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
I thank the Minister. That is all the time there is. We are up against the clock and we can do nothing about that. We cannot have a debate here. We have two more speakers. From the Independent Group we have Deputies Joan Collins and Catherine Connolly. They have six and a half minutes starting now.
Will the Minister reply in writing, and address the criticism?
It would be a good idea because we are up against the clock.
We cannot do that.
I know.
We cannot prolong the debate.
The Deputy knows we cannot have a point of order in the middle of this. I thank everyone for their co-operation, in general. We have managed to come to the end of our time. We will have a sos for 20 minutes.
Like other Members I am delighted to have an opportunity to speak on this particularly important legislation. I was almost moved to tears when my colleague, Deputy Lahart, waxed lyrical on the entire subject. He missed out on one aspect, although I thought he was about to come to it. He did not claim responsibility for the fine summers we had over the years but he claimed responsibility for everything else. I mean that in the best of ways. I was reminded of a line in a poem which states: And even the ranks of Tusca…
I so move.
We will take Deputy Jim O'Callaghan's question now, following which the Minister will respond.
The next slot is a Sinn Féin slot. I call Deputy Tully.
The Minister and Minister of State have three minutes and 20 seconds. They can do a lot of damage in that length of time.
Deputy Paul Donnelly may have a few more seconds.
Is that agreed? Agreed. I urge the Deputies to stay as close as they can to the time because we are running out of time.
The Minister and Minister of State will have to reply in writing because we have run out of time.
I call Deputy Nolan. I am sorry about the time, but there is nothing I can do about it.
We will have to wait for written replies to those questions. The last speakers from the Independent Group are Deputies Connolly and McNamara, who are sharing time and have 3.5 minutes each.
I know. The Deputy has one and a half minutes left.
I think that is fair enough.
The Minister has 40 seconds in which to reply.