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
We are joined by the Minister for Social Protection, Deputy Humphreys, and by the Minister of State at the Department of Social Protection, Deputy Joe O'Brien. The Minister and Minister of State are very welcome.
Could I clarify how much time Deputy Carthy will need?
Okay. There will be a little over three minutes for a response from the Ministers.
We now move to a Government slot. Deputy Cathal Crowe is sharing time with Deputy Durkan.
That is up to the Deputy.
I thank the Minister.
That is fair enough. I thank the Minister. We must move now to Deputy Bríd Smith, who is sharing with Deputy Paul Murphy.
I thank the Deputy. We will ask the Minister if she can correspond with him.
Unfortunately, the Minister only has slightly more than 50 seconds to respond.
The Minister's time is up.
Deputy, please.
I thank the Minister. His time is up.
Deputy, please. It is not exactly on the reasonable side to leave 50 seconds for the Minister to answer five questions, in fairness.
That may be so. I thank the Deputy.
The next contributors are Deputies Cathal Crowe, Durkan and Cahill.
I thank the Minister.
I thank the Minister.
Okay. I thank the Minister.
I thank the Minister. We are out of time.
There is something completely unsatisfactory about a question and answer session where people asking the questions consume all the time with the question and then there is no time for an answer. That is frustrating and we need to look at how we do our business. Deputy Boyd Barrett is next and he is sharing six and a half minutes with Deputy Mick Barry.