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
I do, but I want to make the point that the Minister has said he will not come before the House until next week. The Opposition has requested that he answer questions in a question-and-answer session, but he still has not indicated that he is willing to do that. In the middle of a scandal, that is a valid point to make.
With respect, our party has written to the Business Committee and asked for you to convene the Business Committee to facilitate today a question-and-answer session with the Minister who is in the middle of an almighty controversy and is in serious trouble. I ask you, as Ceann Comhairle, to facilitate that request today.
I do have a question on promised legislation.
Following on from some of the questions from other colleagues, the programme for Government commits to a target of 8,000 ha of afforestation per year. The Minister is nowhere near achieving that. In fact, the Government reached just 30% of the target last year. The crisis in the sector has become worse since the Government came into office. As we have learned, Coillte now intends to join a joint venture with a British investment fund, with the first step being a massive sell-off of thousands of hectares of land acr…
Of private land.
I welcome this long-promised and long-awaited legislation. We have been waiting over a year for it and there have been multiple promised delivery dates that were later than what farmers would have wished for, particularly in light of the current inflationary pressures and input costs. An appropriate and empowered sectoral regulator has the potential to finally deliver a level playing field for our farming families. This has been demanded by and is especially important to our beef and sheep farmers who simply do not…
That is not true.
That is not true.
The value of this is €5,000-----
-----to put up posters and take them down.
Will the Minister, Deputy Donohoe, answer questions on ethics legislation tomorrow which he stated publicly that he has recused himself from?
With respect, Ceann Comhairle, I have put questions down, as has my colleague, Deputy Farrell.
Just for clarification, the Minister has publicly said he has recused himself from ethics legislation and policy matters. Can I ask the Taoiseach whether the Minister, Deputy Donohoe, will be here tomorrow to answer questions we have tabled on ethics legislation and SIPO?
It is not acceptable.
Your Minister of State lied for a planning application and you will not even invite him to make a statement. Come on.
Hear, hear.
What are you hiding from? Why will the Minister not take questions?
Accountability.
The Minister has been caught. He tried to cover this up when the allegations were put to him in 2017. Last year, he again tried to cover this up when the media made inquiries with specific detail on all of this with regard to the political donation. The Minister claimed at the time that he reviewed this issue, there was nothing to see here and everything was in order. Now he has concocted a story that does not stack up. The charge is that during the 2016 general election campaign, the Minister received a political …
I will finish on this. I ask the Minister to answer this question very carefully. Did Michael Stone pay people to put up posters for the Minister in the 2020 general election campaign? I ask the Minister to answer that question now because it is crucial.