SD
2020-11-24 · Dail
Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions
I ask the Taoiseach not to insult people's intelligence.
Róisín Shortall
Rhetoric & votes →On prevailing side: this member voted with the winning side in 82 of 671 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.
Party over time
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SD | Social Democrats | 1,282 | 2020-02-20 – 2024-11-07 |
Membership spells on record: LAB 1992-11-25–1997-05-15 · LAB 1997-06-06–2002-04-25 · LAB 2002-05-17–2007-04-30 · LAB 2007-05-24–2011-02-01 · LAB 2011-02-25–2012-09-26 · IND 2012-09-26–2015-07-15 · SD 2015-07-15–2016-03-09 · SD 2016-03-10–2020-01-14 · SD 2020-02-08–2024-11-08
Record
SD
2020-11-24 · Dail
Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions
He is playing into the false narrative that his Fine Gael colleagues have been peddling for the past couple of weeks. It is beneath him to be doing that. I have appealed to the Taoiseach. He has a responsibility to Members of this House to ensure that the Minister is accountable to the House. I ask the Taoiseach to provide that opportunity for accountability. The Minister for Justice has refused to make herself amenable to accountability. The Ceann Comhairle, in upholding the rights of Members of this House, has be…
SD
2020-11-24 · Dail
Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions
In 2017.
SD
2020-11-24 · Dail
Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions
That is not-----
SD
2020-11-24 · Dail
Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions
That is beneath the Taoiseach.
SD
2020-11-24 · Dail
Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions
Do your job, Taoiseach.
SD
2020-11-24 · Dail
Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions
He is letting himself down.
SD
2020-11-24 · Dail
An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business
The Opposition has a right to require accountability from a Minister for his or her actions and decisions. If the Taoiseach was sitting on the opposite side of the House, he would insist on that. It seems that he is going to be a part of the charade being followed by the Minister for Justice in terms of making out that it is in any way acceptable that she comes in here under the normal parliamentary questions rota. The Taoiseach knows in his heart that is wrong and he would not accept that if he was on the Oppositi…
SD
2020-11-24 · Dail
An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business
Why is the Taoiseach protecting the Minister?
SD
2020-11-24 · Dail
An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business
Why does the Taoiseach not let the Minister come to the House?
SD
2020-11-24 · Dail
An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business
So why not let her come in?
SD
2020-11-24 · Dail
An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business
That is not true.
SD
2020-11-24 · Dail
An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business
On a point of order, I appeal to the Ceann Comhairle not to allow a dangerous precedent to be set here. Procedurally, there are many concerns about the manner in which the Taoiseach is handling this, and I think that should be a matter for the whole House to be concerned about.
SD
2020-11-24 · Dail
An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business
It is a long-established tradition in this House that Ministers come in and account for their actions.
SD
2020-11-24 · Dail
An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business
The Taoiseach is cutting across that and, procedurally-----
SD
2020-11-24 · Dail
An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business
-----he is doing a great deal of damage with this.
SD
2020-11-24 · Dail
An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business
What we are earnestly asking the Taoiseach to agree to is to allow the Minister for Justice to come in and be accountable to the House. It is no less than he has required of several Ministers in the past when he was sitting on the other side of the House. I ask the Taoiseach to be reasonable. He is running the risk of doing serious damage to procedures here if he does not allow this. He is running the risk of allowing a situation whereby a Minister can shirk responsibility for anything in future simply by answering…
SD
2020-11-24 · Dail
An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business
It is a charade and the Taoiseach should end it, in deference to us all.
SD
2020-11-24 · Dail
An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business
Stop the nonsense.
SD
2020-11-24 · Dail
An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business
The Minister, Deputy McEntee, has been extremely disingenuous in her handling of this issue. What she is engaged in is a twisting of the truth and, today, the Taoiseach is doing exactly the same. He is twisting the truth. He knows perfectly well that the request is not for her to come in and do the normal oral questions. He knows exactly what we are talking about. What we are asking for is exactly the same as he has asked of other Ministers and has been granted in the past. The question now is what the Taoiseach is…