The Chair is on its feet and the Member will resume his seat.
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 Chair is on its feet and the Member will resume his seat.
Resume your seat, please.
No. Resume your seat. The question has been put.
Deputy, do not force me to suspend the sitting.
Deputy, do not force me to suspend. The question has been put.
For the record of the House, I was accused just before the votes of bringing the Business Committee into disrepute. I know I am of advancing years, as are some other Members, but I do not think my memory has failed me completely yet. I was happy, having checked with the officials, to find that there was no dissent and no objection registered this morning when this motion was taken as the first item of business at the Business Committee.
No, thank you.
You need not bother.
You need not bother, thank you.
Right.
Thank you very much.
Seanad amendments Nos. 1 to 3, inclusive, 5, 7, 8 and 10 to 12, inclusive, are related and will be discussed together.
That sounds very positive. I call Deputy McHugh.
Deputy McHugh made reference to meeting Seán Hegarty during the protest. The Deputy is an adopted native son of Kildare at this point but he has never lost his affinity with County Donegal.
I thank Deputy Pringle for his correspondence with me today in respect of this matter. I know he will tread carefully as he deals with what is obviously a sensitive issue.
I thank the Minister of State and Deputy Pringle for raising this matter. The Minister of State talked about the parents who may be watching these proceedings. Any members of the public watching these proceedings will wonder if they live in a democracy or an autocracy when a State agency can deliberately and protractedly frustrate the efforts of a Minister of State to get information about a fundamentally serious matter that would cause anyone with any humanity to respond with alacrity. I thank everybody in the Cha…
The Minister of State, Deputy Hildegarde Naughton, is dealing with this Bill. She has the graveyard shift like the rest of us.
I thank the Minister of State, and I thank her again for being here at this late hour. We will proceed to the Deputies offering.
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