We will be coming to that section later.
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
We will be coming to that section later.
Thank you, Senator. I appreciate your co-operation. Are you pressing the amendment, Senator Doherty?
You can have a further distinct comment and then tell us if you are pressing it.
New comments on the specific amendment.
The Minister of State has specifically responded to the amendment.
We still have Report Stage to come for both the Minister of State and colleagues.
Before the proposer of the amendment responds, I welcome to the Gallery two members of the staff of Westminster, our sister Parliament. It is good to have them here. They are getting an interesting perspective on parliamentary democracy today.
I am delighted to be chairing the movement.
The Senator has made her point very clearly. I call Senator Craughwell.
I thank the Senator for co-operating. We will take a comment from Senator Buttimer then we will really have to put the question shortly.
We really have discussed this to the nth degree now. When the Minister responds I will ask Senator Doherty how stands the amendment because every conceivable point has been made. I have read the amendment, every aspect of which has been put forward a couple of times by a couple of speakers.
Senator Craughwell has done it properly; I am not impugning him.
Okay. It is in the good interests of the management of the House; we are all on the same team in that regard.
Did Senator Craughwell have a question?
Okay, that has been made very clear. I thank Senator Craughwell.
I ask the Minister of State to answer that in one line and we will try to put the question.
Is Senator Doherty pressing the amendment?
We will have opportunities to discuss it again on Report Stage.
Amendments Nos. 3 a , 3 d and 5 a are related and may be discussed together by agreement. Is that agreed? Agreed.
I thank the Senator. That was succinctly put. If the Minister of State responds to the question, we might be able to move on.