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Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh

Sinn Féin Kildare South TD in this Dáil since 29 November 2024

Official Oireachtas profile

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937
questions asked
Oral and written, to government departments
30,322
words spoken in the chamber
Across 122 contributions
390
votes recorded
Each Yes, No or Abstained in a recorded vote
202
topics asked about
Across 17 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 937 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026

Contributions to debates 122 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026
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MonthQuestionsContributions
December 2024 0 0
January 2025 0 0
February 2025 7 4
March 2025 2 5
April 2025 38 6
May 2025 30 8
June 2025 61 5
July 2025 51 7
August 2025 0 0
September 2025 27 13
October 2025 43 5
November 2025 58 13
December 2025 39 2
January 2026 39 6
February 2026 72 5
March 2026 63 8
April 2026 56 3
May 2026 58 5
June 2026 182 4
July 2026 19 8
August 2026 0 0
September 2026 56 5
October 2026 36 10

Debates they spoke in most

Plus 51 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 Kildare South 29 November 2024 to now
  2. party Sinn Féin 29 November 2024 to now
Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh Written 21 Apr 2026 · to Education
543. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department has identified problems with the implementation of primary teacher supply panels; the measures being taken to enhance effectiveness of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28721/26]
Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh Written 21 Apr 2026 · to Education
544. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to expand training opportunities for teachers working with children with additional needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28722/26]
Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Transport
616. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Transport his plans to support coach operators who are increasingly unable to meet the costs of delivering Local Link services due to the ongoing crisis in the Middle East; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23673/26]
Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Enterprise
1178. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if he will commit to review the sick pay legislation to ensure that care sector workers, who are disproportionately reliant on shift allowances, overtime and unsocial hours pay, are not faced with a perverse inventive to work while unwell, given the associated health and safety risks and workers' rights concerns; and if he w…
Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Education
1218. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of young people with an exemption to study Irish and who are learning a modern foreign language; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23612/26]
Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Education
1219. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of exemptions from the study of mathematics that are currently in place for students with specific learning difficulties; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23616/26]
Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Education
1228. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to support coach operators who are increasingly unable to meet the costs of delivering the school transport scheme due to the ongoing crisis in the Middle East; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23669/26]
Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Education
1389. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of schools that have been designated under section 67 of the Education Act 1998; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25302/26]
Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Education
1390. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware of the difficulties being experienced by deaf students in accessing education through ISL the measures she is taking to improve access to same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25304/26]
Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Education
1391. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to increase supply of ISL-fluent teachers to improve ISL-competent assessment pathways and to standardise access to ISL interpretation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25306/26]
Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Education
1393. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to expand NEPS capacity to ensure Ireland is aligned with other EU countries in terms of student-to- psychologist ratio; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25311/26]
Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Education
1394. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth the way in which universal design for learning was integrated into the design of the recently published primary school curriculum; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25313/26]
Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Education
1433. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will consider a centralised procurement strategy for personal technology in the education system, with a view to reduce cost through economies of scale; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25708/26]
Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Education
1517. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of maths teaching posts that are vacant in post-primary schools across the State; if there is a disproportionate number of vacancies in this subject; if she is considering reviewing Teaching Council registration rules to facilitate the supply of maths teachers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26969/26]
Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Housing
1710. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the specific measures he is taking to provide accommodation for one-parent families given the higher vulnerability of this group to experience homelessness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24974/26]
Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Housing
1722. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will publish submissions received from stakeholders on the upcoming exempted development regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25225/26]
Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Social
1872. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection the current and upcoming measures being taken by his Department to support one-parent families; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24972/26]
Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Social
1873. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection his engagements with other departments to ensure joined-up, wrap-around support for one-parent families dealing with multiple State services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24973/26]
Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Agriculture
2207. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of non-coursing greyhounds that were prepared for homing under the Irish Retired Greyhound Trust homing programme (details supplied) for each of the years 2023, 2024 and 2025; the number of the dogs prepared under this programme in each of the years 2023, 2024 and 2025 that were subsequently homed; the amount spent …
Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Agriculture
2208. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total number of non-coursing greyhounds on the waiting list for an Irish Retired Greyhound Trust kennel space as of 23 March 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24586/26]
Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Agriculture
2209. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total amount claimed in travelling expenses by operators of the seven foster centres funded by the Irish Retired Greyhound Trust for each of the years 2023, 2024 and 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24587/26]
Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Agriculture
2278. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps he is taking to clamp down on equine cruelty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26057/26]
Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Agriculture
2279. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason no prosecutions were taken for equine cruelty in 2025 despite many horses being rescued from neglectful circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26058/26]
Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Agriculture
2280. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is supportive of the establishment of a pilot for an animal crime unit within An Garda Síochána, considering the high levels of incidents reported to animal welfare charities and the exceptionally low rate of prosecutions against animal cruelty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26059/26]
Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Health
2859. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Health the difficulties in meeting the expected dates given for the works to start in St. Vincent's Hospital community nursing unit in Athy, County Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24593/26]