LAB
2025-04-02 · Dail
Financial Resolution: Value Added Tax
I was not expecting to be called so quickly.
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
I was not expecting to be called so quickly.
I am ill-prepared. I have an amendment to move but I assume it will be taken at a later point.
I move amendment No. 1: In paragraph (1), to delete "31 October 2025" and substitute "31 December 2025". I thank the Minister of State for introducing this measure. We in the Labour Party anticipated last October that we might be in this position at this point in time. The Minister of State was not in her current role then but she may recall that on budget night, when the financial resolution was moved regarding the extension of the VAT reduction for a further period, we proposed that the reduction be maintained at…
That is fair enough. I thank the Ceann Comhairle.
What I said earlier.
Yes. Hear, hear.
Excessive executive control.
Self-serving offices.
It is not the same executive control as here.
You could not wait to do a deal with them as the quickest route to office.
Given the strokes you have pulled, we are glad we did not.
Do not patronise the Labour Party.
The Taoiseach has lost the run of himself. He is making it worse.
The Taoiseach is losing the run of himself.
Clean up their mess.
Two wrongs.
It is about a deal with Michael Lowry.
Hear, hear.
Why is it being proposed in the first place?
It is a sad day.