Okay. Deputies Healy-Rae and McGrath, níl siad anseo. I call Deputy Connolly.
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
Okay. Deputies Healy-Rae and McGrath, níl siad anseo. I call Deputy Connolly.
It would be appropriate for me to say that the House in its entirety wishes the Government, including the two Ministers and Minister of State present, our health administrators and our health professionals absolute success in undoing the despicable crimes that have been committed against the Irish people, who require the support of our health services.
We will come back to you, Deputy. You are out of time.
I thought the Minister was a Monaghan person.
It takes some imagination to get from the PUP to hot meals.
We will hear Deputy Ó Ríordáin, without interruption.
Hold on now, Deputies.
Deputy Ó Laoghaire has made his point. The floor is Deputy Ó Ríordáin's.
Deputy O'Connor is down to speak next but he does not seem to be in the Chamber. In that case, I will move on to Deputy Cronin of Sinn Féin. I see now that Deputy Farrell is indicating.
You are listed here but a little further down. Since you are here now, on you go. You are taking a Government slot and then I will come back to Deputy Cronin.
We move now to Deputy Cronin. I apologise for the confusion earlier.
I thank the Deputy and we move now to Deputy Canney sharing with Deputy Verona Murphy.
I thank Deputy Murphy for her encouraging comments. We now move to Deputy James O'Connor.
I thank Deputy O'Connor. Fresh air is always most welcome. I call Deputy Patricia Ryan.
Rachaimid ar aghaidh go dtí an contae beag agus an Teachta Ó Murchú.
Due to the fact that the latest item of businesses has been concluded quite a bit earlier than anticipated, we might suspend for 15 minutes to give the participants in the Topical Issue debate, both the Members raising issues and the Ministers responding, an opportunity to get here, if that is acceptable to everyone. Is that agreed? Agreed.
I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 37 and the name of the Member in each case: (1) Deputy Brian Leddin - to discuss road safety on rural roads, in light of an 11-year-old girl being killed in County Kerry this week while cycling; (2) Deputy Verona Murphy - to discuss when a directive will issue to hospital groups on access to maternity care appointments for birthing partners; (3) Deputy John Lahart - to discuss strategic housing develop…
The Minister of State's assistance in these matters is appreciated.
I thank the Minister of State for being here to deal so sensitively with this vitally important matter and I thank Deputy Leddin for raising it. I am sure I can say on behalf of the House that we all join the Minister of State and Deputy Leddin in extending our deepest sympathies to the family of Aoibheann Duffy on their agonising loss.
In accordance with Standing Order 80(2), the division is postponed until the weekly division time later today.