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 reply from Sinn Féin is coming from Deputy Ó Broin, who is sharing time with Deputies Carthy and Kerrane, who will wrap up. Is that agreed? Agreed.
Before the Minister responds, I am conscious there are two Deputies present who have not yet put their questions. If it is okay with her, I will ask the Minister to respond and then ask the two Deputies to introduce their questions. We will then take a response from the Minister if people are happy to proceed in that way.
I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 37A and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputy Jennifer Whitmore - to discuss the recent closure of the Wicklow town citizens information centre in County Wicklow; (2) Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív - to discuss the publication of the matrix-algorithms used to determine eligibility for the amended DEIS programme; (3) Deputies Michael Ring, Louise O'Reilly, Dara Calleary, Rose Conway-Walsh and Maurice Qui…
I thank the Minister but she is out of time.
The protocol is that the Department involved should make contact with the Deputy tabling the Topical Issue matter and there should be the opportunity to agree or not agree, as the case might be. Some of those Departments, if they did not, should have been in touch with the Deputy about this Topical Issue matter.
I do not think we need to bring Mr. Watt into this.
I do not think we need-----
We do not need to bring his name into this particular debate.
The time is up now.
That is fine.
I thank Deputy Ring.
Seanad Éireann has passed the Redundancy Payments (Amendment) Bill 2022, without amendment.
Before I call the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, Deputy Ryan, we have a very distinguished visitor in the Visitors Gallery, H.E. Ms Nancy Smyth, the Canadian ambassador to Ireland. I am sure we all want to extend a very warm Céad Míle Fáilte to her. She is joined by her colleague from the embassy, Jackie Ellis, and by our colleague, Deputy Stanton, who is doing an outstanding job as Chairman of the Canada-Ireland Interparliamentary Friendship Group. I am hoping that via the ambassador's v…
Can everyone calm down?
We are out of time.
The Minister without interruption please.
We got the message. Thank you, Minister.
I advise the House that yesterday, the motion to refer this Bill to the select committee was not moved.
He has 17 minutes.
It is 30 minutes.