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
It was ruled out of order because it is not relevant to the provisions of the Bill.
It is not a question of how the amendment might apply to the Long Title. It is a question of how it applies or does not apply, as the case may be, to the sections of the Bill. The amendment is not relevant to the sections of the Bill as set out. I will happily arrange for someone to engage with the Deputy with a view to giving him a satisfactory explanation as to why his amendment was ruled out of order. In the meantime, I ask that we move on to amendment No. 4.
I thank the Deputy. I am very conscious of the fact that we are rapidly running out of time. Can we hear two very brief contributions from Deputies Mattie McGrath and Catherine Murphy, please?
I must interrupt the Minister as her time has elapsed.
I call the Minister of State, Deputy Josepha Madigan, for the third session.
The Deputy was but he was not here. He will definitely be in this session. I will give the Deputy precedence. I now invite the Minister of State, Deputy Madigan, to make her opening statement.
I thank the Deputy. The next speaker is-----
This is not a question and answer session. There is no provision in the Order of Business for that. If the Minister of State wishes to respond, she may so do.
I call Deputy Michael Healy-Rae.
You have five minutes.
My apologies to Deputy O'Reilly. The Deputy is there somewhere but I cannot see her.
Yes. The nearer the church, the farther from God.
Last, but by no means least, is Deputy Joan Collins.
The order of the House did not provide for that but if Deputy Collins wants to ask questions and the Minister wants to answer-----
-----that is fine with me.
The Standing Business Committee has completed its consideration under Standing Order 30 of the request for the Minister for Finance to waive the requirement for pre-legislative scrutiny under Standing Order 173 on the general scheme draft heads of the investment limited partnership amendment Bill 2020 and has agreed thereto.
I call the Government Chief Whip who has a brief technical proposal to put to the House.
On foot of the proposal, there are two matters to be decided. Is the proposal for dealing with today's business agreed?
There was considerable debate on this matter at the Business Committee. I understand that six hours is provided for Second Stage consideration of this matter. I note Deputy Mattie McGrath is indicating. Is it on the same matter?
Again, we will have six hours to debate this. We will try to get clarification on the point raised.