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 8 Sep 2025 · to Transport
237. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Transport the number of antisocial behaviour incidents reported on public transport services in Dublin Bay North in 2023 and 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47465/25]
Barry Heneghan Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Transport
311. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Transport the most recent time Irish Rail marked and or resurfaced the carpark to the front of a station (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45363/25]
Barry Heneghan Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Transport
324. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Transport to ensure that full compliance by the DAA will be adhered to with north runway planning conditions (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45461/25]
Barry Heneghan Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Transport
400. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Transport if the National Transport Authority will fund the installation of a next bus display indicator screen at Dublin Bus pole number 6320; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46904/25]
Barry Heneghan Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Finance
506. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Finance if he could provide a timeline for the housing measures promised (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45031/25]
Barry Heneghan Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Public Expenditure
648. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the number of clerical officer applicants that are fluent in Irish currently on a panel arising from the most recent civil service recruitment campaign; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46908/25]
Barry Heneghan Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Enterprise
664. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the number of trade missions undertaken to Asian countries in 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47462/25]
Barry Heneghan Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Enterprise
665. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the number of trade missions undertaken to Middle Eastern countries in 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47463/25]
Barry Heneghan Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Education
999. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will publish the list of schools within Dublin 3, 5, 13 and 17 that are awaiting major works approval; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46907/25]
Barry Heneghan Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Education
1043. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide details of her Department’s policy on the way in which schools funded by the State should facilitate parents who wish to withdraw their children from religious instruction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47430/25]
Barry Heneghan Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Education
1044. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of schools that have reported having formal procedures in place to give effect to parents' wishes to withdraw their children from religious instruction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47431/25]
Barry Heneghan Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Education
1045. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the guidance issued by her Department to schools on ensuring that secular instruction is free from religious content and that religious instruction is provided separately and only with parental consent; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47432/25]
Barry Heneghan Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Education
1046. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide details of the oversight mechanisms in place to ensure that schools funded by the State comply with parents' right to withdraw their children from religious instruction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47433/25]
Barry Heneghan Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Education
1047. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will commission a review of compliance with Departmental guidance regarding the right of parents to withdraw their children from religious instruction in publicly funded schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47434/25]
Barry Heneghan Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Education
1048. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of schools in Dublin Bay North that have access to full-time home school community liaison teachers in 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47436/25]
Barry Heneghan Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Education
1050. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of schools in Dublin Bay North currently using prefabs as classrooms in 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47482/25]
Barry Heneghan Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Education
1051. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of whole-time equivalent special needs assistants allocated to schools in Dublin Bay North in 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47483/25]
Barry Heneghan Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Social
1438. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of carers allowance applications received in Dublin Bay North in 2023 and 2024, and the number approved, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47478/25]
Barry Heneghan Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Social
1439. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Social Protection the average processing time for domiciliary care allowance applications in 2023 and 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47479/25]
Barry Heneghan Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Social
1440. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of disability allowance recipients in Dublin Bay North in 2023 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47480/25]
Barry Heneghan Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Social
1441. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of households in Dublin Bay North in receipt of the fuel allowance in 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47481/25]
Barry Heneghan Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Justice
1710. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Gardaí assigned to community policing units in Dublin Bay North in 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47464/25]
Barry Heneghan Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Children
2001. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of whole-time equivalent clinical nurse specialists in intellectual disabilities within CHO9 in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46909/25]
Barry Heneghan Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Children
2002. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the funding provided in 2023, 2024 and 2025 to the children’s disability network team in CHO9, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46910/25]
Barry Heneghan Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Health
2592. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health the number of whole-time equivalent senior occupational therapists in neuromuscular services based at Beaumont Hospital, in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46899/25]