I call Deputy Mattie McGrath, who is sharing time.
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 call Deputy Mattie McGrath, who is sharing time.
I thank Deputy Connolly. That concludes statements on the report of the commission of investigation into mother and baby homes for today. I understand it is intended to return to the matter in the near future.
We now have statements and questions and answers on Covid-19. The Minister for Health has 15 minutes.
I am having some difficulties, in so far as we have not been supplied by the Government side with a list of Government speakers. There are Members indicating all over the place. I have already seen Deputies MacSharry and Colm Burke indicate for the remainder of this slot.
There are only two minutes left. Is there anyone here who wants two minutes?
It would be very useful if the people advising the Deputies advised us here so that we could include them in the list. Otherwise we-----
I would be the last person on earth, Deputy MacSharry, to cut out you or anyone else.
The story is the people whose responsibility it is to provide the names to us should be doing their job.
We will be flexible but will the Deputies go and work out their lists and give them to us because we are not divinely inspired?
It was to be nine minutes.
The first Government slot, which is what we are on now, is nine minutes. The next Government slot is eight minutes and then there are a further two Government slots of eight minutes each.
Yes, go ahead.
I thank the Deputy.
No, the Minister of State is answering here.
Before proceeding to questions on promised legislation, I thank all the Members for their good wishes and express the hope that everybody in the Oireachtas community will enjoy a peaceful, restful and happy Christmas with their families. I thank, in particular, the leaders and all the Members of Dáil Éireann for their courtesy, co-operation and support throughout the year. We managed not to fall out with anyone, I think, in the course of the past 12 months. On the Members' behalf, I extend a very sincere thanks to …
I thank the Deputy. The time is up.
I thank the Deputy.
The point is made.
I hope somebody will get the Deputy a stopwatch for Christmas.
Thank you, Tánaiste. We cannot go into the detail of it.