CC
2025-11-26 · Dail
Coast Guard Service
The Minister of State's time is up.
On prevailing side: this member voted with the winning side in 35 of 360 decisive votes (1 abstention excluded). Read it as a government-or-opposition indicator rather than a measure of influence — the figure is near 100% for members supporting the government of the day and near 0% for those opposing it.
This is the point of the site: contributions keep the party held on the day, not the one held now.
| Party | Recorded as | Contributions | Period |
|---|---|---|---|
| SD | Social Democrats | 196 | 2024-12-18 – 2026-09-24 |
| CC | Ceann Comhairle / Chair | 114 | 2025-03-20 – 2026-06-17 |
Membership spells on record: SD 2024-11-29–present
The Minister of State's time is up.
The Minister of State is 20 seconds over now.
You can finish in your second slot-----
The time is up. We are 20 seconds over-----
Minister of State, listen-----
The Minister of State's time is up.
The Minister of State is 45 seconds over his time.
You have been nearly five minutes speaking at this stage.
Your speech is written out here and we can all see it.
I call Deputy McGuinness.
I thank the Deputies. The next Topical Issue, in the name of Deputy Danny Healy-Rae, is to ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to discuss outbreaks of TB in cattle in Kerry.
The Deputy's time is up.
The Deputy is over his time.
The Minister of State's time is up.
We need to move on. We cannot discuss it now, Deputy.
We are moving on from Topical Issues. We will not have a back-and-forth on this.
The Tánaiste, Simon Harris, promised voters an action plan on childcare within 100 days and here we are 400 days later with nothing to show for that but more empty words. The Minister does not need me to tell him that this sector is at breaking point for service providers, staff and, fundamentally, young families. The Social Democrats have called for a time-limited special Oireachtas committee to develop a pathway for the future vision of childcare and early years education in Ireland. That has fallen on deaf ears.…
What of the action plan?
The Minister needs to answer the question on the action plan.
I asked a question and the Minister has not answered it.