On prevailing side: this member voted with the winning side in 1,054 of 1,062 decisive votes (4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FF | Fianna Fáil | 3,415 | 2020-03-26 – 2026-10-01 |
Membership spells on record: FF 2007-05-24–2011-02-01 · FF 2011-03-04–2011-04-25 · FF 2011-05-25–2016-04-24 · FF 2016-03-10–2020-01-14 · FF 2020-02-08–2024-11-08 · FF 2024-11-29–present
I move amendment No. 117: In page 63, to delete lines 20 to 22 and substitute the following: " "metropolitan area strategic plan" has the meaning assigned to it by subsection (2) of section 29 ;".
I move amendment No. 118: In page 63, between lines 22 and 23, to insert the following: " "National Biodiversity Action Plan" has the same meaning as it has in section 59A of the Wildlife (Amendment) Act 2000;".
I move amendment No. 119: In page 63, line 25, to delete "identified and".
I move amendment No. 120: In page 63, lines 29 and 30, to delete "identified and".
I move amendment No. 121: In page 63, line 38, to delete "context" and substitute "case".
I move amendment No. 122: In page 64, line 3, to delete "(as read with subsection (3) of that section)".
We have six minutes left.
I thank Deputy Ó Broin. Affordable housing delivery for people to purchase and rent is an absolute priority of mine and of this Government. We are making real progress there. As the Deputy knows, Housing for All sets out a range of actions necessary to increase the supply of housing output across the board but also, really importantly, sets forward a roadmap and plan to deliver 54,000 affordable homes by local authorities, approved housing bodies, the Land Development Agency and through the first home scheme, which…
Not correct.
The facts are borne out by looking at the first-time buyer activity. We have more than 500 first-time buyers per week now drawing down mortgages and buying their homes using the very supports we have brought forward, namely, the first home and help-to-buy schemes, which the Deputy opposes and would scrap. He has put nothing forward that would replace them, only some loose leasehold arrangement that is sorely lacking in any detail. I will give the Deputy a couple of examples. On affordable housing delivery through o…
No, it is not.
First, Deputy Ó Broin is again trying to play with the facts that the all-in cost, as he said, includes the State subvention.
Sinn Féin has not published its housing plan. The Deputy said he will effectively-----
A Chathaoirligh Gníomhaigh-----
This might be for the Deputy's Facebook or Twitter video. He might let me answer the question.
I project that we will deliver more than 6,000 affordable homes this year between all our various delivery streams. The Deputy wants to contend that is not progress from three years ago when there were zero, and then the number went up to 1,757 and to more than 4,00 last year. I am projecting that we will do more than 6,000 this year. They are 6,000-----
There are 6,000 families and 6,000 homeowners-----
-----because this Government supports home ownership. I support home ownership; the Deputy does not. It is very clear because all of the measures-----
He wants the help-to-buy grant of €30,000 abolished and taken away from them.
He wants the first home scheme and vacancy grant abolished. There has been no housing plan whatsoever from Deputy Ó Broin, only some leasehold arrangements where people do not actually even own the land on which they buy their homes, or they are going to have to restrict to whom they sell the home.