CC
2023-12-13 · Seanad
Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed)
I call Senator Clifford-Lee and ask her to speak to the section and to avoid repetition.
Jerry Buttimer
Rhetoric & votes →On prevailing side: this member voted with the winning side in 634 of 639 decisive votes (0 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.
Party over time
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 | 2,937 | 2020-07-09 – 2024-11-06 |
| FG | Fine Gael | 1,385 | 2020-03-20 – 2026-09-24 |
Membership spells on record: FG 2007-07-23–2011-04-25 · FG 2011-02-25–2016-03-09 · FG 2016-03-10–2020-03-29 · FG 2020-03-30–2024-11-29 · FG 2024-11-29–present
Record
CC
2023-12-13 · Seanad
Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed)
The Senator is straying.
CC
2023-12-13 · Seanad
Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed)
The Senator is straying beyond a point of order.
CC
2023-12-13 · Seanad
Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed)
If the Senator will let me adjudicate on the point of order, which I have just done, I will give him clarity, if he would like to hear it. The Chief Whip is not answerable to the House with regard to the proposal. It is for the Government to reflect upon the request of Members. If the Government decides to come back with an amendment to the Order of Business of the day, the Leader may, under Standing Order 16, decide to put forward a proposition to amend the Order of Business agreed this morning. The Government Chi…
CC
2023-12-13 · Seanad
Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed)
The House agreed on the Order of Business and the arrangements for the sitting of the House for today. Members of the House have asked the Leader to look at changing the Order of Business but that is a matter for the Leader and the Government. To be fair to Senator Gallagher, it is not a matter for the Government Chief Whip. He should not be put on the spot in the Chamber. I call Senator Craughwell.
CC
2023-12-13 · Seanad
Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed)
There is no such thing as a point of information.
CC
2023-12-13 · Seanad
Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed)
I say to all Members of the House that, if the Leader comes back with such a proposal, I, as Cathaoirleach, the Leas-Chathaoirleach and other Members who act as temporary chairs will facilitate that. However, that is a matter for the Government and the Leader alone.
CC
2023-12-13 · Seanad
Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed)
Senator Keogan was about to start. I hope she is not making a point of order or a point of information.
CC
2023-12-13 · Seanad
Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed)
It is open to any Member to amend the Order of Business, if they so decide.
CC
2023-12-13 · Seanad
Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed)
Senator Craughwell is a long-standing Member of the House and will know better than most that comments like that are unnecessary, unwelcome and irrelevant.
CC
2023-12-13 · Seanad
Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed)
Senator McGahon indicated that we wished to make a point of order.
CC
2023-12-13 · Seanad
Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed)
Okay, then the Senator may not speak.
CC
2023-12-13 · Seanad
Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed)
It is whoever the Leader decides to appoint in her absence.
CC
2023-12-13 · Seanad
Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed)
The Acting Leader, whoever that person-----
CC
2023-12-13 · Seanad
Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed)
It is great that the Senators are all experts on Standing Orders and the rules of the House. I hope they will all adhere to them in future because it would make the running of the House an awful lot better, enhance the debates and lend-----
CC
2023-12-13 · Seanad
Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed)
Amendments Nos. 50, 51, 66, 106, 107, 126 and 127 are related and may be discussed together, by agreement. Is that agreed? Agreed.
CC
2023-12-13 · Seanad
Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed)
I have bad news for you; you are looking at him. I am the Cathaoirleach so I am in charge.
CC
2023-12-13 · Seanad
Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed)
As the Senator will know-----
CC
2023-12-13 · Seanad
Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed)
As the Senator will know, the Leader does not have to be here.
CC
2023-12-13 · Seanad
Policing, Security and Community Safety Bill 2023: Committee Stage (Resumed)
That is a matter for the Leader.