Deputy, please. The time is up.
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
Deputy, please. The time is up.
I thank the Minister of State. That is very helpful. I call Deputy Durkan.
I thank the Minister. His time is up.
I thank the Minister very much. I call Deputy Brendan Smith.
I thank the Deputy. We have to be able to boil the kettle anyway to make a cup of tea.
Is the Deputy contemplating a change of role?
I thank the Minister.
We have run out of time but I will take 30-second questions from each of the four remaining Deputies offering.
Before proceeding to the motion before us, I want to note for the information of the House that yesterday, after Leaders' Questions and during Questions on Policy or Legislation, it was stated that the Chair was not providing protection to the Government from Opposition heckling and interruptions. Given the considerable significance of that assertion to how I do my job, I undertook to review the record of what happened in the course of yesterday's business and, together with the Clerk of the Dáil, I have reviewed t…
Deputies Cathal Crowe and Patricia Ryan are not with us. I call Deputy Ó Cathasaigh.
Can we give the remainder of the Deputy's time to who was here first, namely, Deputy Bruton?
Before I call Deputy Ó Murchú, I am going to break the habit of a lifetime. Deputy Murnane O'Connor has asked me to point out that there is a large delegation in the Gallery who have followed her all the way from - it is not Donegal anyway - County Carlow. We welcome the delegation. It is good to have them here.
Deputy Ó Murchú, who is from County Louth, has three minutes.
I am not that unreliable, am I?
We have not found the Deputy doing anything wrong just yet.
Authoritarian.
I am going to have to blow the whistle now. The Deputy is low on time.
It does not normally happen to the Deputy. Anyway, we are having a rather free and easy session. The Minister of State, Deputy Calleary, must be bringing out the best in us.
It must be his return that has us in such light-hearted form. Our next contributor is Deputy Richmond, to be followed by Deputies Mattie McGrath and Michael Healy-Rae.
We move now to Deputy Michael Collins. I ask him to note that we must adjourn the debate at 6.11 p.m. He will still be in full flight at that stage.