Is the Bill being opposed?
TDs / John McGuinness
John McGuinness
Leas-Cheann Comhairle
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423
questions asked
Oral and written, to government departments
53,878
words spoken in the chamber
Across 132 contributions. Plus 1,827 contributions from the chair, not counted
107
votes recorded
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138
topics asked about
Across 20 departments
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Month by month
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Questions asked 423 in all
Dec 2024Oct 2026
Contributions to debates 132 in all
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| December 2024 | 0 | 1 |
| January 2025 | 3 | 0 |
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| March 2025 | 35 | 7 |
| April 2025 | 24 | 6 |
| May 2025 | 54 | 7 |
| June 2025 | 14 | 3 |
| July 2025 | 28 | 6 |
| August 2025 | 0 | 0 |
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| October 2025 | 11 | 4 |
| November 2025 | 39 | 21 |
| December 2025 | 14 | 9 |
| January 2026 | 8 | 6 |
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| July 2026 | 13 | 7 |
| August 2026 | 0 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 14 | 2 |
| October 2026 | 8 | 2 |
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Plus 46 contributions in the regular slots, such as Leaders' Questions and Priority Questions. Speech from the chair is not counted.
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- constituency Carlow-Kilkenny 29 November 2024 to now
- party Fianna Fáil 29 November 2024 to now
- office Leas-Cheann Comhairle 19 February 2025 to now
Since this is a Private Members' Bill, Second Stage must, under Standing Orders, be taken in Private Members' time.
It is true to say, in the context of the people, that the State is the civil servants and the politicians, and it stands guilty of an awful injustice to the people in the Public Gallery, and to those within the system who are experiencing the chilling effect of this debate on what happened to the whistleblowers in the past and so will not come forward. The State should own up to its moral obligations and should reach…
Ms Julie Grace-----
Yes, I will conclude now. Ms Julie Grace should be recognised and it should be sorted without her having to go to Europe. Mr. Noel McGree lost his house. He was treated so badly-----
-----and still has not been compensated by the State. Should the Minister not just step in and say we have a moral obligation to fix the wrong that was done to that man and his family?
We must remember, a Chathaoirleach Gníomhach-----
-----that behind every single one of those whistleblowers and the ones who are silently waiting for something to happen-----
-----there is a family and a mental health issue.
We sat idly by-----
-----while all of that was put on them by the State and its agents.
Mr. Alo Mohan would be the same. I could go on and mention others.
I know I am abusing my time-----
-----but I only have two and a half minutes.
I want to say that if we only learned from the whistleblowers, we would save the State a fortune and would hail them as heroes and not describe them, as happened, as "disgusting".
They are not disgusting. They are, in fact, heroes.
I will fight my battles on this side.
A Cheann Comhairle, I note that reply showed disrespect to certain of those in the Public Gallery and to the issue at hand.
In accordance with Standing Order 85(2), the division is postponed until the weekly division time this evening.
To conclude, Deputy.
No. The Deputy is sharing time with Deputy Tóibín.
Is that correct?
Yes.
Deputies Coppinger and Paul Murphy are sharing time. Is that agreed? Agreed.
In accordance with Standing Order 85(2), the division is postponed until the weekly division time on Wednesday, 26 November 2025.