I will provide the Minister with the facts.
On prevailing side: this member voted with the winning side in 60 of 748 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| LAB | Labour | 728 | 2020-06-29 – 2026-10-01 |
| CC | Ceann Comhairle / Chair | 168 | 2020-12-15 – 2026-09-24 |
Membership spells on record: LAB 2020-03-30–2024-11-29 · LAB 2024-11-29–present
I will provide the Minister with the facts.
I intend to do that and to work with the Minister of State.
I look forward to discussing the data. I am aware that we have exceeded our time. I appreciate the Minister of State's reply, but they are not the facts and figures I have. I look forward to sharing them with him.
I will share the facts and figures with the Minister of State-----
-----because the disposable income on that does not fit with the Athy municipal district.
Unfortunately, I wanted to hear what the Minister of State would say first.
I am sorry, but I have not said the Minister of State has not answered the question. I am disputing what he says about data. I think the data are different from the data he has.
I will submit the data to the Minister of State.
I will. I have no problem submitting it to the Minister of State.
I welcome our visitors to the Gallery today.
I thank the Minister of State, Deputy Frankie Feighan, for his time today.
I thank the Cathaoirleach.
That is no problem at all. I second Senator Sherlock's amendment to the Order of Business if it is in order to do so. I will raise with the Leader an issue that has increasingly been raised with me in recent weeks. A lack of availability of prescription drugs is causing customers of many of our Irish pharmacies a lot of concern. It is also causing concern for a number of pharmacists and pharmacies who have contacted me. A number of these pharmacies have described this lack of availability as a crisis. The pharmacie…
Amendments Nos. 42 and 45 are related and may be discussed together, by agreement.
Amendments No. 44 and 52 are related and may be discussed together. Is that agreed? Agreed.
Amendments Nos. 46 to 50, inclusive, are related and may be discussed together.
When is it proposed to sit again?
I join with my colleague, Senator Craughwell, in the call for the Minister for Defence to come before us once again and to allow both PDFORRA and the Representative Association of Commissioned Officers, RACO, to affiliate with the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, ICTU. It is a call a number of us have made in this House. I raised it with the Minister recently when he was in here. As the Leader will know, he is due to come back and speak to us on the Commission on the Defence Forces and hopefully that can happen very…
I too welcome the Minister. The Labour Party will be supporting this motion. As other speakers have said, international co-operation is essential and it is particularly essential for us on this island. We need to know what is going on around us and ensure this is no haven for criminal activity. This is a very important motion in order to reflect that. It is important to say that we will retain control of our own data. That has been said by a number of speakers, including the Minister herself, and that fact is essen…
I welcome the Minister to the House. I thank him for indicating that the Government is not opposing this Bill and fully supports its intent. That is very important and the Labour Party fully supports it too. It is also very important to note the following part of the Minister's statement: Since the enactment of the Defence Forces (Temporary Provisions) Act 1923, the official Irish name of the Defence Forces of the State has been Óglaigh na hÉireann. As such, the Defence Forces remain the only organisation entitled …