I thank Deputy Kelly, but he is over his time.
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 thank Deputy Kelly, but he is over his time.
Please, Deputy Kelly. There are three more speakers.
Not really.
Deputy Kelly, I try to be fair to everyone. That is not fair, so I am just going to overlook it. I really try to give everybody a little bit of latitude, but there are many speakers. I am going to move. I call Deputy Boyd Barrett.
My apologies to Deputy Mary Lou McDonald who was next on the list. There has been a lot of interaction.
We will move on as we have less than ten minutes for the last three questions which are grouped.
Amendments Nos. 1 and 2 are out of order.
Amendments Nos. 3, 4 and 95 are related and will be discussed together.
Amendment Nos. 7 and 8 are related and may be discussed together.
The proposer has the right to reply and that is it.
Thank you, Deputy.
There is. The Deputy had two minutes and they are up.
Amendments Nos. 11 to 22, inclusive, and 24 to 57, inclusive, are related and may be discussed together.
Has Deputy Boyd Barrett indicated a wish to contribute?
It is a calendar month and two days since the Taoiseach took possession of the report of the independent commission of investigation into mother and baby homes. Will he please tell us whether it has come before Cabinet? If not, why not? When will it be published? What is the cause of the delay, given that legislation was pushed through the Dáil, passed by majority vote, ostensibly for the primary reason that the Government did not want to delay publication of the report?
That was the excuse.
It was the explanation.
Please avoid mentioning names. It is long-standing practice in the Dáil.
I am sharing time with Deputies Joan Collins and Fitzmaurice. I thank Sinn Féin for bringing forward this motion. I welcome the opportunity to speak on it and I have no problem supporting it. I welcome that the Minister has responded by saying that legislation will be introduced to abolish the pension age increase. However, her speech was somewhat contradictory and reflected some of the problems there are with how we look at pensions. As previous speakers noted, we have been looking at our ageing population as a ch…
In accordance with Standing Order 80(2), the division is postponed until the weekly division time on Wednesday, 2 December 2020.