Agreement to the Seanad amendments is reported to the House and a message will be sent to Seanad Éireann acquainting it accordingly.
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
Agreement to the Seanad amendments is reported to the House and a message will be sent to Seanad Éireann acquainting it accordingly.
As there are no Report Stage amendments, we will proceed to Fifth Stage.
The Bill will now be sent to the Seanad.
The three amendments tabled in respect of section 13 are all out of order.
This is a point of order in the middle of the Minister speaking.
A proposal to close the debate has to be agreed. Is that agreed?
Just one minute, the Cathaoirleach is being drawn into something. There has been a motion to close, there is no agreement and the Minister is on his feet. There is one minute left.
There is one minute and ten seconds.
The time for this debate having expired, I am required to put the following question in accordance with an order of the Dáil of this day: "That in respect of each of the sections undisposed of, the section or, as appropriate, the section, as amended, is hereby agreed to in committee, the Title is hereby agreed to in committee, the Bill, as amended, is accordingly reported to the House, Report Stage is hereby completed and the Bill is hereby passed." Is the question agreed to?
Amendments Nos. 1 to 5, inclusive, and No. 7 are related and will be discussed together.
The debate is to end at 10.47 p.m.
The time permitted for the debate having expired, I am required to put the following question in accordance with an order of the Dáil of 6 July: "That, in respect of each of the sections undisposed of, the section is hereby agreed to in Committee, the Preamble and the Title are hereby agreed to in Committee, the Bill is accordingly reported to the House without amendment, Fourth Stage is hereby completed and the Bill is hereby passed."
A message will be sent to the Seanad acquainting it accordingly.
I must now deal with a postponed division relating to the amendment in the name of the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Deputy O'Brien, to the second reading motion on the Ban on Rent Increases Bill 2021. On the question, "That the amendment to the motion be made", a division was claimed and, in accordance with Standing Order 80(2), that division must be taken now.
I object to the Order of Business on two counts. I support the Deputies calling for a full debate on vaccination and the decisions being made to discriminate on the roll-out of that and into pubs. I also object in the strongest possible terms that the Finance (Covid-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill will be allowed one hour's debate tomorrow night. Language means nothing, and if language means nothing, democracy means nothing. To cut that to one hour with a guillotine when the amendment alone from the Minister …
Tá seirbhísí faoisimh á ardú agam arís, nó bheadh sé níos cirte easpa seirbhísí faoisimh a rá. Ní thuigim cén fáth nach féidir na seirbhísí faoisimh a chur ar ais. Tá daoine ag fulaingt ar an talamh. Táimid ag caint faoi rochtain do thithe tábhairne ach ní féidir seirbhísí faoisimh a oscailt. A year and four months after we declared a pandemic, in a time when we are allowing people into pubs and restaurants and doing our best to facilitate that, we are making no progress with respite services.
I am not sure if the Minister of State is aware that she is sharing time with Deputy Devlin.
The Minister of State is down as sharing time.
Deputy Devlin has five minutes.
I am sorry to have interrupted.