I thank the Minister for his response. I note the publication of that statement and that he has placed on the record of the House that at this stage, this is an understanding. At the time, my recollection is that he welcomed the removal of section 899 retaliatory measures and that is very important for businesses. We have to remember that Ireland has significant foreign direct investment in the United States. This ha…
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677
questions asked
Oral and written, to government departments
111,955
words spoken in the chamber
Across 364 contributions
390
votes recorded
Each Yes, No or Abstained in a recorded vote
172
topics asked about
Across 20 departments
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What they ask about
The subject headings the Oireachtas filed their questions under.
Who they ask
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Month by month
Low months are usually recesses, when the Dáil does not sit. The archive runs to 22 October 2026.
Questions asked 677 in all
Dec 2024Oct 2026
Contributions to debates 364 in all
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| Month | Questions | Contributions |
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| December 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| January 2025 | 4 | 2 |
| February 2025 | 92 | 39 |
| March 2025 | 41 | 26 |
| April 2025 | 24 | 13 |
| May 2025 | 17 | 20 |
| June 2025 | 33 | 4 |
| July 2025 | 54 | 11 |
| August 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 45 | 24 |
| October 2025 | 9 | 16 |
| November 2025 | 24 | 39 |
| December 2025 | 22 | 21 |
| January 2026 | 19 | 5 |
| February 2026 | 43 | 18 |
| March 2026 | 38 | 7 |
| April 2026 | 61 | 14 |
| May 2026 | 37 | 33 |
| June 2026 | 35 | 20 |
| July 2026 | 18 | 10 |
| August 2026 | 0 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 47 | 10 |
| October 2026 | 14 | 32 |
Debates they spoke in most
Plus 200 contributions in the regular slots, such as Leaders' Questions and Priority Questions. Speech from the chair is not counted.
Asked about similar topics
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Party, constituency and offices
- constituency Louth 29 November 2024 to now
- party Labour Party 29 November 2024 to now
I appreciate this is a bit of an moveable feast but there are uncertainties. The G20 nations were the guardians of the OECD deal originally. The OECD adopted it and we adopted it. I welcomed at the time that we adopted the process ourselves. That was not without risks for Ireland. It was a welcome thing to do. Because the framework of this deal is subject to EU legislation, I assume EU legislation will require to be …
I move amendment No. 1 to amendment No. 1:
After "compare prices and make informed choices" to insert:
"calls on the Government to:
— commit to passing the Competition and Consumer Protection (Unfair Prices) Bill 2023; and
— instead of using over €700 million to cut the rate of Value Added Tax on hospitality in Budget 2026, to use these hundreds of millions to reduce child poverty with a targeted second tier of c…
Do not be so cynical.
That is exactly what the Government has been doing for the past three years. This is why it is in this difficulty.
Tax cuts to target child poverty.
Absolutely.
And then you delayed my Bill by 12 months.
The failures of care exposed by the media in recent weeks are not just a failure of one private nursing home operator. This is a failure by our State, a failure of public policy, a failure of regulation, and an abject failure to uphold the dignity of those who have no option but to put their care into others' hands. It would be naive of us to think that we have seen is anything other than the tip of the iceberg. Just…
I will cut to the chase. North Drogheda objectively needs a train station. It should already be in place. I was on Louth County Council more than 20 years ago when we masterplanned the provision of 5,000 new homes. Half of those homes have been or are in the process of being built. These plans included a site for a train station, but then came the crash. Up to half of those homes, as I said, have been built or they a…
I congratulate my colleague Deputy Farrell for bringing this Bill forward. It is significant legislation. It very much aligns with the work that the Deputy has done since she entered this Chamber in 2020. She is very much focused on the question of public procurement and driving economic and social change through the development of responsible public procurement systems. It is quite extraordinary when we consider tha…
Captured by civil servants-----
The Labour Party will amend the Bill on Committee Stage. I can assure the House that we will not amend it on the basis that we want to see what is a modest charge on properties abolished. It is extraordinary that every time we debate the principle of the property tax in this House there are parties who purport to be on the left in Irish politics which say they oppose it. They oppose it for their own reasons, and I re…
I will be sharing time with my colleague Deputy Lawlor. We are in an incredible situation in this country and in the Middle East at present. For the first time, two weeks ago, in response to a Labour Party motion and a Sinn Féin Bill two weeks ago on Israeli bonds, a significant statement was made by senior Government representatives in this House. Finally, a senior Government figure in the State said unequivocally t…
80. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the number of staff in his Department's new infrastructure division; the respective grades and areas of responsibility of staff; and if he will confirm the division's key responsibilities and deliverables for 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28801/25]
Will the Minister elaborate on the staffing composition of the new infrastructure division within his Department and on what he views as the key responsibilities and deliverables for the division in 2025? This is a key objective of the Minister and is contained in the programme for Government. Will he inform the House as to what the priorities are for the rest of this year?
That is not an insignificant number of staff. Can the Minister confirm that those from State agencies who will be working in the division will continue to be paid by their parent agencies? I assume that will be the case.
The Minister was quoted in The Irish Times yesterday as saying that the acid test will be delivery.
I assume the action plan on infrastructure delivery the Minister referred to will be published si…
Will the Minister consider finding a way to include people with international experience from outside this jurisdiction in the division? I do not know the identities of the people involved and, in some ways, it is none of my business. I wish them well, because if they do a good job our country succeeds, so we should give this initiative a fair wind. However, a lot of the people involved in the infrastructure division…
132. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform for an update on the progress of revised ethics legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28125/25]
I am sharing time with my colleague, Deputy Ahern. We will divide our time into seven and three minutes.
I will focus my comments principally on the Drogheda and Baltray flood relief scheme, which was announced in 2021. Four years later, the latest newsletter proclaims it is still at stage 1 of five stages. The Minister of State set out quite clearly that, on average, the process involved five separate stages. It ap…
The Tánaiste will recall the House yesterday approved a motion developed by the Labour Party and formally supported by Sinn Féin, the Social Democrats, the Green Party and others, mandating the Government to call for a special General Assembly of the United Nations to promote and instigate certain collective measures in respect of Gaza. Given the motion has effectively been adopted, how does the Government plan to im…
It is important that the motion be implemented and that the will of the House be accepted by the Government and implemented at every opportunity. We have used the opportunity of the special General Assembly well. In recent times, we called for the upgrading of Palestine's status in the context of the UN General Assembly and the UN more generally, which is to be welcomed.
Ireland has led the way internationally on Ga…
I absolutely would. A window is now opening because we have seen a step change in the UK, France and Canada over the past week or ten days in respect of their perspective on Gaza, the genocide, what is happening there and what needs to happen. We have also seen a step change in Germany, especially in our sister party of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, SDP. The Chancellor has made interesting remarks about the…
I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."
I will be sharing time with my colleague Deputy Bacik. I am pleased to speak on the Competition and Consumer Protection (Unfair Prices) Bill 2023. When I introduced this legislation on First Stage two years ago, the rate of inflation was at levels not seen in decades. A confluence of grim circumstances, some of which were the consequence of Russia's illegal invasion…
Was it during one of Ivana's lectures?