On prevailing side: this member voted with the winning side in 559 of 562 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CC | Ceann Comhairle / Chair | 501 | 2020-10-08 – 2026-09-24 |
| FF | Fianna Fáil | 315 | 2020-06-29 – 2026-07-14 |
Membership spells on record: FF 2016-03-10–2020-01-14 · FF 2020-03-30–2025-01-29 · FF 2025-01-29–present
Before I call on Senator Mullen, I want to explain to Members that all amendments today are being discussed together. They have to be discussed within the Member's six-minute allocation. When Senator Mullen moves amendment No. 1, all other amendments must be moved at the end of the debate, not during each Member's six-minute slot. I ask Senator Mullen to move his amendment.
Senator Higgins has six minutes for her 11 amendments, so the best of luck.
I call Senator Sarah O'Reilly.
Okay, Senator.
Sorry, Senator-----
Just before we go to the next speaker, I welcome to the Public Gallery Mr. Richie Farrell from the Farming Rathcroghan project. Actually, I think he has left now.
Opposition Members should have made greater use of their time.
Four and a half hours on four amendments is what you have wasted your time on.
Four and a half hours on four amendments
I will be as brief as I can. Billy Kelleher always tells it as it is. We all want more, but we are not willing to identify how we are going to pay for it. I look forward to him making a presentation at the next parliamentary party meeting looking for more money off us to balance the budget. I cannot agree more with Séan Kelly. We are losing sight of the bigger picture. We are focusing on specific individual issues and losing sight of the common good and a lot of stuff that is happening at the moment, not just in re…
I welcome the Minister to the House. I will speak openly and try not to get lost in the nuts and bolts of the legislation because this issue reaches into every corner of our community. It is not just legislation or lines in a document. It is about our neighbours, families and young people trying to find and keep a place they can truly call home. For years, we have watched the rental system strain under the pressure. We have seen families forced to move and move again. We have seen young adults pushed further and fu…
Before I bring in Senator O’Loughlin I welcome the KITE group from Gorey. They are guests of Senator Cathal Byrne and I am sure that he will look after them for lunch afterwards. A nice three-course dinner is on the way for them. Senator O'Loughlin has five minutes.
I thank both the Minister and the Minister of State for coming before us today.
I welcome the Minister of State to the House. Fianna Fáil will be fully supportive of this Bill. We have to think back in time to when this service was first introduced. At that time, the banking industry itself was beginning to change. As a business person myself, I know the whole attitude of the bank had shifted away from a one-to-one situation whereby a person walked in to meet their bank manager, who understood them and their business and was there to assist. It moved to a more regional level where there was a …
There is a free drink for the Minister of State.
Next Tuesday.
Tomorrow morning at 9.30 a.m.
The rest of the year.
The Senator is straying from the debate.
That is shocking.