On prevailing side: this member voted with the winning side in 22 of 456 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 | 3,958 | 2020-02-20 – 2026-09-30 |
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
If this is what we are reduced to - the Taoiseach scouring people's websites and playing to the Gallery and television audience at home-----
It is rather-----
I raised with the Taoiseach yesterday the scandalous situation of kids with scoliosis and spina bifida waiting for their operations. The Taoiseach made some kind of promise and I want to get clarity on it. Parents are watching this very carefully. They are not interested in smart alec responses from anybody. What resources is the Government putting in place to meet the four-month target the Taoiseach has committed to again? Can he give me a date for the restart of the scheme for children to travel abroad to have su…
Scoliosis is a debilitating and painful condition for a person's spine twists and curves. It can cause the ribcage to press against the lungs and internal organs making it increasingly difficult to breathe. It is especially tough on young children. Where children do not get the surgeries they need on time, the consequences are devastating. The longer they wait, the more complex the procedures they will eventually need and without timely care, children end up in wheelchairs. Some children wait so long that they beco…
The Taoiseach says that nobody wants to see children in agony and pain, but that is exactly what we see. I spoke last night to one mother whose child is now no longer a child. They are now 19 and inoperable. Why are they inoperable? They are inoperable because they waited and waited and waited. The mother said directly that they followed all the right protocols and all the care paths - and for what? Words and rhetoric are of no value to them. The only good faith that matters on this subject is the good faith of the…
-----the parents want to know that now he is Taoiseach, he will finally honour a promise he made many years ago.
The Taoiseach has regularly held up as an achievement during his time as Minister for higher education the area of apprenticeships. We all agree that they are essential. I wish to raise with him an issue, however, because, despite all his rhetoric, our craft apprenticeship system is in fact in crisis. The number of craft apprentices waiting to undertake their off-the-job training has risen to about 9,000 a year. People are waiting because of a shortage of craft instructors. This has very real implications and conse…
It is not agreed. Yesterday, the last words spoken by the Taoiseach were "let us get to work". Those were his direct words. We come today on his first day on the job and he is a no-show. He is as láthair. We have a housing crisis. We have today 570 people on hospital trolleys across the State and we had 600 yesterday. We have families struggling just to get by, counting every euro. We have communities that feel entirely unsafe. We have a lot of work to do and the Government has a lot of questions to answer, yet the…
Can I just ask, in that spirit, whatever about the Business Committee, and there is clearly a problem that needs to be addressed, I am not raising the issue of the Business Committee. I want to know where the Taoiseach is. Yesterday, he said he would be getting straight to work, that he would be moving mountains, and there was no challenge too great. We are here today, we have shown up to do our jobs, we have shown up for work, and where is the Taoiseach? He ought to be here taking questions and dealing with the is…
Yes, three phone calls. It is a disgrace.
On a point of clarification, is the Government's position that the Taoiseach is not here present at his work with us because he had to make three phone calls? Can I just clarify that? The Chief Whip enunciated three people-----
Three or four phone calls.
That is not acceptable.
This is indeed a great country. This great country of ours faces real challenges and incredible opportunities. The decisions we take now directly affect our people today and for the future. I believe passionately that our prospects can be so very bright. When all is said and done, politics is about choices. Good politics is about making the right choices. Today, for the third time in four years, the Government presents its choice for Taoiseach. For the third time, the Cabinet deckchairs are being rearranged. For th…
Fine Gael has the backs of the rack-renting corporate landlords, the financial speculators and those at the top. That is the Fine Gael way and today it proposes more of the same. Today is proof positive that we need change like never before. We need a new direction. We need a new Government that will put workers, families and communities first, a new Government with the determination to roll up its sleeves and get the work done to improve the lives of ordinary people. That is why we need a general election. A bette…
Today, the name on the Taoiseach's office door changed for the third time in four years, but nothing has really changed for workers and families. How could it? This Government was formed to block the change that people voted for in the most recent general election. Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and the Green Party clubbed together to ensure that the hopeful votes of so many for something new and different were denied. People wanted a Government of change, a Government that puts them first and is on their side. The Governm…
For ordinary people, I want to say this. I know it is hard but hang on and do not give up. Hold tightly to your hopes for a better future.
Hold tightly to your hopes for yourself, for your family and for Ireland and then, when a general election is called, vote for hope, vote for change and vote out this failed Government.
The announcement this afternoon of the resignation of the Taoiseach and Fine Gael leader, Leo Varadkar, brings us to a critical moment in Irish politics. The decision of who now leads the Government as Taoiseach must be placed in the hands of the people. The decision of who is in government must be placed in the hands of the people. Today’s announcement can have only one conclusion: the calling of a general election. The Taoiseach stated that it was his time to go and that he was not the person for the job. It is c…
Of course, any government must be reliant in the first instance on the democratic mandate of the people. If the Taoiseach is so confident in the Government's achievements as he stands down as leader of Fine Gael and as Taoiseach and if he is confident of that record, he should go to the people and hear what they have to say. We are in times of enormous opportunity and huge challenge. I cannot imagine a time when it would be more important for the people to have full confidence in the Government that is in place and…