Is the Teachta pressing the amendment?
TDs / Mairéad Farrell
Mairéad Farrell
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1,072
questions asked
Oral and written, to government departments
77,415
words spoken in the chamber
Across 359 contributions. Plus 93 contributions from the chair, not counted
363
votes recorded
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266
topics asked about
Across 20 departments
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Questions asked 1,072 in all
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Contributions to debates 359 in all
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| December 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| January 2025 | 21 | 5 |
| February 2025 | 74 | 21 |
| March 2025 | 51 | 21 |
| April 2025 | 47 | 41 |
| May 2025 | 64 | 12 |
| June 2025 | 104 | 15 |
| July 2025 | 58 | 24 |
| August 2025 | 0 | 0 |
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| November 2025 | 59 | 5 |
| December 2025 | 45 | 30 |
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| June 2026 | 93 | 10 |
| July 2026 | 57 | 30 |
| August 2026 | 0 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 24 | 8 |
| October 2026 | 20 | 40 |
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Plus 209 contributions in the regular slots, such as Leaders' Questions and Priority Questions. Speech from the chair is not counted.
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- constituency Galway West 29 November 2024 to now
- party Sinn Féin 29 November 2024 to now
I apologise but my understanding is that the time for discussion of the amendment has concluded.
I have to go by the procedure.
Amendments Nos. 8 and 9 have been ruled out of order.
You will have two minutes to conclude, Deputy.
Are you pressing the amendment, Deputy?
This is not an over-and-back exchange. Remarks should be addressed through the Chair. Please continue, an Teachta Doherty.
I apologise but there is a way that this is done. The Minister will have another chance to come in on another amendment.
Amendment No. 27 has been ruled out of order.
I welcome all the women who are here with us today and thank them for all the work they have done in ensuring this Bill comes forward and hopefully it will be passed. I also thank my colleagues, Deputy Matt Carthy and Senator Maria McCormack, for introducing this Bill to the Dáil.
As the Minister is aware, today is International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, but as he is equally aware, too often…
Is mór an scannal é i ndáiríre go bhfuil naoi leaba folamh in Áras Mhic Dara cé go bhfuil 12 duine ar an liosta feithimh mar go bhfuil cúram ón áras sin ag teastáil go géar uathu. Bhí geallúintí ón Rialtas air seo cheana. Teastaíonn gníomh anois ón Rialtas agus ón HSE. Agus muid i mbun plé anocht, tá na naoi leaba sin folamh agus, ag an am céanna, tá 73 duine ar thralaithe san ospidéal i nGaillimh. Ní dhéanann sé sin…
Gabhaim buíochas leis an Aire Stáit. Is maith an rud é sin agus cuirim fáilte roimhe. Sin an cineál gnímh atá ag teastáil ón Rialtas le feiceáil cén bealach gur féidir linn an fhadhb seo a réiteach. Is dócha go bhfuil fadhb níos leithne ann freisin. Aon uair a dhúntar leapacha i gceantar tuaithe, an chéad rud a deirtear ná nach féidir foireann a earcú. Léiríonn sé sin go bhfuil fadhb ann. Caithfimid breathnú ar céard…
Go raibh maith agat, a Theachta.
Bogaimid ar aghaidh go dtí Páirtí an Lucht Oibre agus an Teachta Duncan Smith.
That is the will of the Dáil.
I welcome the guests in the Visitor's Gallery, namely Councillors Padraig Fallon and Brendan Barry and others. Ta fáilte rompu go Baile Átha Cliath. It is no Leitrim, but sure it will do.
I am delighted to speak about science week. It is really important that we put a focus on it and ensure that all of our young people have opportunities, if they wish, in the field of science. If we do that and if that is the focus …
Cuirim céad míle fáilte roimh na cuairteoirí atá anseo inniu.
Before I begin, I take this opportunity to wish the female garda taken to hospital last night a speedy recovery from her injuries.
Struggling households were dealt two body blows on Monday. The first blow was that food inflation has reached its highest level in nearly two years. People are being ripped off when they go to the supermarket and it is clear …
We did not give them-----
Let us look at what is actually happening under the Government's watch. A total of 300,000 households are in debt with their electricity bills. One in five children is in poverty under its watch.
Now today, I have told the Taoiseach two teachers who want to send their child to college - who wants to go to college - cannot afford to send them because of the policies he has implemented because the Government has faile…
Poverty.
It does not matter.
So they are liars.
To deliver the hospital beds.
I also welcome the Greybridge Classic Club. I would only love to be part of its Christmas lights run. It sounds amazing.
Property tax is going up for people and every household will be hit with a higher bill. Over the course of the weekend, I held a number of clinics - in the city, Clifden and other places in Connemara. At every single clinic, a pensioner came to say they were extremely worried about the cost going …
The Minister of State, Deputy Dooley, knows and has spent time in the coastal communities I represent in Galway. We talk about Connemara and the four offshore islands in Galway West where the lifestyle is completely interwoven with the sea and fishing. It really is a way of life. Anyone who is familiar with fishing communities knows the importance of European fishing quotas and of states respecting these quotas. This…