Section 9(2)) (Amount of Financial Contribution) Order 2025: Motion (Resumed)
The following motion was moved by Deputy Colm Brophy on Wednesday, 21 May 2025:
That Dáil Éireann approves the following Order in draft:
Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2022 (Section 9(2)) (Amount of Financial Contribution) Order 2025,
a copy of which was laid in draft form before Dáil Éireann on 14th May, 2025.
Debate resumed on amendment No. 1:
to insert after "on 14th May, 2025":
"provided that future financial contributions under Accommodation Recognition Payment (ARP) Scheme shall only be paid after the Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2022 has been amended to provide for the following:
— existing recipients with respect to the beneficiaries of temporary protection currently benefitting from the scheme where those beneficiaries of temporary protection have satisfied a means test similar to those applicable for other housing assistance payments;
— new applications who propose to host a beneficiary of temporary protection in their property which is also their own primary residence and who have not availed of the Rent-a-Room Scheme in the previous 12 months; ensuring that the ARP does not further distort the rental sector; and
— recipients who are not in receipt of any additional or 'top-up' payments from a beneficiary of temporary protection.".
- (Deputy Matt Carthy)
Amendment put:
The Dáil divided: Tá, 41; Níl, 101; Staon, 0.
Tá
- Bennett, Cathy.
- Brady, John.
- Buckley, Pat.
- Carthy, Matt.
- Clarke, Sorca.
- Conway-Walsh, Rose.
- Cronin, Réada.
- Crowe, Seán.
- Cullinane, David.
- Daly, Pa.
- Devine, Máire.
- Doherty, Pearse.
- Donnelly, Paul.
- Ellis, Dessie.
- Farrell, Mairéad.
- Fitzmaurice, Michael.
- Graves, Ann.
- Guirke, Johnny.
- Kenny, Martin.
- Kerrane, Claire.
- Lawless, Paul.
- Mac Lochlainn, Pádraig.
- McGettigan, Donna.
- McGrath, Mattie.
- McGuinness, Conor D.
- Mitchell, Denise.
- Mythen, Johnny.
- Newsome Drennan, Natasha.
- Ní Raghallaigh, Shónagh.
- O'Donoghue, Richard.
- O'Hara, Louis.
- O'Reilly, Louise.
- O'Rourke, Darren.
- Ó Murchú, Ruairí.
- Ó Snodaigh, Aengus.
- Ó Súilleabháin, Fionntán.
- Quinlivan, Maurice.
- Stanley, Brian.
- Tóibín, Peadar.
- Ward, Charles.
- Ward, Mark.
Níl
- Ahern, Ciarán.
- Aird, William.
- Ardagh, Catherine.
- Bacik, Ivana.
- Boland, Grace.
- Brabazon, Tom.
- Brennan, Brian.
- Brennan, Shay.
- Brophy, Colm.
- Browne, James.
- Burke, Colm.
- Butler, Mary.
- Butterly, Paula.
- Byrne, Malcolm.
- Byrne, Thomas.
- Cahill, Michael.
- Calleary, Dara.
- Carrigy, Micheál.
- Carroll MacNeill, Jennifer.
- Cleere, Peter 'Chap'.
- Clendennen, John.
- Collins, Niall.
- Connolly, Catherine.
- Connolly, John.
- Cooney, Joe.
- Coppinger, Ruth.
- Crowe, Cathal.
- Cummins, Jen.
- Cummins, John.
- Currie, Emer.
- Daly, Martin.
- Dempsey, Aisling.
- Devlin, Cormac.
- Dillon, Alan.
- Dolan, Albert.
- Farrelly, Aidan.
- Fleming, Seán.
- Foley, Norma.
- Gallagher, Pat the Cope.
- Gannon, Gary.
- Geoghegan, James.
- Gibney, Sinéad.
- Gogarty, Paul Nicholas.
- Grealish, Noel.
- Harkin, Marian.
- Harris, Simon.
- Hayes, Eoin.
- Healy, Seamus.
- Hearne, Rory.
- Heneghan, Barry.
- Heydon, Martin.
- Higgins, Emer.
- Kenny, Eoghan.
- Keogh, Keira.
- Lahart, John.
- Lawless, James.
- Lawlor, George.
- Lowry, Michael.
- Maxwell, David.
- McAuliffe, Paul.
- McCarthy, Noel.
- McConalogue, Charlie.
- McCormack, Tony.
- McEntee, Helen.
- McGreehan, Erin.
- Moran, Kevin Boxer.
- Moynihan, Aindrias.
- Moynihan, Michael.
- Moynihan, Shane.
- Murnane O'Connor, Jennifer.
- Murphy, Michael.
- Nash, Ged.
- Naughton, Hildegarde.
- Neville, Joe.
- O'Callaghan, Cian.
- O'Callaghan, Jim.
- O'Connell, Maeve.
- O'Connor, James.
- O'Dea, Willie.
- O'Donnell, Kieran.
- O'Donoghue, Robert.
- O'Meara, Ryan.
- O'Shea, John Paul.
- O'Sullivan, Christopher.
- O'Sullivan, Pádraig.
- Ó Cearúil, Naoise.
- Ó Muirí, Naoise.
- Quaide, Liam.
- Rice, Pádraig.
- Roche, Peter.
- Scanlon, Eamon.
- Sheehan, Conor.
- Sherlock, Marie.
- Smith, Brendan.
- Smith, Duncan.
- Smyth, Niamh.
- Timmins, Edward.
- Troy, Robert.
- Wall, Mark.
- Ward, Barry.
- Whitmore, Jennifer.
Staon
Tellers: Tá, Deputies Pádraig Mac Lochlainn and Denise Mitchell; Níl, Deputies Mary Butler and Emer Currie.
Amendment declared lost.
Motion agreed to.
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Written Answers are published on the Oireachtas website.
Cuireadh an Dáil ar athló ar 10.28 p.m. go dtí 8.47 a.m., Déardaoin, an 22 Bealtaine 2025.
The Dáil adjourned at 10.28 p.m. until 8.47 a.m. on Thursday, 22 May 2025.