IND
2021-02-17 · Dail
Covid-19 (Agriculture, Food and the Marine): Statements
Why is it not meeting? It is a simple question. Why is it not meeting?
Michael McNamara
Rhetoric & votes →On prevailing side: this member voted with the winning side in 58 of 393 decisive votes (7 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.
Party over time
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 | 1,426 | 2020-02-20 – 2024-07-11 |
| ?? | Not recorded | 5 | 2026-02-18 – 2026-02-18 |
Membership spells on record: LAB 2011-02-25–2015-05-29 · IND 2015-05-29–2015-09-16 · LAB 2015-09-16–2016-03-09 · IND 2020-02-08–2024-07-15
Record
IND
2021-02-17 · Dail
Covid-19 (Agriculture, Food and the Marine): Statements
Why has it not met since Christmas?
IND
2021-02-17 · Dail
Covid-19 (Agriculture, Food and the Marine): Statements
The Minister has not.
IND
2021-02-17 · Dail
Covid-19 (Agriculture, Food and the Marine): Statements
A Cheann Comhairle, could you direct the Minister to answer the question?
IND
2021-02-17 · Dail
Covid-19 (Agriculture, Food and the Marine): Statements
So what is the point in this charade of accountability and democracy?
IND
2021-02-17 · Dail
Covid-19 (Agriculture, Food and the Marine): Statements
I might do better but I will not do better if the Minister does not answer the questions.
IND
2021-02-17 · Dail
Covid-19 (Agriculture, Food and the Marine): Statements
What do Bord Iascaigh Mhara, Shannon Heritage, Shannon Aviation and Shannon Commercial Properties have in common that the same person would have the requisite expertise to be appointed to the boards of all of them, other than being a political insider? Can the Minister explain how people are appointed to State boards? Did the Minister interview Aaron Forde prior to his appointment to Bord Iascaigh Mhara?
IND
2021-02-17 · Dail
Covid-19 (Agriculture, Food and the Marine): Statements
A lot of people have been talking about Bord Iascaigh Mhara here today and the fishing sector.
IND
2021-02-17 · Dail
Covid-19 (Agriculture, Food and the Marine): Statements
I am curious as to how people get appointed and what the criteria are other than perhaps being a political insider.
IND
2021-02-17 · Dail
Covid-19 (Agriculture, Food and the Marine): Statements
I am not grandstanding. I am asking the Minister a question. Why was Mr. Forde appointed to Bord Iascaigh Mhara?
IND
2021-02-17 · Dail
Covid-19 (Agriculture, Food and the Marine): Statements
That is the Minister, Deputy McConalogue, in this instance.
IND
2021-02-17 · Dail
Covid-19 (Agriculture, Food and the Marine): Statements
So the Minister felt he was the best and most appropriate person for Bord Iascaigh Mhara.
IND
2021-02-17 · Dail
Covid-19 (Agriculture, Food and the Marine): Statements
So the Minister felt he was the most appropriate person for appointment to Bord Iascaigh Mhara, based on his expertise in the fishing sector.
IND
2021-02-17 · Dail
Covid-19 (Agriculture, Food and the Marine): Statements
Did the Minister interview Mr. Forde?
IND
2021-02-17 · Dail
Covid-19 (Agriculture, Food and the Marine): Statements
I am asking the Minister how it was decided that he was appropriate to appoint. The man has a proven track record in Connacht Gold dairy. I am not casting any aspersions on Mr. Forde. I am asking why the Minister felt it was appropriate to appoint him to Bord Iascaigh Mhara.
IND
2021-02-17 · Dail
Covid-19 (Agriculture, Food and the Marine): Statements
The Minister-----
IND
2021-02-17 · Dail
Covid-19 (Agriculture, Food and the Marine): Statements
I asked-----
IND
2021-02-17 · Dail
Covid-19 (Agriculture, Food and the Marine): Statements
The Minister did not answer my question.
IND
2021-02-11 · Dail
Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Statements
Nothing has changed since the last time I spoke to the Minister. Effectively, he is still trying to perform a loaves and fishes operation and make the small number of vaccines he has received stretch as far as possible. I think most people understand that. On the last occasion, the one question I asked was about people who have had Covid-19. There are studies from Public Health England and research institutes in the United States and elsewhere that indicate such people have at least a degree of immunity for an unde…
IND
2021-02-04 · Dail
Covid-19 (Mental Health): Statements
I addressed the Minister of State at the time the second lockdown was being announced stating that we needed to have comprehensive data on self-harm presentations and on suicide in Ireland before there was ever another lockdown considered. We do not, as it happens, have either. That is an insult to Dáil but it is also an insult to the victims of mental health problems of whom there are many. Do we know yet how many suicides there were last year in Ireland? We do not have that figure. I will not go on about it becau…