On prevailing side: this member voted with the winning side in 125 of 781 decisive votes (6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| IND | Independent | 3,752 | 2020-02-20 – 2026-10-01 |
| CC | Ceann Comhairle / Chair | 504 | 2020-06-30 – 2026-02-11 |
Membership spells on record: FF 2007-05-24–2010-06-29 · IND 2010-06-29–2011-01-25 · IND 2011-01-25–2011-02-01 · IND 2011-02-25–2016-03-09 · IND 2016-03-10–2020-01-14 · IND 2020-02-08–2024-11-08 · IND 2024-11-29–present
Anois, People Before Profit-Solidarity to reply. Deputy Gino Kenny has five minutes and Deputy Bríd Smith has five minutes.
The story changes every day.
It is the Government.
Has the Taoiseach any bit of shame or self-respect at all? He told us many times he would not have green passports. The illogical, alarming, Dickensian and apartheid decision to have vaccinated people go one place and others left outside is shocking. He is operating to an agenda that is clear for everyone to see. It is not an agenda for the Irish people, but for somebody else. If NPHET told him to jump to the sky, the Taoiseach would jump. When will we have an independent inquiry from abroad into the way NPHET hand…
Do the figures add up? There are 48 people in hospital today. Who are you codding?
I did not vote for you, thank God.
You have not met us since last November.
You are the one in denial.
You do not know what your approach is. It changes every hour.
I, too, will return to the pre-European Council meeting statements made in the House some time ago. Has the Minister of State apologised to our European colleagues for not making a submission seeking Covid support funding on time? We ended up with a paltry €900 million. Some other countries received twice or three times as much as we did. I do not begrudge any of them aon phingin amháin den airgead sin. I do not begrudge them of any of that money; they are entitled to it. Their governments and officials submitted t…
Be it in regard to fishing or the Common Agricultural Policy, CAP, we are the laggards in Europe and are being treated like little schoolboys in the bold boys' corner who are told to luigh síos anseo agus bí ciúin and we obey them. Yesterday, we had the patent nonsense whereby apartheid is going to be introduced in this country to justify the approach taken by the Taoiseach to require people to be vaccinated if they want to go in to some places. It will be apartheid. We then have the cheek to lecture Poland and Hun…
The Minister of State mentioned that vaccines are discussed at all European Council meetings, including this one. Were vaccine passports discussed at that meeting? Have they been discussed at other European Council meetings? I do not have the minutes of the meeting to which I refer with me but I have the articles in my file regarding the discussion of vaccine passports at EU and European Commission level in 2017 and 2018. That was before Covid-19 was ever dreamed of. I ask the Minister of State to clarify that matt…
When did it go in?
On what date did it go in?
What about the passports?
This is like playing Russian roulette. The last 15 months have been a torrid and horrible time. I listened to Deputy Howlin and other speakers. I bow to Deputy Howlin and his vast experience of doing legislation in this House. This is ham-fisted and a shambles. The Minister has been foisted on the Department of Justice as well as having her existing portfolio. Whether she sought it, I do not know. We wish the Minister, Deputy McEntee, and her family the best.
That is fine. I do not mean that literally but the Minister knows well what I am trying to say. It has been extraordinary. I said today when I left the Cabinet room - Deputy Howlin or Deputy Kelly may have been there - that at the first meeting we were called into when this happened, I staggered out of the room in fear because of the predictions from NPHET. Thank God and thanks to our HSE and front-line staff, they did not materialise. Every prediction NPHET has made has been like doomsday and has been proved utter…
We need justice and fairness, but putting the provisions in shambolic legislation like this is an extreme farce.
Hear, hear.
This definition is very prescriptive. I heard the Minister of State refer to it. It is another example of overreach and overkill. Deputy Howlin referred to it as well. A small pub I know of in Ballylooby, Keating's, is closed, unfortunately. It is a lovely thatched pub but it is impossible now to get insurance for the building. It is never going to open again now thanks to the lockdown. It was run by an elderly couple and I thank that lovely family for their service to the public over the years. It was a tiny pub i…