Amendment No. 1 has been ruled out of order.
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
Amendment No. 1 has been ruled out of order.
Amendments Nos. 2 and 58 to 62, inclusive, are related and may be taken together.
Amendments Nos. 3, 5, 40, 41, 45 to 47, inclusive, 51 to 55, inclusive, 64 and 66 are related and may be discussed together by agreement.
Amendments Nos. 7, 8, 10 and 42 are related and may be discussed together.
Does Deputy Funchion accept the Minister's response?
The Deputy may make a final contribution.
The Minister cannot come back in now because he has spoken twice already. How stands the amendment?
Amendments Nos. 11 and 12 are related and may be taken together.
Amendments Nos. 13 and 14 are out of order.
I ask the Minister to be brief as we have already discussed this with amendment No. 4.
Amendments Nos. 20 to 23, inclusive, are out of order.
Amendments Nos. 24 and 25 are related and may be taken together.
Amendments Nos. 26 and 63 are related and may be discussed together.
Amendments Nos. 27 to 30, inclusive, 50 and 57 are related and may be discussed together.
Deputy Mattie McGrath wishes to come in, though.
No. At 8.34 p.m. we have to adjourn.
We will come back.
I must now deal with a postponed division relating to amendment No. 1 to the Second Reading motion on the Parental Bereavement Leave (Amendment) Bill 2021 on Thursday, 26 January 2023. That division must now be taken.
The Select Committee on Education, Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science has completed its consideration of the following Revised Estimate for Public Services for the service of the year ending on 31 of December 2023: Vote 45 - Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science.
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