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 wish to indicate to Members that I will go back to Sinn Féin now for three and a half minutes. Then it is back to the Government, followed by Sinn Féin and then People Before Profit-Solidarity. That is the list I have here.
I call Deputy Carthy.
I call Deputies Cahill and Higgins, who are sharing time.
These are statements.
I did not allow it earlier on.
I am afraid it is not allowed in this session.
It was not allowed in this session.
Not since I chaired the session. I chaired the session from the beginning and it was not part of the rules for this session. The Minister was here, he made a statement and we clarified that he would come in at the end for ten minutes, including statements. It was not an interactive session. The Deputy will have to take this back to the Business Committee if he wants an interactive session but I took this over from the beginning and it has not been an interactive session.
That was not the case with this session. If the Deputy wants to take up the minute that he left over I will allow him to do so because he stopped short.
We will move on to Deputies Cahill and Higgins.
I thank Deputy Pringle for leaving me lots of time. I have already wished the Minister of State the best and I look forward to working with her. I am going to make use of the few minutes I have to zone in on a number of matters. If the Minister of State wants to leave a mark, she might set up the independent monitoring panel as a matter of urgency. This was a recommendation from many groups. We had A Vision for Change and to me that was perfect. I am on record as saying it was the most wonderful vision in theory bu…
Deputy Boyd Barrett would like to contribute.
The Taoiseach should allow some time for Deputy Kelly to respond.
The Taoiseach will not have time to respond to the question unless the Deputy allows him to answer.
I am trying to be fair to the people who put the questions to the Taoiseach.
Taoiseach, if you could just answer the questions please.
We have run out of time. There are a few seconds left if the Taoiseach wants to answer the questions.
I thank Deputies for their co-operation.
Deputy Whitmore has conveyed her apologies for not being present for Question No. 29.
I call Deputy Cronin of Sinn Féin.