Our next contributor is Deputy Mitchell, who is sharing time with Deputy Cronin.
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
Our next contributor is Deputy Mitchell, who is sharing time with Deputy Cronin.
Next is Deputy Bríd Smith, who is sharing time with Deputy Barry. Deputy Gino Kenny is not down on the list, but he is more than welcome to contribute as well.
On you go.
I thank the Deputy. I call the Minister of State to respond to the debate.
The floor is Deputy Fitzmaurice's.
This was before the trend of built-in obsolescence.
I thank the Deputy for those words of wisdom and invite the Minister of State, Deputy Ossian Smyth, to conclude.
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: (1) Deputy Darren O'Rourke - the need for urgent support for school bus transport operators as a result of very high fuel costs; (2) Deputy Michael Moynihan - the status of the neurorehabilitation strategy; (3) Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan - the steps the Minister for Health has taken to progress the issue of orphan drugs-rare diseases with specific reference to…
It would be terrible if I denied the Deputy the opportunity of contributing.
Musical chairs.
I thank Deputy Durkan. I am glad I was back in time to allow him to make that contribution. We move now to our next contributor, Deputy Shanahan.
Deputy Connolly is using the five minutes from the Rural Independent Group.
I am sorry, but it is not in order to have clapping in the Public Gallery. That is a long-standing tradition.
Well, let us not prejudge. I would welcome a response from the Minister.
Please allow the Minister, without interruption.
I am sure he will clarify that.
Can we please let the Minister respond?
Please, Deputy.
Deputy Shortall, please. We need a degree of mutual respect in this debate. Deputies have put questions and made statements and the Minister is in the course of attempting to respond to those. If there are remaining questions at the end, we may explore how we deal with them, but I am expecting-----
Please, can we just let the Minister proceed?