TDs / Maeve O'Connell

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Maeve O'Connell

Fine Gael Dublin Rathdown TD in this Dáil since 29 November 2024

Official Oireachtas profile

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551
questions asked
Oral and written, to government departments
21,976
words spoken in the chamber
Across 84 contributions
414
votes recorded
Each Yes, No or Abstained in a recorded vote
132
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 551 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026

Contributions to debates 84 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026
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MonthQuestionsContributions
December 2024 0 0
January 2025 0 0
February 2025 9 7
March 2025 16 1
April 2025 62 4
May 2025 109 10
June 2025 95 1
July 2025 54 10
August 2025 0 0
September 2025 27 0
October 2025 21 5
November 2025 15 11
December 2025 11 3
January 2026 31 6
February 2026 18 6
March 2026 11 2
April 2026 10 0
May 2026 15 4
June 2026 16 4
July 2026 24 2
August 2026 0 0
September 2026 5 1
October 2026 2 7

Debates they spoke in most

Plus 60 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 Rathdown 29 November 2024 to now
  2. party Fine Gael 29 November 2024 to now
Maeve O'Connell Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Enterprise
740. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the progress of the new digital portal and back end system for managing applications for employment permits and update regarding the likely launch date of this service. [20852/25]
Maeve O'Connell Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Enterprise
741. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of businesses that have engaged with the National Enterprise Hub over the past 12 months. [20853/25]
Maeve O'Connell Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Education
1034. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Education the status of the progress of the appointment of the integrated project teams under the ADAPT 4 Programme. [20818/25]
Maeve O'Connell Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Education
1035. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Education to report on her Department’s work to ensure the provision of adequate outdoor space for PE activities for a school (details supplied). [20819/25]
Maeve O'Connell Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Education
1036. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Education if each of the ten bodies under the aegis of her Department met the compliance standards as set out in their annual compliance assurance return and the Code of Practice for the Governance of State Bodies. [20820/25]
Maeve O'Connell Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Education
1037. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Education the number of schools that have utilised funding from her Department to enrol teachers in upskilling courses in high-demand subject areas. [20821/25]
Maeve O'Connell Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Education
1038. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Education to report on the work and accomplishments of the data and finance reform projects unit within her Department over the past 24 months. [20822/25]
Maeve O'Connell Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Education
1039. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Education to report on the work of the ETB financial and administrative personnel unit within her Department, particularly in relation to ensuring appropriate governance arrangements are in place across the sector. [20823/25]
Maeve O'Connell Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Education
1040. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Education the expected timeline for the remaining ETBs’ migration of expense functions to the education shared business service. [20824/25]
Maeve O'Connell Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Education
1041. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Education the work undertaken by officials within her Department to overcome the challenges presented by the prevalence of ‘software as a service’ system solutions. [20825/25]
Maeve O'Connell Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Education
1042. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Education the progress of her Department’s work to resolve the issues presented by non-compliant IT contracts by the shared services implementation unit. [20826/25]
Maeve O'Connell Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Education
1043. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Education if she has yet met with the chief executive officers in bodies under the aegis of her Department. [20827/25]
Maeve O'Connell Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Education
1044. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Education to provide a cost breakdown of the expenditure of the “Teachers’ Professional Journeys: The First Decade” longitudinal research study, in tabular form. [20828/25]
Maeve O'Connell Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Tourism
1128. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media his views on the work of officials within his Department to attract large scale or international sporting events to be held in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20854/25]
Maeve O'Connell Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Tourism
1129. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to report on any information available regarding the gender balance of grants made payable to artists in the previous 12 months. [20855/25]
Maeve O'Connell Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Tourism
1130. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the cost of payments made by Sport Ireland to any print or broadcast media companies for additional coverage of women’s sport in the past 24 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20856/25]
Maeve O'Connell Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Tourism
1131. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number and names of national governing bodies and local sports partnerships which have had State funding withheld as a result of failing to meet the 40% female gender representation target on their boards, in tabular form. [20858/25]
Maeve O'Connell Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Tourism
1132. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when the most recent review of the Governance Code for Sport took place. [20859/25]
Maeve O'Connell Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Housing
1340. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Housing; Local Government and Heritage to report on any instructions given or planned, for the appointment criteria to be considered in the upcoming appointment of new members to the board of the HFA, to ensure that board appointments include candidates that can enable the agency to adapt to the changing global economic environment and its local impacts. [20816/25]
Maeve O'Connell Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Housing
1341. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to report on the progress of the digitisation of the planning permission’s application process. [20882/25]
Maeve O'Connell Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Housing
1342. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to report the names of which local authorities are yet to join the National Planning Portal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20883/25]
Maeve O'Connell Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Justice
1496. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Justice to report on the reasoning that informs his Department's edition of the 2025 Revised Estimates for Public Services’ 38% annual increase in the funding provided for under the administration heading ‘travel and subsistence’, when compared to the estimate for 2024. [20877/25]
Maeve O'Connell Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Justice
1497. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Justice to report on the reasoning that informs his Department's edition of the 2025 Revised Estimates for Public Services’ significant increase in the funding provided for under the administration heading, ‘policy reviews, consultancy services and research’ when compared to the estimate for 2024. [20878/25]
Maeve O'Connell Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Justice
1634. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Justice when his Department will issue instructions to Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council regarding the commencement of local community safety partnerships. [20860/25]
Maeve O'Connell Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Children
1940. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth how her Department is working to improve the accessibility of the online power of attorney system (details supplied). [20861/25]