Government of PortugalHelena Pinto
Plenary attendance
Helena Pinto was present in the chamber at 303 of the 319 with a seat in . Away from the chamber on Assembly business (not an absence): 6 . Absences: 10 and none . Reasons for justified absences, as the Assembly gives them (in Portuguese): «Trabalho Político» (4), «Doença» (3), «Luto» (2), «Motivo justificado» (1). (source)
See the figures and every sitting
- Present303
- 0
- 6
- 10
- 0
- 0
Reasons for justified absences
- Trabalho Político: 4
- Motivo justificado: 1
- Doença: 3
- Luto: 2
All sittings (319)
Sittings the MP did not attend in the plenary
16 sittings
| Date | Record | Reason | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 27 May 2015 | Justified absence | FJ | Doença |
| 25 April 2015 | Justified absence | FJ | Trabalho Político |
| 10 April 2015 | On parliamentary mission | ME | |
| 9 April 2015 | On parliamentary mission | ME | |
| 8 April 2015 | On parliamentary mission | ME | |
| 3 October 2014 | Justified absence | FJ | Luto |
| 2 October 2014 | Justified absence | FJ | Luto |
| 25 April 2014 | Justified absence | FJ | Trabalho Político |
| 21 March 2014 | On parliamentary mission | ME | |
| 20 March 2014 | On parliamentary mission | ME | |
| 19 March 2014 | On parliamentary mission | ME | |
| 13 February 2014 | Justified absence | FJ | Doença |
| 12 February 2014 | Justified absence | FJ | Doença |
| 27 June 2013 | Justified absence | FJ | Trabalho Político |
| 2 May 2013 | Justified absence | FJ | Motivo justificado |
| 8 March 2013 | Justified absence | FJ | Trabalho Político |
Committees
26 committees
- Comissão Parlamentar de Inquérito aos Programas Relativos à Aquisição de Equipamentos Militares (EH-101, P-3 Orion, C-295, torpedos, F-16, submarinos, Pandur II) (Suplente) 25 August 2014 to 31 August 2014
- Comissão Parlamentar de Inquérito aos Programas Relativos à Aquisição de Equipamentos Militares (EH-101, P-3 Orion, C-295, torpedos, F-16, submarinos, Pandur II) (Suplente) 1 September 2014 to 17 October 2014
- Comissão Permanente (Efetivo) 23 July 2015 to 22 October 2015
- Comissão de Agricultura e Mar (Efetivo) 3 October 2013 to 22 October 2015
- Comissão de Economia e Obras Públicas (Suplente) 10 December 2012 to 22 October 2015
- Comissão de Negócios Estrangeiros e Comunidades Portuguesas (Efetivo) 10 December 2012 to 22 October 2015
- Comissão de Saúde (Suplente) 10 December 2012 to 22 October 2015
- Comissão do Ambiente, Ordenamento do Território e Poder Local (Efetivo) 10 December 2012 to 2 October 2013
- Comissão do Ambiente, Ordenamento do Território e Poder Local (Efetivo) 3 October 2013 to 22 October 2015
- Grupo de Trabalho - AUGI - Áreas Urbanas de Génese Ilegal (PJL-418-PCP, PJL-431-BE, PJL-433-PSD-CDS-PP, PJL-434-PS e PJR-801-PS) (Efetivo) 1 October 2013 to 23 October 2013
- Grupo de Trabalho - Altera a Lei do Conselho das Comunidades Portuguesas (Efetivo) 18 November 2014 to 4 February 2015
- Grupo de Trabalho - Alteração à Lei do Tabaco (PPL 322-GOV) (Efetivo) 20 May 2015 to 15 July 2015
- Grupo de Trabalho - Audiências - 11.ª CAOTPL (Efetivo) 18 June 2013 to 19 November 2013
- Grupo de Trabalho - Audiências - 11.ª CAOTPL (Efetivo) 20 November 2013 to 22 October 2015
- Grupo de Trabalho - Cuidados de saúde transfronteiriços [PPL 206/XII/3.ª (GOV)] (Efetivo) 16 April 2014 to 2 July 2014
- Grupo de Trabalho - Estabelece as Bases do Ordenamento e da Gestão do Espaço Marítimo Nacional (PPL 133 GOV) (Efetivo) 4 October 2013 to 5 March 2014
- Grupo de Trabalho - Ictiose / Doenças Raras (PJL 187-CDS-PP, PJL 487-PEV e PJL 489-BE) (Efetivo) 29 January 2014 to 13 May 2014
- Grupo de Trabalho - Investigação Clínica (PPL-146-GOV) (Efetivo) 26 June 2013 to 19 February 2014
- Grupo de Trabalho - Lei de Bases do Ambiente (Alterações - PJL-29-PEV, PJL-39-BE, PJL-143-PS, PJL-154-PCP e PPL-79-GOV) (Efetivo) 14 March 2013 to 23 January 2014
- Grupo de Trabalho - Lei de Bases do Ambiente (Alterações - PJL-29-PEV, PJL-39-BE, PJL-143-PS, PJL-154-PCP e PPL-79-GOV) (Efetivo) 24 January 2014 to 20 February 2014
