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
We will acknowledge him tomorrow on the Order of Business. On behalf of all of us, I join Senator Boyhan in congratulating the new president-elect of the IFA, Francie Gorman, and Alice Doyle, who is the first woman to be elected deputy president. I thank Tim Cullinan for his service and leadership. I wish the new incoming president and vice president every success.
I welcome a guest of Senator Garrett Ahearn to the Public Gallery, Colin Harding from Cashel. Colin is very welcome. Thank you for being here today. I hope you have a pleasant visit.
I remind Members that we are on section 61. We shall speak to the section rather than speaking generally.
I am going to be very strict on this today because yesterday there was a lot of stuff going on that was not relevant to the Bill. I am not saying that was Senator Daly; I am speaking generally. Let us be specific to the section of the Bill, please.
Go raibh maith agat. I call Senator Chambers.
To the section, yes, indeed.
Stick to the Bill, Senator.
You are not; you are straying beyond it.
We do not necessarily get that all the time.
Allow Senator Daly to continue without interruption.
I welcome Deputy David Stanton and his guest to the House. You are very welcome.
That is a different issue and it is not relevant to this section, to be fair.
I ask all Members to keep their contributions relevant to the section and the Bill. Senator Craughwell is not, to be fair.
I have and I am.
The Senator knows the rules as well as I do. I ask him to be fair.
Before I call other Members, I welcome the Moran family from County Galway and guests of Deputy Ó Murchú who come from counties Lough and Monaghan. They are all very welcome to the Gallery.
We are on section 62 dealing specifically with security services as opposed to policing plans. I am being fair to all Members. We are on a specific section. People are going into Second Stage speeches that they should not technically be doing, to be fair.
I appreciate that and the Senator is always very compliant in fairness.
You do, in fairness.
I am amused at the sudden interest in section 62 by all Members. They should be relevant to the particular section rather than going into Second Stage speeches. If they did this, I would appreciate it.