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
Amendments Nos. 27, 28 and 34 are related and may be discussed together, by agreement. Is that agreed? Agreed.
When is it proposed to take next Stage?
Is that agreed? Agreed.
When is it proposed to take next Stage?
Is that agreed? Agreed.
I thank the Minister of State and congratulate her on her appointment. I know she will do a fantastic job. I thank her for coming to the House today and speaking on behalf of the Minister for Health.
Dáil Éireann passed the Criminal Justice (Enforcement Powers) (Covid-19) Bill 2020 on 3 September 2020, to which the agreement of Seanad Éireann is desired.
I must inform the House that letters dated 24 August and 2 September 2020 have been received from the Secretary to the Government regarding the resignation of a member of the Government and the assignment of the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine to a Minister. The correspondence will be published in the Official Report and the Journal of the Proceedings of the Seanad. The first correspondence is as follows: Roinn an Taoisigh Department of the Taoiseach 24 Lúnasa, 2020 Cléireach an tSeanaid Tá orm a chu…
Senator Jerry Buttimer has informed me, by letter dated 21 August 2020, of his resignation as Leas-Chathaoirleach of Seanad Éireann. The election of a Senator to fill the vacancy is by way of motion made after notice.
In July, Members stood in the Seanad in silence to remember Dr. Syed Waqqar Ali and seven other front-line workers who lost their lives in the service of others during this pandemic. This week, Dr. Ali's daughter, Dr. Samar Fatima Ali, spoke of her unending grief at the loss of her father, one of those front-line workers. The heroism of Dr. Syed Waqqar Ali and the grief of his family throw the events in Clifden in August into sharp focus. I raise the issues of that event and the heroism of the Ali family and our fr…
The Senator cannot debate it now.
I intend to enforce strictly what I have outlined. As Senator Norris is father of the House, I have given him leeway and I will call him again on the Order of Business.
This is the Order of Business, which, as I have outlined as per Standing Orders, is confined to the arrangements which I now ask the Leader to outline.
I will allow the Senator to comment as he is the father of the House.
That is a matter for the Committee on Procedure and Privileges, CPP, where Senator McDowell will represent Senator Norris.
That matter is also one for the CPP. Many of the issues that Senators might raise today will be matters for the CPP. I will indicate when that is the case and ask the Senators concerned to sit down accordingly. As I outlined, the Order of Business is strictly in regard to the arrangements that the Leader will now outline.
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Senator, that is being brought up at the CPP. This is a special sitting.
We have only had three special sittings in 13 years. It is a special sitting and I again ask Senators to confine themselves to the arrangements that the Leader has outlined.
I am sorry but-----