It is being considered by the Business Committee, which is trying to find time.
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
It is being considered by the Business Committee, which is trying to find time.
The Deputy might submit a Topical Issue on the matter. I call Deputy Patricia Ryan.
It is but we have just two minutes.
Yes.
In the circumstances there would have to be a great deal of forbearance for anyone who wants to contribute on this particular matter. As Chairman of the Business Committee, the call for further debate on this matter is absolutely warranted and the call for regular debate, if that is what is required, to see this matter brought to a conclusion, is something that we would also need to pursue. I do not think that I have ever heard contributions similar to the ones that I have heard today. Certainly the contributions f…
Thank you, Deputy.
I thank all Members for their contributions. I thank the Minister of State for her response and refreshing frankness, as usual.
For the record, I would not normally allow some of the statements that have been made to be made, but I am conscious that the Deputy is extrapolating from the decision of an eminent judge. That decision is already in the public domain.
The Minister of State is precluded from discussing any individual planning case. It is in order to discuss the generality of the issues.
The Minister of State without interruption, please.
The fourth important matter comes from Deputy Cullinane, who wishes to discuss funding for pre-dredging works at Helvick Pier to allow safe passage for the locally-stationed Royal National Lifeboat Institution, RNLI, lifeboat. Which Minister is in charge of dredging?
I have never seen such interest in a Thursday evening committee report. It must be because the Minister of State, Senator Hackett, is here and Members want to hear what she has to say.
The Minister of State can share time with anyone she likes.
Is Deputy Naughten sharing his time?
To use Deputy McNamara’s analogy, despite the calm and collected vision on the surface I am sure the Minister of State is paddling away furiously underneath the water.
We wish the Minister of State well in achieving her objective.
In accordance with Standing Order 80(2), the division is postponed until the weekly division time this evening.
Before proceeding to Leaders' Questions, it would be appropriate, as the House will wish to join me, to express our sympathy to the family and many friends of the late Austin Currie who died yesterday. Austin was a long and distinguished Member of this House. He was one of the founding members of the Social Democratic and Labour Party, SDLP, and served in the Northern Ireland Assembly as Minister for Housing, Local Government and Planning. He became a Member of the Dáil in 1989, was a presidential candidate in 1990…
In memory of Austin and as an indication of our sympathy with his wife, Anita, and his five children, Estelle, Caitríona, Dualta, Austin and our colleague, Emer, I ask that we stand for a moment's reflection.
The Deputy's time is up.