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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 3 Mar 2026 · to Finance
353. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the amount of revenue collected from taxing farmers on income from agri-environmental schemes. [16910/26]
Martin Kenny Written 3 Mar 2026 · to Education
424. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth when the new school building will be approved for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16389/26]
Martin Kenny Written 3 Mar 2026 · to Education
459. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide an update on the application for replacing a classroom SET room and UAWC at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16640/26]
Martin Kenny Written 3 Mar 2026 · to Agriculture
692. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware that valais blacknose ovine semen is being imported from the UK that does meet Scrapie 1 regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16526/26]
Martin Kenny Written 3 Mar 2026 · to Agriculture
693. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason Ireland is registering valais blacknose sheep that are the progeny of UK sheep who do not meet the Scrapie 1 regulations; and are bred using imported ovine semen. [16527/26]
Martin Kenny Written 3 Mar 2026 · to Agriculture
694. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if it is illegal to import ovine semen that does not meet Scrapie 1 regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16528/26]
Martin Kenny Written 3 Mar 2026 · to Agriculture
695. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is concerned that ovine semen from animals that are do not meet Scrapie 1 regulations is being imported into the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16529/26]
Martin Kenny Written 3 Mar 2026 · to Agriculture
696. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has contacted those breeders who are registered with an organisation (details supplied) as having valais blacknose sheep that are not meeting Scrapie 1 regulations to determine where they received the ovine semen to breed these sheep. [16530/26]
Martin Kenny Written 3 Mar 2026 · to Agriculture
697. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the continuation of breeding of sheep with ovine semen that does not meet Scrapie 1 will affect Ireland’s scrapie status; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16531/26]
Martin Kenny Written 3 Mar 2026 · to Agriculture
701. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine how the proposal of Minister of State Healy-Rea at his Department concerning changing the definition of a farmer to allow people to claim increased forestry premiums will affect discussions and negotiations in defining an active farmer for the purposes of CAP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16676/26]
Martin Kenny Written 3 Mar 2026 · to Agriculture
703. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the annual total amount of forestry premiums paid to individual farmers, private companies, Coillte, and any other entities for each of the years 2020 to 2025. [16911/26]
Martin Kenny Written 3 Mar 2026 · to Agriculture
704. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of hectares of forestry owned by individual farmers, private companies, Coillte and any other entities at present. [16912/26]
Martin Kenny Written 3 Mar 2026 · to Agriculture
705. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of hectares of forestry owned by individual farmers, private companies, Coillte and any other entities that was clear felled between 2020 and 2025. [16913/26]
Martin Kenny Written 3 Mar 2026 · to Health
842. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health the reason it is taking 12 months for a person (details supplied) to receive their medical records from Sligo University Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16515/26]
Martin Kenny Written 3 Mar 2026 · to Health
847. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health if she is aware that the orthopaedic surgical theatre complex in Sligo University Hospital is again closed due to faulty leaking pipe work, and all surgeries cancelled; when the current orthopaedic surgical theatre will be repaired; and when the new orthopaedic surgical theatre complex will be built. [16534/26]
Martin Kenny Written 24 Feb 2026 · to Enterprise
455. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment when seasonal work permits will be allocated for seasonal workers in the horticulture sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14939/26]
Martin Kenny Written 24 Feb 2026 · to Agriculture
840. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for a breakdown of the number of farmers currently over the age of 64 and over the age of 66 in receipt of a BISS payment in 2025. [15184/26]
Martin Kenny Written 24 Feb 2026 · to Agriculture
841. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the Government’s position in relation to national and regional partnership plans for delivering the next CAP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15185/26]
Martin Kenny Written 24 Feb 2026 · to Agriculture
842. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress in increasing the budget for the CAP post-2027; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15186/26]
Martin Kenny Written 17 Feb 2026 · to Children
1033. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reason a location (detail supplied) was omitted from the mother and baby institutions payment scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12533/26]
Martin Kenny Written 12 Feb 2026 · to Education
114. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth when her Department will provide funding to build new schools for schools (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10944/26]
Martin Kenny Written 12 Feb 2026 · to Education
209. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth when her Department will provide a second special education class for a school (details supplied); and if her Department will retain the second special education class in another school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10945/26]
Martin Kenny Written 12 Feb 2026 · to Education
331. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth the engagement she and her officials have had in 2025 with the Minister for Health and the HSE in relation to the recruitment of senior and staff grade occupational therapists and speech and language therapists for the National Educational Therapy Service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71265/25]
Martin Kenny Written 12 Feb 2026 · to Health
553. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the resourcing of a CAMHS ID services in the Sligo area, as a specialist section of CAMHS for kids with intellectual disability was planned to be established in 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11223/26]
Martin Kenny Written 11 Feb 2026 · to Agriculture
270. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on when live exports to the North of Ireland will resume for cattle and sheep; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11000/26]