-----because what is happening under its watch is nothing but scandalous.
TDs / Pearse Doherty
Pearse Doherty
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1,436
questions asked
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224,644
words spoken in the chamber
Across 1,657 contributions
378
votes recorded
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236
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| April 2025 | 59 | 72 |
| May 2025 | 117 | 111 |
| June 2025 | 79 | 75 |
| July 2025 | 132 | 106 |
| August 2025 | 0 | 0 |
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| July 2026 | 60 | 16 |
| August 2026 | 0 | 2 |
| September 2026 | 39 | 90 |
| October 2026 | 20 | 56 |
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- constituency Donegal 29 November 2024 to now
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I did not say that.
Is the Tánaiste suggesting the pandemic was not an issue?
Its profits went up 39% in the last four years. Its profits went up.
Its profits went up 39%. The Tánaiste did nothing about it. He did nothing about it because he has no answer.
The Tánaiste has no answer. Pathetic.
That is disgraceful. That is scandalous.
Scandalous.
That is a slur on Deputy Conway-Walsh and this Chair.
That is disgraceful, calling the integrity of a Member of this House into question.
The Tánaiste should withdraw that comment.
That is a disgraceful comment against Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh-----
-----who is not here to defend herself. It is an absolute slur. It is a cheap stunt because the Tánaiste does not want to answer the questions.
Before I ask my question, perhaps the Leas-Cheann Comhairle will give me the opportunity on this, the last day of this term in the Dáil - although some of us will be here for committees next week and the coming weeks - to thank all the staff on behalf of Sinn Féin, and I am sure everyone else, who keep this place working and going, whether that is in the canteen or the ushers, cleaners and the many staff who make sur…
Hear, hear.
Hear, hear.
Hear, hear.
Hear, hear.
Hear, hear.
The neglect and failure need to end. Endometriosis affects so many women. Like others, I have attended meetings in different parts of the country. I have heard some harrowing stories. There is also a constant theme that no matter where it is in the country, these women feel they have been abandoned by the State, and they have. They feel they have been ignored, dismissed and talked down to. In those rooms, there were …
That is not a choice.
Hear, hear.
Hear, hear.
Is that why the Minister got to her feet a second time?
On a point of order, the Minister was given discretion to speak twice, which is unique. Can she explain the clinical decision with which she has an issue?