On prevailing side: this member voted with the winning side in 49 of 1,011 decisive votes (16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SF | Sinn Féin | 4,275 | 2020-02-20 – 2026-09-30 |
Membership spells on record: SF 2007-07-23–2011-04-25 · SF 2010-11-25–2011-02-01 · SF 2011-02-25–2016-03-09 · SF 2016-03-10–2020-01-14 · SF 2020-02-08–2024-11-08 · SF 2024-11-29–present
Does the Minister accept that today's opinion will shine an unwelcome spotlight on the former tax affairs of the State and inflict further reputational damage? What is the Government's strategy going forward as a result of this opinion?
That is not true. Why does the Minister make these things up?
It is now more than a month since more than 80 GPs and 11 consultants from my county and that of the Minister for Agriculture, Food and Marine wrote to the Minister for Health expressing their grave concerns at the deepening crisis in Letterkenny University Hospital. They have requested that the Minister for Health travel to Donegal to meet them urgently. The Minister for Health is sitting three seats away from the Minister, Deputy McConalogue. The Minister for Agriculture, Food and Marine said on Highland Radio th…
The Minister did not.
In Donegal.
When will he go to Donegal?
Fine Gael has been in power for 12 years and since 2016, it and Fianna Fáil have delivered eight housing budgets together. In that time, the housing crisis has only worsened. It has mutated into a social disaster. As we have heard, the average house price has increased by more than €70,000 since this Government took office, thereby pushing homeownership beyond the reach of far too many who aspire to it. Rents are up by nearly 25%. That means the average rent is €4,000 more this year than when the Government took of…
Níl dabht ar bith ann ach go bhfuil an ghéarchéim tithíochta ag dul in olcas lá i ndiaidh lae. Tá níos mó daoine óga anois ag maireachtáil sa bhaile lena dtuismitheoirí nó ag dul ar imirce thar sáile. Tá teip iomlán ar phlean tithíochta an Rialtais. Ní thabharfaidh ach athrú Rialtais dóchas do dhaoine go dtiocfaidh deireadh leis an ngéarchéim tithíochta. The housing crisis is worsening every day that this Government is in office. More and more young people now are being forced to live at home with their parents wel…
We have not.
The Government's response to any of the crises that we point out to it is "but, but, but Sinn Féin". That is how the Government sums it up, that we have stopped all of this, that we are at fault for a housing crisis, despite the fact that the Tánaiste's partners in government have been in government for 12 years, and that Fianna Fáil-----
-----has supported the Government for seven years. The Tánaiste's partners in government have been in government for 12 years, and Fianna Fáil has supported the Government for the last seven years. The Tánaiste can have his head as far in the sand as he wants but there are nearly 13,000 people in emergency accommodation. He talks about home ownership. There is an entire generation of people who have lost hope that they will be getting onto the property ladder because of the policies of the Tánaiste's Government tha…
----- just in case the Tánaiste does not know this, has missed his targets on social and affordable housing every single year for the last four years. That is the reality we have.
Am I wrong? Explain to me how I am wrong.
Explain it to me. Did the Minister, Deputy O'Brien, meet the targets on social and affordable housing?
I am interested to hear how the Government met the targets on social and affordable housing. This will be very exciting.
Fianna Fáil has made it worse.
Explain to me how I am wrong that the Minister, Deputy O'Brien, missed his targets.
Does the Tánaiste want me to whisper it to him? Explain to me how I am wrong.
The Government has missed every target.
It is all Sinn Féin's fault. The Government has missed every single target and it is making things worse. It is time for the Tánaiste to get his head out of the sand.