Will the Minister adhere to the time allocation, please.
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
Will the Minister adhere to the time allocation, please.
Now, now.
This is not a comedy hour that we are having. Can we have Deputy Tóibín, please?
Thank you, Deputy. Time is up.
No, please stop this.
We cannot have a two-way conversation.
Please.
Please.
Deputy Harkin, please.
Thank you, Minister. I call Deputy Darren O'Rourke.
That concludes Questions on Policy or Legislation. As the Deputy with a Private Member's Bill for introduction is not present, the House will suspend for 40 minutes.
The Deputy is way over time and testing my gentle nature.
Well, Deputy-----
Listening to Deputy McNamara and the previous contributors, I find myself regretting that custom and practice ordain that I or anyone who operates from this Chair cannot take full part in debates, but I will make this contribution. This has been an exceptionally important debate. Whether it happens on a Thursday evening or at any other time does not take from the importance of it. The contributions that have been made have all been valuable. The issues that are being touched on impact on us all and all of our famil…
I do not want to ignore anything and I am sure the Minister and Minister of State will address that in their response.
The Deputy can wait and we might hear the answer.
I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 37 and the name of the Member in each case: Deputy Marian Harkin - To discuss the NowDoc Service in the Sligo-Leitrim area and the provision of after-hours service from Carrick-on-Shannon to Sligo. Deputy Jackie Cahill - To discuss genotyping of the national herd in the battle to reduce carbon emissions. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh - To discuss naming the new national children's hospital in honour of Dr. …
I hope the HSE is not engaging in a form of verbal sleight of hand when it talks about there being no plans in place. I am sure Deputy Harkin will bring the matter back should the need to do so arise. Hopefully, as the Minister of State has indicated, there will be no need-----
-----to revisit that particular matter.
The Minister is going to answer that.