Amendment No. 6 is out of order as it involves a charge on the Revenue.
On prevailing side: this member voted with the winning side in 370 of 373 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FG | Fine Gael | 435 | 2020-07-07 – 2024-10-24 |
| CC | Ceann Comhairle / Chair | 347 | 2020-10-22 – 2024-09-25 |
Membership spells on record: FG 2020-03-30–2025-01-29
Amendment No. 6 is out of order as it involves a charge on the Revenue.
Amendments No. 7, 8, 23, 24 and 50 are related and may be discussed together by agreement.
Amendments Nos. 10 and 11 are ruled out of order.
Amendments Nos. 12 to 16, inclusive, are all out of order.
Amendments Nos. 17 and 18 are related. Amendment No. 18 is a logical alternative to amendment No. 17. Amendments Nos. 17 and 18 may be discussed together by agreement. Is that agreed? Agreed.
Speak to the amendment.
Before I call on the Minister, I am pleased to welcome Sinéad Ní Fhatharta, Paul Nevin, and Meadhbh Nevin, from County Galway. This is Paul and Meadhbh's first visit to Leinster House and they are guests of Senator Wilson. This is an important debate and they are very welcome to it.
Amendments Nos. 30 and 31 are related and may be discussed together by agreement. Is that agreed? Agreed.
Amendments Nos. 9, 10, 12 and 13 are related and may be discussed together by agreement. Is that agreed? Agreed.
The cost-of-living crisis, particularly for commuters, has been discussed at length. The Government has done quite a substantial amount of work to reduce the cost of public transport be that with Irish Rail, Bus Éireann, etc. The one area where we have not reduced costs for commuters is the cost of parking either at train stations or bus stops. That is the next thing we should look at because from a climate perspective and a cost-of-living perspective, we must entice people away from their cars and get them on to p…
These are amendments Nos. 28 to 42 and, yes, it is. I call Senator Malcolm Byrne to speak now, please.
I ask the Senator to stick to the amendment, please.
Good advice.
Let us do that and deal here with these amendments now, please.
Without interrupting anybody on both sides, can Senator Malcolm Byrne just stick to the amendments now and let us continue on with the debate, please.
Before we get into this-----
What I would say to Senator Malcolm Byrne is that if he will not-----
That is a point well made. Especially when I am in the Chair, we will not have any Senator being interrupted because it is important that everyone has their chance to speak and we will stick to the amendments. Let us stick to the amendments. I ask Senator Malcolm Byrne to finish off his point now, please, because Senator Dolan would like to make a contribution afterwards.
Let us do that then.
That is a point well-made and accepted.