Please, Deputy, the time is up.
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
Please, Deputy, the time is up.
The Taoiseach, without interruption.
That concludes Questions on Promised Legislation. Deputies Ellis, Gould and Cronin have not been reached and will be given priority tomorrow.
Is the Bill being opposed?
Since this is a Private Members' Bill, Second Stage must, under Standing Orders, be taken in Private Members' time.
We cannot get into a debate on the matter because the issue was to be without debate.
In accordance with Standing Order 70(2), the division is postponed until the weekly division time on Wednesday, 11 November 2020.
The proposal is to discharge the order made on 8 October 2020 referring the Official Languages (Amendment) Bill 2019 to the Select Committee on Media, Tourism, Arts, Culture, Sports and the Gaeltacht and to refer it instead to the Select Committee on Irish Language, Gaeltacht and the Irish-speaking Community.
I call Deputy Boyd Barrett. We are running short on time.
We have about four minutes for a response.
We have got to move on to Question 4.
We have six people raising questions. They might keep their time to a minute each, if that is possible, if they want to get an answer.
I am sorry, Taoiseach, but we are out of time.
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 Gino Kenny - to discuss the Government's response to the demolition of a Bedouin village in the Jordan Valley by the Israeli military; (2) Deputy Michael McNamara - to discuss the extension of the defective concrete block scheme to County Clare; (3) Deputy Paul McAuliffe - to discuss bus capacity in Dublin during level 5 restrictions; (4) Deputy Pá…
Deputy Cian O'Callaghan is sharing time with Deputy Whitmore.
I understand the Government Chief Whip has a business proposal to put to the House.
Is that agreed?
That point is well made. Every minute extra we spend here will be added on at the end of the night, so we have to be careful about that. I will call Deputy Mac Lochlainn to be followed by Deputy Mattie McGrath and that will be it, I believe.
I call the Deputy Chief Whip, Deputy Griffin.
Please Members, with respect.