TDs / Conor D. McGuinness
Conor D. McGuinness
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1,378
questions asked
Oral and written, to government departments
104,560
words spoken in the chamber
Across 574 contributions
411
votes recorded
Each Yes, No or Abstained in a recorded vote
257
topics asked about
Across 20 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 1,378 in all
Dec 2024Oct 2026
Contributions to debates 574 in all
Dec 2024Oct 2026
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| Month | Questions | Contributions |
|---|---|---|
| December 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| January 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| February 2025 | 114 | 16 |
| March 2025 | 22 | 41 |
| April 2025 | 63 | 28 |
| May 2025 | 139 | 30 |
| June 2025 | 112 | 40 |
| July 2025 | 283 | 31 |
| August 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 47 | 18 |
| October 2025 | 19 | 34 |
| November 2025 | 65 | 32 |
| December 2025 | 37 | 24 |
| January 2026 | 52 | 29 |
| February 2026 | 45 | 61 |
| March 2026 | 66 | 22 |
| April 2026 | 104 | 35 |
| May 2026 | 45 | 53 |
| June 2026 | 55 | 11 |
| July 2026 | 45 | 29 |
| August 2026 | 0 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 26 | 8 |
| October 2026 | 39 | 32 |
Debates they spoke in most
Plus 346 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 Waterford 29 November 2024 to now
- party Sinn Féin 29 November 2024 to now
Conor D. McGuinness
Written
64. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Transport if he or his Department will work with Transport Infrastructure Ireland, Bus Éireann, Waterford City and County Council and all relevant stakeholders to return the Bus Éireann route 40 service to Grange, County Waterford. [71383/26]
Conor D. McGuinness
Written
85. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Transport if he has examined correspondence received by the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht regarding speed signage in Gaeltacht areas that continue to display speed limits in English only; and the steps he will take to overturn the rules laid out by his Department on the matter. [71606/26]
Conor D. McGuinness
Written
270. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on a school's (details supplied) building project. [71394/26]
Conor D. McGuinness
Written
444. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he intends on amending the legislation governing the Commission for the Regulation of Utilities (CRU) to enable CRU to accept complaints made in good faith by residents associations where Uisce Eireann’s services have impacted on elderly or incapacitated members of any such residents association. [72113/26]
Conor D. McGuinness
Written
445. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether he intends to repeal any provision of legislation; or whether he will introduce legislation enabling him to review the scope, prioritisation and progression of individual projects where it appears that there are or will be delays; and to issue directions on priorities and progression. [72109/26]
Conor D. McGuinness
Written
486. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection the assistance available to children who no longer qualify for domiciliary care allowance upon turning sixteen-years-of-age, yet do not qualify for disability allowance. [71692/26]
Conor D. McGuinness
Written
487. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if he has considered extending the age limit for domiciliary care allowance from sixteen to eighteen-years-of-age. [71688/26]
Conor D. McGuinness
Written
686. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if a project manager for the dedicated Working Group to review and update the Long-Covid Model of Care has been appointed; and if not, the reason no appointment has be made. [71421/26]
Conor D. McGuinness
Written
687. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the reason the Model of Care for Long-COVID has not been updated since 2021; and if this Model of Care can be updated. [71419/26]
Conor D. McGuinness
Written
44. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures he is taking at EU level to secure increased fishing opportunities and quota allocations for the Irish fishing fleet. [70327/26]
Conor D. McGuinness
Written
402. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection If he will expedite an appeal for working family payment for a person in Waterford (details supplied). [70142/26]
Conor D. McGuinness
Written
669. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health whether she is aware of concerns that some people living with Friedreich’s ataxia may face significant delays in accessing a drug (details supplied) despite its reimbursement from 1 October 2026 due to capacity constraints at the Combined Ataxia Clinic at Tallaght University Hospital; the estimated timeframe within which all eligible patients will have com…
Conor D. McGuinness
Written
15. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide an update on the mobile maternity unit fundraised for by an organisation (details supplied). [69230/26]
Conor D. McGuinness
Written
60. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on the Government’s position on the United States's embargo against Cuba; the representations made by Ireland through the European Union, the United Nations and in the most recent bilateral engagements with US officials in the past two months. [69237/26]
Conor D. McGuinness
Oral
5. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on Northern will next meet. [67288/26]
Conor D. McGuinness
Oral
17. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on EU and international affairs will next meet. [67289/26]
Conor D. McGuinness
Written
146. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will give a commitment that an issue (details supplied) will be specifically considered as part of the Budget process, rather than relying solely on general measures for the hospitality sector. [68517/26]
Conor D. McGuinness
Written
183. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the consideration he has given to using changes to USC as a means of reducing the tax burden on workers in preparing Budget 2027; and the way in which this compares with changes to the higher rate of income tax in terms of who would benefit. [68516/26]
Conor D. McGuinness
Written
371. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of an application (details supplied) for the formal education grant under the Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse Act 2025. [68156/26]
Conor D. McGuinness
Written
177. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of enforcement notices issued by the Revenue Commissioners under the residential zoned land tax, by local authority area and year, in tabular form. [66401/26]
Conor D. McGuinness
Written
301. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Transport the number of drivers currently employed under PSO routes in Waterford; and the number considered a full cohort. [65416/26]
Conor D. McGuinness
Written
558. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth the steps she will take to accommodate a small number of concessionary students (details supplied) who did not receive seats for an existing school bus route from Ballymacarbery to Dungarvan, County Waterford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65047/26]
Conor D. McGuinness
Written
663. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether his Department assessed, prior to requesting local authorities to undertake development plan variations concerning additional land for residential development, the potential for those variations to conflict with existing development plans, regional spatial and economic strategies, the National Planning Framework or o…
Conor D. McGuinness
Written
664. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of draft or final Ministerial directions which have arisen from development plan variations undertaken following the recent Ministerial request concerning additional land for residential development; the local authorities concerned; and the reason for each direction and its current status, in tabular form. [64190/…
Conor D. McGuinness
Written
665. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of development plan variations undertaken by local authorities arising from the recent Ministerial request concerning additional land for residential development in respect of which the Office of the Planning Regulator has identified issues, made recommendations or recommended a Ministerial direction; and to provi…