I thank the Deputy. Deputy Martin Kenny is sharing with Deputy Paul Donnelly.
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
I thank the Deputy. Deputy Martin Kenny is sharing with Deputy Paul Donnelly.
Our next slot, a bit like a lucky dip, is Deputy Troy sharing with Deputies Colm Burke, Flaherty, Chris O'Sullivan and McGuinness.
I am sure you could, Deputy, but you are out of time now.
You are already half a minute over time.
I am sorry; is the Deputy sharing time?
I call Deputy Nolan of the Rural Independent Group, who is sharing time with all her colleagues.
The time is up.
We are out of time.
We cannot discuss it now.
Well done to the Deputy on getting Carlow into that question.
Charlie O'Connor will be proud of her.
Deputy O'Dea has nominated Deputy Aindrias Moynihan to take this question.
We have a nice military museum on the Curragh also.
I noticed that Deputy Costello made an oblique reference to the welcome the Azerbaijani delegation received here last week. I want to bring to the Deputy's attention that the Azerbaijani delegation and the Armenian delegation were both in Dublin to attend the conference of European Conference of Presidents of Parliament, which 430 delegates from all around Europe attended. I had the opportunity to meet with both the Azerbaijani and Armenian speakers. In my engagement with them, I pointed out Ireland's total long-te…
We move now to our second Topical Issue matter query from Deputies McAuliffe and O'Dowd, who are anxious to discuss the need for additional funding for housing adaptation grants to enable local authorities to clear waiting lists, and so say all of us for all of the country. I think the Minister of State, Deputy Noonan, is here to deal with the matter.
I thank the Deputy.
Can the Minister of State reveal the secret of the report?
I wish to clarify something before the Minister of State responds. When a Member tables a Topical Issue, the protocol or procedure is that the Department to which it is addressed makes contact with the Deputy and indicates whether a Minister or Minister of State from that Department-----
Did Deputy Quinlivan agree that the Minister of State, Deputy Noonan, would take this matter?
The Deputy could have said he was not going to proceed with the matter today because he would prefer to have the Minister for Health or a Minister of State from that Department respond.