- Grupo de Trabalho - Modifica os atuais limites das coimas de vários regimes jurídicos [PPL 205/XII/3.ª (GOV)] (Efetivo) 9 April 2014 to 2 July 2014
- Grupo de Trabalho - Médicos de Família para todas as Crianças (PJL 857-PEV) (Efetivo) 22 April 2015 to 25 June 2015
- Grupo de Trabalho - Ordens Profissionais da Saúde (PPL - 297-298-311-312 - GOV) (Efetivo) 29 April 2015 to 15 July 2015
- Grupo de Trabalho - Qualidade e segurança de tecidos, células e órgãos [PPL 215/XII/3.ª (GOV) e 219/XII/3.ª (GOV)] (Efetivo) 28 May 2014 to 29 October 2014
- Grupo de Trabalho - Terapêuticas Não Convencionais (PPL-111-GOV) (Efetivo) 23 January 2013 to 18 July 2013
- X Comissão Parlamentar de Inquérito à Tragédia de Camarate (Suplente) 10 January 2013 to 3 July 2015
Record in this legislature
3 legislatures with a plenary seat
Glossary
15 terms explained, with the official rule
- Chamber
- The half-moon room where MPs meet. The Assembly of the Republic has 230 seats. Here each dot is an MP, and the groups run from left to right in the order of the political spectrum. Source: Electoral Law of the Assembly, art. 13.º; Constitution, art. 148.º
- Legislature
- The term of an elected Parliament: four legislative sessions (about four years), or less when the Assembly is dissolved and there is an early election. Each has a Roman numeral; the current one is the XVII. Source: Constitution, art. 171.º
- Legislative session
- One year of parliamentary work. It starts on 15 September. Source: Constitution, art. 174.º
- Constituency
- The area the MP was elected for. There are 22: the 18 mainland districts, the Azores, Madeira and two for Portuguese voters abroad (Europe and Outside Europe). Every MP represents the whole country, not only their constituency. Source: Electoral Law of the Assembly, art. 12.º; Constitution, art. 152.º, n.º 2
- Parliamentary group
- The MPs elected for the same party or coalition, who work together in Parliament. Source: Constitution, art. 180.º; Rules of Procedure of the Assembly, art. 6.º
- Plenary sitting
- The meeting of all MPs in the chamber, where laws are debated and voted on. The Assembly publishes who attended and who was absent at each one, with the justification when there is one. Source: Rules of Procedure of the Assembly, art. 56.º
- Present at other parliamentary work
- The MP was not in the chamber because they were doing other Assembly work, for example in a committee or a group meeting. It does not count as an absence. Source: Rules of Procedure of the Assembly, art. 53.º
- Parliamentary mission
- The MP was representing the Assembly elsewhere, for example in a delegation abroad. The Assembly records it separately, as an absence on mission, not as a missed sitting. Source: Rules of Procedure of the Assembly, art. 56.º, n.º 3
- Justified absence
- The MP was absent for a reason the law accepts: illness, marriage, maternity or paternity, bereavement, force majeure, parliamentary mission or work, or political or party work. The President of the Assembly decides whether the justification is accepted. Source: Statute of MPs, art. 8.º, n.º 2; Rules of Procedure of the Assembly, art. 18.º, n.º 1, al. a)
- Unjustified absence
- The MP was absent without an accepted reason. Each one is deducted from the salary (1/20 for the first three, 1/10 after that), and missing four plenary sittings in a legislative session without a justified reason leads to the loss of the seat. Source: Statute of MPs, art. 23.º, n.º 1; Rules of Procedure of the Assembly, art. 3.º, n.º 1, al. b)
- Not yet classified
- The Assembly recorded the absence with a code that does not say whether it is justified, for example «QV» (absent at the voting quorum) while the justification is pending. Veramundi does not count it as an unjustified absence. Source: Statute of MPs, art. 24.º; Veramundi, how we read the Assembly data
- Absent at the voting quorum
- When there are not enough MPs in the chamber to vote, the President of the Assembly calls them in and records who is missing. The Assembly marks it «QV» and, once justified, «QVJ». Source: Statute of MPs, art. 24.º
