I thank the Deputies and the Minister for their co-operation. That concludes questions on promised legislation.
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
I thank the Deputies and the Minister for their co-operation. That concludes questions on promised legislation.
Is the Bill opposed?
Since this is a Private Members' Bill, Second Stage must, under Standing Orders, be taken in Private Members' time.
Is the Bill opposed?
Since this is a Private Members' Bill, Second Stage must, under Standing Orders, be taken in Private Members' time.
Is Deputy Connolly sharing time with Deputies McNamara and Harkin?
In accordance with Standing Order 80(2), the division is postponed until the weekly division time tomorrow evening.
Deputy Marian Harkin was in possession with ten minutes remaining. I must call the adjournment of this debate at 2.30 p.m.
Deputy Higgins is sharing time with Deputy Cahill.
The next speaker is Deputy Cronin.
There is no time left in that slot, according to my list. There were nine minutes allocated and only 39 seconds left.
My apologies to Deputy Haughey. The next speaker is Deputy Cronin.
We will swap around the final two slots and call Deputy Connolly first.
Deputy Mattie McGrath is sharing with Deputy Pringle in whatever order.
The Solidarity slot is next but I do not believe anyone from that group is present. The following slot is a Government one. Deputy Calleary is sharing time with Deputy Devlin in whichever order they choose.
I understood Deputy Calleary was making a reference to age when he said the legislation might be more relevant to him than to Deputy Devlin.
I thank the Minister of State and the Deputy. I thank all Deputies who submitted matters for Topical Issue debate and the Ministers and Minsters of State who have attended to respond. To be helpful to Deputies, I will say that if they have specific concerns about the topic being raised, it would be helpful if those specific concerns were mentioned in the question itself so that a Minister, in responding, would have a chance to do the necessary research.
The Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence has completed its consideration of the following Revised Estimates for public services for the service of the year ending on 31 December 2021: Votes Nos. 35 and 36.
Thank you, Deputy Sherlock. I would like to propose a slight reordering of how the House transacts this business. I note that Deputy Kerrane is the only Deputy offering. With the agreement of the House, I propose that we hear Deputy Kerrane and then go to the Minister and Minister of State for a response and thereafter to Deputy Sherlock once again. Is everybody happy with that?
Is it agreed? Agreed.