FG
2025-10-02 · Dail
Arts Funding
So does Tralee. What is the problem?
On prevailing side: this member voted with the winning side in 782 of 786 decisive votes (3 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 | 893 | 2020-02-20 – 2026-05-07 |
Membership spells on record: 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–present
So does Tralee. What is the problem?
The funding to Tralee was not published either.
So will we look for the money back again?
That is grand, okay.
I could not be more open about Listowel. If the Deputy's party Deputy from north Kerry had turned up to the opening of Listowel Writers' Week, he would have got a press release on the extent of what the Department was giving. The Deputy does not have an issue with Tralee, because of Deputy Pa Daly, or with Gweedore, because of Deputy Pearse Doherty.
Forgetting outside-----
What did the people of Listowel ever do to Sinn Féin?
What did the people of Listowel ever do to Sinn Féin?
Why is it that the Deputy is against-----
The Deputy named it in correspondence to my Department. I am clearing up the Dáil record.
The Deputy named it in correspondence to my Department.
The Deputy does not like it now. He named it in correspondence to my Department. I am going to be clear with the Dáil. The Deputy has a problem with Listowel Writers' Week. He has a problem.
The Deputy should let me finish. I did not shout him down.
This is the Deputy's tactic. He is now adopting the Pearse Doherty tactic. The last day the two Deputies came in here and they attacked me over Gweedore. I subsequently was able to fix it.
I did not hear the Deputy say today that I had allocated money to Gweedore outside normal practices. I also did not hear him say that I had allocated money to Tralee outside normal practices.
The Deputy should take it up with his own two Deputies.
The Deputy should take it up with his own two Deputies. I hope the people of Listowel-----
I hope the people of Listowel are listening to this on Radio Kerry.
I hope Jerry O'Sullivan on Radio Kerry is listening to this. I do not know what the Deputy has against the people of Listowel.
The Deputy did not have the guts to put it down on the Question Paper today - the name of it.