TDs / Hildegarde Naughton

Hildegarde Naughton

Fine Gael Galway West TD in this Dáil since 29 November 2024

Minister for Education and Youth

Official Oireachtas profile

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questions asked

Members of the Government answer questions rather than ask them

67,004

words spoken in the chamber

67,004 as a minister, 0 as a TD

322

votes recorded

Each Yes, No or Abstained in a recorded vote

From the Dáil chamber only: committee meetings are not in this archive.

Members of the Government answer parliamentary questions rather than ask them, so this page lists none of theirs.

Month by month

Low months are usually recesses, when the Dáil does not sit. The archive runs to 22 October 2026.

Contributions to debates 251 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026

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Month	Contributions
December 2024	1
January 2025	10
February 2025	23
March 2025	7
April 2025	7
May 2025	10
June 2025	19
July 2025	1
August 2025	0
September 2025	10
October 2025	8
November 2025	14
December 2025	0
January 2026	4
February 2026	41
March 2026	1
April 2026	31
May 2026	22
June 2026	2
July 2026	34
August 2026	0
September 2026	4
October 2026	2

Debates they spoke in most

Special Needs Assistants: Motion [Private Members] 11 contributions
Confidence in the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade: Motion 7 contributions
Pride: Statements 2 contributions
Special Needs Assistants: Statements 2 contributions
Adjournment of Dáil 1 contribution
Apology Related to Childhood Abuse (Hunger Strikers): Statements 1 contribution

Plus 213 contributions in the regular slots, such as Leaders' Questions and Priority Questions. Speech from the chair is not counted.

Party, constituency and offices

constituency Galway West 29 November 2024 to now
party Fine Gael 29 November 2024 to now
office Minister of State at the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth with responsibility for Disability 23 January 2025 to 1 May 2025
office Minister of State at the Department of Children, Disability and Equality 2 May 2025 to 18 November 2025
office Minister for Education and Youth 18 November 2025 to now

Date	What the vote was on	Their vote	Result
23 Sep 2026	Energy Policy: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Amendment put	Yes	Carried
23 Sep 2026	Neutrality and Triple Lock: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Question put: "That the motion, as amended, be agreed to"	Yes	Carried
23 Sep 2026	Neutrality and Triple Lock: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Amendment put	Yes	Carried
23 Sep 2026	Waste Management (Single Household Waste Collection Service) Bill 2026: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] Question put: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time"	No	Lost
22 Sep 2026	Order of Business Question put: "That the proposed arrangements for this week's business be agreed to."	Yes	Carried
28 Aug 2026	Mineral Oil Tax: Financial Resolution Question put: "That amendment No. 2 set down to the motion for Financial Resolution is hereby negatived and that the mot	Yes	Carried
28 Aug 2026	Mineral Oil Tax: Financial Resolution Amendment put	No	Lost
28 Aug 2026	Business of Dáil Question put	Yes	Carried
15 Jul 2026	Social Housing Passport Bill 2026: Second Stage [Private Members] Amendment put	Yes	Carried
15 Jul 2026	Domestic Violence Judgments Register Bill 2026 [Seanad]: Committee Stage Amendment put	No	Lost
15 Jul 2026	Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2022 (Section 9(2)) (Amount of Financial Contribution) Order 2025 (Revocation) Order 2026: Motion Question put	Yes	Carried
15 Jul 2026	Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2022 (Section 9(2)) (Amount of Financial Contribution) Order 2025 (Revocation) Order 2026: Motion Amendment put	No	Lost
14 Jul 2026	Order of Business Question put: "That the proposed arrangements for this week's business be agreed to."	Yes	Carried
8 Jul 2026	Planning for Constitutional Change Bill 2026: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] Question put	No	Lost
8 Jul 2026	Animal Health and Welfare (Ban on Hare Coursing) Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] Question put	No	Lost
8 Jul 2026	Cost of Living: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Question put: "That the motion, as amended, be agreed to."	Yes	Carried
8 Jul 2026	Cost of Living: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Amendment put	Yes	Carried
8 Jul 2026	Cost of Living: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Amendment to amendment put	No	Lost
8 Jul 2026	Childcare Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Question put: "That the motion, as amended, be agreed to."	Yes	Carried
8 Jul 2026	Childcare Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Amendment put	Yes	Carried
8 Jul 2026	Civil Liability (Child Sexual Abuse Proceedings Against Unincorporated Bodies of Persons) Bill 2025: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] Amendment put	Yes	Carried
8 Jul 2026	Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2026: Committee and Remaining Stages Question put: That section 62 stand part of the Bill.	Yes	Carried
8 Jul 2026	Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2026: Committee and Remaining Stages Question put	Yes	Carried
8 Jul 2026	Housing and Residential Tenancies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2026: Report and Final Stages Question put	Yes	Carried
8 Jul 2026	Housing and Residential Tenancies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2026: Report and Final Stages Amendment put	Yes	Carried

A vote on an amendment or a stage is a vote on that question, not on the bill as a whole. Open a vote to see its full wording. The record gives no reason when a TD has no vote recorded.