TDs / Denise Mitchell

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Denise Mitchell

Sinn Féin Dublin Bay North TD in this Dáil since 29 November 2024

Official Oireachtas profile

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272
questions asked
Oral and written, to government departments
16,462
words spoken in the chamber
Across 102 contributions
392
votes recorded
Each Yes, No or Abstained in a recorded vote
104
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 272 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026

Contributions to debates 102 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026
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MonthQuestionsContributions
December 2024 0 0
January 2025 5 0
February 2025 56 7
March 2025 16 8
April 2025 16 5
May 2025 8 4
June 2025 15 12
July 2025 7 12
August 2025 0 0
September 2025 11 1
October 2025 2 5
November 2025 11 7
December 2025 3 5
January 2026 9 8
February 2026 11 6
March 2026 13 1
April 2026 20 9
May 2026 6 2
June 2026 13 8
July 2026 15 1
August 2026 0 0
September 2026 22 1
October 2026 13 0

Debates they spoke in most

Plus 47 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 Dublin Bay North 29 November 2024 to now
  2. party Sinn Féin 29 November 2024 to now
Denise Mitchell Written 28 May 2025 · to Education
223. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Education and Youth if school places for September 2025 can be accommodated for two children at a school (details supplied) to which their mother has applied unsuccessfully to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28326/25]
Denise Mitchell Written 7 May 2025 · to Children
393. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the status of the case of a child (details supplied) who is seeking supports for autism and an auditory processing disorder, but is encountering significant delays despite being finally accepted onto the local children's disability network team; if assurances can be given that the child will receive appropriate supports locally; and …
Denise Mitchell Written 7 May 2025 · to Health
486. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Health the status of the development of multidisciplinary auditory processing disorder services within the CHO 9 Health Service Region in north Dublin; how these services compare with the provision of APD services statewide; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22355/25]
Denise Mitchell Written 7 May 2025 · to Health
487. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Health the efforts being made to ensure adequate auditory processing disorder assessment capacity within the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22356/25]
Denise Mitchell Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Public Expenditure
677. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform for an update on the status of flood defence and relief plans in Clontarf;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20745/25]
Denise Mitchell Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Public Expenditure
678. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the status of the National Catchment-based Flood Risk Assessment and Management Programme for the Dublin City Council administrative area; the current timelines for the delivery of the projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20746/25]
Denise Mitchell Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Education
824. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Education what is being done to ensure the provision of appropriate numbers of primary school places for children with autism in the Coolock and Darndale area; if she can provide any guidance to assure that a child (details supplied) will have an appropriate place in a local school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18996/25]
Denise Mitchell Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Education
1028. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on the plan to place a special school on grounds (details supplied) in north Dublin; the findings made by the Department’s technical team who visited the school; the engagement the technical team has had with the school management; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20744/25]
Denise Mitchell Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Social
1439. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Social Protection if a person (details supplied) will be reconsidered for qualification for half carer’s allowance. [19911/25]
Denise Mitchell Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Justice
1522. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Justice the status of the review into his Department's family reunification policy; when he will publish a revised policy in this area; if he will list the groups and individuals whom he has consulted on this policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18796/25]
Denise Mitchell Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Justice
1523. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Justice if any additional resources have been committed to visa processing over the past twelve months; the plans for further resources to be allocated to visa processing; when we can expect to see improvements in the timelines for processing applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18797/25]
Denise Mitchell Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Justice
1561. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Justice for an update on the Stardust redress scheme; if he is satisfied that the families of all 48 victims have been consulted and communicated with adequately in respect of the administration of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19310/25]
Denise Mitchell Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Health
2283. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Health the status of the inquiry into the historical licensing and prescribing of sodium valproate in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20079/25]
Denise Mitchell Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
2484. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans to address the issue of grade inflation when it comes to CAO offers this year; the steps he will take to ensure fairness for students who sat the Leaving Certificate in 2025 and those who sat it in previous years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18553/25]
Denise Mitchell Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
2487. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans to address the issue of grade inflation when it comes to CAO offers this year; the steps he will take to ensure fairness for students who sat the Leaving Certificate in 2025 and those who sat it in previous years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18553/25]
Denise Mitchell Written 9 Apr 2025 · to Tourism
135. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if he will consider the inclusion of a club (details supplied) on the list for the large scale sport infrastructure fund; if the club is included on the reserve list; the other grants or schemes that would be available to the club to renovate and modernise an old Catholic church which it has recently purchased for us…
Denise Mitchell Written 9 Apr 2025 · to Social
161. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Social Protection if consideration will be given to allow those who have been made redundant since the beginning of 2025 to avail of the jobseeker's pay-related benefit scheme rather than just those made redundant since 31 March 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17653/25]
Denise Mitchell Written 8 Apr 2025 · to Foreign
228. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the engagement he had with authorities in Germany regarding the deportation of two Irish citizens [details supplied] in relation to their attendance at pro-Palestine protests despite those citizens not having been found guilty of any crime; if the Minister has liaised with the two Irish citizens or their representatives; and if …
Denise Mitchell Written 2 Apr 2025 · to Education
115. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Education if she will ensure that a place in a designated special school will be secured for a person for September 2025 for (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16000/25]
Denise Mitchell Written 2 Apr 2025 · to Health
340. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Health the reason for the delay in processing a fair deal scheme application for a person (details supplied); if she is aware that this delay resulted in the expiration of the ten weeks of approved transitional care funding, resulting in this applicant’s family receiving a bill for over €12,000 in costs thus far; if the Minister will ensure this fair deal scheme appl…
Denise Mitchell Written 27 Mar 2025 · to Transport
167. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Transport if he is aware that CIÉ pensioners have had no increase in their pensions since 2008; if he intends to engage with CIÉ or the CIÉ active retirement group on this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14664/25]
Denise Mitchell Written 27 Mar 2025 · to Education
224. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Education if she will engage with the parents of a child (details supplied) who has additional needs but has been unable to secure an appropriate place in a secondary school for this coming September, despite extensive engagement with the National Council for Special Education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14710/25]
Denise Mitchell Written 27 Mar 2025 · to Health
379. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Health if maternity hospitals are now routinely checking for the condition vasa praevia during the 20 week fetal scan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14712/25]
Denise Mitchell Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Foreign
131. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his views on whether the suspension of economic sanctions by the European Union on Syria is appropriate given the latest instances of appalling violence being carried out by Syrian government security forces and affiliated militias against men, women and children of minority communities in western Syria; and if he will make a statement on…
Denise Mitchell Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Foreign
132. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the correspondence or discussions he has had with representatives of the Republic of Lithuania in relation to that country’s formal withdrawal from the Convention on Cluster Munitions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12479/25]