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 am aware the Minister has never spent a day on the bog. I hear that from media reports. However, if he understood families who rely on burning turf, it is the cheapest form of fuel at this time. The Minister talks about excess deaths. Every excess death is one too many but let me tell the Minister about excess deaths. Every year, 2,800 people in this State die of fuel poverty.
The Minister wants to ban people from rural communities - people in my community, my neighbour - from being able to purchase a load of turf come September. They do not have any other source of heating. Will the Minister tell me, if he applauds a just transition, where is the justice in that? This is a daft idea and that has been recognised across the political divide. The Minister is out of touch with the realities of people at this time. If the Government wants to ban smoky coal, it should ban coal. There is no op…
The Deputy should come to my parish and ask my neighbours how they are going to heat their homes come September and in winter-----
-----and how they will get hot water and keep their families safe. That is what the Minister wants to do. I ask that he clarify in detail what the proposal on the turf ban is at this point in time.
No.
That is not true.
Please answer the question on turf. Does the Government know what it is planning on turf?
What are you planning to do?
Do you know what you are planning to do?
Do you have a plan?
Are people going to be banned from buying turf or not?
Sit down. You do not have a clue what your own policy is.
This is an embarrassment to the House.
The House wants to know what the Minister's plan is on turf, with respect.
That is ridiculous. Sit down.
What is the plan?
What is your plan? Do you have a plan?
Are you banning turf or not?
There has been widespread outrage at the actions of the Sea-Fisheries Protection Agency, SFPA, in Killybegs over recent weeks. These actions have cost the local fishing community a huge amount of income and many workers have lost their livelihoods. It has forced some fishing vessels to turn away from Killybegs, never to return, and others have turned fish for human consumption into fish meal. Two fishing vessels were forced to land in Derry and then to have their catch transported to Killybegs for processing. If th…
I move amendment No. 1: To delete section 1(a) and substitute the following: “(a) by the substitution in paragraph (a) of “at any of the rates specified in paragraphs (b), (c), (ca), (caa), (caaa), (cb) and (d)” for “at any of the rates specified in paragraphs (b), (c), (ca) and (d),”. The Minister of State never lets us down; he is talking through his hat again. It is embarrassing when he goes off script. Sinn Féin's pre-budget submission did not include the tax increase the Government plans for Sunday for one thi…