The Deputy should allow the Taoiseach to speak without interruption.
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
The Deputy should allow the Taoiseach to speak without interruption.
Please.
The Deputy should allow the Taoiseach to reply without interruption.
Time is up, please. I call Deputy Connolly.
Deputy Connolly, please.
Members should take one minute maximum for asking questions and one minute maximum for responding.
Thank you, Taoiseach. The time is up.
We have three remaining Deputies and we are out of time. We have 30 seconds per question.
It is not appropriate for the Deputy to be naming people in these circumstances.
The Deputy has made the point.
Is the Bill opposed?
Since this is a Private Members' Bill, Second Stage must, under Standing Orders, be taken in Private Members' time.
We are running out of time.
I thank the Taoiseach. We must move on. I am sorry but we are out of time.
We are out of time. We need to move on to Questions Nos. 11 and 12.
The Taoiseach has just three and a half minutes for a response.
We are almost out of time.
It is always valuable to the have the view from Kiskeam. Our next contributor is Deputy Tully. At 6.30 p.m., I will have to interrupt her to ask her to propose the adjournment of this debate.
I call Deputy Pringle but I will ask him to adjourn the debate after two minutes.
The time is up. The Deputy will have a second bite of the cherry tomorrow.