Game over.
On prevailing side: this member voted with the winning side in 97 of 1,024 decisive votes (3 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 | 1,354 | 2020-03-19 – 2024-11-06 |
| II | Independent Ireland | 578 | 2024-12-18 – 2026-09-23 |
Membership spells on record: IND 2016-03-10–2020-01-14 · IND 2020-02-08–2024-11-08 · II 2024-11-29–present
Game over.
Hear, hear.
In the ten years since I came into the Dáil, I have never seen such a shambolic disgrace of a Government across the way. Its TDs should all be ashamed of themselves. Every one of them. They do not have the decency----
Do not say be saying anything to me. You ruin fisheries and you are there chanting that you are a great man-----
I gave you your time to talk and I did not interfere. I travelled the country to try to make peace-----
Sorry. I hope the Leas-Cheann Comhairle will mind the clock for me.
I never interfered when they were talking. The clock is-----
I travelled to a meeting in Portlaoise up to 20 days ago. The people there wrote to the Taoiseach. They wrote to every one of the Ministers - not just the Taoiseach, but also the Tánaiste - to try to make sure that there would be no protest, to sit down and have dialogue, and to see whether we could come to a solution for the hauliers and other sectors out there. The Government turned its back on them. We asked for a reconvening of the Dáil. It turned its back on us there, so there was no way the people of Ireland …
That is a disgrace.
We never blocked anything. Even the Minister of State cannot-----
I never blocked anything.
That is all that was needed to negotiate. You should have done the same if you were representing your people. Shame on you.
We came into the Dáil in Independent Ireland-----
Sorry. I will.
The Minister of State was misleading the Dáil and that needed to be corrected.
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I will conclude on that, which is the point the Government needs to remember.
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