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Ged Nash

Labour Party Louth TD in this Dáil since 29 November 2024

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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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MonthQuestionsContributions
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

  1. constituency Louth 29 November 2024 to now
  2. party Labour Party 29 November 2024 to now
Ged Nash Oral 22 Oct 2026 · to Public Expenditure
2. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to provide details of his proposed public spending efficiency task force; its terms of reference and membership, and when the task force will commence its work. [75204/26]
Ged Nash Oral 20 Oct 2026 · to Taoiseach
13. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on economy and investment will next meet. [68629/26]
Ged Nash Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Education
493. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Youth the additional special classes being planned or developed in the county Louth area for 2027; when parents will receive confirmation of new places available; and the supports available to families who have contacted the SENO but are still waiting for a response and have been unable to secure a special school place for their child. [73941/26]
Ged Nash Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Housing
588. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether eligibility for grant assistance to develop vacant above-the-shop units for residential use will be extended to limited companies, including small and micro companies; the progress made in examining such an extension; and when he expects a decision to be made. [74409/26]
Ged Nash Written 6 Oct 2026 · to Climate
35. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if his Department plans to adjust the 85% SEAI grant rule (details supplied), to limit the financial burden on applicants on low incomes. [70399/26]
Ged Nash Written 6 Oct 2026 · to Education
198. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Youth when the revised scope for the additional facilities at a school (details supplied) will be approved; if and when that will be formally confirmed to the school in writing; the current status of the project; if and when the outcome of the recent technical examination in terms of the revised scope will be communicated to the school; and if she will confirm…
Ged Nash Written 6 Oct 2026 · to Education
200. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department will engage with a person (details supplied) and resolve an ongoing payroll issue. [69864/26]
Ged Nash Written 6 Oct 2026 · to Children
502. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her views on a pensions matter (details supplied). [69747/26]
Ged Nash Written 6 Oct 2026 · to Health
657. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health the number of Irish citizens that graduate annually from medical schools in Poland and elsewhere in the EU, and subsequently seek Irish internship posts. [70403/26]
Ged Nash Written 6 Oct 2026 · to Health
658. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health the number of Irish graduates of Polish medical schools that have been unable to participate in the Irish intern matching process because their final-year centile ranking was not available by the HSE deadline. [70407/26]
Ged Nash Written 6 Oct 2026 · to Health
659. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if a later centile submission date will be used for medical schools whose academic calendar does not allow the final ranking to be available by the standard Irish deadline for graduates seeking intership posts. [70411/26]
Ged Nash Written 6 Oct 2026 · to Health
660. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if her Department has considered allowing final-year students from EU medical schools with later examination calendars to apply provisionally and submit their final centile once their examinations are completed. [70410/26]
Ged Nash Written 6 Oct 2026 · to Health
661. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if the requirement for Irish graduates of Polish medical schools for the final centile ranking to be available by the deadline a statutory/regulatory requirement or an administrative requirement of the HSE matching system. [70408/26]
Ged Nash Written 6 Oct 2026 · to Health
670. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if a supplementary or reserve matching process for Irish medical internship posts will be established for otherwise eligible graduates whose centile becomes available after the normal deadline at universities in the EU. [70412/26]
Ged Nash Oral 29 Sep 2026 · to Finance
118. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to provide details of the impact assessments undertaken on Exchequer revenues in relation to the proposed savings and investment account. [68940/26]
Ged Nash Written 29 Sep 2026 · to Transport
274. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Transport to confirm through the Road Safety Authority the number of driving tests that have taken place to date at the recently opened Drogheda driving test centre; the pass rate; and his plans to expand the number of testers at the centre. [68423/26]
Ged Nash Written 29 Sep 2026 · to Public Expenditure
336. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to provide respectively the Departmental gross voted capital allocations for 2026 following the Revised Estimates; the cause of the divergence from the allocations in the revised NDP or in Budget 2026; and if he will provide the proposed 2027 gross voted allocations, in tabular form. [68164/26]
Ged Nash Written 29 Sep 2026 · to Health
691. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health to provide details on a matter (details supplied); and the actions taken by the HSE to address the matter. [68004/26]
Ged Nash Written 24 Sep 2026 · to Finance
267. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of individual tax units that have benefitted from the childcare services relief scheme in each year since its introduction; and the annual cost for each of these years. [67904/26]
Ged Nash Written 24 Sep 2026 · to Finance
288. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he is considering introducing a tax equivalent to Luxembourg's long established "taxe d'abonnement" in relation to funds domiciled in Ireland; and the amount that would be raised on an annual basis if the Luxembourg system was adopted by Ireland (details supplied). [67880/26]
Ged Nash Written 24 Sep 2026 · to Finance
289. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the projected cost of reducing the VAT rate on home heating oil to 9%, from the current 13.5% rate for 2027; and the additional projected cost of introducing it from 6 October 2026. [67877/26]
Ged Nash Written 24 Sep 2026 · to Children
424. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of registered childminders in their own home, by county, in each of the years 2023 to 2025 and to date in 2026. [67905/26]
Ged Nash Written 23 Sep 2026 · to Enterprise
42. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if he will intervene in a dispute (details supplied); and if he will urge the board of management of the credit union to attend the WRC to try and resolve the dispute. [67273/26]
Ged Nash Written 22 Sep 2026 · to Finance
185. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer in each of the years 2023, 2024 and 2025 respectively for companies claiming an amount equal to 25% of qualifying expenditure attributable to a company for R&D activity as provided for in 766X and 766D TCD 1997; the number of annual instalments to date in each year; the number of companies that have claimed this; and to pro…
Ged Nash Written 22 Sep 2026 · to Finance
186. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to provide a breakdown of statistics for the R&D tax credit for 2023 and 2024 respectively as per the May 2025 Revenue report (details supplied) showing where companies elected to claim the credit in the manner that preceded measures introduced in Finance Act 2022; and the cost of the accelerated payments in respect of an accounting period commencin…