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The Dáil has passed a Bill to abolish the mandatory three-day waiting period for abortion, a safeguard introduced in the 2018 Abortion Act.
The Sinn Féin Bill was voted through by 86 votes to 70, with no abstentions.
It will now be scrutinised before the Oireachtas health committee.
It comes barely a month after a Social Democrats Bill with the same objective was defeated by 85 votes to 30.
Both Taoiseach Micheál Martin and Tánaiste Simon Harris said they would vote for the proposal, with a free vote in place for Government TDs. They had rejected the Social Democrats Bill last month.
However, two of Mr Martin’s main leadership contenders voted against his position on the abortion Bill – with the legislation imposed by ministers Jim O’Calaghan and Dara Calleary.
They sided with the majority of Fianna Fáil in voting against it, however a significant number of the party’s TDs changed their vote from last month to support the Bill which will scrap the three-day wait, including Transport Minister Dara Calleary and Public Expenditure Minister Jack Chambers.
Health Minister Jennifer Carroll MacNeill also supported the motion.
Here’s how TDs voted:
Ciarán Ahern (Labour)
Catherine Ardagh (Fianna Fáil)
Ivana Bacik (Labour)
Cathy Bennett (Sinn Féin)
Grace Boland (Fine Gael)
Richard Boyd Barrett (People Before Profit)
Pat Buckley (Sinn Féin)
Colm Brophy (Fine Gael)
Paula Butterly (Fine Gael)
Joanna Byrne (Sinn Féin)
Malcolm Byrne (Fianna Fáil)
Holly Cairns (Social Democrats)
Ruth Coppinger (People Before Profit)
Jen Cummins (Social Democrats)
Jennifer Carroll MacNeill (Fine Gael)
Matt Carthy (Sinn Féin)
Jack Chambers (Fianna Fáil)
Réada Cronin (Sinn Féin)
Seán Crowe (Sinn Féin)
David Cullinane (Sinn Féin)
John Cummins (Fine Gael)
Emer Currie (Fine Gael)
Pa Daly (Sinn Féin)
Máire Devine (Sinn Féin)
Pearse Doherty (Sinn Féin)
Paul Donnelly (Sinn Féin)
Martin Daly (Fianna Fáil)
Aisling Dempsey (Fianna Fáil)
Dessie Ellis (Sinn Féin)
Daniel Ennis (Social Democrats)
Timmy Dooley (Fianna Fáil)
Mairéad Farrell (Sinn Féin)
Aidan Farrelly (Social Democrats)
Gary Gannon (Social Democrats)
James Geoghegan (Fine Gael)
Sinéad Gibney (Social Democrats)
Thomas Gould (Sinn Féin)
Ann Graves (Sinn Féin)
Johnny Guirke (Sinn Féin)
Simon Harris (Fine Gael)
Eoin Hayes (Social Democrats)
Seamus Healy (Independent)
Rory Hearne (Social Democrats)
Barry Heneghan (Independent)
Emer Higgins (Fine Gael)
Alan Kenny (Labour)
Eoghan Kenny (Labour)
Keira Keogh (Fine Gael)
Martin Kenny (Sinn Féin)
Claire Kerrane (Sinn Féin)
George Lawlor (Labour)
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn (Sinn Féin)
Micheál Martin (Fianna Fáil)
Mary Lou Mc Donald (Sinn Féin)
Donna McGettigan (Sinn Féin)
Paul McAuliffe (Fianna Fáil)
Paul Murphy (People Before Profit)
Johnny Mythen (Sinn Féin)
Ged Nash (Labour)
Erin McGreehan (Fianna Fáil)
Conor D. McGuinness (Sinn Féin)
