I interrupted other Deputies to remind them to speak to the amendment.
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
I interrupted other Deputies to remind them to speak to the amendment.
The Deputy can speak for as long as she wants but the amendment is on regulations.
I am going to speak to amendments Nos. 2, 20 and 24. I will be as brief as I can. It will probably be my last contribution on this this evening. That we would see the regulations is the most basic requirement. If we take the three amendments together, there are different requests in them. Some want the regulations to come before us so there is a period of time where we can annul them but that does not prevent the Minister bringing them into force. Amendment No. 20 or amendment No. 24 says he must bring it in afterw…
It belies the fact we unanimously gave the Minister and the Government the power back in March. We stood here and gave it that power on the basis of a contract the Government would be honest and come back to us. It has never happened. This morning the Taoiseach told us we have discussed legislation. We never have. Last week was the first opportunity I had. I had two 20-minute slots and I am on record as thanking the system for that. I would say that will be the last time I or anybody else gets that type of time. Yo…
The Deputy should come back to the amendment.
I remind the Deputy to speak to the amendment.
Deputy, I might-----
There are three amendments being discussed.
The Deputy can speak, but only to the amendments.
Amendments Nos. 13 and 14 are related and will be discussed together.
Amendments Nos. 15 to 17, inclusive, 22 and 24 are related and will be discussed together.
There are a number of speakers and we will run out of time.
The Deputy is speaking to amendment No. 24, not amendment No. 25.
We are out of time.
I apologise to the remaining speakers. The time permitted for this debate having expired, I am required to put the following question in accordance with an order of the Dáil of 7 December 2021: "That each of the sections undisposed of is hereby agreed to in committee, the Title is hereby agreed to in committee, the Bill is accordingly reported to the House without amendment, Report Stage is hereby completed and the Bill is hereby passed."
A message will be sent to the Seanad acquainting it accordingly.
As the Deputy is not present to move amendment No. 1, we will move on. Amendments Nos. 2 and 3 are related and may be discussed together.
With the permission of the House, I am going to go back to amendment No.1. I probably cannot do that so I need the permission of the House. Is the Minister in agreement on that?
I think there is discretion but I certainly need the agreement of the House.
Is that agreed? Agreed.