Thank you, Deputy Healy-Rae. Your brother wants to come in on the same matter.
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
Thank you, Deputy Healy-Rae. Your brother wants to come in on the same matter.
We had the litany of the saints when I was a child going to school. We have had the litany of the villages and the townlands. I think today we have had the litany of the marts in County Kerry. The Deputies are fighting a tough battle. Taoiseach, are you going to re-open the marts in Kerry?
My apologies, eight Deputies have not been reached. We will give them priority tomorrow.
The Select Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine has completed its consideration of the following Revised Estimate for Public Services for the Service of the year ending on 31 December 2020: Vote 30.
Did Deputy Whitmore wish to contribute?
The time is up. I note that today, for the first time ever, I think, we finished Leaders' Questions within the time allowed.
I do not know if that has something to do with Deputy McNamara getting great value out of his slot. Deputies are meant to ask one question about one topic but he managed to get three questions in.
Is it not great to get any answer?
Before proceeding to Questions on Promised Legislation, of which we have very many, I wish to bring to the attention of the House a very special matter. Today we bid farewell to our Captain of the Guard, John Flaherty, who is attending his last sitting of the House before he retires later this month. John joined the Defence Forces as a cadet in the 51st cadet class on 28 October 1974 and is retiring after 46 years of distinguished public service. He was commissioned in December 1975 and posted to the fourth field s…
Thank you, John.
That is not the same matter.
It is not the same matter.
It is not the same matter.
Deputy, please, many other people are trying to get in.
Deputy Gould has been indicating but he can only come in once on promised legislation.
We will now take a 20-minute sanitisation break.
I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 27A and the name of the member in each case: (1) Deputy Fergus O'Dowd - to discuss the delayed appointment of staff in Drogheda town to work on the national development plan; (2) Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor - to discuss extending the period of the commercial rates waiver for all businesses affected by Covid-19; (3) Deputy Chris Andrews - to discuss how agreement can be reached between the Departme…
We have given a double period to the first issue, which is the decision by Ryanair to close its Cork and Shannon bases. We start with Deputy O'Rourke and each Deputy has one minute.
I call Deputy O'Donnell. Níl sé anseo.
Go on.