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Outside the Dail tonight where Clare Daly’s ‘Savita’s Law’ bill was defeated.
There follows a complete list of TDs votes from tonight’s Bill for legislation on the X case. Contact your local representative via the email addresses we supply below if they have not represented you.
Gerry Adams (SF) voted Yes
James Bannon (FG) voted No
Seán Barrett (Ceann Comhairle) was absent/abstained
Tom Barry (FG) was absent/abstained
Richard Boyd Barrett (ULA) voted Yes
Pat Breen (FG) was absent/abstained
Thomas P. Broughan (Ind (Lab)) voted Yes
John Browne (FG) voted No
Richard Bruton (FG) was absent/abstained
Joan Burton (Lab) voted No
Ray Butler (FG) voted No
Jerry Buttimer (FG) voted No
Catherine Byrne (FG) was absent/abstained
Eric Byrne (Lab) voted No
Dara Calleary (FF) voted No
Ciarán Cannon (FG) was absent/abstained
Joe Carey (FG) voted No
Paudie Coffey (FG) voted No
Niall Collins (FF) voted No
Áine Collins (FG) voted No
Joan Collins (ULA) voted Yes
Michael Colreavy (SF) voted Yes
Michael Conaghan (Lab) voted No
Seán Conlan (FG) voted No
Paul J. Connaughton (FG) voted No
Ciara Conway (Lab) voted No
Noel Coonan (FG) voted No
Marcella Corcoran Kennedy (FG) voted No
Joe Costello (Lab) was absent/abstained
Simon Coveney (FG) voted No
Barry Cowen (FG) voted No
Michael Creed (FG) voted No
Lucinda Creighton (FG) was absent/abstained
Seán Crowe (SF) voted Yes
Jim Daly (FG) voted No
Clare Daly (ULA) voted Yes
John Deasy (FG) was absent/abstained
Jimmy Deenihan (FG) voted No
Pat Deering (FG) voted No
Regina Doherty (FG) voted No
Pearse Doherty (SF) voted Yes
Stephen S. Donnelly (Ind) voted Yes
Paschal Donohoe (FG) voted No
Timmy Dooley (FF) voted No
Robert Dowds (Lab) voted No
Andrew Doyle (FG) was absent/abstained
Bernard J. Durkan (FG) voted No
Dessie Ellis (SF) voted Yes
Damien English (FG) voted No
Alan Farrell (FG) voted No
Frank Feighan (FG) voted No
Martin Ferris (SF) voted Yes
Anne Ferris (Lab) was absent/abstained
Frances Fitzgerald (FG) voted No
Peter Fitzpatrick (FG) voted No
Charles Flanagan (FG) was absent/abstained
Terence Flanagan (FG) voted No
Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan (Ind) voted Yes
Sean Fleming (FF) was absent/abstained
Tom Fleming (Ind) was absent/abstained
Eamon Gilmore (Lab) voted No
Noel Grealish (Ind) was absent/abstained
Brendan Griffin (FG) voted No
John Halligan (Ind) voted Yes
Dominic Hannigan (Lab) was absent/abstained
Noel Harrington (FG) voted No
Simon Harris (FG) voted No
Brian Hayes (FG) voted No
Tom Hayes (FG) was absent/abstained
Seamus Healy (ULA) voted Yes
Michael Healy-Rae (Ind) voted No
Martin Heydon (FG) voted No
Joe Higgins (ULA) voted Yes
Phil Hogan (FG) was absent/abstained
Brendan Howlin (Lab) was absent/abstained
Heather Humphreys (FG) voted No
Kevin Humphreys (Lab) voted No
Derek Keating (FG) voted No
Colm Keaveney (Lab) was absent/abstained
Paul Kehoe (FG) voted No
Billy Kelleher (FF) voted No
Alan Kelly (Lab) voted No
Enda Kenny (FG) was absent/abstained
Seán Kenny (Lab) voted No
Seamus Kirk (FG) voted No
Michael P. Kitt (FF) voted No
Seán Kyne (FG) voted No
Anthony Lawlor (FG) voted No
Michael Lowry (Ind) voted No
Kathleen Lynch (Lab) voted No
Ciarán Lynch (Lab) voted No
John Lyons (Lab) voted No
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (SF) voted Yes
Eamonn Maloney (Lab) voted No
Micheál Martin (FF) was absent/abstained
Peter Mathews (FG) voted No
Michael McCarthy (Lab) was absent/abstained
Charlie McConalogue (FF) voted No
Mary Lou McDonald (SF) voted Yes
Shane McEntee (FG) voted No
Nicky McFadden (FG) voted No
Dinny McGinley (FG) voted No
Mattie McGrath (Ind) voted No
Finian McGrath (Ind) was absent/abstained
Michael McGrath (FG) voted No
John McGuinness (FF) was absent/abstained
Joe McHugh (FG) voted No
Sandra McLellan (SF) voted Yes
Tony McLoughlin (FG) voted No
Michael McNamara (Lab) voted No
Olivia Mitchell (FG) was absent/abstained
Mary Mitchell O’Connor (FG) voted No
Michael Moynihan (FF) voted No
Michelle Mulherin (FG) voted No
Dara Murphy (FG) voted No
Eoghan Murphy (FG) voted No
Catherine Murphy (Ind) voted Yes
Gerald Nash (Lab) voted No
Denis Naughten (Ind (FG)) was absent/abstained
Dan Neville (FG) voted No
Derek Nolan (Lab) was absent/abstained
Michael Noonan (FG) voted No
Patrick Nulty (Ind (Lab)) voted Yes
Caoimhghín Ó Caoláin (SF) voted Yes
Éamon Ó Cuív (FF) voted No
Seán Ó Fearghaíl (FF) voted No
Aodhán Ó Ríordáin (Lab) voted No
Aengus Ó Snodaigh (SF) voted Yes
Jonathan O’Brien (SF) voted Yes
Willie O’Dea (FF) was absent/abstained
Kieran O’Donnell (FG) voted No
Patrick O’Donovan (FG) voted No
