TDs / Louis O'Hara

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Louis O'Hara

Sinn Féin Galway East TD in this Dáil since 29 November 2024

Official Oireachtas profile

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1,081
questions asked
Oral and written, to government departments
64,653
words spoken in the chamber
Across 288 contributions. Plus 4 contributions from the chair, not counted
432
votes recorded
Each Yes, No or Abstained in a recorded vote
242
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 1,081 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026

Contributions to debates 288 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026
Show as a table
MonthQuestionsContributions
December 2024 0 0
January 2025 9 0
February 2025 44 5
March 2025 43 11
April 2025 41 9
May 2025 51 23
June 2025 51 6
July 2025 49 12
August 2025 0 0
September 2025 55 10
October 2025 26 13
November 2025 80 21
December 2025 44 17
January 2026 59 13
February 2026 73 27
March 2026 70 19
April 2026 87 12
May 2026 74 14
June 2026 91 26
July 2026 41 17
August 2026 0 0
September 2026 46 19
October 2026 47 14

Debates they spoke in most

Plus 210 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 Galway East 29 November 2024 to now
  2. party Sinn Féin 29 November 2024 to now
Louis O'Hara Oral 28 May 2026 · to Public Expenditure
7. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to provide an update regarding investment in critical infrastructure in the west of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40153/26]
Louis O'Hara Written 28 May 2026 · to Public Expenditure
48. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to provide an update on the South Galway Flood Relief Project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40152/26]
Louis O'Hara Written 28 May 2026 · to Education
126. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on a school building project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40155/26]
Louis O'Hara Written 28 May 2026 · to Education
138. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on the County Galway school building projects prioritised in the NDP Sectoral Investment Plan published by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40154/26]
Louis O'Hara Written 28 May 2026 · to Transport
220. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Transport the areas of his Department's expenditure that will be reduced in order to comply with the imposition of an expenditure levy for 2027 (details supplied); the impact this expenditure levy will have on the funding of new transport services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40885/26]
Louis O'Hara Written 28 May 2026 · to Transport
255. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Transport given that the Road Safety Authority published an interactive collision location map on 12 May 2026 making collision data from 2016 to 2024 publicly available, the reason local authority road engineers still require the National Vehicle and Driver File Bill 2026 to access this same data for infrastructure design and safety assessment purposes; whether local au…
Louis O'Hara Written 28 May 2026 · to Finance
270. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his Department has considered reforming the tax exemption rules surrounding the Taxsaver commuter ticket scheme to allow all employees to have access to this scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40821/26]
Louis O'Hara Written 28 May 2026 · to Finance
271. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his Department has considered reforming the taxsaver commuter ticket scheme to allow all employees to have access to this scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40822/26]
Louis O'Hara Written 28 May 2026 · to Education
324. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will assist in addressing a school transport booking issue for the 2026-27 academic year (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40880/26]
Louis O'Hara Written 28 May 2026 · to Justice
460. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the total amount paid to a company (details supplied) under the speed camera contract in each year from 2020 to 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41374/26]
Louis O'Hara Written 27 May 2026 · to Education
79. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department has assessed the number of teachers who remain in fixed-term employment contracts for five years or more; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40359/26]
Louis O'Hara Written 27 May 2026 · to Education
80. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department has assessed whether current CID and panel rules are limiting access to permanency for long-serving teachers; if there has been a review of how continuity rules across multiple schools operate in practice; if reforms are being considered to ensure more transparent and accessible pathways to permanency for experienced teachers; if her…
Louis O'Hara Written 27 May 2026 · to Education
85. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding an application by a school (details supplied) for additional school accommodation; the timeline for same; if it can be prioritised given the current conditions in the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40379/26]
Louis O'Hara Written 27 May 2026 · to Health
217. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Health if her Department funds the services provided by an organisation (details supplied); if there have been changes to the level of funding her Department provides to the organisation for 2026 when compared to 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40439/26]
Louis O'Hara Oral 26 May 2026 · to Taoiseach
20. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on infrastructure will meet next. [39587/26]
Louis O'Hara Written 26 May 2026 · to Finance
221. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance when the new derelict property tax will be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40150/26]
Louis O'Hara Written 26 May 2026 · to Finance
222. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to outline the measures his Department will take to address the rising cost-of-living; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40151/26]
Louis O'Hara Written 26 May 2026 · to Transport
362. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Transport to outline the expected annual cost of maintaining the 6.50am rail service between Athenry and Galway beyond July 2026; when a decision will be made on the future of this service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39114/26]
Louis O'Hara Written 26 May 2026 · to Transport
363. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Transport when a new bus service will be implemented between Athenry and Galway; when a decision will be made in relation to this; the expected annual cost of providing this PSO service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39115/26]
Louis O'Hara Written 26 May 2026 · to Finance
450. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the actions his Department is undertaking to improve transparency for motor insurance customers to understand how a motor insurance company calculates their motor insurance premium; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39437/26]
Louis O'Hara Written 26 May 2026 · to Finance
451. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance when the recently published Motor Insurance Transparency Code will come into force; whether there are penalties for breaching this code; whether there are ways for members of the public to report breaches of this code; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39438/26]
Louis O'Hara Written 26 May 2026 · to Culture
655. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if an application reference number could be provided to an applicant to the basic income for artists scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40102/26]
Louis O'Hara Written 26 May 2026 · to Social
758. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Social Protection the work he is doing to reform the disability allowance means test including whether a partner's income should form part of this means test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39752/26]
Louis O'Hara Written 26 May 2026 · to Health
1496. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Health the actions her Department has undertaken to explore the viability of expanding free access to the shingles vaccine to those aged over 65 years-of-age; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40281/26]
Louis O'Hara Written 21 May 2026 · to Foreign
33. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36516/26]