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On prevailing side: this member voted with the winning side in 509 of 516 decisive votes (0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FF | Fianna Fáil | 19,180 | 2020-02-20 – 2026-09-30 |
Membership spells on record: FF 1989-06-15–1992-11-05 · FF 1992-11-25–1997-05-15 · FF 1997-06-06–2002-04-25 · FF 2002-05-17–2007-04-30 · FF 2007-05-24–2011-02-01 · FF 2011-02-25–2016-03-09 · FF 2016-03-10–2020-01-14 · FF 2020-02-08–2024-11-08 · FF 2024-11-29–present
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The money is there.
I think the Deputy is asking the wrong question. The €5 million is not an issue in solving this.
It is not an issue. Deputy McDonald should ask herself the question, why has the Cappagh request not been facilitated?
Why has it not been facilitated?
That is the question she should ask herself.
Why has it not been facilitated? Why have the authorities not facilitated it? The funding has been given to the HSE. We have said to the HSE and to everybody who listens, in terms of hospital capacity-----
-----to deliver any additional beds or capacity that they can-----
-----in the shortest time possible. There was €600 million given last year for the winter initiative and 800 extra beds were provided last year. Funding is not an excuse any longer. Record sums of money have been given to the HSE and to CHI. They should get on with it and get it done.
I have told them that.
No, I do not.
What you are doing-----
No, no. Again, I have noticed that this is-----
On a point of order, if I may. This is a recurring feature of Leaders' Questions.
There is an open mic with the Deputy. I do not have that facility when other Deputies are speaking and I do not interrupt. This is a regular occurrence and I have to bring it to the Leas-Cheann Comhairle's attention.
It is disrupting. It is deliberately premeditated recently.
The bottom line and what I am saying to the Deputy is-----
I have given the answers.
A Leas-Cheann Comhairle, there is a regular open mic every day now-----
This is every day.