IND
2024-10-15 · Dail
Disability Services: Motion [Private Members]
You are correct.
On prevailing side: this member voted with the winning side in 356 of 832 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| IND | Independent | 1,647 | 2020-02-20 – 2026-09-16 |
Membership spells on record: 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
You are correct.
I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I start this debate by thanking Brian Ó Domhnaill and Mairead Moloney-McGrath in Deputy Mattie McGrath's office for the excellent work and research that went into helping all of us in the Rural Independent Group to bring this Bill before the House. The purpose of this Bill is to reform the planning rules to make it easier for people to build homes on their own land. It aims to address the significant influence An Taisce, the National Trust for Ireland, has as a pre…
I am sorry, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle, but I have to answer that.
No, no, no. You are accusing me of something. I purposely said------
No, I will not. I purposely said-----
No, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle. You are not going to do this to me now.
You are not going to do it to me. You are not.
Did I answer you? A Leas-Cheann Comhairle, I said I was not going to name anybody.
Did I name anybody?
I exercised caution.
I exercised caution.
She is making a good job of it.
On a point of order-----
No. On a point of order, it is a fair disgrace that the main political parties could not have their speakers here to contribute on this very important issue, which is so important to rural Ireland. Shame on them.
It is a shame that the Dáil has to adjourn early today because they would not turn to do their job.
Where were Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael? Where were the Members of Sinn Féin and the Regional Group? They would not come into the Dáil to stand up for the people they are going to be looking for votes off in a couple of weeks.
What about your bike shed?
This is not robbing Peter to pay Paul. It is robbing Paul to pay back Paul and robbing Paulette to pay back Paulette. It is crazy beyond belief. It is obviously a gimmick. If the Government was serious about doing anything about energy costs, it would have gone back to 2016 when it supported Shannon LNG and when Shannon LNG was in the programme for Government and would have left it there. Instead it capitulated in 2020 to the Green Party and instead of supporting LNG, it went completely against it. We also had the …
I would like to have been here earlier but I could not because I cannot manage bilocation. I was talking about this mighty 726-page document to Matt Cooper on the radio and could not say to Matt that I had to go to the Minister. However, I am here now. I have my own views on the document, with its 136 pages of amendments. How could any Government seriously think condensing this debate into three hours tonight is fair, right or proper, or does justice to the people? It is not right and I do not agree with it. Let me…
Well, you did.