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.
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
Members, sit down, please. Stop. Please resume your seats. I understand what is going on. The Members who are here will understand, and I ask them to listen to me, please, that the Order of Business was agreed by the House today, by all the Members this afternoon. There was no vote to amend the Order of Business-----
Senator Ruane, sorry, please do me the respect-----
I have been in the House for 17 years. The Order of Business was agreed today, and, per that, my hands, as the Cathaoirleach, are tied. It has reached 6 p.m. The business of the Bill, if it is not concluded, must be adjourned. I must do this. I thank the Members.
The business of the Bill has been adjourned.
Senator Ruane, some of us do understand the Standing Orders as well.
She is actually not. The Members would want to learn to read over Christmas. I will give all the Members a copy of the Standing Orders for Christmas.
That is fine.
I have received notice from the following Senators that they propose to raise the following matters: Senator Victor Boyhan - The need for the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to make a statement on the delivery of agri-climate rural environment scheme payments to farmers before Christmas. Senator Paul Gavan - The need for the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to make a statement on precarious employment in higher education in light of the recent Irish Federatio…
I have received the following message from the President, an tUachtarán: I, Michael D. Higgins, President of Ireland, do hereby inform the Seanad that the Supreme Court has decided that sections 9, 10, 39, 40(2), 42, 43, 45, 46, 47, 51, 57 and 58 of the Bill entitled Judicial Appointments Commission Bill 2022 are not repugnant to the Constitution or to any provision thereof. I accordingly signed the Bill on 8 December 2023.
We extend céad míle fáilte to the group and thank them for their advocacy and work.
I concur with the Senator's remarks regarding Senator Seery Kearney and her work and thank her as well.
We should take the Senator's advice and go to Paddy Power to put money on the two Ministers being appointed.
I ask Senators to be curamach with the language in terms of personal issues and to comment through the Chair as well. Thank you.
Thank you. I remind all Members that the Order of Business is for raising matters particular to the Order of Business as opposed to other issues. I thank the Senator for her remarks. We are moving to the two-minute slots.
That is a different matter. Thank you.
Before I call the Leader to reply to the Order of Business, I remind all Members that the purpose of the Order of Business is to consider the proposal from the Leader for the taking of the business of the day. Members may wish to raise matters that they believe worthy of a debate. I remind all Members that they may not raise matters that are personal to any Member of the House, even for the purpose of illustration, during a broader point in a debate or discussion at any time. The privacy of Members in relation to p…
This is to do with strengthening the nature of the section.
-----conditions of service. Yes, I know. In fairness, I think the Senator is strangling it a bit.
Senator Gallagher without interruption, please.
Go raibh maith agat. I hope the Senator would include County Cork in that section outside Dublin as well.