Is the amendment being pressed?
On prevailing side: this member voted with the winning side in 440 of 443 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 | 2,606 | 2020-07-30 – 2022-12-12 |
| FG | Fine Gael | 405 | 2020-01-21 – 2026-07-08 |
Membership spells on record: FG 1989-10-01–1992-12-17 · FG 2007-07-23–2011-04-25 · FG 2011-02-25–2016-03-09 · FG 2016-03-10–2020-03-29 · FG 2020-03-30–2025-01-29 · FG 2025-01-29–present
Is the amendment being pressed?
Amendments Nos. 8, 9, 62, 86, 91, 104 and 109 are related. Amendment No. 9 is a physical alternative to amendment No. 8. Amendments Nos. 8, 9, 62, 86, 91, 104, and 109 may be discussed together by agreement. Is that agreed? Agreed.
Amendments Nos. 18, 70 and 71 are related and may be discussed together by agreement of the House. Is that agreed?
Sorry. Could we wait for the Minister? I did not realise he had not arrived.
Sorry, Senator Higgins. Could we just wait for the Minister, please?
Sorry about that. I called on you too soon. I call the House back to order. We are at amendment No. 18. My apologies, Senator Higgins, to have you start twice.
Yes, and we got agreement to that effect.
The House had agreed to it being-----
Do you want me to pose the question again?
We did agree to it, though. I posed-----
All right. We will uncouple amendment No. 70.
I thank the Senator. It is clear that she is not involved in any forms of plagiarism.
Senator Higgins-----
We can discuss them later.
We will discuss them as they come up.
The amendment is being withdrawn by Senator Moynihan and she will reintroduce it on Report Stage. Anyway, go ahead, Senator.
I thank Senator Higgins for that helpful information.
Amendment No. 21 has been ruled out of order as it is deemed to be outside of the subject matter of the Bill.
Amendment No. 22 has been ruled out of order as it places a potential charge on the Revenue.
Amendment No. 23 has been ruled out of order as it places a potential charge on the Revenue.