Name and Shame

From the Dail (Irish Parliament) debate on March 20, 2001 from
http://www.gov.ie/debates-03/20Mar/Sect1.htm#3
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This Dail Debate includes a vote by the 166 TDs ( equivalent of MPs) in the Dail for a motion including "the decision of the Government to maintain those arrangements for the overflight and landing in Ireland of US military and civilian aircraft"
Notice the inclusion of "and civilian aircraft" in the motion in order to tone it down a bit. Why would anyone be against civilian aircraft landing ?

The results for all 166 of the public representatives were
For : 73
Against : 56
( 37 didn't vote at all)

Guilt by constituency :

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How the parties voted

YES:

TD (MP) name	Party
Ahern, Bertie	FF
Ahern, Dermot	FF
Ahern, Michael	FF
Ahern, Noel	FF
Andrews, Barry	FF
Ardagh, Seán	FF
Blaney, Niall	IND
Brady, Johnny	FF
Brady, Martin	FF
Brennan, Seamus	FF
Browne, John	FF
Callanan, Joe	FF
Callely, Ivor	FF
Carey, Pat	FF
Carty, John	FF
Cassidy, Donie	FF
Collins, Michael	IND
Cooper-Flynn, Beverley	FF
Coughlan, Mary	FF
Cowen, Brian	FF
Cullen, Martin	FF
Curran, John	FF
de Valera, Síle	FF
Dempsey, Tony	FF
Dennehy, John	FF
Ellis, John	FF
Fitzpatrick, Dermot	FF
Fleming, Seán	FF
Gallagher, Pat The Cope	FF
Glennon, Jim	FF
Grealish, Noel	PD
Hanafin, Mary	FF
Harney, Mary	PD
Haughey, Seán	FF
Hoctor, Máire	FF
Keaveney, Cecilia	FF
Kelleher, Billy	FF
Killeen, Tony	FF
Kirk, Seamus	FF
Lenihan, Brian	FF
Lenihan, Conor	FF
McCreevy, Charlie	FF
McDaid, James	FF
McEllistrim, Thomas	FF
Martin, Micheál	FF
Moloney, John	FF
Moynihan, Donal	FF
Moynihan, Michael	FF
Mulcahy, Michael	FF
Nolan, M.J.	FF
Ó Cuív, Éamon	FF
Ó Fearghaíl, Seán	FF
O'Connor, Charlie	FF
O'Dea, Willie	FF
O'Donnell, Liz	FF
O'Donoghue, John	FF
O'Keeffe, Batt.	FF
O'Keeffe, Ned	FF
O'Malley, Fiona	PD
O'Malley, Tim	PD
Power, Peter	FF
Roche, Dick	FF
Ryan, Eoin	FF
Sexton, Mae	PD
Smith, Brendan	FF
Smith, Michael	FF
Treacy, Noel	FF
Wallace, Dan	FF
Wallace, Mary	FF
Walsh, Joe	FF
Wilkinson, Ollie	FF
Woods, Michael	FF
Wright, G.V.	FF

Allen, Bernard	FG
Boyle, Dan	GP
Breen, Pat	FG
Broughan, Thomas P	Lab
Bruton, Richard	FG
Burton, Joan	Lab
Connolly, Paudge	Ind
Costello, Joe	Lab
Coveney, Simon	FG
Crawford, Seymour	FG
Crowe, Seán	SF
Cuffe, Ciarán	GP
Deenihan, Jimmy	FG
Durkan, Bernard J.	FG
English, Damien	FG
Enright, Olwyn	FG
Ferris, Martin	SF
Gilmore, Eamon	Lab
Gogarty, Paul	GP
Gormley, John	GP
Gregory, Tony	Ind
Harkin, Marian	Ind
Hayes, Tom	FG
Higgins, Joe	SP
Higgins, Michael D.	Lab
Hogan, Phil	FG
Kenny, Enda	FG
Lynch, Kathleen	Lab
McCormack, Padraic	FG
McGinley, Dinny	FG
McGrath, Finian	Ind
McGrath, Paul	FG
McHugh, Paddy	Ind
McManus, Liz	Lab
Mitchell, Gay	FG
Morgan, Arthur	SF
Moynihan-Cronin Breeda	Lab
Murphy Gerard	FG
Noonan Michael	FG
Ó Caoláin Caoimhghín.	SF
O'Keeffe, Jim	FG
O'Shea, Brian	Lab
O'Sullivan, Jan	Lab
Pattison, Seamus	Lab
Penrose, Willie	Lab
Quinn, Ruairi	Lab
Rabbitte, Pat	Lab
Ring, Michael	FG
Ryan, Eamon	GP
Sargent, Trevor	GP
Sherlock, Joe	Lab
Shortall, Róisín	Lab
Stagg, Emmet	Lab
Stanton, David	FG
Upton, Mary	Lab
Wall, Jack	Lab