- Assembly code
- The abbreviation the Assembly puts on each record. PR: present. PNO: present at another body. ME and MP: parliamentary mission. FJ, QVJ and FAJ: justified absence. FI: unjustified absence. QV and FA: not yet classified. Source: Rules of Procedure of the Assembly, art. 56.º; Veramundi, how we read the Assembly data
- Debate with the prime minister
- Every two weeks the prime minister comes to the plenary to answer MPs’ questions. The formats alternate: with an opening statement by the prime minister (point a, «general policy») or questions only (point b). Source: Rules of Procedure of the Assembly, art. 224.º-A
- Replacement
- When an MP leaves or suspends their seat (for example, to join the Government), the seat goes to the next candidate on the same list. That is why a legislature has more names than its 230 seats. Source: Electoral Law of the Assembly, art. 18.º; Statute of MPs, art. 4.º
Other MPs in the group (Bloco de Esquerda) · 12
Chamber
The half-moon room where MPs meet. The Assembly of the Republic has 230 seats. Here each dot is an MP, and the groups run from left to right in the order of the political spectrum.
Legislature
The term of an elected Parliament: four legislative sessions (about four years), or less when the Assembly is dissolved and there is an early election. Each has a Roman numeral; the current one is the XVII.
Legislative session
One year of parliamentary work. It starts on 15 September.
Constituency
The area the MP was elected for. There are 22: the 18 mainland districts, the Azores, Madeira and two for Portuguese voters abroad (Europe and Outside Europe). Every MP represents the whole country, not only their constituency.
Parliamentary group
The MPs elected for the same party or coalition, who work together in Parliament.
Plenary sitting
The meeting of all MPs in the chamber, where laws are debated and voted on. The Assembly publishes who attended and who was absent at each one, with the justification when there is one.
Present at other parliamentary work
The MP was not in the chamber because they were doing other Assembly work, for example in a committee or a group meeting. It does not count as an absence.
Parliamentary mission
The MP was representing the Assembly elsewhere, for example in a delegation abroad. The Assembly records it separately, as an absence on mission, not as a missed sitting.
Justified absence
The MP was absent for a reason the law accepts: illness, marriage, maternity or paternity, bereavement, force majeure, parliamentary mission or work, or political or party work. The President of the Assembly decides whether the justification is accepted.
Unjustified absence
The MP was absent without an accepted reason. Each one is deducted from the salary (1/20 for the first three, 1/10 after that), and missing four plenary sittings in a legislative session without a justified reason leads to the loss of the seat.
Not yet classified
The Assembly recorded the absence with a code that does not say whether it is justified, for example «QV» (absent at the voting quorum) while the justification is pending. Veramundi does not count it as an unjustified absence.
Absent at the voting quorum
When there are not enough MPs in the chamber to vote, the President of the Assembly calls them in and records who is missing. The Assembly marks it «QV» and, once justified, «QVJ».
Assembly code
The abbreviation the Assembly puts on each record. PR: present. PNO: present at another body. ME and MP: parliamentary mission. FJ, QVJ and FAJ: justified absence. FI: unjustified absence. QV and FA: not yet classified.
Debate with the prime minister
Every two weeks the prime minister comes to the plenary to answer MPs’ questions. The formats alternate: with an opening statement by the prime minister (point a, «general policy») or questions only (point b).
Replacement
When an MP leaves or suspends their seat (for example, to join the Government), the seat goes to the next candidate on the same list. That is why a legislature has more names than its 230 seats.