TDs / Donna McGettigan

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Donna McGettigan

Sinn Féin Clare TD in this Dáil since 29 November 2024

Official Oireachtas profile

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1,153
questions asked
Oral and written, to government departments
49,311
words spoken in the chamber
Across 197 contributions
419
votes recorded
Each Yes, No or Abstained in a recorded vote
228
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 1,153 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026

Contributions to debates 197 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026
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MonthQuestionsContributions
December 2024 0 0
January 2025 0 0
February 2025 87 9
March 2025 35 15
April 2025 63 2
May 2025 59 21
June 2025 74 10
July 2025 104 22
August 2025 0 0
September 2025 59 8
October 2025 62 13
November 2025 75 7
December 2025 47 19
January 2026 43 14
February 2026 43 8
March 2026 85 5
April 2026 53 1
May 2026 80 16
June 2026 52 8
July 2026 51 11
August 2026 0 0
September 2026 63 4
October 2026 18 4

Debates they spoke in most

Plus 126 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 Clare 29 November 2024 to now
  2. party Sinn Féin 29 November 2024 to now
Donna McGettigan Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
3392. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to provide details on the breakdown of the funding for the future funding of €23.6 million announced at the beginning of the year to fund and support 23 research projects focused on AI, healthcare, agriculture, energy and transport, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42991/…
Donna McGettigan Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
3393. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to provide details on the breakdown of costs from the funding the future programme, as announced in June 2025 as part of the amendment of the National Training Fund Act over a six-year period from 2025 to 2030, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42992/25]
Donna McGettigan Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
3394. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to provide details on the breakdown of funding of €600m as announced in June 2025 as part of the amendment of the National Training Fund (NTF) to enable skills development, to list what these skills are and the cost for each skill, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42993/2…
Donna McGettigan Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
3395. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to provide details on the breakdown of funding of €600m as announced in June 2025 as part of the amendment of the National Training Fund (NTF) specifically for the research sector including what the increase in the PhD stipend; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42994/25]
Donna McGettigan Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
3396. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science her plans to increase the apprenticeship budget of €54.2m which was allocated from 2021 to 2023 to SOLAS and the Higher Education Authority to facilitate additional craft places; if he will provide details on specifically what these additional places are across the system, the amount each craft place wi…
Donna McGettigan Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
3397. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to provide a breakdown of his Department’s annual funding of €900,000 to support the expansion of the Irish language by students and staff in HEI’s for 2024 and 2025, specifically the amount allocated as block grants per institute; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42996/25]
Donna McGettigan Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
3398. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to provide a breakdown of the annual funding of €1.8 million from the HEA for the development of Acadamh na hOllscolaiochta Gaeilge at University of Galway for 2024 and 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42997/25]
Donna McGettigan Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
3399. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the cost to extend the SUSI grant system for postgraduate fee contribution of €5,000 for qualifying students for the upcoming academic year 2025/2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42998/25]
Donna McGettigan Written 17 Jul 2025 · to Education
112. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Education and Youth her Department’s plans to provide alternative models of learning for children who struggle with the larger conventional classroom model and prefer learning in smaller groups; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40163/25]
Donna McGettigan Written 17 Jul 2025 · to Education
296. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department offers senior cycle students talks or workshops from election registration teams about the election voting process, to ensure that children aged 16 are informed of their rights to register to vote; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40165/25]
Donna McGettigan Written 15 Jul 2025 · to Foreign
176. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the level of engagement between his Department and the Government of Malaysia during 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38792/25]
Donna McGettigan Written 15 Jul 2025 · to Transport
270. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Transport if he can confirm that there was a 56.2% average pass rate for the driving test from 1999 to 2010, and a 56.9% average pass rate from 2012 to 2023, following the introduction of 12 mandatory lessons; to outline the measures he will undertake to reduce the current driving test waiting list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38782/25]
Donna McGettigan Written 15 Jul 2025 · to Transport
271. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Transport if there are plans to have a direct public service obligation bus service from Shannon to Dublin city centre via Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38787/25]
Donna McGettigan Written 15 Jul 2025 · to Education
435. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the measures that can be taken to ensure that a school child (details supplied) can receive the full-time SNA assistance they require, in junior infants, in mainstream setting in their local school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38650/25]
Donna McGettigan Written 15 Jul 2025 · to Education
450. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason a requested exceptional review of the SNA allocation of a school (details supplied) was cancelled; if there is a freeze on SNA allocations to schools; if so, if this is the case; the measures she will take to reverse this freeze; if she will ensure the review of SNAs in the school takes place and the required SNAs and other resources a…
Donna McGettigan Written 15 Jul 2025 · to Social
616. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full-year cost if the fuel allowance income limit for persons aged over 66 increased to €555 per week for a single person or €1,100 per week for a couple; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38790/25]
Donna McGettigan Written 15 Jul 2025 · to Social
639. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will introduce a system for privately employed playschool workers who must sign on for social welfare payments each time they are temporarily unemployed for school holidays, to allow their claims to be suspended and reactivated, rather than them having to make a new claim each time which can involve delays in receiving payments, if he will co…
Donna McGettigan Written 15 Jul 2025 · to Justice
683. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of unmarked Garda public order unit vans currently within the Garda fleet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38788/25]
Donna McGettigan Written 15 Jul 2025 · to Justice
684. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Gardai by rank attached to Clare-Tipperary divisional protective service bureau as of 7 July 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38789/25]
Donna McGettigan Written 15 Jul 2025 · to Justice
713. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the reason a person (details supplied) who has applied for Irish citizenship has not been granted same, despite providing all documentation; the steps that can be taken to expedite the application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39154/25]
Donna McGettigan Written 15 Jul 2025 · to Agriculture
778. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of WTE Departmental staff by job title that are based at Shannon Airport; the hours of the week his Departmental staff are present at the Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38791/25]
Donna McGettigan Written 15 Jul 2025 · to Health
869. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE physiotherapists, by grade, based at Kilrush health centre in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38794/25]
Donna McGettigan Written 15 Jul 2025 · to Health
870. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the locations within CHO3 where HSE funds day care centres for older persons; the days of the week each of those day care centres opens; the referral process for a new older person to be able to join one of those day care centres, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38795/25]
Donna McGettigan Written 15 Jul 2025 · to Health
871. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE public health nurses based at Kilmihill health centre in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38796/25]
Donna McGettigan Written 15 Jul 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
1016. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he has visited a training centre (details supplied) since his appointment as Minister; if so, the purpose of the visit. [38797/25]