I thank the Deputy. I am sorry, a Thaoisigh, but we have other Deputies offering to speak. I call Deputy Shanahan now.
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 thank the Deputy. I am sorry, a Thaoisigh, but we have other Deputies offering to speak. I call Deputy Shanahan now.
Everyone here seems to get considerable time. I will make one point to Members here, please. I do not know who is right or who is wrong or if anyone is right or wrong on this but when we established the Covid-19 committee, a core principle was that we were all committed not to take any professional away from the front-line services in order to serve the committees. That was a principle that we all signed up to.
The second item before us is the proposal for dealing with tomorrow’s business. Is the proposal for dealing with Wednesday’s business agreed to?
I call Deputy McDonald.
The Deputy made that point.
On the voting issue tomorrow, we can ask the Oireachtas Communications Unit to make it clear what is happening because what has been decided at the Business Committee is that votes on motions will take place here with reduced attendance but votes on legislation would take place, for the time being, in the Convention Centre Dublin where all Members would be able to attend thereby ensuring that there is no undue risk of legal challenge to the vote on legislation. We will ask the Communications Unit to make that very …
Tá gnó Dé Céadaoin aontaithe. Is the proposal for dealing with Thursday's business agreed to?
I thought the Deputy was going to look for a free travel pass.
The Labour Party slot has two minutes remaining. Is Deputy Nash availing of his two minutes?
Alas no, because I am afraid some paperwork was awaiting me. I am saving myself for the weekend. We might get an opportunity. The Deputy might recommend something to me.
Deputy James O'Connor will now give us a perspective from east Cork.
I call Deputy Boyd Barrett who is sharing time with Deputy Barry.
Thursday.
I call Deputy Bríd Smith, who is sharing her time with Deputy Paul Murphy.
I thank Deputy Leddin for his genuinely philosophical analysis of the issues.
I thank Deputy Michael Collins. Deputy Alan Farrell is sharing time with Deputy Lahart.
We have heard many words of wisdom in the House this evening and we look forward to the Minister's response.
Did the Minister notice the Deputy following him on the road at any stage?
The Minister is sharing time with Deputies McAuliffe and Devlin.
Before calling Deputy Funchion, I remind Deputies that for the Thursday evening Private Members’ business, Members submit their names in advance to the Clerk, indicating that they wish to participate. Members are called in the order in which they submit their names. We have 75 minutes for the debate with 43 minutes remaining.