Amendments Nos. 1 to 6, inclusive, and 12 are related and may be discussed together by agreement.
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
Amendments Nos. 1 to 6, inclusive, and 12 are related and may be discussed together by agreement.
The Senator can speak to his amendment in this group, and it will be moved later in order.
Glaoim ar an Seanadóir Mac Ghiolla Phádraig.
Amendments Nos. 9 to 11, inclusive, are related and will be discussed together.
Amendment No. 13, in the name of Senator Higgins, is deemed out of order as it is not relevant to the subject matter of the Bill.
Amendments Nos. 15 and 16 in the name of Senator Higgins are out of order as they are not relevant to the subject matter of the Bill.
I thank the Minister of State for that clarification.
Amendment No. 17 in the name of Senator Higgins is deemed out of order as it is not relevant to the subject matter of the Bill.
When is it proposed to take Report Stage?
Is that agreed? Agreed.
The House now stands adjourned until 10.30 a.m. tomorrow in the Dáil Chamber in accordance with the order of the Seanad of 26 November 2020.
I welcome my neighbour and friend, Deputy English, to the House and congratulate him on his recent appointment. I do not think I ever got that opportunity in public until now.
I did not want to mention football.
That is very sporting of the Minister of State.
We can give the Minister of State extra time.
I thank the Minister of State for his trademark positivity. Senators have six minutes each. To avoid an issue that arose yesterday by accident where Members were waiting, if they want to plan their times they should be aware that the Minister of State will reply not later than 3.27 p.m. We will probably be all right in that regard but they should be aware of that. Our first speaker is Senator Ollie Crowe.
The next speaker, as per the rotation, is Senator Malcolm Byrne.
I now call a fellow Clare Senator. My thanks to Senator Conway for accommodating a colleague earlier.
The safest environment I have ever been in since Covid began has been our local church. By that, I mean social distancing and the way the rules were implemented. It is important all religious practices are resumed. They have done an excellent job and the people are, by nature, compliant with those rules. If we open any pubs, we should open all pubs. Apart from equity, from my experience in small rural towns - I am not as adept at speaking about Dublin - if every pub were open, one would have a naturally dispersed s…
The Senator's time is up.