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.
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| 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
No, I did not say that at all. I said we have to increase capacity in the Cork centre, which is the biggest in Munster in terms of cataracts and many other procedures. We should be doing it in Dublin and across the country. We should actually be sparing people the necessity to travel long distances for cataract operations.
Hold on. This is outrageous. I have told the Deputy but how can there be a cross-border directive in those circumstances? We will deal with that. The Minister, Deputy Donnelly, is taking a different approach to this in terms of making sure that people-----
Hear me out. We have arrangements with Belfast and with Altnagelvin in respect of a whole range of health services. We would like to expand that with the North, and we would like to enter into contracts and procurement with them where necessary to provide treatment, and vice versa as well, given the North wants to avail of health services in the Republic. That is the way we should proceed.
Yes, I will. Obviously, the winter initiative funding that was announced today is an additional €600 million, with €200 million on top of existing resources to the end of this year and €400 million for the early part of 2021. That is available now to deal with both the human resources requirements for the hospital system, particularly on the emergency side, and also other measures to reduce pressures on emergency departments. I will bring the Deputy’s points to the attention of the Minister later today.
I answered questions last week or the week before on the citizens' assemblies and the timelines for them. One of the big problems we have is that Covid-19 is impacting on the capacity to do citizens' assemblies. We have one at the moment on gender but it has been limited to one or two online engagements, and we are limited in terms of what we can do. I will revert to the Deputy in respect of the drugs issue.
Did I hear the Deputy correctly? Did he say the minister granted permission-----
-----or did it go through the planning process in the North?
Is the Deputy's party not a member of that Executive?
There is no such thing as unilateral in an executive or in a government.
The Deputy must accept collective responsibility.
It is the duplicity that the Deputy's party consistently deploys in terms of its stances on various issues.
If it does not like the decision of the Executive, it is not its decision.
It did the same on social welfare in the past on the Executive-----
I respect the planning process. Our position has been very clear about the North-South interconnector and we will work to see what can be achieved in that regard.
I have just given the Deputy the position. The planning process in Northern Ireland is not our function. The Deputy will criticise, delay and delay-----
The Deputy is trying to criticise a colleague of his party in the Executive-----
-----yet his party is part of that Executive.
It is not on the programme for this session, but the heads are still being prepared.
No.
No.