ANALYSIS:

Party	No. of TDs prowar	No. of TDs antiwar
FF	67 / 79 6 known non-voters	0 / 79
PD	5 / 8	0 / 8
FG	0 / 31	21 / 31
Lab	0 / 21	18 / 21
SF	0 / 5	4 / 5
GP	0 / 6	6 / 6
SP	0 / 1	1 / 1
IND	2 / 14	5 / 14

Some of the 6 known FF TDs who did not vote were John Cregan, Tom Kitt, Noel Dempsey, Noel O'Flynn and Denis O'Donovan.
Among the 3 PD TDs who did not vote at all was Michael McDowell, the minister for justice !.
Representation of the different parties in the Dail (from www.irlgov.ie - Oireachtais - Deputies - Alphabetical list.

Fianna Fáil	79
Fine Gael	31
Labour	21
Progressive Democrats	8
Green Party	6
Sinn Fein	5
Socialist Party	1
Independents & others	14
Ceann Comhairle	1
Total	166

Tellers: Tà: Deputies Hanafin and Kelleher; Níl: Deputies Durkan and Stagg.

Question declared carried.

Highlights

***** The Taoiseach (Bertie Ahern): ..." This country will not be participating in military action. It will not be participating in war because there is no second resolution, as I outlined continually. Most Parliaments, including those involved in the war, which have had a debate this week and which are much larger than ours, have not spent anything like the proportion of time we have spent discussing the matter. I hope we can have a reasoned debate today. I know there are people with different views and that they feel passionate about these issues. We have control over some of the issues, but not over most of them"
- Lie no.1 Claiming that refuelling soldieer, gun and bomb carrying aeroplanes is not "participating in military action" is like saying the getaway car driver in a bank robbery did not participate in the robbery...
- Lie no. 2 "We have control over some of the issues, but not over most of them" - a bit waffly as usual, but one would hope the Irish government has some control over what guns, bombs and personnel go through Irish airports and airspace as they should with drug shipments etc.

***** The Motion:
"Foreign Conflicts: Motion.
The Taoiseach: I move:
That Dáil Éireann, noting the imminence of military action by a United States led coalition against Iraq:
- reaffirms Ireland's commitment to the Unnited Nations as the guarantor of collective global security and as the appropriate forum for the resolution of disputes threatening international peace and security;
- condemns the continued refusal of the Goovernment of Iraq over a period of 12 years to comply with its obligation to disarm as imposed by numerous resolutions of the United Nations Security Council, most recently in Resolution 1441;
- recalls that Resolution 1441 found Iraq in material breach of its obligations under relevant resolutions, afforded Iraq a final opportunity to comply with these obligations and recalled the Security Council's repeated warnings that Iraq would face serious consequences as a result of its continued violations of its obligations;
- expresses its deep regret that efforts wwithin the Security Council to reach agreement on how to address the question of Iraqi non-compliance have failed;
- recalls Ireland's statement as a member of the Security Council on the adoption of Resolution 1441 that it would be for the Security Council to decide on any ensuing action in the event of further Iraqi non-compliance;
- regrets that the coalition finds it neceessary to launch the campaign in the absence of agreement on a further resolution, notwithstanding the claims of the coalition to be acting on the basis of an existing Security Council mandate;
- endorses the decision of the Government that Ireland will not participate in the coalition's proposed military action against Iraq;
- expresses its earnest hope that militaryy action, should it occur, will be of short duration and that loss of life and destruction will be kept to a minimum;
- declares its commitment to the sovereignnty, independence and territorial integrity of Iraq;
- calls on all parties to any conflict to respect the provisions of international humanitarian law, in particular, the Geneva Conventions;
- welcomes the stated intention of the coaalition to act swiftly to address the food and humanitarian needs of the Iraqi people;
- welcomes the arrangements put in place bby the Government to ensure that Ireland will be able to contribute rapidly to the humanitarian effort in Iraq;
- calls on the United Nations to assume a central role in securing the humanitarian needs of the Iraqi people and the reconstruction of Iraq in which Ireland will play its full part;
- recalls the long-standing arrangements ffor the overflight and landing in Ireland of US military and civilian aircraft; and
- supports the decision of the Government to maintain those arrangements. "