Natasha Newsome Drennan (Sinn Féin)
Cian O’Callaghan (Social Democrats)
Maeve O’Connell (Fine Gael)
Robert O’Donoghue (Labour)
Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh (Sinn Féin)
Roderic O’Gorman (Green Party)
Liam Quiade (Social Democrats)
Pádraig Rice (Social Democrats)
Marie Sherlock (Labour)
Duncan Smith (Labour)
Eamon Scanlon (Fianna Fáil)
Conor Sheehan (Labour)
Mark Wall (Labour)
Barry Ward (Fine Gael)
Darragh O’Brien (Fianna Fáil)
Naoise O Cearuil (Fianna Fáil)
Roderic O’Gorman (Green Party)
Louis O’Hara (Sinn Féin)
Darren O’Rourke (Sinn Féin)
Christopher O’Sullivan (Fianna Fáil)
Eoin Ó Broin (Sinn Féin)
Ruairí Ó Murchú (Sinn Féin)
Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Sinn Féin)
Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin (Sinn Féin)
Maurice Quinlivan (Sinn Féin)
Mark Ward (Sinn Féin)
Jennifer Whitmore (Social Democrats)
William Aird (Fine Gael)
Tom Brabazon (Fianna Fáil)
Brian Brennan(Fine Gael)
Shay Brennan (Fianna Fáil)
James Browne (Fianna Fáil)
Colm Burke (Fine Gael)
Peter Burke (Fine Gael)
Mary Butler (Fianna Fáil)
Jerry Buttimer (Fine Gael)
Michael Cahill (Fianna Fáil)
Catherine O’Callaghan (Fine Gael)
Dara Calleary (Fianna Fáil)
Seán Canney (Independent)
Micheál Carrigy (Fine Gael)
John Clendennen (Fine Gael)
Michael Collins (Independent Ireland)
Niall Collins (Fianna Fáil)
John Connolly (Fianna Fáil)
Joe Cooney (Fine Gael)
Cathal Crowe (Fianna Fáil)
John Cummins ((Fine Gael)
Martin Daly (Fianna Fáil)
Cormac Devlin (Fianna Fáil)
Alan Dillon (Fine Gael)
Albert Dolan (Fianna Fáil)
Frankie Feighan (Fine Gael)
Michael Fitzmaurice (Independent Ireland)
Sean Fleming (Fianna Fáil)
Norma Foley (Fianna Fáil)
Pat the Cope Gallagher (Fianna Fáil)
Noel Grealish (Independent)
Marian Harkin (Independent)
Danny Healy-Rae (Independent)
Michael Healy-Rae (Independent)
Martin Heydon (Fine Gael)
Sean Kyne (Fine Gael)
John Lahart (Fianna Fáil)
Paul Lawless (Aontú)
Michael Lowry (Independent)
David Maxwell (Fine Gael)
Kevin Boxer Moran (Independent)
Noel McCarthy (Fine Gael)
Charlie McConalogue (Fianna Fáil)
Tony McCormack (Fianna Fáil)
Mattie McGrath (Independent)
Séamus McGrath (Fianna Fáil)
John McGuinness (Fianna Fáil)
Aindrias Moynihan (Fianna Fáil)
Michael Moynihan (Fianna Fáil)
Shane Moynihan (Fianna Fáil)
Jennifer Murnane O’Connor (Fianna Fáil)
Michael Murphy (Fine Gael)
Joe Neville (Fine Gael)
Carol Nolan (Independent)
Jim O’Callaghan (Fianna Fáil)
Willie O’Dea (Fianna Fáil)
Kieran O’Donnell (Fine Gael)
Ken O’Flynn (Independent Ireland)
Ryan O’Meara (Fianna Fáil)
John Paul O’Shea (Fine Gael)
Pádraig O’Sullivan (Fianna Fáil)
Naoise Ó Cearúil (Fianna Fáil)
Naoise Ó Muirí (Fine Gael)
Peter Roche (Fine Gael)
Brendan Smith (Fianna Fáil)
Brian Stanley (Independent)
Edward Timmins (Fine Gael)
Gillian Toole (Independent)
Peadar Tóibín (Aontú)
Robert Troy (Fianna Fáil)
None.
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