On prevailing side: this member voted with the winning side in 66 of 66 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 | 5,999 | 2020-06-29 – 2026-09-30 |
| FF | Fianna Fáil | 95 | 2020-03-20 – 2026-04-16 |
| ?? | Not recorded | 3 | 2020-07-30 – 2022-12-15 |
Membership spells on record: FF 2007-07-23–2011-04-25 · FF 2011-05-25–2016-04-24 · FF 2016-03-10–2020-03-29 · FF 2020-03-30–2020-06-29 · FF 2022-12-16–2025-01-29 · FF 2025-01-29–present
Before I call on the Minister, I welcome Bryan Mallon and his family and friends from Julianstown, County Meath. They are visitors of the Minister of State, Deputy Byrne. Thank you for being here. Go raibh míle maith agaibh.
No, we are on section 52, amendment No. 34.
Amendments Nos. 37 and 38 are related and may be discussed together by agreement. Is that agreed? Agreed.
As it is now 9 p.m., I am required to put the following question in accordance with the order of the Seanad of this day: "That amendment No. 111 is hereby negatived in committee; section 129, as amended, is hereby agreed to in committee; the Government amendments undisposed of are hereby made to the Bill; in respect of each of the sections undisposed of, the section or, as appropriate, the section, as amended, is hereby agreed to in committee; the Title is hereby agreed to in committee; the Bill, as amended, is acc…
I am only going by the orders agreed by everybody in the House in this morning. I take into account what the Senator said on the voting.
I understand, but that is the order of the House, which everybody agreed to this morning.
I welcome the Tánaiste. He has ten minutes.
You never know.
Before I call Senator Wall, I agree with the sentiments in expressed in respect of the Reserve Defence Force. When it was the FCA, members met at the basketball court in Kenmare every Wednesday night with Bob Purcell, who was a colonel, and the sergeant-----
Everybody was involved. We did our training there. If you had to do any more, you went to Killarney or Castletownbere. All that has changed, regrettably. As Senator Joe O'Reilly has pointed out, however, it is no longer accessible.
As a Senator, as the seventh President of Ireland and as the chair of The Elders, the iarUachtarán has always been and continues to be a person who has championed minorities, women and the diaspora. When she came to Leinster House to participate in the launch of the 100th anniversary of Seanad Éireann, along with our great friend and colleague, the former Senator David Norris, at that time she focused on the issue of climate change and climate justice. She said that climate change needed to become part of everybody…
One Senator only to speak, please.
The Senator without interruption.
As Senators are aware, the Office of the President is not----
The Minister, without interruption.
The Minister, without interruption.
Dáil Éireann has agreed, on 29 May 2024, to the amendments made by Seanad Éireann to the Research and Innovation Bill 2024.
The combined time for the speeches of the proposer and seconder are 16 minutes and they may share time. All other Senators will have six minutes. I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Noonan. Before I call on the proposer of the motion, Senator Warfield, I welcome to the Distinguished Visitors Gallery Representative John Lawn and his family Shannon, Katherine, Jack, Liam, Maeve and Owen. I also welcome Martina, Schminge, Oscar and James. They are all welcome to Seanad Éireann. John is the Chair of the Massachuset…
Anois an Seanadóir Mary Fitzpatrick.
Before I call on the Acting Leader to outline the Order of Business, I welcome to the Gallery the executive director of the Maine Farm Bureau, Julie Ann Smith. She is most welcome to Seanad Éireann. I thank her for coming. Those of our Members who are on the agricultural panel will be delighted to meet her and discuss farm policy in the United States and here.