CC
2022-03-31 · Dail
National Maternity Hospital: Statements
Let the Minister speak, please.
Seán Ó Fearghaíl
Rhetoric & votes →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.
Party over time
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
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CC
2022-03-31 · Dail
National Maternity Hospital: Statements
Can we let the Minister conclude?
CC
2022-03-31 · Dail
National Maternity Hospital: Statements
Can we please let the Minister conclude? We will then see where we go with this.
CC
2022-03-31 · Dail
National Maternity Hospital: Statements
Can we desist from heckling the Minister while he is attempting to deal with the questions Deputies have asked? They might not like the answers he is giving but will they at least let him give the answers?
CC
2022-03-31 · Dail
National Maternity Hospital: Statements
Please, Deputy.
CC
2022-03-31 · Dail
National Maternity Hospital: Statements
Let us be clear. We cannot have a situation in the House, during a debate on any particular subject, that a Member decides he or she will continue to make his or her own personal assertions about what a situation might or might not be. That is not debate. Deputies Shortall and Connolly have raised a question that I ask the Minister to bring clarity to in order that we can wind this up this discussion. He has indicated that he will bring this matter to Cabinet and to the Joint Committee on Health, that all the compo…
CC
2022-03-31 · Dail
National Maternity Hospital: Statements
I assume the Government will make a decision in principle.
CC
2022-03-31 · Dail
National Maternity Hospital: Statements
The Government, which can make a decision, can decide to reverse that decision, if it wishes to, at another stage. That is the prerogative of the Government.
CC
2022-03-31 · Dail
National Maternity Hospital: Statements
That represents a very clear-----
CC
2022-03-31 · Dail
National Maternity Hospital: Statements
That is as clear a response as we can expect this Minister or any Minister to give.
CC
2022-03-31 · Dail
National Maternity Hospital: Statements
He has.
CC
2022-03-31 · Dail
National Maternity Hospital: Statements
He has answered the question.
CC
2022-03-31 · Dail
National Maternity Hospital: Statements
I will wrap up in a minute.
CC
2022-03-31 · Dail
National Maternity Hospital: Statements
There is not much point in bringing it to the Oireachtas committee first-----
CC
2022-03-31 · Dail
National Maternity Hospital: Statements
-----if there is not some sort of indication from the Cabinet on whether it is prepared to accept it or not.
CC
2022-03-31 · Dail
National Maternity Hospital: Statements
We will not get unanimous agreement on this.
CC
2022-03-31 · Dail
National Maternity Hospital: Statements
People's positions are quite clear. The time for the debate has elapsed at this stage. The debate is ended. I thank everyone who has participated. Statements on the national maternity hospital are completed.
CC
2022-03-30 · Dail
Thirty-ninth Amendment of the Constitution (Neutrality) Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members]
Insofar as a vote has been called, it is deferred until the weekly voting time this evening.
CC
2022-03-30 · Dail
Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions
I am sorry but the Taoiseach’s time is up.
CC
2022-03-30 · Dail
Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions
I thank the Taoiseach. Can we restore a little order, please? I call our next contributor, the co-leader of the Social Democrats, Deputy Catherine Murphy.