We are out of time.
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
We are out of time.
We are out of time.
I will challenge the Deputy on that.
The Deputy is very reluctant to throw it away himself.
I call the Minister of State, Deputy Collins, to respond to an interesting debate.
The Select Committee on Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth has completed its consideration of the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022 and has made no amendments thereto.
I call Deputy O'Donoghue, who I hope is not tied to the leg of a bed.
Good.
I call Deputy Wynne.
I thank you.
I understand that Deputy O'Reilly is sharing time with Deputies Tully and Brady.
That completes our consideration of the motion regarding retained firefighters. We must first consider the amendment in the name of the Minister.
In accordance with Standing Order 80(2), the division is deferred until the weekly division time tomorrow evening. I thank all Members for their participation.
We welcome the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Michael McGrath, to the Chamber. Deputy Richard O'Donoghue is the only one of those with a Priority Question who is present.
As we move on to statements on water policy, I am conscious that we are under the watchful eyes of distinguished ex-servicemen, from County Kildare, of course, or many of whom at least served in County Kildare. They are welcome to the Gallery. It is very good to have the Minister of State, Deputy Noonan, and Deputy Ó Broin here.
It needs to be a good contractor.
With regard to a problem with Irish Water not responding to queries from you or anybody else, it is normal for me to disallow questions on operational matters. If Irish Water is not answering you and you let me know that, we will refer the questions to the Minister. I will not disallow the questions and will ask the Minister to answer. However, a public utility should not put the Minister in that position. Let the message go abroad that this is how we approach it.
Feel free to brief me directly on that and we will monitor how it proceeds.
Deputies Paul Donnelly and Ó Laoghaire are due to share time.
Ar aghaidh leat.