Do the other Deputies want to make brief contributions?
On prevailing side: this member voted with the winning side in 312 of 313 decisive votes (0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CC | Ceann Comhairle / Chair | 11,306 | 2020-02-20 – 2024-11-07 |
| FF | Fianna Fáil | 72 | 2020-02-20 – 2026-10-01 |
Membership spells on record: FF 2000-06-02–2002-06-26 · FF 2002-05-17–2007-04-30 · FF 2007-05-24–2011-02-01 · FF 2011-02-25–2016-03-09 · FF 2016-03-10–2020-01-14 · FF 2020-02-08–2024-11-08 · FF 2024-11-29–present
Do the other Deputies want to make brief contributions?
I am more than happy that the Deputies bring back the matter again.
It was not in a hurry to deal with it, was it?
We are not getting into a rigmarole about it. I say to the Deputies to bring the issue back after the Minister has had a chance to review it. We will provide an additional opportunity. We will not be doing this sort of thing again. It is a departure from the norm.
Deputy Harkin raised the third Topical Issue. The Deputy wants to discuss the application for additional schools accommodation by Sooey National School in County Sligo.
Well I will have to when I gave everyone else plenty of seconds.
I thank the Minister of State, Deputy O'Brien, for being here to deal with this issue.
I thank the Deputy for raising this matter. Before I hand over to the Minister of State, I want to say that it has been my direct experience, and that of my family, to have a lot of contact with migrant nurses and care workers. What has distinguished them has been their utter professionalism, their deep sense of care and integrity, and their fundamental kindness that has made them outstanding in their field.
I would not have thought that professionals in the caring sector would need mandatory training in what is effectively common human decency-----
-----and heaven help us all if that is the juncture at which we have arrived. One can only wonder how such people, if they were to treat their professional colleagues in a racist fashion, might treat their vulnerable patients.
I thank the Tánaiste. The time is up.
Very good.
Thank you, Tánaiste.
Le do thoil.
Thank you, Deputy.
We cannot start rehearsing lists of derelict buildings in the country. This is a matter the Deputy should take up with the local authority, not here.
Not long enough, if he has not seen that already.
God no, do not start it up again.
The EPA did not mention a whole lot of places in Tipperary. That is the Deputy's issue.
I thank the Deputy. Time is up.