Before I came into the House, 30 Deputies had indicated, including the Leaders. We now have 32, I think. I call Deputy McDonald.
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
Before I came into the House, 30 Deputies had indicated, including the Leaders. We now have 32, I think. I call Deputy McDonald.
The time is up, Taoiseach.
I thank the Deputy. His time is up.
The Deputy has made his point.
I call Deputy Martin Browne on the same matter.
That concludes questions on promised legislation. The 20 or more Deputies not reached today will be given priority tomorrow.
I must interrupt the Minister. I ask him to correspond with Deputy Cahill.
There is a little over a minute remaining if the Minister wishes to make some comments.
I thank the Minister. The time is up.
Given the number of questioners there are in this session, I will take all the questions and see if there is time at the end for the Minister to respond. Otherwise, I ask the Minister if he would correspond with the Deputies, if that is acceptable.
Maybe the Minister will correspond with the Deputy because we must move on to the Labour Party contributor, Deputy Sherlock.
I thank the Deputy. I am sure the Minister will correspond with him. Our next contributors are Deputies Lahart and Flaherty.
We will move now to the Social Democrats. I call Deputy Whitmore.
The next round is a Government slot with Deputies Murnane O'Connor, Richmond and Jim O'Callaghan. Perhaps the Deputies will speak first. If the Minister has time at the end he might respond and if not, he might correspond.
The Minister might correspond with Deputy Richmond to clarify the other matters.
We go now to a Government slot. Deputy O'Sullivan is sharing with Deputies Bruton and Cathal Crowe.
We must go to Deputy Cathal Crowe. Perhaps the Minister will correspond with Deputy Bruton.
You may adjourn the debate and we can return to allow you to conclude.
We can do that if the Minister of State so wishes.
It is a very expeditious way to deal with these matters. Thank you and your assistance is greatly appreciated.