I call the Minister of State.
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 call the Minister of State.
We will go back to the Regional Group and an Teachta Denis Naughten to conclude.
I am sharing time with Deputies McNamara and Fitzmaurice. I will pick up on Deputy Alan Farrell's last point. The one thing we have not done is empower local communities or people. We have patronised them and introduced a divisive carbon tax when what we needed was leadership, not just from this Government, but from previous governments as well. Climate change is an existential threat – I have no doubt about that. I have followed it in Galway when we led the way – not me, but the people on the ground. Another Deput…
Please let the Minister continue.
The Deputy has had her chance. I had mine. Thank you. We are going to let the Minister speak uninterrupted.
I thank the Minister.
The Minister has completed.
That completes the debate and completes the contributions of Danny Healy-Rae and everybody else. I will now put the question that the amendment be made.
I am in the middle of putting the amendment. That is the question at this point.
The Deputy must wait. I have put the amendment but will do so again for clarity.
The question is "That the amendment be made". Is that agreed?
It is the People before Profit amendment to the motion that is being put now.
In the interest of clarity that is the amendment being put. It is not agreed.
I have put the question, "That the amendment be made" and, on that question, a division has been challenged. Will the Deputies dissenting who are claiming a division please rise in their places?
As fewer than ten Members have risen-----
Can we just carry out the voting procedure please?
Please, we are in the middle of a voting process. The request from the Chair is that the Deputies-----
Resume your seat, Deputy. This is my last time asking before I abandon the Dáil-----
I am asking for your co-operation. I am going to ask, for the last time, for your co-operation and for the first time, if I do not get it, I am going to abandon the session. It is as simple as that. We are actually in the middle of a voting procedure and I am going to repeat, in the interests of clarity, the procedure and the question.
I repeat that we are in the middle of voting. Listen to the question. Will the Deputies dissenting who are claiming a division please rise in their places?