The 24 TDs who voted to ban fox hunting

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1. So basically just PBP, Labour, SDs, O’Gorman, Ward, Healy and Gogarty.

   Gogarty the only one here that could be considered a surprise.

2. Completely aligned with them all on this issue, couldn’t imagine voting for any of them in an election. Two of them are my local TDs

3. Those who backed the unspeakable in pursuit of the uneatable should be unelectable..

4. I would have thought banning fox hunting would be one of the least controversial bills imaginable, if not based on ethics, who the fuck is worried about losing the fox hunter vote? 

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6. I’ll be honest, I was all for it until I read it. I’d say a lot of us are the same.

   The bill was extremely poorly written, and would have outlawed all forms of fox management including shooting and trapping.

   Intentional? Not sure.

   EDIT: 32 upvotes no one touch the arrows now lads.

   EDIT 2: Which one of you Fingal bastards upvoted to be counted. Jokes on you, when I hit 34 I’ll downvote myself back to 32.

   EDIT 3: Fuck yiz.

7. Honestly wanting to see an animal tortured to death is a pretty black and white issue for me. Like, can I trust this human being or not. Regardless of whether I agree or disagree with your politics, I need to be able to trust you. This isn’t politics, this is humanity

8. Two things, one this would have just moved the bill to committee where it could have been worked on amd reworded.

   Second, the bill wasn’t for an act in it’s entirety. It was a single subsection to be added to an existing act which already provides provisions for killing foxes for pest control which is why it doesn’t cover pest control specifically. It would have been added to section 12 of the Animal Health and Welfare Act and been immediately followed by:

   (10) This section does not apply to—

   (a) the destruction of an animal in an appropriate and humane manner, or

   (b) anything done under and in accordance with any of the enactments or Regulations mentioned in section 10 (5).

   (11) Nothing in this section applies in relation to anything which occurs in the ordinary course of—

   (a) fishing,

   (b) lawfully hunting an animal, unless the animal is released in an injured, mutilated or exhausted condition, or

   (c) lawfully coursing a hare, unless the hare is hunted or coursed in a space from which it does not have a reasonable chance of escape.

9. And shame on the rest of the gutless, heartless, inhumane bastards.

10. Everyone moaning about people voting against the bill haven’t read the bill

11. Im all for the Ban of Fox Hunting

12. The Healy- Rae’s and members of the Rural independents in government would have certainly voted against as would most of FF/FG and SF fearing a rural backlash and Fox hunting is usually practiced by the gentry and well off members of society many of whom would financially support these parties

13. Go on Quaid!

14. The most spineless government you could ever come across. No appetite for any change for the good

15. Fuck em

16. Those who voted against it:

    No
    Aird, William.
    Ardagh, Catherine.
    Bennett, Cathy.
    Boland, Grace.
    Brabazon, Tom.
    Brady, John.
    Brennan, Brian.
    Brennan, Shay.
    Brophy, Colm.
    Browne, James.
    Buckley, Pat.
    Burke, Colm.
    Burke, Peter.
    Butler, Mary.
    Butterly, Paula.
    Buttimer, Jerry.
    Byrne, Joanna.
    Byrne, Malcolm.
    Cahill, Michael.
    Calleary, Dara.
    Canney, Seán.
    Carrigy, Micheál.
    Carroll MacNeill, Jennifer.
    Carthy, Matt.
    Chambers, Jack.
    Cleere, Peter ‘Chap’.
    Clendennen, John.
    Collins, Michael.
    Collins, Niall.
    Connolly, John.
    Conway-Walsh, Rose.
    Cooney, Joe.
    Cronin, Réada.
    Crowe, Cathal.
    Crowe, Seán.
    Cullinane, David.
    Daly, Martin.
    Daly, Pa.
    Dempsey, Aisling.
    Dillon, Alan.
    Doherty, Pearse.
    Dolan, Albert.
    Donnelly, Paul.
    Dooley, Timmy.
    Ellis, Dessie.
    Farrell, Mairéad.
    Feighan, Frankie.
    Fitzmaurice, Michael.
    Fleming, Sean.
    Foley, Norma.
    Gallagher, Pat the Cope.
    Geoghegan, James.
    Gould, Thomas.
    Graves, Ann.
    Guirke, Johnny.
    Harkin, Marian.
    Healy-Rae, Danny.
    Healy-Rae, Michael.
    Heydon, Martin.
    Higgins, Emer.
    Kenny, Martin.
    Keogh, Keira.
    Kerrane, Claire.
    Lahart, John.
    Lawless, James.
    Lawless, Paul.
    Lowry, Michael.
    Mac Lochlainn, Pádraig.
    Maxwell, David.
    McAuliffe, Paul.
    McCarthy, Noel.
    McConalogue, Charlie.
    McCormack, Tony.
    McEntee, Helen.
    McGettigan, Donna.
    McGrath, Mattie.
    McGrath, Séamus.
    McGreehan, Erin.
    McGuinness, Conor D.
    Mitchell, Denise.
    Moran, Kevin Boxer.
    Moynihan, Aindrias.
    Moynihan, Michael.
    Moynihan, Shane.
    Murnane O’Connor, Jennifer.
    Murphy, Michael.
    Mythen, Johnny.
    Neville, Joe.
    Newsome Drennan, Natasha.
    Nolan, Carol.
    O’Callaghan, Jim.
    O’Connell, Maeve.
    O’Connor, James.
    O’Dea, Willie.
    O’Donnell, Kieran.
    O’Donoghue, Richard.
    O’Donovan, Patrick.
    O’Hara, Louis.
    O’Meara, Ryan.
    O’Reilly, Louise.
    O’Rourke, Darren.
    O’Shea, John Paul.
    O’Sullivan, Christopher.
    O’Sullivan, Pádraig.
    Ó Broin, Eoin.
    Ó Cearúil, Naoise.
    Ó Fearghaíl, Seán.
    Ó Laoghaire, Donnchadh.
    Ó Muirí, Naoise.
    Ó Murchú, Ruairí.
    Ó Snodaigh, Aengus.
    Ó Súilleabháin, Fionntán.
    Quinlivan, Maurice.
    Richmond, Neale.
    Roche, Peter.
    Scanlon, Eamon.
    Smith, Brendan.
    Smyth, Niamh.
    Stanley, Brian.
    Timmins, Edward.
    Toole, Gillian.
    Tóibín, Peadar.
    Ward, Barry.
    Ward, Mark.

17. Some of the same mob who wouldn’t applaud Zelensky.

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