On prevailing side: this member voted with the winning side in 22 of 449 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CC | Ceann Comhairle / Chair | 7,413 | 2020-03-19 – 2025-07-09 |
| IND | Independent | 2,272 | 2020-02-20 – 2025-10-08 |
Membership spells on record: IND 2016-03-10–2016-05-30 · I4C 2016-05-31–2020-01-14 · IND 2020-02-08–2024-11-08 · IND 2024-11-29–2025-10-25
I understand the seriousness of the issue but Deputy O'Donoghue has said quite categorically that documents were tampered with. I presume he means to say "allegedly". I ask the Deputy to be careful.
That is okay. It was just important to say that.
Rather than me constantly interrupting, I ask that Members stick to the time limits to help all of their colleagues get in.
The Deputy's time is up.
No, we are out of time.
Is the Bill being opposed?
Since this is a Private Members' Bill, Second Stage must, under Standing Orders, be taken in Private Members' time.
Is that agreed? Agreed.
I fully support the calls for an inquiry. I hear what the Minister said in her speech. She acknowledges the need for an inquiry and is in the middle of taking steps to determine the best type of inquiry, to be led by the survivors. She points out on the first page that "The sexual abuse of a child is repugnant to the whole of society and is a reprehensible abuse of power and trust." I disagree with the Minister in the sense that the sexual abuse of a child was never repugnant to those who carried it out, to the Cat…
I move: That Dáil Éireann: notes that: — the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development's (OECD) (2022), Redesigning Ireland's Transport for Net Zero: Towards Systems that Work for People and the Planet publication, which highlights that current mobility patterns in Ireland are incompatible with our greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions targets, and calls for transformative, systemic change away from car dependency as a matter of urgency; — the OECD finds, among other findings, that: — Ireland's efforts to-date…
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I thank the staff in my office for their tremendous work on this motion, all my colleagues in the Dáil who have agreed with the substance of the motion, and indeed the Government as it has agreed with the substance of it. The kernel is in carrying out what the motion has asked the Government to do. I will hold the Government to account. There is a list of asks here with which the Minister has said he has no difficulty. I will look for a timescale for the implementation of those requests. In regard to the motion, I …
I thank the Minister.
We are over time.
We are out of time. We are way over time but the Minister may complete his answer.
Each issue is very important and we are way over time.
The Taoiseach to respond.
Thank you, Deputy.
We are over time.
We have only two speakers so I will allow Deputies some latitude.