Are the proposed arrangements for this week agreed to?
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
Are the proposed arrangements for this week agreed to?
The Deputy's time is up.
The Deputy's time is up.
Deputy Mairéad Farrell is substituting for Deputy Martin Kenny.
We have three remaining Deputies. I will take 30-second questions from them because we are out of time. I call Deputy Collins.
Is the Bill opposed?
Since this is a Private Members' Bill, Second Stage must, under Standing Orders, be taken in Private Members' time.
I call Deputy Durkan, the Leas-Cathaoirleach of the Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach, to move the motion.
The Deputy should conclude.
Thank you. The time is up.
The Deputy is getting very adept at pushing out the boundaries.
Right. I call Deputy Shanahan.
I thank the Deputy for those words of wisdom.
I thank the Deputy.
People are getting their blood pressure very high. People were anxious to have the Minister, Deputy Eamon Ryan, come in, to have a go at him, I am sure. The reality is this legislation was initiated by the Minister of State, Deputy Chambers.
He brought it forward. It is perfectly legitimate for the Minister of State to be the Minister who is here dealing with this. I am sure he is happy to do it.
There are two final speakers before I call the Minister of State. One is Deputy Murnane O'Connor and the other is Deputy Gould.
We move to the Rural Independent Group. I call Deputy McGrath, who is sharing with colleagues.
We now go to Deputy Carthy, who is sharing with Deputies Doherty and Gould. Is that agreed? Agreed.
The Minister has moved her amendment and the Social Democrats has moved its amendment to the amendment.