SF
2025-05-27 · Dail
Restrictive Financial Measures (State of Israel) Bill 2025: Second Stage [Private Members]
We need to take action.
On prevailing side: this member voted with the winning side in 47 of 965 decisive votes (16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SF | Sinn Féin | 715 | 2020-03-05 – 2026-06-16 |
Membership spells on record: SF 2016-03-10–2020-01-14 · SF 2020-02-08–2024-11-08 · SF 2024-11-29–present
We need to take action.
I welcome the Minister of State who I am sure is familiar with the N11 road which runs through my constituency of Wicklow. It is gridlocked most days - both northbound and southbound - with people commuting from working in the city centre and people going about their daily lives. In the national development plan, there was a commitment to carry out a major upgrade - a critical upgrade - to the N11 and a considerable amount of work was done to bring forward a plan to see that major upgrade. Unfortunately, due to ide…
I appreciate the Minister of State's response and while I acknowledge he is reading from information he has been given, unfortunately, it will not be much comfort - if any comfort at all - to the residents in Bray who are seriously concerned about the closure of this junction and the impact it will have. As for hearing one of the intentions regarding closing the road is to improve road safety for all users of the N11 and M11, it could not be further from the truth because the Herbert Road junction actually alleviat…
People will be stuck in traffic.
I asked about meeting a delegation of the residents. Unfortunately, the county council and TII are not listening to the public representatives or the residents.
I asked the Minister of State about meeting the residents. There are still 27 seconds of time remaining for the Minister of State to respond.
It has cut Taoiseach's Questions in half.
What about the Occupied Territories Bill?
You could have had Michael Lowry in there as well. Would he like the Tánaiste to ask a question?
I am not sure about that.
You got 50% there.
What about our amendment?
Thick and thin.
The gridlock on the N11-M11 has reached a breaking point and the Government's failure to act is a complete disgrace. In 2022, the Government pulled funding from this critical upgrade to the N11. Wicklow's population has skyrocketed in recent years and yet there has been little or no investment in key infrastructure, jobs or public transport. People have no choice but to rely on their cars because the Government has failed to provide viable alternatives. Commuters are trapped for hours in gridlock every morning and …
We are getting no answers.
Maybe he will provide an answer in those ten seconds-----
-----on what hold Deputy Lowry has on him.
Maybe Mr. Lowry has something to say about all this.
No, it is your fault. It is your stroke.
Another broken promise.