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Official portrait of Paul Lawless

Paul Lawless

Aontú Mayo TD in this Dáil since 29 November 2024

Official Oireachtas profile

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1,995
questions asked
Oral and written, to government departments
94,569
words spoken in the chamber
Across 496 contributions
391
votes recorded
Each Yes, No or Abstained in a recorded vote
300
topics asked about
Across 19 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 1,995 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026

Contributions to debates 496 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026
Show as a table
MonthQuestionsContributions
December 2024 0 0
January 2025 34 1
February 2025 27 26
March 2025 32 18
April 2025 59 23
May 2025 104 49
June 2025 49 28
July 2025 63 30
August 2025 0 0
September 2025 97 24
October 2025 43 26
November 2025 136 44
December 2025 119 25
January 2026 151 28
February 2026 141 32
March 2026 162 10
April 2026 181 34
May 2026 214 18
June 2026 139 20
July 2026 56 15
August 2026 0 1
September 2026 115 21
October 2026 73 23

Debates they spoke in most

Plus 278 contributions in the regular slots, such as Leaders' Questions and Priority Questions. Speech from the chair is not counted.

Asked about similar topics

  1. Ken O'Flynn
  2. Michael Cahill
  3. Carol Nolan
  4. Emer Currie
  5. Richard Boyd Barrett

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 Mayo 29 November 2024 to now
  2. party Aontú 29 November 2024 to now
DateWhat the vote was onTheir voteResult
8 Jul 2026 Childcare Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members]
Question put: "That the motion, as amended, be agreed to."
 No Carried
8 Jul 2026 Childcare Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members]
Amendment put
 No Carried
8 Jul 2026 Civil Liability (Child Sexual Abuse Proceedings Against Unincorporated Bodies of Persons) Bill 2025: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members]
Amendment put
 No Carried
8 Jul 2026 Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2026: Committee and Remaining Stages
Question put: That section 62 stand part of the Bill.
 No Carried
8 Jul 2026 Housing and Residential Tenancies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2026: Report and Final Stages
Question put
 No Carried
8 Jul 2026 Housing and Residential Tenancies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2026: Report and Final Stages
Amendment put
 No Carried
8 Jul 2026 Housing and Residential Tenancies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2026: Report and Final Stages
Amendment to amendment put
 Yes Lost
8 Jul 2026 Finance Bill 2026: From the Seanad
Recommendation put
 No Carried
8 Jul 2026 Finance Bill 2026: From the Seanad
Amendment put
 Yes Lost
7 Jul 2026 Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Prohibition of Importation of Goods) Bill 2026: Report and Final Stages
Amendment put
 Yes Lost
7 Jul 2026 Housing and Residential Tenancies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2026: Instruction to Committee
Question put
 No Carried
30 Jun 2026 Development (Strategic Gas Reserve) Bill 2026: Committee and Remaining Stages
Amendment put
 No Lost
30 Jun 2026 Development (Strategic Gas Reserve) Bill 2026: Committee and Remaining Stages
Amendment put
 No Lost
30 Jun 2026 Order of Business
Question put: "That the proposed arrangements for this week's business be agreed to."
 No Carried
24 Jun 2026 Offences Against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motions (Resumed)
Amendment put
 Yes Lost
24 Jun 2026 Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) (Amendment) Bill 2026: Report and Final Stages
Amendment put
 Yes Lost
24 Jun 2026 Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) (Amendment) Bill 2026: Report and Final Stages
Amendment put
 Yes Lost
24 Jun 2026 State Responsibility for Foundation Retention Risk in Defective Concrete Homes: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members]
Question put: "That the motion, as amended, be agreed to"
 No Carried
24 Jun 2026 State Responsibility for Foundation Retention Risk in Defective Concrete Homes: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members]
Amendment put
 No Carried
24 Jun 2026 Offences Against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motions (Resumed)
Question put
 No Carried
23 Jun 2026 Order of Business
Question put: "That the proposed arrangements for this week's business be agreed to."
 No Carried
17 Jun 2026 Data Centres, Energy Use and Climate Change: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members]
Question put: "That the motion, as amended, be agreed to."
 No Carried
17 Jun 2026 Data Centres, Energy Use and Climate Change: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members]
Amendment put
 No Carried
17 Jun 2026 Health (Abolition of Three Day Wait Rule) (Amendment) Bill 2026: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members]
Question put
 No Carried
17 Jun 2026 EU Directive on Combating Firearms Trafficking: Motion
Question put
 No Carried

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