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
We are not allowed to go into private session. If necessary, we can suspend for a brief period to get clarification but we are not allowed to go into private session.
Is that agreed with Deputy Connolly?
Of course.
Go raibh maith agat, a Theachta Connolly. I thought it might be helpful because of the distance of Members from the officials but I am in your hands. For clarification, if we suspend for 15 minutes the House will not be going into private session. It is to see if we can get some answers or a roadmap forward from our present dilemma. Is it agreed to suspend for 15 minutes?
I completely understand Deputy. Our group also agreed to waive the pre-legislative scrutiny. It is a difficult situation. A short suspension might give us time to find some way forward. If you want to continue to ask the questions, by all means, the floor is yours. Does the Minister of State have any comment?
Is it agreed to suspend for deich nóiméad? Agreed.
Go raibh maith agaibh. Bogaimid ar aghaidh. I thank the House, the Members and the Minister of State and his officials for that engagement, and our staff here as well. How stands section 2?
The apology is accepted. We understand that we are in uncharted waters.
The Deputy is straying a bit now.
Yes.
We will get the Minister of State to reply.
I will ask the Minister of State to reply if he can about the funding.
Both Departments will work on it.
I did not see Deputy O'Donoghue so I will let him in briefly. We are straying a lot and we have only another 20 minutes to finish the section.
The Deputy is making a Second Stage speech and we have limited time.
I did not see the Deputy, I am sorry.
We are under time constraints and I should call the Minister of State but I see one more Deputy.
If it is allowed. I will bring in Deputy Michael Healy-Rae briefly.
You are straying slightly. We have many more sections to cover and we only have 15 minutes.
The issue was debated last week and this now is grandstanding. The Minister admitted what he did was wrong and he paid the price. There is a very serious matter at issue that needs to be investigated regarding the information that is on the PULSE system and the leaking of same. It would be wrong of us to have a debate and questions and answers until such time as a thorough investigation is carried out by GSOC, the Garda Commissioner or whomever else and the record cleared. Sinn Féin is very anxious to damage the Mi…