On prevailing side: this member voted with the winning side in 697 of 704 decisive votes (2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| FG | Fine Gael | 6,069 | 2020-02-20 – 2026-10-01 |
Membership spells on record: FG 2011-02-25–2016-03-09 · FG 2016-03-10–2020-01-14 · FG 2020-02-08–2024-11-08 · FG 2024-11-29–present
You would have heard from Glenveagh which said the accelerating infrastructure task force is going to make a real difference and the innovations are working. Castlethorn, which builds homes, welcomed the budgetary measure.
At the end of the day, the people you describe-----
No. The people you like to describe as elites and everything else are the people we rely on to build homes in this country. The measures we have taken are making a real difference. I do not think when you, Eoin Ó Broin and others meet these lads, you use the same sort of language towards them as you use in this Dáil. The lobbying register shows you are meeting most of them. I do not think when you meet them you describe them in the way you do in this House. You have also come in today, and you tried this at the fin…
I never said that.
Nope.
They told you.
It is kind of a single, transferable speech from you. The reality is we went to the electorate. This Government won a mandate to govern and you did not.
We went to the electorate-----
Am I allowed to speak or do I get shouted down in this House?
They waste the time shouting you down. I would like my time to be protected to respond to the questions because people at home do not want this pantomime. They want to know what is happening, not you sitting at the back shouting and roaring at me every time I try to speak. The reality is we ran an election and we told the people of Ireland what we were going to do over the course of five years.
We came together as two parties-----
We came together-----
Am I allowed to speak or is bully boy Pearse just back?
Mr. Angry. Bully boy Pearse.
You are a bully and you shout down people in this House. You are a bully boy and your bully boy tactics will not work on me. We formed a government with a five-year programme.
You have let the mask slip again today that you do not believe there are measures needed to make house-building more viable in terms of apartments.
We are taking those decisions. You will not support the decisions we are taking to make a real difference in housing supply.
When we see those extra homes built in the years ahead, young people right across this country will benefit from that. This is budget one of five.
It will make a real and sustainable difference.
We will be delivering on our programme for Government while you will continue to shout, roar and offer nothing constructive to this country-----