We will not be going back to it. We will look at amendments Nos. 3, 10 and 13 as we go forward.
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.
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| 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
We will not be going back to it. We will look at amendments Nos. 3, 10 and 13 as we go forward.
Amendments Nos. 7, 8 and 17 are related and may be discussed together.
Amendments Nos. 9 and 16 are related and may be discussed together.
I am sorry to interrupt. In case there is any misunderstanding, amendments Nos. 10 to 13, inclusive, are related and may be discussed together.
To clarify, amendments Nos. 10 to 13, inclusive, are being discussed together.
The next speaker is Deputy Cairns. She was down to speak on amendments Nos. 1 and 3, which have already been discussed. We are currently discussing amendments Nos. 10 to 13, inclusive.
I am just pointing out that all the amendments were grouped and we have moved on to amendments Nos. 10 to 13, inclusive. The Deputy has an opportunity now to speak and she has seven minutes to do so.
That is okay. I just wanted to clarify matters for the Deputy.
Amendment No. 14 is grouped with quite a number of amendments. Amendments Nos. 14, 29 to 58, inclusive, and 63 are related and are to be discussed together. Amendments Nos. 30 to 58, inclusive, are physical alternatives to amendment No. 29. Amendments Nos. 21 to 40, inclusive, are physical alternatives to amendment No. 30. This is quite a grouping for one reason or another.
We will discuss amendment No. 59 separately when we come to it.
Yes. Amendment No. 14, this amendment, is grouped for discussion with amendments Nos. 29 to 58, inclusive, and 63.
No. Deputy Bacik has tabled a separate amendment, which we will deal with later, amendment No. 59, which is entirely separate from this group.
We will discuss them in relation to amendment No. 14, which Deputy Funchion has moved. The grouped amendments are related to that amendment and they can be moved in due course.
Amendments Nos. 18 to 28, inclusive, 59 and 60 are related and may be discussed together.
I want to advise the House that this debate was supposed to stop after two hours but I understand the Chief Whip will come to the Chamber prior to 6.40 p.m. to read out a proposal that the debate continue until 8.30 p.m.
I thank Deputy Bacik, in particular, for tabling amendment No. 59. It is certainly a key issue for me, and a breaking point. First of all, I acknowledge the tremendous work that has been done by the committee and the Minister. However, all of that work was done on the backs of the suffering of women. We have to acknowledge that. All of these changes were forced, every step of the way in the whole process. I think the Minister would acknowledge that. I could pick any one of a number of examples, including the Commis…
We move now to the amendments to Financial Resolution No. 2. Amendment Nos. 1 to 4, inclusive, are related and will be discussed together.
I would like to return to the issue of the National Maternity Hospital. The Taoiseach's earlier response was that a memo has not gone to Cabinet yet. He said that when it does, it will then go to the committee or the Dáil. I would like the Taoiseach to be very clear to me now. When it goes to the committee or the Dáil, will the decision have been made by Cabinet? In his reply, the Taoiseach talked about the delay. All of the women in this House, as well as male Deputies, are unhappy with the delay but it was not ca…
That was not my question.
That was not my question.