On prevailing side: this member voted with the winning side in 782 of 793 decisive votes (2 abstentions 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FG | Fine Gael | 1,124 | 2020-02-20 – 2024-11-07 |
| CC | Ceann Comhairle / Chair | 946 | 2020-03-05 – 2024-10-24 |
Membership spells on record: FG 1981-06-11–1982-02-27 · FG 1982-05-13–1982-12-21 · FG 1982-11-24–1987-01-21 · FG 1987-02-17–1989-05-25 · FG 1989-06-15–1992-11-05 · FG 1992-11-25–1997-05-15 · FG 1997-06-06–2002-04-25 · FG 2002-05-17–2007-04-30 · FG 2007-05-24–2011-02-01 · FG 2011-02-25–2016-03-09 · FG 2016-03-10–2020-01-14 · FG 2020-02-08–2024-11-08
Next is the Government slot and Deputies Cowen, O'Connor and Alan Farrell will share 11 minutes. Do the Deputies wish to divide it up into three separate sections for reply of two and a half minutes? Is that agreed?
Whose mathematics is that? We will play it by ear.
I am sorry for interrupting, but does Deputy Cowen wish the Minister to reply to his individual-----
There are seven and a half minutes left in the slot and there are two more speakers.
I could not resist the temptation.
Does the Deputy want answers now?
There are three minutes and 45 seconds left in the slot.
The Minister has not very long. There are three minutes 39 seconds left in the slot now.
Do the best you can.
Does the Deputy want the Minister-----
Next is a Government slot of four Deputies sharing time. This goes back to whether Deputies want to have a question-and-answer session in each case or whether we will take all four Deputies and then have one reply. Which do the Deputies want to go for? We will play it by ear then and see what happens. The Deputies have two and a half minutes each and are into borrowed time after that if they want a reply.
The Minister will reply in writing in due course.
There is approximately one minute left for the Minister to respond.
The Minister's time is up.
The Minister will give a written reply to the Deputy. We are running short of time and there is a sos coming up. There are four members sharing the next slot, which is a Government slot: Deputies Murnane O'Connor, Dillon, Pádraig O'Sullivan and MacSharry. The Deputies have approximately two and a half minutes each.
We are really tight on time so I ask the Deputy to conclude.
There is one minute and ten seconds left in that slot but presumably-----
Does the Minister want to reply to any of that?
We cannot have a debate. The time is 40 seconds now. We cannot have a debate. There is no space for that. We are up against the clock. Will the Minister reply in writing to the queries raised?
Can the Minister reply very quickly? There are 25 seconds left.