The following motion was moved by Deputy Ruth Coppinger on Thursday, 12 June 2025: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
Debate resumed on amendment No. 1:
To delete all words after "That" and substitute the following:
"Dáil Éireann resolves that the Criminal Law (Prohibition of the Disclosure of Counselling Records) Bill 2025, be deemed to be read a second time this day twelve months, to allow for consideration by the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to consider and bring forward provisions relating to Counselling Records.".
-(Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan)
I must now deal with a deferred division relating to the ministerial amendment to the Second Reading motion on the Criminal Law (Prohibition of the Disclosure of Counselling Records) Bill 2025.
Amendment put:
The Dáil divided: Tá, 83; Níl, 67; Staon, 0.
Tellers: Tá, Deputies Mary Butler and Emer Currie; Níl, Deputies Paul Murphy and Ruth Coppinger.
Ward, Mark.
Amendment declared carried.
Motion, as amended, put and agreed to.