* Lie no 3:
"- reaffirms Ireland's commitment to the United Nations as the guarantor of collective global security and as the appropriate forum for the resolution of disputes threatening international peace and security;"
There is no UN resolution asking for Shannon to be used in invading Iraq.
* Lie no 4:
"- condemns the continued refusal of the Government of Iraq over a period of 12 years to comply with its obligation to disarm as imposed by numerous resolutions of the United Nations Security Council, most recently in Resolution 1441;"
Hans Blix former head of the UN disarmament team in Iraq has said that Iraq was probably disarmed, and he would know better than the Irish government.
* Lie no 5:
"- recalls that Resolution 1441 found Iraq in material breach of its obligations under relevant resolutions, afforded Iraq a final opportunity to comply with these obligations and recalled the Security Council's repeated warnings that Iraq would face serious consequences as a result of its continued violations of its obligations;"
The infamous "Serious Consequences" is the clause of resolution 1441 is the phrase interpreted by the US, UK, Spain and Ireland seemingly to mean "invade, kill, bomb, dispossess, " etc Iraq. Makes as much sense as the death penalty in the US: "Murder is bad, so the state can murder you", "Possessing bombs is bad, so the state will use it's cruise missiles, depleted uranium shells, tanks, daisycutters etc to bomb you".....
* Lie no 6:
"- expresses its deep regret that efforts within the Security Council to reach agreement on how to address the question of Iraqi non-compliance have failed;"
According to Hans Blix Iraq was disarmed.
* Lie no 7:
"- recalls Ireland's statement as a member of the Security Council on the adoption of Resolution 1441 that it would be for the Security Council to decide on any ensuing action in the event of further Iraqi non-compliance; "
The security councel never approved this war, but Ireland went ahead with participating in it anyway.....
* Lie no 8:
"- regrets that the coalition finds it necessary to launch the campaign in the absence of agreement on a further resolution, notwithstanding the claims of the coalition to be acting on the basis of an existing Security Council mandate;"
The existing mandate of "Serious consequences" does not mean war and invasion.
* Lie no 9:
"- endorses the decision of the Government that Ireland will not participate in the coalition's proposed military action against Iraq;"
Look at the pictures of Hercules transporters etc in Shannon on the "Links" section of www.voteoutffpd.com.
* Lie no 10:
"- expresses its earnest hope that military action, should it occur, will be of short duration and that loss of life and destruction will be kept to a minimum;"
Military action bu the US / UK is going on since 1991 and in Gulf war II alone has claimed ~ 40,000 lives. The infrastructure such as roads, electricity, sewage, water, telephones, internet etc. was bombed to bits.
* Lie no 11:
"- declares its commitment to the sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity of Iraq;"
Paul Bremer is the unelected ruler of Iraq at the moment.
* Lie no 12
"- calls on all parties to any conflict to respect the provisions of international humanitarian law, in particular, the Geneva Conventions;"
The US made reference to this when live US prisoners where shown by Iraqis on TV, but no one highlighted it when Saddams 2 bomb killed sons were paraded by the US media...
* Lie no 13
"- welcomes the stated intention of the coalition to act swiftly to address the food and humanitarian needs of the Iraqi people;"
40,000 dead, people jobless, infrastructure in pieces, armed soldiers everywhere, no democracy, and only PR exercise humanitarian missions e.g. the "Sir Galahad".
* Lie no 14
"- welcomes the arrangements put in place by the Government to ensure that Ireland will be able to contribute rapidly to the humanitarian effort in Iraq;"
Aiding the bombing of Iraq with Shannon is not aiding the humanitarian effort.
Lie no 15
"- calls on the United Nations to assume a central role in securing the humanitarian needs of the Iraqi people and the reconstruction of Iraq in which Ireland will play its full part;"
The US, UK, Spain and Ireland have sidelined the UN.
Lie no 16
"- recalls the long-standing arrangements for the overflight and landing in Ireland of US military and civilian aircraft; and
- supports the decision of the Government to maintain those arrangements."
There is no long-standing arrangement in Ireland to aid the deaths of 40,000 people.