Monaghan County Council · Adjourned Meeting of Monaghan County Council · 16 September 2024
A vote on a motion welcoming the Dáil's vote for a public inquiry into the death of Shane O'Farrell of Carrickmacross and calling on the Minister for Justice to set up that inquiry immediately.
Summary written by AI from the minutes. The motion as recorded follows.
“That Monaghan County Council welcomes the recent vote passed by the Dail calling for a Public Inquiry into the death of Carrickmacross man, Shane O’Farrell, and we call on the Minister for Justice to immediately put in place that Inquiry. Monaghan County Council notes that a similar motion was passed previously and was never delivered upon; we also note, with concern, that Government have decided to refer the report of the previous scoping exercise to the Oireachtas Justice Committee, instead of immediately initiating a Public Inquiry”.
Proposed by Cllr C. Carthy; seconded by Cllr N. Keelan.
The minutes record: A recorded vote was taken which resulted as follows: For: Cllrs Aughey, Bennett, Carthy, S. Conlon, Flynn, Keelan, McAree, O’Hanlon, S. Treanor and P. Treanor Total: 10 Abstentions: Cllrs Clerkin, Gilliland, Maxwell and Truell Total: 4 The Cathaoirleach declared the motion carried.
| Party | Tá | Níl | Staon | Didn't vote |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sinn Féin | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Fine Gael | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| Fianna Fáil | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Independent | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
None
Tá, Níl and Staon are the minutes’ for, against and abstained. “Didn’t vote” covers councillors on the council that day whom the minutes don’t list under any option, for any reason. Parties are as of the meeting day.