As someone from a Garda family, my father having served in the force and my brother currently serving, I know at first hand the vital role that an effective and well-resourced Garda service plays in keeping our community safe. However, in north Kildare, where towns like Kilcock, Maynooth, Celbridge, Leixlip and Naas are experiencing rapid growth, Garda numbers have not kept pace. Celbridge, with its population of 23,…
TDs / Joe Neville
Joe Neville
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484
questions asked
Oral and written, to government departments
53,464
words spoken in the chamber
Across 187 contributions
413
votes recorded
Each Yes, No or Abstained in a recorded vote
170
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 484 in all
Dec 2024Oct 2026
Contributions to debates 187 in all
Dec 2024Oct 2026
Show as a table
| Month | Questions | Contributions |
|---|---|---|
| December 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| January 2025 | 2 | 1 |
| February 2025 | 26 | 5 |
| March 2025 | 5 | 5 |
| April 2025 | 9 | 9 |
| May 2025 | 31 | 23 |
| June 2025 | 21 | 7 |
| July 2025 | 23 | 9 |
| August 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 12 | 10 |
| October 2025 | 16 | 12 |
| November 2025 | 79 | 8 |
| December 2025 | 24 | 15 |
| January 2026 | 21 | 4 |
| February 2026 | 34 | 13 |
| March 2026 | 12 | 11 |
| April 2026 | 42 | 11 |
| May 2026 | 40 | 5 |
| June 2026 | 23 | 20 |
| July 2026 | 20 | 8 |
| August 2026 | 0 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 25 | 3 |
| October 2026 | 19 | 8 |
Debates they spoke in most
Plus 138 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 Kildare North 29 November 2024 to now
- party Fine Gael 29 November 2024 to now
I am the first speaker since yesterday's events. It is nice to be able to speak in a proper forum. After what happened yesterday, business continues.
The item I will speak about is local to me. It is Ryevale House, which is a period house in Leixlip and in the past two years there have been major issues surrounding it in the locality. I will give a quick timeline to give the Minister of State a bit of perspective. O…
I thank the Minister of State for his response. I will focus on the planning issues and the ongoing work. This is a beautiful area with a big house and beautiful old trees that were destroyed for no reason. The pictures before and after show a development in a quiet area that has ultimately been destroyed from a conservation perspective.
Matters have got out of hand in the area on that side.
I take the Minister of …
We all saw last weekend the worst of toxic masculinity with Conor McGregor being invited to speak on the world stage on our national day of celebration. People like Conor McGregor, the Irish version of Andrew Tate, promote hyperaggressive, misogynistic and often violent forms of masculinity. As a parent and as someone who coaches underage teams, works with local schools and is a director of a local youth and communit…
It is a great opportunity to speak again. I must be getting used to being in the Dáil, as this is the third time in two days. The issue we are speaking about is important to the country. The St. Patrick's Day festivities really brought home to us the opportunities we have as a country to discuss and to use our soft power. It was important and potentially very beneficial. As we know, the US is going through a change i…
I am delighted to be able to speak on this extremely important topic. It has been the major national issue for a number of years. As a county councillor in Kildare, I saw that at first hand. I saw it from the point of view of the person who could not get a house, obtain zoning for land or build a house. We have seen planning permissions come in. In some locations, the people have been against them and in others peopl…
Withdraw that remark.
I refer to the regular water outages we are having in north Kildare. Following the bursting of a pipe, there has been chronic low water pressure in Leixlip, Celbridge, Maynooth and even in Naas. This is a daily struggle for people living all around Kildare North. The population has exploded but the water infrastructure is buckling. We see it every day. There were even outages on Christmas Day. These issues were not c…
Is mór an onóir dom é a bheith i Dáil Éireann as a Member of the Thirty-fourth Dáil following in the footsteps of those elected to the First Dáil in 1918. I thank the people of north Kildare who placed their trust in me, the people of Leixlip who supported me as a councillor and my wife, children, family, friends and parents for their unwavering encouragement. Just like my uncle Dan and cousin Tom from Limerick, who …
North Kildare.
I thank the Minister.
Keep saying it.