No, please Deputy. You cannot come in here and accuse a colleague of lying.
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
No, please Deputy. You cannot come in here and accuse a colleague of lying.
The Deputy is out of order.
Deputy, resume your seat. It is not in order to come in here and accuse anybody of lying. Resume your seat.
Resume your seat.
Resume your seat, you are over time.
Deputy, you are over time.
Briefly, Minister.
Deputy, please.
Before going to our next questioner, I ask Members to join me in offering a warm céad míle fáilte to Ms Arena Williams, a Labour Party member of the New Zealand Parliament, who is in the Visitors' Gallery with Deputy Howlin. She is very welcome.
It has come to my attention that RTÉ is reporting that an esteemed, long-serving, highly regarded and colourful former colleague, Mary O'Rourke, has passed away. I am sure we all want to express our sympathies to her family.
I thank the Deputy.
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 James O'Connor - To discuss the withdrawal of funding for national roads by Transport Infrastructure Ireland. Deputy Violet-Anne Wynne - To discuss the rollout of the school transport scheme in Clare. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan - To discuss the pilot scheme for the return of enhanced in-therapy supports for special schools. Deputy Thomas Pringle - To di…
Is deireadh le ceisteanna chun an Aire Leanaí, Comhionannais, Míchumais, Lánpháirtíochta agus Óige é sin. We will now proceed to take Leaders' Questions under Standing Order 36.
The Order of Business for this week was arranged last week. The Deputy's point is not in order at this stage.
The Deputy can discuss anything he likes when the Order of Business is being discussed.
Deputy Brophy's point is not relevant at this stage. The business for the week is scheduled.
As I said, we will move to questions under Standing Order 36.
Leaders' Questions are not a matter to be answered by the Leader of the Opposition.
Members should be careful what they wish for.
I thank the Deputy.