One speaker, please.
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
One speaker, please.
Is the proposal for dealing with Wednesday's business agreed to?
Is Thursday's business agreed to?
I ask Deputy Healy-Rae to calm down, so we can hear the Taoiseach without interruption.
Is the proposal for dealing with Thursday's business agreed to? It is not agreed.
The Deputy's time is up.
I ask the Deputies in the gallery to restrain themselves.
I am sorry, Taoiseach, but the time is up.
I thank the Taoiseach. The time is up. I am sorry, but that concludes Questions on Promised Legislation, with 13 listed Deputies who had every expectation of getting in being unsuccessful in doing so. We may ask the Committee on Standing Orders and Dáil Reform to look at the length of time of interventions on the Order of Business, because they are consuming a lot of time.
I call Deputy Durkan.
That is something we can certainly consider and see if it is possible.
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 Bernard J. Durkan - to discuss the increasing incidents of worldwide human rights abuses while the global community is preoccupied with Covid-19; (2) Deputy Maurice Quinlivan - to discuss the issue of overcrowding at the University Hospital Limerick; (3) Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan - to discuss an update on plans for St. Gabriel’s Special School, Bis…
I thank the Deputy. We are lucky to have the Minister of State, Deputy Feighan, in the Chamber.
He is a man of many talents.
There were probably more avian analogies in those contributions than we have ever heard before. We move on now to the Regional Group and Deputy Verona Murphy.
I am loath to interrupt because it could be argued that you are making a political charge but you are effectively making a serious charge against someone outside of the Houses-----
That still does not cut it. It is not appropriate for us here to effectively launch personal attacks on named or identifiable individuals. I fully accept and sympathise-----
I fully accept and sympathise with the point that you are making but I think you need to be careful.
Deputy Murphy was in full flight.
We will give Deputy Canney a little flexibility.