The Bill will now be sent to the Seanad.
On prevailing side: this member voted with the winning side in 425 of 432 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 | 1,752 | 2025-02-19 – 2026-10-01 |
| FF | Fianna Fáil | 278 | 2020-02-20 – 2026-09-23 |
Membership spells on record: FF 1997-06-06–2002-04-25 · FF 2002-05-17–2007-04-30 · FF 2007-05-24–2011-02-01 · FF 2011-02-25–2016-03-09 · FF 2016-03-10–2020-01-14 · FF 2020-02-08–2024-11-08 · FF 2024-11-29–present
The Bill will now be sent to the Seanad.
We are dealing with amendment No. 139.
Acceptance of amendment No. 139 involves the deletion of section 46 of the Bill. It was already discussed with amendment No. 131.
Amendment No. 140 has already been discussed with amendment No. 131.
Amendments Nos. 147 to 150, inclusive, 152 to 156, inclusive, 189 to 191, inclusive, 193, 194, 196, 197 and 199 are related and may be discussed together.
Amendment No. 157 has been ruled out of order.
Amendment Nos. 165, 167 and 168 are related and may be discussed together.
Amendment No. 185 is in the names of Deputies Clarke and Cullinane. Amendments Nos. 185 to 188, inclusive, are related and may be discussed together.
We are discussing section 83 and we are on amendment No. 185. The Deputy is opposing the section in total. We will deal with amendment No. 185 first.
We will deal with that at the end. We will go through the amendments and then we will get to Deputy Quaide. We are on amendment No. 185, which Deputy Clarke has moved.
Deputy Quaide wishes to delete the section. The Minister of State has indicated that this section will be withdrawn in total.
To be clear, what we are agreeing is that section 83 be deleted from the Bill.
Amendment No. 204 has been ruled out of order due to a potential charge on Revenue.
Amendments Nos. 205 to 212, inclusive, are related and will be discussed together.
I ask Deputy Coppinger to conclude.
I listened carefully all contributions but to one in particular. Deputy Gould certainly struck a note with me in his description of local authority and local government, the spending of money and the delivery for constituents. He was right; we need to do something to adjust the balance in favour of the people we represent. I also listened to another contribution. We all get these briefs, but to come in here to read them out word for word and not have your own view on things does not say much about democracy or show…
Deputy Crowe also has a question on this issue.
The Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach has completed its consideration of the Statute Law Revision Bill 2024 and has made no amendments thereto.
Thank you, Deputy Doherty.
Please conclude, Deputy Doherty.