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TDs / John McGuinness
John McGuinness
Leas-Cheann Comhairle
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423
questions asked
Oral and written, to government departments
53,878
words spoken in the chamber
Across 132 contributions. Plus 1,827 contributions from the chair, not counted
107
votes recorded
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138
topics asked about
Across 20 departments
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Questions asked 423 in all
Dec 2024Oct 2026
Contributions to debates 132 in all
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| January 2025 | 3 | 0 |
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| April 2025 | 24 | 6 |
| May 2025 | 54 | 7 |
| June 2025 | 14 | 3 |
| July 2025 | 28 | 6 |
| August 2025 | 0 | 0 |
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| November 2025 | 39 | 21 |
| December 2025 | 14 | 9 |
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| July 2026 | 13 | 7 |
| August 2026 | 0 | 0 |
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| October 2026 | 8 | 2 |
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Plus 46 contributions in the regular slots, such as Leaders' Questions and Priority Questions. Speech from the chair is not counted.
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- office Leas-Cheann Comhairle 19 February 2025 to now
Okay. As the debate is concluded, I must deal with Aontú's amendment to the Minister's amendment.
In accordance with Standing Order 85(2), the division is postponed until the weekly division time on Wednesday, 5 March 2025.
Yesterday, the Minister stated that he would listen carefully to what was said by Members in this House because they are on the ground experiencing all of what is happening in respect of crime and so on. I will take him at his word. To learn to improve the morale in An Garda Síochána, we need only go to John Barrett, who did a great service in exposing many controversies and scandals within the Garda, only to find hi…
Tá áthas orm a bheith anseo inniu chun Seachtain na Gaeilge a cheiliúradh. Tréimhse iontach atá inti a thugann deis dúinn ár dteanga agus ár gcultúr a chur chun cinn. Is cuid dár n-oidhreacht í an Ghaeilge. Tá sí beo agus bríomhar agus is teanga ár sinsir í. Tá sí le cloisteáil inár gceol, inár litríocht agus inár logainmneacha. Tá sí linn i ngach áit, sna hamhráin a chanaimid, sna seanfhocail a úsáidimid agus ar TG4…
Go raibh maith agat.
We have five.
In accordance with Standing Order 85(2), the division is postponed until the weekly division time on Wednesday, 5 March.
Go raibh maith agat.
Thank-you.
I wish the Minister and the Minister of State well in their work. It is a hugely important area and they are going to need all of the breaks and support that they can get in this House and in councils.
When I think of local authority housing, I think of the question I am often asked, which is: why, in the 1950s, were we able to build so many well-structured houses for people who were able to avail of them from the h…
Gabhaim buíochas le Deputy Kelly.
Is that agreed? Agreed.
Anois, ag dul ar aghaidh go dtí Sinn Féin, glaoim ar an Teachta Mary Lou McDonald.
Because of the number of Deputies offering, 30 seconds will be allocated to each supplementary question.
Perhaps with a follow on.
We are now moving to statements on disability. I call the Minister, Deputy Foley, to make her opening statement under Standing Order 55.
I want to raise the issue that is central to this problem, which is the bureaucracy of the three sectors: the HSE, the disability sector and housing. That is preventing initiatives from being taken and preventing staff from being employed. Kilkenny SOS provides a fantastic service. It is at the cutting edge of developments in this area. It has been left short €500,000 since 2013-14. It was given its figure for 2025 a…
It was going too smoothly.
Is that the one the Minister is addressing?
I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 39 and the name of the Member in each case:
Deputy Joanna Byrne - To discuss unsafe working conditions in the ambulance station in Drogheda.
Deputy Séamus McGrath - To discuss Garda resources and station opening hours in south Cork city.
Deputy Shane Moynihan - To discuss the need for a secondary scho…
They do not have any worries.
We now have statements on the importance of agrifood to the Irish economy. I call on the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Deputy Martin Heydon.
Deputies Kenny, Mac Lochlainn, Conway-Walsh, Bennett and Carthy are sharing time.
Do not tempt me.