IND
2025-12-03 · Seanad
Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed)
-----and not get into the vote. It often happens. It is not okay.
On prevailing side: this member voted with the winning side in 11 of 342 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| IND | Independent | 1,699 | 2020-01-21 – 2026-07-16 |
| CC | Ceann Comhairle / Chair | 9 | 2025-03-19 – 2025-05-07 |
Membership spells on record: IND 2016-04-25–2020-03-29 · IND 2020-03-30–2025-01-29 · IND 2025-01-29–present
-----and not get into the vote. It often happens. It is not okay.
It is not happening.
No. No, it is not happening.
Yes.
No.
No.
No, because that would defeat the purpose. The vote was called two and one. It was called from the Chair.
So what you are telling us now is that what is called from the Chair when a vote happens does not stand. If you are not in the room on time, or if people decide that they want to linger outside and then come in at the last second - I am here ten years and we have always abided by the time. So there is precedent right now. What is being set from the Chair is a dangerous precedent-----
-----in terms of how much time we can come in to vote in this room. It has always been four and four and two and one, and it was called from the Chair. You may suspend the House because I am not allowing the vote.
No.
No. Hang on a minute.
So why lock the doors?
Why?
Why lock the doors? We have all been locked out there and not been able to come in and vote.
So are you telling me that for the last ten years the Standing Orders did not support me being locked out of this Chamber?
Are you telling me that the Standing Orders say that historically we have been locked out of this Chamber and that is not supported by the Standing Orders?
No.
No, no, no.
Good.
No, we have not had any communication on anything.