Deputy Gino Kenny is sharing with Deputy Barry. Is it questions or statements?
On prevailing side: this member voted with the winning side in 1,044 of 1,051 decisive votes (3 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 | 417 | 2020-02-20 – 2025-03-26 |
| FF | Fianna Fáil | 415 | 2020-05-14 – 2026-10-01 |
Membership spells on record: FF 2016-03-10–2020-01-14 · FF 2020-02-08–2024-11-08 · FF 2024-11-29–present
Deputy Gino Kenny is sharing with Deputy Barry. Is it questions or statements?
Deputy Verona Murphy is sharing time with Deputy Lowry. Is it questions and statements?
Deputy MacSharry is sharing time with Deputy O'Connor.
Is Deputy Connolly sharing time?
I thank the Deputy.
I would like to give the Minister of State 30 seconds but I cannot. That concludes the debate.
I thank the Minister and Minister of State and I compliment them on how nimbly they have responded over the period of their responsibility in relation to the pandemic. A number of questions I wanted to ask have been addressed, so I will not go back over them. There might be one or two questions but the bulk of my contribution will be by way of statement. The area of childcare has been problematic in Ireland for many years in terms of funding. A previous Minister for Finance sought to deal with the exorbitant cost o…
I call Deputy Michael Collins, who is sharing time with Deputy Carol Nolan.
I thank the Minister of State. Are there any other speakers offering on this Bill?
I call Deputy Alan Kelly. Will the Deputy be asking questions or making a statement?
It is five according to my schedule.
It is five according to my schedule and the Deputy is using his time up.
To clarify for Deputy Kelly, normally, when the statements and questions and answers are to last 135 minutes, his group would have six and half minutes but we have 100 minutes for the session this morning. We move on now to the Government side, and I call Deputy Murnane O'Connor.
No, the Minister has less than one minute.
The Deputy must be quick.
I will be strict on the time limits, Minister.
I thank the Minister.
The Minister has one minute.
The Deputy's time is up. I call Deputy Bríd Smith.
The Minister has very little time to respond.