I must now deal with a postponed division relating to Second Stage of the Ministers and Secretaries (Attorney General) Bill 2023, taken on Thursday, 3 July 2025. On the question, "That the Bill be now read a Second Time", a division was claimed and in accordance with Standing Order 85(2), that division must be taken now.
Question put: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
The Dáil divided: Tá, 69; Níl, 87; Staon, 0.
Tellers: Tá, Deputies Duncan Smith and Ged Nash; Níl, Deputies Mary Butler and Emer Currie.
Question declared lost.
The question is lost and the Bill is defeated.