SF
2026-05-06 · Dail
An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business
Then do something about it.
On prevailing side: this member voted with the winning side in 22 of 455 decisive votes (4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SF | Sinn Féin | 3,950 | 2020-02-20 – 2026-09-23 |
Membership spells on record: SF 2011-02-25–2016-03-09 · SF 2016-03-10–2020-01-14 · SF 2020-02-08–2024-11-08 · SF 2024-11-29–present
Then do something about it.
I move: That Dáil Éireann: notes that: — Dublin City Council (DCC) has 6,000 flats across 100 complexes built from the 1930s to the 1960s; — due to poor maintenance by the Council, and underfunding by central government, living conditions in these flat complexes are amongst the worst in the city; — these sub-standard conditions have a significant impact on community cohesion and the well-being of residents, in particular, young people; — damp, mould, rodent infestation, chronic overcrowding and inadequate sports an…
Rubbish.
Has the Minister of State been in any of these complexes?
Come and visit them.
Apparently the Government does.
How long did that take?
How long did that take?
The Minister of State needs to come and visit the flats because he is speaking from a position of absolute ignorance.
How long did Dominick Street take? A generation.
The Government parties do. They are in the Gallery here. This is deeply frustrating. This is doolally stuff, with no bearing on how decent people are currently living, on the Minister of State's watch.
The Minister of State is joking.
That is them. That is a good one.
Oh, my God.
That is a disgraceful response. Have he visited them?
The Minister of State is welcome to come to my constituency and visit to see how people are living.
Yesterday the Taoiseach told working people and families struggling to get by to wait until next year's budget. He might help them then or he might not - wait and see. That was his message. The consequences of that indifference were exposed yesterday. While the Taoiseach downplayed the pressure on households, the regulator released startling figures. The number of households behind on their electricity bills has shot up again. Listen to this. Some 316,838 households were behind on their electricity bill in February…
Yesterday.
The number of households in arrears that I quoted to the Taoiseach come from February. That predates the Trump-Netanyahu attacks on Iran. That has made matters worse, which I absolutely acknowledge. What the Taoiseach cannot acknowledge is what the regulator and the CSO are telling the Government directly today, namely, that the cost-of-living crisis is getting worse, including for groceries and energy, and families are struggling. I have given the Taoiseach the figures for the level of arrears. They are terrifying…
That is the truth and families know it. I put it to you directly that your attitude of sitting back and watching this unfold is not acceptable. We need measures now. One of them is energy credits.