Fergus O’Dowd (FG) was absent/abstained
John O’Mahony (FG) was absent/abstained
Joe O’Reilly (FG) voted No
Jan O’Sullivan (Lab) was absent/abstained
Maureen O’Sullivan (Ind) voted Yes
Willie Penrose (Ind (Lab)) was absent/abstained
John Perry (FG) was absent/abstained
Ann Phelan (Lab) voted No
John Paul Phelan (FG) voted No
Thomas Pringle (Ind) voted Yes
Ruairí Quinn (Lab) was absent/abstained
Pat Rabbitte (Lab) voted No
James Reilly (FG) voted No
Michael Ring (FG) voted No
Shane Ross (Ind) was absent/abstained
Brendan Ryan (Lab) voted No
Alan Shatter (FG) voted No
Sean Sherlock (Lab) was absent/abstained
Róisín Shortall (Ind (Lab)) voted No
Brendan Smith (FF) voted No
Arthur Spring (Lab) voted No
Emmet Stagg (Lab) voted No
Brian Stanley (SF) voted Yes
David Stanton (FG) voted No
Billy Timmins (FG) voted No
Peadar Tóibín (SF) was absent/abstained
Robert Troy (FG) was absent/abstained
Joanna Tuffy (Lab) voted No
Liam Twomey (FG) voted No
Leo Varadkar (FG) voted No
Jack Wall (Lab) voted No
Mick Wallace (Ind) voted Yes
Brian Walsh (FG) voted No
Alex White (Lab) voted N
Thousands protest over Waterford hospital
A lobby group formed less than two weeks ago brought more than 12,000 people onto the streets of Waterford at the weekend in protest against what they see as the latest official attack on the city.
The group, Save Waterford, staged the demonstration in response to fears of a downgrading of Waterford Regional Hospital.
Organisers, who joined with the Waterford Gives a Shirt campaigning group for Saturday’s event, said they were also angry about other “Government neglect” of Waterford and the wider region.
Examples cited included the plan to merge Waterford City Council with the county council and job losses that have left the area with the highest unemployment rate in the country.
“The people of Waterford and the people of the southeast have sent a clear message: don’t touch our hospital,” organiser Andrea Galgey said.
She and fellow organiser Gillian Sauvage Corcoran came together on Facebook and established Save Waterford.
“The hospital was the final nail in the coffin for the people of Waterford. Enough is enough. There is no county in Ireland that hasn’t been hit by the recession, but if you look at the statistics Waterford has been hit more than others,” Ms Galgey said.
The march trended on Twitter throughout Saturday afternoon and the group’s Facebook page had almost 3,400 “likes”.
The march came amid speculation that the Government will move to implement the report of an expert group, currently with the Department of Health, that is believed to recommend the break-up of the southeast’s hospital network.
Such a plan would see Waterford Regional Hospital and South Tipperary General Hospital linking up with Cork University Hospital and St Luke’s General Hospital in Kilkenny, and Wexford General Hospital partnering with teaching hospitals in Dublin. It is feared in Waterford that the end of the southeastern network would lead to some services being transferred from the region.
Minister for Health James Reilly said last week no decision had yet been made on the issue.
Government TDs Paudie Coffey (Fine Gael) and Ciara Conway (Labour) from Waterford were at the march, along with Independent politicians including TD John Halligan and politicians from neighbouring counties such as Carlow-Kilkenny FG TD John Paul Phelan.
Others who attended included Prof Riona Mulcahy, consultant geriatrician at Waterford Regional Hospital.
“I marched first and foremost as a mother of five young children and as a concerned citizen,” she said.
The hospital’s clinical director, Dr Rob Landers, said the organisers and everyone who took part deserved “great credit for standing up and being counted” in support of the southeast’s hospitals.
Kerry protest: Taoiseach heckled
Taoiseach Enda Kenny told a group of protesters in Killarney, Co Kerry, who shouted at him about his “pension pot” and accused him of neglecting the poor: “I don’t come from a family of millionaires.”
The protesters, who said they were from the United Left Alliance’s Kerry branch, heckled Mr Kenny as he approached the Plaza Hotel.
Asked by a woman who he would meet in heaven, he said: “I hope to meet St Peter at the gate, anyway. I hope he sends me to the right- hand side.”
Mr Kenny was attending the awarding of the Msgr Hugh O’Flaherty international humanitarian award to Sr Agnes Hunt, the first woman to be appointed chaplain of a men’s prison in England.
via Thousands protest over Waterford hospital – The Irish Times – Mon, Nov 12, 2012.
via Thousands protest over Waterford hospital – The Irish Times – Mon, Nov 12, 2012.