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Martin Kenny

Sinn Féin Sligo-Leitrim TD in this Dáil since 29 November 2024

Official Oireachtas profile

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446
questions asked
Oral and written, to government departments
90,042
words spoken in the chamber
Across 358 contributions. Plus 23 contributions from the chair, not counted
389
votes recorded
Each Yes, No or Abstained in a recorded vote
103
topics asked about
Across 17 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 446 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026

Contributions to debates 358 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026
Show as a table
MonthQuestionsContributions
December 2024 0 0
January 2025 11 0
February 2025 8 11
March 2025 35 18
April 2025 23 20
May 2025 42 34
June 2025 14 7
July 2025 19 14
August 2025 0 0
September 2025 26 5
October 2025 13 27
November 2025 20 24
December 2025 19 7
January 2026 29 29
February 2026 22 51
March 2026 39 21
April 2026 23 13
May 2026 25 27
June 2026 34 13
July 2026 9 19
August 2026 0 0
September 2026 24 5
October 2026 11 13

Debates they spoke in most

Plus 179 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 Sligo-Leitrim 29 November 2024 to now
  2. party Sinn Féin 29 November 2024 to now
Martin Kenny Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Health
903. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health the number of food recalls, and the name of the food processors involved, in 2025 to date, in tabular form. [51889/25]
Martin Kenny Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Health
904. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health if the food safety authority has investigated all instances of food recalls to date; and what the results of these investigations were. [51891/25]
Martin Kenny Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Health
905. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health if the food safety authority issued any enforcement orders or penalties in relation to food recalls for 2025. [51893/25]
Martin Kenny Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Health
906. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health if food that is recalled for reason of an outbreak of disease, or suspicion of an outbreak of disease, is disposed of; how it is disposed of; and if there is transparent oversight of its disposal. [51895/25]
Martin Kenny Written 25 Sep 2025 · to Culture
279. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport when fibre broadband be available to homes in the town of Dromahair, as it currently only has fibre to cabinet, and requires fibre cables to be installed from cabinet to homes. [51089/25]
Martin Kenny Written 25 Sep 2025 · to Health
356. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health if she is aware that the public health nurse service in the Sligo-Leitrim area is being reduced, with a move to a priority status service and will no longer deliver child health and development services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51092/25]
Martin Kenny Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Health
1297. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health the reason the HSE stated in an April 2024 freedom of information request that no serious incident review existed in relation to the murder of a person (details supplied) given that their clinical file shows a review was initiated. [48690/25]
Martin Kenny Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Health
1298. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health the reason persons and the relevant Ministers failed to acknowledge correspondence (details supplied). [48691/25]
Martin Kenny Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Health
1299. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health if she will confirm whether Garda letters and search warrants were requested by or supplied to the HSE/Central Mental Hospital for risk management of a person (details supplied); and if not, the reason Garda homicide-risk warnings were excluded from the persons medical record and care planning. [48692/25]
Martin Kenny Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Health
1300. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health when the file review will be completed and published into the HSE care provided to a person (details supplied) prior to the murder of another person, in light of the Minister indication in August 2025 that the HSE "file review" was nearing completion and due within weeks. [48693/25]
Martin Kenny Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Health
1301. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health if the file review into the HSE care provided to a person (details supplied) prior to the murder of another person will explicitly include the Garda warnings and the serious incident review materials now identified on page 818 of the persons clinical file. [48694/25]
Martin Kenny Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Education
928. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth the amount spent on building new schools in the North West in the past 5 years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46287/25]
Martin Kenny Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Education
929. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of new schools built in the North West in the past 5 years; the location of the schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46288/25]
Martin Kenny Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Agriculture
1831. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will review the maximum valuation given for TB reactor cattle to bring it in line with current market value for cattle; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47219/25]
Martin Kenny Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Children
1933. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of WTE dietitians, by grade based at Leitrim-west Cavan children's disability network team in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [45477/25]
Martin Kenny Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Children
1934. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of WTE psychologists, by grade based at Sligo-south Donegal children's disability network team in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [45478/25]
Martin Kenny Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Health
2287. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultants in emergency medicine based at Sligo University Hospital in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [45479/25]
Martin Kenny Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Health
2520. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health the status of services available at Sheil Hospital, Ballyshannon, County Donegal since it was reopened in February 2024; if all services will be listed; and the status of each. [46538/25]
Martin Kenny Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Health
2524. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health the status of a surgery appointment for a person (details supplied) on the NTPF; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46549/25]
Martin Kenny Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Housing
1418. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when his Department will resolve the ongoing issues for tenants in the cost-rental tenant in situ scheme with houses owned by the Housing Agency, with tenants still paying high rents with no recourse for repairs or maintenance, or long-term rental agreements or registration with the RTB; and if he will make a statement on the matt…
Martin Kenny Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Social
1768. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason the high level of care needed for a child from his mother (details supplied) is not being taken fully into account for her domiciliary care allowance application, given the medical evidence, the ongoing treatment and expected surgeries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41278/25]
Martin Kenny Written 17 Jul 2025 · to Education
153. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will ensure that all children who meet the criteria for a special needs class will get a place in a special needs class in September 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38426/25]
Martin Kenny Written 17 Jul 2025 · to Education
170. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on a new primary school for Carrick on Shannon; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38425/25]
Martin Kenny Written 15 Jul 2025 · to Health
917. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health when the HSE will conduct interviews for home care workers in the south Leitrim area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39061/25]
Martin Kenny Written 10 Jul 2025 · to Foreign
141. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of Irish citizens deported from the United States to Ireland from 1 January 2025 to date. [38381/25]