TDs / Cian O'Callaghan

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Cian O'Callaghan

Social Democrats Dublin Bay North TD in this Dáil since 29 November 2024

Official Oireachtas profile

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896
questions asked
Oral and written, to government departments
123,606
words spoken in the chamber
Across 642 contributions
422
votes recorded
Each Yes, No or Abstained in a recorded vote
255
topics asked about
Across 19 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 896 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026

Contributions to debates 642 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026
Show as a table
MonthQuestionsContributions
December 2024 0 2
January 2025 51 4
February 2025 41 47
March 2025 44 42
April 2025 64 38
May 2025 39 40
June 2025 55 33
July 2025 47 51
August 2025 0 0
September 2025 38 6
October 2025 16 52
November 2025 41 57
December 2025 29 19
January 2026 42 24
February 2026 46 35
March 2026 41 23
April 2026 58 24
May 2026 80 47
June 2026 31 40
July 2026 44 12
August 2026 0 2
September 2026 41 21
October 2026 48 23

Debates they spoke in most

Plus 510 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 Dublin Bay North 29 November 2024 to now
  2. party Social Democrats 29 November 2024 to now
Cian O'Callaghan Written 28 May 2026 · to Education
337. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide a detailed breakdown, by county and primary/post primary of the number of schools have signed up to the school-based summer programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41085/26]
Cian O'Callaghan Written 28 May 2026 · to Education
338. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide a detailed breakdown, by county of the number of families have registered for the home-based summer programme; if she can detail the supports that will be made available to those who missed the deadline or who cannot find teachers and SNAs to provide the programme, due to the new portal system and the late release of information; and i…
Cian O'Callaghan Written 28 May 2026 · to Education
339. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth to detail the reasoning for the difference in pay for teachers and SNAs when providing the same work during home-based summer programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41087/26]
Cian O'Callaghan Written 28 May 2026 · to Education
340. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether her Department will publish a non-technical methodology note explaining how school-place demand is projected using child benefit data, school enrolments, census data, residential development information and GIS analysis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41088/26]
Cian O'Callaghan Written 28 May 2026 · to Education
341. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth when school-level data from the 2025 Primary School Survey will be published; the format it will take; the way in which this data will feed into local and national primary school planning; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41089/26]
Cian O'Callaghan Written 28 May 2026 · to Education
342. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on the national school capacity/accommodation inventory referred to by the Comptroller and Auditor General; whether it is fully integrated into the Department GIS system; the way in which it is used to decide between expanding existing school capacity and providing new schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. …
Cian O'Callaghan Written 28 May 2026 · to Education
343. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether her Department provides formal observations or aggregated school-capacity evidence to local authorities when major rezoning proposals or development plan variations could substantially increase child population in a school planning area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41091/26]
Cian O'Callaghan Written 28 May 2026 · to Education
344. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the funding streams available for schools to implement universal design for learning; the amount of funding that was provided in the past five years; if she can confirm what that funding was spent on; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41092/26]
Cian O'Callaghan Written 28 May 2026 · to Education
345. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to introduce changes to the assessment of needs process to access special education places; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41093/26]
Cian O'Callaghan Written 28 May 2026 · to Education
346. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to use section 37A of the Education Act 1998 to progress new special education classes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41094/26]
Cian O'Callaghan Written 28 May 2026 · to Education
347. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number schools which have applied to open new special classes for the 2026-2027 school year; the number of these applications that have been refused;the number of applications that do not yet have a decision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41095/26]
Cian O'Callaghan Written 28 May 2026 · to Education
348. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she plans to roll out the D15 pilot programme to other areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41096/26]
Cian O'Callaghan Written 28 May 2026 · to Education
349. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth to examine the possibility of expanding the schoolbooks scheme to include instruments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41097/26]
Cian O'Callaghan Written 28 May 2026 · to Housing
394. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when his Department will release the details of providing a plebiscite for the change of place names under the Local Government Acts 1946 and 1955; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40989/26]
Cian O'Callaghan Written 28 May 2026 · to Further and Higher Education
753. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he is aware that the number of students taking courses taught through the medium of Irish stands at less than 1%; to provide an update on the work his Department is doing to reach the 20% public service recruitment target under the National Plan for Irish Language Public Services; to provide an update…
Cian O'Callaghan Written 27 May 2026 · to Public Expenditure
71. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation further to Parliamentary Question No. 426 of 19 May 2026, to provide a breakdown of the expected spending cuts as a result of recent overspends in the Department of Education and Youth, in euros, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40795/26]
Cian O'Callaghan Written 27 May 2026 · to Education
86. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department is committed to ensuring low student-teacher ratios for DEIS and DEIS Plus schools; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that a school (details supplied) is due to lose a mainstream class teacher as their pupil numbers on 30 September were 165 and not 166; if she will engage with the school to ensure that their student-tea…
Cian O'Callaghan Oral 26 May 2026 · to Taoiseach
24. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on infrastructure will meet next. [39719/26]
Cian O'Callaghan Written 26 May 2026 · to Taoiseach
59. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Disability will next meet. [37342/26]
Cian O'Callaghan Oral 26 May 2026 · to Finance
143. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to ensure that the Government and the Central Bank are acting in accordance with the recommendations set out in the report on the Israeli bond programme of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach; and if he will make a statement on the matter. …
Cian O'Callaghan Oral 26 May 2026 · to Finance
145. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will ensure the Irish Strategic Investment Fund, ISIF, is fully divested from all companies that are directly and indirectly involved in illegally occupied Palestinian territories, OPT; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39699/26]
Cian O'Callaghan Written 26 May 2026 · to Finance
183. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance regarding his Department's responsibility for implementing sanctions relating to Russian actions in Ukraine, whether his Department prepared or received any official advice regarding the Aughinish Alumina plant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39702/26]
Cian O'Callaghan Written 26 May 2026 · to Finance
185. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the action he is taking on foot of his Department's advice to introduce new regulations that would ensure social media companies vet who can post adverts promoting financial investment schemes on their platforms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39700/26]
Cian O'Callaghan Written 26 May 2026 · to Transport
354. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Transport the position regarding the increases that are due to the CIÉ pension scheme; if he can confirm that this issue will be "resolved very quickly" as stated by the Taoiseach during Taoiseach's Questions on 12 May 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38853/26]
Cian O'Callaghan Written 26 May 2026 · to Transport
413. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Transport to examine the feasibility of transitioning the public transport network to a 24/7 service, including rail infrastructure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40047/26]