On prevailing side: this member voted with the winning side in 646 of 653 decisive votes (4 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.
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Membership spells on record: IND 2011-02-25–2015-07-15 · SD 2015-07-15–2016-03-09 · SD 2016-03-10–2016-09-04 · IND 2016-09-05–2017-02-01 · FF 2017-02-02–2020-01-14 · FF 2020-02-08–2024-11-08
-----it is important that we have all of our posters and our protests. We do not care what they say. We will not respect what they say. We will drive on". I commend Senator Clonan on what he has said as well.
Senator Mullen has again today made many false statements-----
-----shared much false information and made many insidious claims. The most insidious claim he has made is to allege that what women, their partners and our healthcare workers are telling us about these protests happening is not true. Senator Clonan just told us about his personal experience where he lives and he sees it day to day. Senator Mullen's view is that Senator Clonan just made that up.
Senator Mullen has challenged me and the Government-----
A Chathaoirligh, he is trying-----
It is about respecting the Chair and the Seanad.
Senator Mullen has made many false claims in the Chamber. He has made many insidious claims in the Chamber this morning. The most insidious claim the Senator continues to make is his repeated suggestion that the statements by women, their partners and healthcare workers who tell us there are protests outside healthcare centres and they feel intimidated and threatened by those protests are false. He has asked for documented evidence. Last week, he challenged me and the Government to name a single healthcare provider…
Therefore, I will respond directly to the false claims and challenge that Senator Mullen put forward. He asked for me to refer to one registered healthcare provider. I refer to the HSE, which I hope Senator Mullen will accept is a registered bona fide healthcare provider in the State. I will read the submission made by the HSE to the joint committee during pre-legislative scrutiny of this Bill: Maternity sites in Dublin have had some form of anti-abortion protests/activity on a weekly, if not daily basis since the …
That is what the HSE has said. Senator Mullen would clearly have us say the women are lying-----
----and that Senator Clonan, the HSE and everyone else is lying. They are all making this up. It is utterly disingenuous.
He should retract his insidious, nasty little comments from the record.
He is insulting every single person who tries to provide these services and access them.
You are insulting the testimony by such people-----
-----as Senators McGreehan and Clonan. The Senator's testimony and approach to this are absolutely despicable and disgraceful.
That is what I think. Specifically, on the amendments-----
The amendments seek to remove a safe zone for protest from within 100 m of the Oireachtas. Those who say we should not have this Bill at all are now saying we should not have the 100 m zone around the Oireachtas. Of course we should. We are cognisant that the Oireachtas is very close to existing healthcare providers and we want to make absolutely sure that although there are healthcare providers in close proximity to the Oireachtas, there could be no doubt whatsoever that anyone who wants to come to the Oireachtas …
I am addressing the Chair.
I am not talking to the Senator; I am talking through the Chair.
I am talking through the Chair.
On a point of clarity on the submission, the Senator appears to be suggesting that the HSE is lying. It was-----