Deputy Boyd Barrett is sharing time with Deputy Barry.
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
Deputy Boyd Barrett is sharing time with Deputy Barry.
Next is Deputy Daly, who is sharing time with Deputy Ó Murchú.
We are out of time. Maybe a Topical Issue would be useful on that matter.
We are being joined by the Tánaiste and our first question comes from-----
Tá sé ag teacht. Cosúil le Guinness, tá sé ag teacht. Tá sé anseo. Tagann an chéad cheist ón Teachta Pearse Doherty. Bhí air taisteal i bhfad ó Dhún na nGall chun a bheith anseo.
Deputy Ó Broin, it is not your question.
Deputy Ó Broin, you are usurping the role of the leader.
Will you allow the Tánaiste to answer please?
The Deputy's time is up.
Please Deputies.
Sit down, Deputy, please.
Sit down, Deputy.
Does the Deputy want me to suspend the House?
Then let the Chair speak. I know we are at a certain point in the electoral cycle where people are getting excited.
I know that hostages have been given to fortune but they are being given by lots of different people on lots of different sides. The public are looking at this and they expect the debate here to be conducted in an orderly way. They expect the debate to be conducted-----
Strategic interruption and heckling is no way to conduct an orderly debate.
You, Sir, are the arch strategic-----
You know very well what you are doing-----
You know very well what you are doing.
You are strategically heckling constantly. The next time this occurs I will suspend the House.