We must move on to the next questions.
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
We must move on to the next questions.
We are wandering away from the amendments.
Please, Deputy McNamara.
The system is that Members get an opportunity to speak and the Minister gets an opportunity to respond. The Minister did not interrupt anybody else so please do not interrupt him.
No.
Let us hear the Minister out and it may become clearer for the Deputy.
That is all very interesting but the Deputy is supposed to talk about the amendment.
Has that got anything to do with this amendment?
How does the Deputy relate all that to the amendments?
I admire Deputy Boyd Barrett's ingenuity.
I would like to know how the Deputy will get back to the amendments that we are debating, and the normality of them.
As no one else is offering, I call the Minister. I will have to interrupt him at 7.45 p.m.
I will have to interrupt the Minister. The time permitted for this debate having expired, I am required to put the following question in accordance with an order of the Dáil of yesterday, 7 December 2021: "That each of the sections undisposed of is hereby agreed to in committee, the Preamble and the Title are hereby agreed to in committee, the Bill is reported to the House without amendment, Report Stage is hereby completed and the Bill is hereby passed."
Amendments Nos. 1 to 7, inclusive, are related and will be discussed together. Amendment No. 3 is a physical alternative.
While Members can speak for as long as they like on any amendment, we have 26 amendments and if we are to get through as many of them as possible, it would be helpful if Deputies were concise. As I say, they can speak for as long as they like.
Amendment Nos. 11 and 12 are related. Amendment No. 12 is a logical alternative to amendment No. 11. Amendments Nos. 11 and 12 will be discussed together.
Amendments Nos. 2 and 3 have been dealt with. Amendment No. 4 is out of order.
I now call Deputy Fergus O'Dowd to give us the Louth perspective.
That certainly was a very colourful contribution, Deputy Ring. No more than we would expect. Thank you very much.
Thank you very much. The bottom line is that the vast majority-----