Yes, it is seven minutes.
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
Yes, it is seven minutes.
Deputies should speak through the Chair.
Whatever Deputy Healy-Rae heard, he heard but it is not what Deputy Cairns said.
The Deputy's time is running down. In fairness to Deputy Cairns, she did not make that comment but I will leave it up to Deputy Healy-Rae to decide whether he will withdraw his remark.
Deputy Healy-Rae, the clock is-----
Deputy Sherlock is out of order.
Deputy Danny Healy-Rae has five minutes. Just to be fair to the previous speaker-----
Just a minute, please. Deputy Cairns did not say that. I listened carefully. I will leave it up to yourself-----
Thank you.
Deputy Sherlock, please.
Thank you, Deputy. Please continue.
I call Deputy Michael Collins and ask him for his co-operation.
I again remind Deputies we are speaking to the group of amendments beginning with amendment No. 1. While I realise that passions are high, if we could refrain from personal comments and stick to the issues, they are really important.
I am not sure where we are at, but the time is up. Is there something else left?
We are way over time now and I ask the Taoiseach to conclude. We will now move on to the last round of questions.
I am surprised at the amount of time left.
Very helpful.
We are going over time and there are three questions left. I will allow an extra minute.
I welcome the opportunity to contribute on this Bill. I always complain that we do not have enough time, but I certainly have enough time now. I will discuss the Bill itself before turning to my serious concerns about it and the manner in which the trinity of it, the framework and the forthcoming planning Bill is being handled. I thank the Library and Research Service. I also thank the Minister's office for its briefing, which was helpful. The Bill's purpose is to update the State's maritime jurisdiction law to ref…
I am sorry to interrupt, but is the Deputy sharing time? Is it with Deputy Michael Collins, whom I see is here?