LAB
2025-09-24 · Dail
Child Poverty and Homelessness: Motion [Private Members]
How about VAT cuts?
On prevailing side: this member voted with the winning side in 114 of 997 decisive votes (6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAB | Labour | 984 | 2020-03-26 – 2026-09-24 |
Membership spells on record: LAB 2011-02-25–2016-03-09 · LAB 2016-03-10–2020-02-08 · LAB 2020-02-08–2024-11-08 · LAB 2024-11-29–present
How about VAT cuts?
How about your response on VAT cuts?
You were good at that before-----
-----you were a Minister.
You destroyed the economy, pal.
You destroyed the economy. Listen to yourself.
You ought to be ashamed of yourselves.
You are set to be the worst housing Minister ever.
Look at your ghost estates and policies on developments.
You torched the country. You destroyed the country.
You should be wearing a sackcloth and ashes and apologising to the Irish people.
I doubt it.
They are the figures that matter.
How do you sleep?
Literally, how do you sleep?
How do you sleep?
The invisible man.
Chair-----
Hear, hear.
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