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John McGuinness

Fianna Fáil Carlow-Kilkenny TD in this Dáil since 29 November 2024
Leas-Cheann Comhairle

Official Oireachtas profile

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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
Each Yes, No or Abstained in a recorded vote
138
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 423 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026

Contributions to debates 132 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026
Show as a table
MonthQuestionsContributions
December 2024 0 1
January 2025 3 0
February 2025 13 4
March 2025 35 7
April 2025 24 6
May 2025 54 7
June 2025 14 3
July 2025 28 6
August 2025 0 0
September 2025 59 0
October 2025 11 4
November 2025 39 21
December 2025 14 9
January 2026 8 6
February 2026 20 8
March 2026 20 3
April 2026 14 2
May 2026 18 15
June 2026 14 19
July 2026 13 7
August 2026 0 0
September 2026 14 2
October 2026 8 2

Debates they spoke in most

Plus 46 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 Carlow-Kilkenny 29 November 2024 to now
  2. party Fianna Fáil 29 November 2024 to now
  3. office Leas-Cheann Comhairle 19 February 2025 to now
John McGuinness Written 25 Sep 2025 · to Health
349. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if she has been advised of the HSE/ University Hospital Waterford proposal to discontinue coronial post mortem's at University Hospital Waterford with effect from the 01 January 2026, which if implemented will result in there being no coronial post mortem service in the south east; if the unilateral decision taken by the HSE/University Hospital Waterford will …
John McGuinness Written 24 Sep 2025 · to Foreign
2. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the progress of plans for the management of the EU Presidency in 2026; if decisions to host events outside Dublin have been made; if so, the locations agreed or those being considered for such events; and if the regions, insofar as is practical, will be showcased in equal measure to promote tourism and inward investment. [50742/25…
John McGuinness Written 24 Sep 2025 · to Transport
18. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Transport if he will set aside €10 million in each of the next four Budgets to go towards the northern extension of the Kilkenny ring road (details supplied); if his Department officials will work proactively with the council to progress the project to completion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50739/25]
John McGuinness Written 24 Sep 2025 · to Transport
19. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Transport to provide an update on the approval by TII of the funding for all of the proposed interim works required on the N24/25; and the details of the communications between his Department, the TII and Kilkenny County Council on the project. [50740/25]
John McGuinness Written 24 Sep 2025 · to Transport
20. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Transport the progress on the extension of the existing bus routes in Kilkenny city to include new housing estates, businesses and schools located in the environs of the city; and the availability of funding for such projects and the process and timeline involved. [50741/25]
John McGuinness Written 23 Sep 2025 · to Education
273. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will consider an application under the CASWS which was uploaded in error to the emergency works portal and accepted; if the application which was submitted within the timeframe albeit to the incorrect portal will be accepted and processed as the work outlined in the application is urgent. [49723/25]
John McGuinness Written 23 Sep 2025 · to Social
410. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if his Department examined the contributions made by a person (details supplied) when they applied unsuccessfully for a pension. [49833/25]
John McGuinness Written 23 Sep 2025 · to Social
415. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will review a claim and medical reports for a person (details supplied) with a view to approving the application, given the person has been in receipt of supplementary welfare allowance for a long period of time and two GPs continue to deem the person unfit for work; if a general practitioner appointed by his Department will examine the applic…
John McGuinness Written 23 Sep 2025 · to Health
634. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if she will confirm the amount of funding allocated to an organisation (details supplied); if speech and language therapy for down syndrome children is funded directly by her Department; if she will allocate funding to DSI on a national or regional basis to allow the organisation to source and pay for the cost of services required for individual down syndrome …
John McGuinness Written 23 Sep 2025 · to Health
643. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if she will provide a progress report and timeline on the delivery of a new primary care centre at a location (details supplied) which was listed as a priority project in the capital programme two years ago; if the preferred option as expressed by the GPs concerned for the primary care centre to be delivered on a new site at the location is the option being de…
John McGuinness Written 23 Sep 2025 · to Health
645. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if an operation will be expedited for a person (details supplied). [50036/25]
John McGuinness Written 18 Sep 2025 · to Education
225. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of a school building project being processed by the large scale development section of her Department which is to provide a new building for the amalgamation of two schools (details supplied); if she will outline the steps in this process; the timeline for its completion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49451/25]
John McGuinness Written 18 Sep 2025 · to Education
238. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department has a record of the number of children of school-going age who are not attending primary school or are simply refusing to attend; if a similar record exists for secondary schools; if she will provide the figures available to her Department; the number of applications submitted to her Department for home tuition and the number app…
John McGuinness Written 18 Sep 2025 · to Social
297. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if matters regarding contributions for persons will be clarified (details supplied). [49450/25]
John McGuinness Written 18 Sep 2025 · to Health
329. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if a date for surgery in the department of vascular surgery WUH has been arranged for a person (details supplied); and if the matter will be expedited. [49324/25]
John McGuinness Written 18 Sep 2025 · to Health
348. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in providing a carer's business plan promised by the HSE, Limerick, relative to a person (details supplied) while they resided in the county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49416/25]
John McGuinness Written 18 Sep 2025 · to Health
359. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health to outline the follow-up care provided for person (details supplied); and if an urgent appointment will be expedited. [49448/25]
John McGuinness Written 18 Sep 2025 · to Health
360. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if the HSE will cover the cost of providing a splint for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49449/25]
John McGuinness Written 18 Sep 2025 · to Health
361. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health to provide details of the businesses or persons that provide private assessments for children referred by the HSE, relative to determining a diagnosis for autism, ADHD, Asperger's, and, other such conditions; the cost of this service and the amounts paid by the HSE in each of the past five years; if the professional qualifications and standards of those provid…
John McGuinness Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Education
530. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth when the building of a school (details supplied) will be completed; the reason this school building project is ongoing since 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48465/25]
John McGuinness Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Housing
660. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total amount of funding allocated by his Department to each local authority under the housing adaption grant scheme in each of the past five years; if the allocations by his Department were categorised whereby specific amounts were ring fenced for priority 1, 2 and 3, applications; if it is a matter for each local authority …
John McGuinness Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Justice
893. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration when the building of a school (details supplied) will be completed, the reason this school building project is ongoing since 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48464/25]
John McGuinness Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Health
1233. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2527 of 8 September 2025, if an immediate appointment will be arranged for a person (details supplied); the reason they did not receive the promised appointment as set out in the response to the previous PQ by the HSE; and if she will expedite the matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48320/25]
John McGuinness Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Transport
354. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide funding for the development of Waterford airport and the timeframe for funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46257/25]
John McGuinness Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Education
842. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth when the building of a school (details supplied) will be completed, the reason this school building project is ongoing since 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45788/25]