TDs / Barry Heneghan

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Barry Heneghan

Independent Dublin Bay North TD in this Dáil since 29 November 2024

Official Oireachtas profile

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2,229
questions asked
Oral and written, to government departments
120,522
words spoken in the chamber
Across 483 contributions. Plus 42 contributions from the chair, not counted
368
votes recorded
Each Yes, No or Abstained in a recorded vote
366
topics asked about
Across 20 departments

From the Dáil chamber only: committee meetings are not in this archive.

What they ask about

The subject headings the Oireachtas filed their questions under.

Who they ask

The departments their questions were addressed to.

Month by month

Low months are usually recesses, when the Dáil does not sit. The archive runs to 22 October 2026.

Questions asked 2,229 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026

Contributions to debates 483 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026
Show as a table
MonthQuestionsContributions
December 2024 0 0
January 2025 0 0
February 2025 95 9
March 2025 61 14
April 2025 140 21
May 2025 163 35
June 2025 89 23
July 2025 175 23
August 2025 0 0
September 2025 43 4
October 2025 56 16
November 2025 214 36
December 2025 123 35
January 2026 141 37
February 2026 186 26
March 2026 125 22
April 2026 128 42
May 2026 176 46
June 2026 111 33
July 2026 101 17
August 2026 0 0
September 2026 49 16
October 2026 53 28

Debates they spoke in most

Plus 326 contributions in the regular slots, such as Leaders' Questions and Priority Questions. Speech from the chair is not counted.

Asked about similar topics

Worked out by computer from the subject headings of each TD's questions, giving more weight to headings few TDs use. It shows shared subjects, not shared views.

Party, constituency and offices

  1. constituency Dublin Bay North 29 November 2024 to now
  2. party Independent 29 November 2024 to now
Barry Heneghan Written 16 Dec 2025 · to Education
429. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if consideration has been given to redeploying elements of the Inspectorate to provide in school training and collaborative planning support rather than focusing primarily on compliance based inspection; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71426/25]
Barry Heneghan Written 16 Dec 2025 · to Education
430. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the data sharing arrangements that exist for students identified through the continuum of support who are also on assessment of need or child and adolescent mental health services waiting lists; if a shared national system is planned; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71429/25]
Barry Heneghan Written 16 Dec 2025 · to Education
469. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of parents who have submitted a notification to the NCSE by the 1 October deadline requesting a special school place for the 2026-2027 school year in Dublin, by postcode, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71947/25]
Barry Heneghan Written 16 Dec 2025 · to Justice
717. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the trend in reported burglary activity across the Coolock, Raheny, Howth and Clontarf Garda districts including any notable increases or decreases compared with 2022 to 2024, to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71946/25]
Barry Heneghan Written 16 Dec 2025 · to Justice
718. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the stage reached in the preparation of the Stardust redress scheme; the remaining steps before proposals are brought to Government for approval; the indicative timeline for the commencement of payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71949/25]
Barry Heneghan Written 16 Dec 2025 · to Justice
748. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Gardaí by rank attached to a unit (details supplied) as of 9 December 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [72334/25]
Barry Heneghan Written 16 Dec 2025 · to Justice
749. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Gardaí by rank attached to a unit (details supplied) as of 9 December 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [72335/25]
Barry Heneghan Written 16 Dec 2025 · to Justice
750. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Gardaí, by rank attached to a unit (details supplied) as of 9 December 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [72336/25]
Barry Heneghan Written 16 Dec 2025 · to Agriculture
796. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an update on the Howth Harbour dredging project; the timeframe for the commencement of dredging works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71948/25]
Barry Heneghan Written 16 Dec 2025 · to Children
858. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of WTE administrative staff, by grade posts filled at a service (details supplied) in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72337/25]
Barry Heneghan Written 16 Dec 2025 · to Health
901. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health the number of personnel employed across all State agencies who support special education in post-primary schools (details supplied); the total annual expenditure associated with these roles, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71388/25]
Barry Heneghan Written 16 Dec 2025 · to Health
911. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health if an audit has been carried out on the number of hours that Health Service Executive professionals spend in post primary schools, in tabular form; the mechanisms that exist to coordinate assessments when multiple students in the same school require support; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71427/25]
Barry Heneghan Written 16 Dec 2025 · to Health
912. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to aligning primary care, child and adolescent mental health services and children’s disability network team boundaries with school addresses rather than home addresses in order to improve service coordination and data collection; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71428/25]
Barry Heneghan Written 16 Dec 2025 · to Health
913. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health the data sharing arrangements that exist for students identified through the continuum of support who are also on assessment of need or child and adolescent mental health services waiting lists; if a shared national system is planned; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71430/25]
Barry Heneghan Written 16 Dec 2025 · to Health
914. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health if a cross departmental cost analysis has been undertaken of total expenditure across the National Council for Special Education, Oide, the National Educational Psychological Service, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services, children’s disability network teams and primary care teams; if she will provide any available expenditure data, in tabular form; if re…
Barry Heneghan Written 16 Dec 2025 · to Health
1100. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health the number of inspections, compliance notices, closure orders or enforcement actions issued by Food Safety Authority of Ireland and authorised officers in meat processing facilities over the past two years; the types of breaches detected; the follow-up actions taken in each category, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72331/25]
Barry Heneghan Written 16 Dec 2025 · to Health
1101. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health the current waiting list for chronic pain services at Beaumont Hospital; the number of patients waiting more than four months; the number of patients aged over 65 years within those lists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72332/25]
Barry Heneghan Written 16 Dec 2025 · to Health
1102. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health the additional resources and personnel that will be provided to D-Doc Services during the upcoming Christmas-New Year period; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72333/25]
Barry Heneghan Written 11 Dec 2025 · to Public Expenditure
6. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the priority capital projects in Dublin Bay North that fall under his Department’s oversight, including planned investment to expand community infrastructure such as primary care capacity, school buildings, and targeted disability facilities to meet projected population growth; and if he will m…
Barry Heneghan Oral 11 Dec 2025 · to Education
93. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on post primary capacity planning for locations (details supplied), including the current assessment of projected enrolment pressure; the steps her Department is taking to ensure an adequate supply of secondary school places in the coming years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70838/25]
Barry Heneghan Written 11 Dec 2025 · to Education
193. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the progress made on co-educational reform and proposed school amalgamations in Dublin Bay North, particularly in view of clear parental interest shown in recent surveys; the next steps in the decision making process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70839/25]
Barry Heneghan Oral 11 Dec 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
208. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will outline current and planned measures to expand apprenticeship and trade-focused education opportunities in north Dublin given the significant demand for skilled workers Ireland will face through major housing delivery targets and offshore renewable energy developments over the next decade; and i…
Barry Heneghan Written 11 Dec 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
256. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the way in which her Department is strengthening the commercialisation of publicly funded research to ensure more innovations and jobs are retained in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67807/25]
Barry Heneghan Written 11 Dec 2025 · to Climate
286. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment his views on if the proposed new large energy users and data centre grid connection policy being developed by the CRU will be aligned with the urgent need to connect new housing developments and small businesses in constrained areas to the electricity network; the extent to which the new requirement for on-site or nearby dispatchabl…
Barry Heneghan Written 11 Dec 2025 · to Climate
287. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will publish an updated year-by-year trajectory to 2030 for renewable electricity generation, broken down by onshore wind, offshore wind and solar PV capacity; the contingency measures he will introduce to stay on track to meet the 80% renewable electricity target; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71208/25]