Whatever you do, do not go outside the scope of the amendment.
On prevailing side: this member voted with the winning side in 34 of 819 decisive votes (8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PBP | People Before Profit–Solidarity | 4,860 | 2020-02-20 – 2026-10-01 |
Membership spells on record: PBPA 2011-02-25–2016-03-09 · AAAPBP 2016-03-10–2017-04-02 · PBP 2017-04-03–2020-01-14 · PBP 2020-02-08–2024-11-08 · PBP 2024-11-29–present
Whatever you do, do not go outside the scope of the amendment.
It is the Government.
It is the Government.
It is playing fast and loose.
Which amendment is that?
On a point of order, this is not Committee Stage.
I thank the Acting Chairman. As we have already pointed out, we are discussing the nursing home support scheme and the Residential Tenancies Act. We discovered from the most recent response of the Minister of State that we are also talking about the Housing (Regulation of Approved Housing Bodies) Act 2019 and changes being made thereto. We will not even get to discuss the amendments introduced at the last minute by the Government to the Affordable Housing Act.
No, I was not.
I am sure there were objections to this carry-on.
I am sure.
I am sure I am sure.
I am not.
I am deadly serious.
Sometimes one cannot attend the Business Committee. I had a substitute there, by the way.
I have not finished. I want the Minister of State to explain the changes to the Affordable Housing Act.
There you go. The Dáil has never discussed the amendments to the Affordable Housing Act.
The difference between the "Tá" and "Níl" votes is greater than ten.
The Fine Gael Deputies are rowdy.
It is not agreed. At the Business Committee meeting, People Before Profit requested as a matter of urgency that we have an emergency debate before the Dáil goes into summer recess on the housing and homelessness crisis, in particular, family and child homelessness, which has now reached utterly disastrous proportions. I am not exaggerating in saying, if the Taoiseach does not know this already, it has never been this bad; never. Last and this week, families are coming into my clinic where, for the first time ever, …
Let us have some emergency legislation to keep children out of homelessness.