FG
2025-07-15 · Dail
Banking Sector
There we go.
On prevailing side: this member voted with the winning side in 613 of 619 decisive votes (2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FG | Fine Gael | 2,264 | 2020-02-20 – 2025-11-20 |
Membership spells on record: FG 2007-07-23–2011-04-25 · FG 2011-02-25–2016-03-09 · FG 2016-03-10–2020-01-14 · FG 2020-02-08–2024-11-08 · FG 2024-11-29–2025-11-21
There we go.
There we go. When did I make reference to Anglo Irish Bank?
This has become a very familiar tactic of Deputy Doherty's over many years. He asked me a question about AIB and Bank of Ireland-----
-----and I answered the question about AIB and Bank of Ireland. The Deputy then plucked the huge loss of taxpayers' money in relation to Anglo Irish Bank, which this question is not about.
What the Deputy is doing-----
-----is putting forward an argument that does not make sense.
The Deputy tends to be quite hazy on the issue-----
-----of how companies are owned.
I know that and he knows that. I have answered the question.
As I said, I do not play a role in determining the investment decisions that ISIF makes. They are made independent of me and this decision was made by ISIF in the way I have just explained to the Deputy.
I have responsibility for setting the general direction that is given to ISIF. However, I do not play a role in determining the individual bonds and shares that ISIF holds. All the Deputies know that. I do not play a role. I do not direct or communicate to ISIF and tell it what individual investment decisions to make. What I do is communicate with ISIF and set a general direction for it.
That is the word. What the Deputy is trying to do is to create the impression that I am involved in giving a direction to ISIF-----
-----regarding individual investment decisions it makes. That does not happen. The word the Deputy used is correct. "Strategic" direction-----
Strategic direction-----
If the Deputy really was interested in an answer from me, I would hope he would give me the time to give the answer that this issue deserves.
I will reiterate, a Cheann Comhairle, that I do not play a role in issuing a direction to ISIF regarding the purchase of individual Government bonds-----
-----in Israel or elsewhere-----
-----and ISIF itself has decided-----
-----and it has implemented this-----
-----to no longer hold those shares.