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TDs / Ged Nash
Ged Nash
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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
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 677 in all
Dec 2024Oct 2026
Contributions to debates 364 in all
Dec 2024Oct 2026
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| Month | Questions | Contributions |
|---|---|---|
| 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
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 Louth 29 November 2024 to now
- party Labour Party 29 November 2024 to now
Given the strokes you have pulled, we are glad we did not.
Do not patronise the Labour Party.
The Taoiseach has lost the run of himself. He is making it worse.
The Taoiseach is losing the run of himself.
Clean up their mess.
Two wrongs.
It is about a deal with Michael Lowry.
Hear, hear.
Why is it being proposed in the first place?
It is a sad day.
Want to try again?
It is Stockholm syndrome.
In preparing for today's motion, I could not get away from the thought that if tens of thousands of children were working in any other industry in this country unpaid, unrecognised, unsupported and unprotected by the State, it would be an absolute national scandal. Yet, day after day, this is happening in homes the length and breadth of the country where young people are, as my colleagues have said, forced to fill in…
I, too, thank the Independent Group-----
-----for tabling this motion. It is not appropriate that we merely have discussions on Government expenditure occasionally when an Opposition group tables a motion. This matter must concern us all the time if we as a Parliament are doing our job responsibly and effectively.
There is no need for me to rehearse the various overspends on OPW and other projects that have been interrogated to death in the media and on th…
That is just the preliminaries.
For what it is worth, I think Deputy Doherty’s interpretation is correct. I would also appreciate the Minister of State’s clarification on the matter raised by the Deputy. It seems to me there is a particularly broad definition captured in the amendment. If that is the case, it is very welcome. There was a very wide lacuna in the legislation that was identified quite some years ago by Deputy Doherty and others in opp…
I am happy not to move my amendment because it has been dealt with effectively by the Minister's amendment.
It is a very welcome amendment and one I considered tabling but I did not manage to do so. I have dealt with cases over the years and I have engaged with the FSPO on behalf of constituents in situations where they were joint holders of a mortgage, the relationship had broken down and there was evidence of fraud, for the want of a better description, perpetrated by one of the people who held the account, which was acc…
With respect, the remarks the Minister of State read out are a restatement of the position the FSPO has put into correspondence with me over the years, and with others as well. Deputy Doherty is familiar with these kinds of cases. He has worked on them too. I imagine many other Members of the House have as well. The Deputy is right that we are legislators. We make the law and it is up to the agencies of the State to …
Just to clarify, this is Committee Stage and we will also have Report Stage.
I understand. We will be dealing with other finance-related Bills over the coming months. It is not unusual for an amendment that is not directly related to the subject matter of a Bill to be accommodated. This might be done in respect of the issue that is exercising me and Deputy Doherty. Deputy O'Callaghan has also spoken about it. This is not the first time I have raised this. We have raised it time and again in t…
Drogheda is Ireland's largest town that is yet to become a city. We do not have a driving test centre. We had a temporary driving test centre for a couple of years, located in a local football club. The RSA decided it would not renew that contract this time two years ago, leaving Drogheda without any form of driving test centre. What did it do? It blamed the local residents when an arrangement was to be made with all…
That has not been approved.