IND
2024-01-23 · Seanad
Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (The Family) Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages
On a point of order, I feel that Senator Keogan is-----
Lynn Ruane
Rhetoric & votes →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.
Party over time
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
Record
IND
2024-01-23 · Seanad
Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (The Family) Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages
On a point of order-----
IND
2024-01-23 · Seanad
Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (The Family) Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages
On a point of order, I have sat through the debate today. I watched the debate yesterday.
IND
2024-01-23 · Seanad
Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (The Family) Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages
The point of order is that the Senator is misleading the Chamber and giving the impression-----
IND
2024-01-23 · Seanad
Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (The Family) Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages
It is a point of order. She is misleading the Chamber.
IND
2024-01-23 · Seanad
Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (The Family) Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages
She is misleading the Chamber. I do not disagree.
IND
2024-01-23 · Seanad
Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (The Family) Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages
It is an actual lie if we are going to be honest.
IND
2024-01-23 · Seanad
Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (The Family) Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages
I am sorry; Senator Keogan is lying on the Seanad record-----
IND
2024-01-23 · Seanad
Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (The Family) Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages
-----and making the impression that some people here-----
IND
2024-01-23 · Seanad
Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (The Family) Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages
-----have not included men in the conversation.
IND
2024-01-23 · Seanad
Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (The Family) Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages
I will not.
IND
2024-01-23 · Seanad
Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (The Family) Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages
I will not.
IND
2024-01-23 · Seanad
Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (The Family) Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages
Nobody here-----
IND
2024-01-23 · Seanad
Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (The Family) Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages
I spoke about my daughter's fathers here today-----
IND
2024-01-23 · Seanad
Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (The Family) Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages
-----and the importance of their role in her life. I am not having this woman sit here and make out-----
IND
2024-01-23 · Seanad
Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (The Family) Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages
-----that some conversation has happened that has not happened.
IND
2024-01-23 · Seanad
Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (The Family) Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages
There is a difference between putting your case-----
IND
2024-01-23 · Seanad
Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (The Family) Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages
-----and misrepresenting people's contributions in the Chamber. They are very different.
IND
2024-01-23 · Seanad
Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (The Family) Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages
I will not. If Senator Keogan withdraws her misrepresentation of Members' comments, I will withdraw it, but she is making out that people have said things that they have not said. It is not fair because we all have families. We all have people invested in this and we all have men in our lives. It is so dishonest. It is actually unethical, and I would plead with-----
IND
2024-01-23 · Seanad
Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (The Family) Bill 2023: Committee and Remaining Stages
I would plead with my colleague, Senator Keogan, to actually rethink what she just said.