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
Since this is a Private Members' Bill, Second Stage must, under Standing Orders, be taken in Private Members' time.
The Taoiseach has four minutes to respond to the questions raised.
Deputy Fitzpatrick is sharing time with Deputy Tóibín.
The Deputy's time is up.
The time is up.
I thank Deputy Danny Healy-Rae and call Deputy Harkin.
No.
No, that is not a point of order.
The Deputies should please be assured there is no offence.
Ministers have to come and go because they have lots of duties apart from sitting here.
I thank the Deputy. Are we finished with everyone? I believe this is the final response.
Thank you, Deputy. We are finished with this set of questions.
I am sure he is well informed on these matters.
We must be fair to our colleagues, Deputy, and move on to the next question.
There is no Deputy to put Question No. 67. Is Deputy Niamh Smyth here to put Question No. 68 on behalf of Deputy O'Dea?
That is fine. As there is no Deputy present to put Question No. 69, we will move on to Question No. 70.
Deputy Smyth is here on her own behalf to put this question. I thought she was going to have the privilege of representing Limerick as well.
That concludes questions to the Minister for Health. We move now to the next item on the agenda, which is Topical Issues. I have to express some surprise, given the interest in health matters, that more Deputies are not here to put the questions that they had tabled to the Minister and Minister of State. I thank the Minister and Minister of State for being here to answer them anyway. We will suspend the House for three minutes.
Deputy, please.
Let the Minister of State answer.