To be clear, I am asking the Minister about cross-Border workers. Please respond to that question.
On prevailing side: this member voted with the winning side in 56 of 1,164 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 | 1,065 | 2020-05-20 – 2026-09-30 |
Membership spells on record: SF 2011-02-25–2016-03-09 · SF 2016-03-10–2020-02-08 · SF 2020-02-08–2024-11-08 · SF 2024-11-29–present
To be clear, I am asking the Minister about cross-Border workers. Please respond to that question.
I ask the Minister to respond to my question in my time.
I would have more time then.
The Minister acknowledged that the Government allowed workers to avail of the temporary wage subsidy scheme. As she well knows, a large number of employers in the hospitality sector and a range of other sectors had poor cashflows. They laid off their workers, being aware that they could avail of the PUP. One business person in Donegal told me a story. A chef working for that business had paid taxes and social insurance for decades but was left with no support from this State, yet the young person who had been washi…
That is not true.