May we have respect for Deputy Shortall, 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
May we have respect for Deputy Shortall, please?
The Taoiseach without interruption.
Please let the Taoiseach answer.
I thank the Taoiseach.
Please. I think the public watching us would expect us to behave a little more calmly and rationally when we are dealing with these matters.
Is the Order of Business agreed? Agreed.
I thank the Taoiseach. His time is up.
Time is up.
Time is up.
Please, can we stop bickering and get on with the questions?
I do not want to see the Deputy's housing policy. We are listening to Deputy Boyd Barrett.
Time is up, Deputy.
I thank the Taoiseach. The time is up.
We are not auctioneers.
We are not here to provide auctioneering advice. I call Deputy Mythen.
Thank you, Deputy. We are over time.
Thank you, Taoiseach. The time is up.
Thank you, Deputy.
Last but not least, I call Deputy Higgins.
I wish to make a point in light of comments made at the start of this. It has become very much a part of daily life here that the Chair is routinely ignored by people who should know better, regardless of who is sitting here. I took the comments made by the Taoiseach and the Chief Whip earlier to suggest that I was not doing enough to protect them-----