No, and well done to the Deputy.
TDs / Mary Butler
Mary Butler
Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach with special responsibility as Government Chief Whip; and the Department of Health with responsibility for Mental Health
Portrait: Mary Butler (CC BY 4.0) · source file
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214,650 as a minister, 2,119 as a TD
433
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Contributions to debates 946 in all
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| December 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| January 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| February 2025 | 0 | 37 |
| March 2025 | 0 | 24 |
| April 2025 | 0 | 33 |
| May 2025 | 0 | 46 |
| June 2025 | 0 | 304 |
| July 2025 | 0 | 55 |
| August 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 0 | 15 |
| October 2025 | 1 | 29 |
| November 2025 | 0 | 60 |
| December 2025 | 0 | 28 |
| January 2026 | 0 | 38 |
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| April 2026 | 0 | 75 |
| May 2026 | 0 | 25 |
| June 2026 | 0 | 29 |
| July 2026 | 0 | 24 |
| August 2026 | 0 | 2 |
| September 2026 | 0 | 30 |
| October 2026 | 0 | 31 |
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Plus 386 contributions in the regular slots, such as Leaders' Questions and Priority Questions. Speech from the chair is not counted.
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Party, constituency and offices
- constituency Waterford 29 November 2024 to now
- party Fianna Fáil 29 November 2024 to now
- office Minister of State at the Department of the Taoiseach with special responsibility as Government Chief Whip; and the Department of Health with responsibility for Mental Health 23 January 2025 to now
I move:
That the proposal that Dáil Éireann approves the following Regulations in draft:
Planning and Development Act 2024 (Modification) Regulations 2025,
a copy of which has been laid in draft form before Dáil Éireann on 18th November, 2025, be referred to the Joint Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage, in accordance with Standing Order 103(5), which, not later than 3rd December, 2025, shall send …
I welcome the opportunity to present the requirement for Further Revised Estimates 2025 for the Department of the Taoiseach and the Office of the Chief State Solicitor, following on from the Taoiseach attending the Joint and Select Committees on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach on the 2025 Revised Estimates for the Vote group on 9 July this year.
The key function o…
Does the Deputy want to discuss the Estimates?
I thank the Deputies for their contributions on the Supplementary Estimates for Votes 2 and 6, and for setting aside the time for this motion, given the time-sensitive nature of the Supplementary Estimates process. I will just clear up a few points. Last Thursday afternoon, in my diary, I was to attend the finance committee on behalf of the Taoiseach in relation to these Supplementary Estimates. At approximately 12 n…
Excuse me, this is not questions and answers.
Excuse me, this is not questions and answers.
A Chathaoirligh, please chair the meeting.
Please chair the meeting.
Go raibh maith agat, a Chathaoirligh. The arrangement was made with my private secretary and the clerk of the committee. I am only speaking the facts.
I was told-----
The Deputy might get away with shouting at people all of his life, but I am here to answer.
No, I am not.
This is not a point of order, a Chathaoirligh.
A Chathaoirligh, please chair the meeting. This is not a point of order. I know the rules of this House.
If they want me to answer I will answer, or they can talk down the clock, whichever they require.
I have heard what Deputy Doherty has said. He can try to undermine me all he likes, saying that he does not want a junior Minister standing opposite him. I am the Government Chief Whip at the Department of the Taoiseach.
I am also Minister of State at the Department of Health with responsibility for mental health and I attend Cabinet. I am well qualified to stand here. Deputy Doherty might not recognise that sitting…
There is precedent for this, as I said today on the Order of Business. I have been ten years in this House and for ten years, I have done Estimates, including four years as Chair of the Oireachtas Committee on Business, Enterprise and Innovation from 2016 to 2020. I have done Supplementary Estimates for the past six years, including last Wednesday in relation to health. I know what Estimates are and I know how they w…
No, those are just three examples I came with. I can find more if the Deputy likes. I have no problem looking back on things. The most important thing we should be here discussing are the Estimates, and many of the Deputies opposite chose not to discuss them.
The situation is very clear. The Supplementary Estimate for Vote 6 is purely technical in nature. The CSSO does not require additional funding in 2025; it just needs the permission of the House to move funding within its Vote.
The Supplementary Estimate for Vote 2 is substantive but unavoidable. It arises solely due to the payment of additional third party costs related to the Moriarty tribunal of inquiry and the Na…
I must also stress that when finalising the 2025 Revised Estimate for the Department of the Taoiseach, the Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation agreed that any additional third party cost falling due in 2025 would be funded by way of a Supplementary Estimate. It is important to note that the Department of the Taoiseach is otherwise within budget for 2025 and has m…
I regret that this did not prove possible. In particular, as I said, there is precedent for the Chief Whip-----
-----presenting requirements for Supplementary Estimates for Votes in the Vote group of the Department of the Taoiseach.
Go raibh maith agat, a Chathaoirligh.
Shall I respond?