Paul Lawless
Written
1798. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health the number of people who have accessed treatment for endometriosis under the Cross-Border Directive legislation. [12083/25]
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Paul Lawless
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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
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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
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| Month | Questions | Contributions |
|---|---|---|
| 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
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
- constituency Mayo 29 November 2024 to now
- party Aontú 29 November 2024 to now
Paul Lawless
Written
1799. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health for an update on the Endometriosis National Framework; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12084/25]
Paul Lawless
Written
1920. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he is aware of the funding being directed towards a workshop (details supplied) and his views on whether utopia is appropriate given that it is referencing the ending of an unborn child’s life. [12092/25]
Paul Lawless
Written
1921. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the amount of funding being directed towards facilitating the workshops (details supplied). [12093/25]
Paul Lawless
Written
183. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to provide details of all of the weather modification methods, climate engineering or geoengineering, such as adding alkaline chemicals to the ocean, spraying salty mixtures into clouds and reflective particles into the stratosphere, that are taking place in or around Irish air space; and if he will make a statement on the mat…
Paul Lawless
Written
260. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Education the funding available to a secondary school (details supplied) to apply for developing a community garden on the school grounds and whether her Department will provide funding. [10261/25]
Paul Lawless
Written
394. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health when a person [details supplied] will receive an appointment in the Urology Department of University Hospital Galway for a TURP procedure; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10265/25]
Paul Lawless
Written
207. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the amount that has been paid out to companies engaged by the SEAI to conduct feasibility studies for enabling grant funds to be allocated to community groups trying to get renewable energy generation projects off the ground in each year since the enabling grant was introduced. [9095/25]
Paul Lawless
Written
764. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an orthopaedic surgery appointment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9684/25]
Paul Lawless
Written
40. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Education if she will cease the promotion of transgender ideology in primary and secondary school curricula, given the extensive research from comprehensive studies such as the Cass report, which provides stark warnings on the issue, and the fact that it is being implemented without consultation with parents, teachers, or consideration of school ethos. [8599/25]
Paul Lawless
Written
74. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Education if she will allow a school (details supplied) to adopt a blended Irish-English approach instead of a solely Irish-language approach, enabling the school to address pupil numbers while maintaining a strong Irish-language ethos; and if she will meet with the principal and management to discuss these issues and grant the school the necessary flexibility in this re…
Paul Lawless
Written
112. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Social Protection how he plans to deal with the very slow delivery of reimbursements from the humanitarian assistance scheme despite saying at the beginning it would take mere days. [7935/25]
Paul Lawless
Written
138. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will offer rapid intervention on an urgent case of a person (details supplied) whose mobile home was entirely destroyed during storm Éowyn, thus deeming them homeless. [7936/25]
Paul Lawless
Oral
2. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Taoiseach if his Department collates statistics on the number of SMEs that have closed down in County Mayo in the past five years; and if so, to outline the figures that reveal how many SMEs closed in Mayo over each of the past five years. [6361/25]
Paul Lawless
Written
194. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Social Protection when the abolition of the means test for carers will occur as families are depending on this pre-election promise being fulfilled promptly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8339/25]
Paul Lawless
Written
285. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health to provide a copy of the report produced as a result of the review of the operation of the revised model of care for termination of pregnancy services undertaken by the HSE's National Women and Infants Health Programme. [8356/25]
Paul Lawless
Written
83. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Taoiseach if he will list the days on which his Department was closed due to weather warnings over the past year. [4495/25]
Paul Lawless
Written
84. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Taoiseach if he will outline the engagements he had with the National Emergency Coordination Group in the days before, during and after storm Éowyn. [4496/25]
Paul Lawless
Written
134. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how she plans to improve retention and quality in early years education, considering early childhood educators have had to fight for wages and conditions in the sector that are unsustainable. [7895/25]
Paul Lawless
Written
149. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the measures her Department is taking to recruit and support more foster families considering the severe shortage of both residential and foster care placements are impacting on children in need (details supplied). [7894/25]
Paul Lawless
Written
943. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health the funding stream available to apply for an AED defibrillator for a school (details supplied), or if her Department will supply one. [7934/25]
Paul Lawless
Written
38. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment his views on whether SMEs should be given more favourable treatment in terms of lower taxation and less regulation in comparison to multinational companies, considering respective contributions to the domestic economy and the fact the SMEs are penalised far greater. [6362/25]
Paul Lawless
Written
93. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of home retrofits carried out in Mayo in each of the past five years (details supplied); and if he will reverse this policy considering how exposed it leaves people who rely solely on electricity. [6364/25]
Paul Lawless
Written
105. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the engagements he has had with the CEO of ESB since he took office; and if so, how often and how recently they met. [6363/25]
Paul Lawless
Written
69. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will provide an update on the review of the Freedom of Information Act 2014 being conducted by his Department. [4631/25]