Some 30% up-----
On prevailing side: this member voted with the winning side in 90 of 935 decisive votes (3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| IND | Independent | 1,063 | 2020-02-20 – 2024-11-06 |
| II | Independent Ireland | 372 | 2024-12-18 – 2026-09-30 |
| CC | Ceann Comhairle / Chair | 1 | 2021-07-01 – 2021-07-01 |
Membership spells on record: IND 2020-02-08–2024-11-08 · II 2024-11-29–present
Some 30% up-----
-----from last year.
Income.
You did.
That was the first thing that made the Taoiseach angry-----
-----and lose his temper.
The Taoiseach is getting very loud now-----
-----for the first time in a long time.
The national retrofit plan is not working. The SEAI has confirmed that it is now taking up to 28 months for applications to the warmer homes scheme to be dealt with. I am a contractor. I flagged this issue 12 months ago when the Minister, Deputy Ryan, was looking at bringing out this retrofit system. I also said that it would not provide value for money at a time of an energy crisis and prices going through the roof. Some people who are looking at the grant system will not take it up because, given the current high…
I have been in construction all my life. In helping people with planning permissions in areas such as one-off houses and businesses across the board, the biggest thing we must deal with to help people put a roof over their heads is An Bord Pleanála. I have a serious concern that even with the planning process in place, people, no matter where they are in the country, can pay €20 to object to an application, no matter how silly or important it is. Again, these people are serial objectors. Why they cannot be filtered…
The cracks are showing, are they not? I see the Minister's party colleagues are on radio saying that they believe the peat plants should be opened up again to provide power for the people who put them here to protect them. We all want to protect the environment and the universe but we put our people first and we work for the future. What the Minister has done to the people of Ireland is nothing but criminal. What his party has done to people of Ireland and the hardship it will put them through is nothing but crimin…
For the record, the last time I brought up that comment when the Ceann Comhairle and everyone else was here, not one person pulled me for that comment. That will tell the Leas-Cheann Comhairle what it means.
What about Lanesborough?
The ESB bill is going to be €600,000 to €2.5 million for one Limerick company, one company.
Ah, look.
A barrel of oil is cheaper now.
A barrel of oil is cheaper now than it was a year ago.
Say that to the Irish people.
Look after Ireland like you are meant to look after it. You are elected in Ireland.
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