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Ryan O'Meara

Fianna Fáil Tipperary North TD in this Dáil since 29 November 2024

Official Oireachtas profile

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1,016
questions asked
Oral and written, to government departments
39,093
words spoken in the chamber
Across 172 contributions
441
votes recorded
Each Yes, No or Abstained in a recorded vote
224
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 1,016 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026

Contributions to debates 172 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026
Show as a table
MonthQuestionsContributions
December 2024 0 0
January 2025 0 0
February 2025 41 14
March 2025 58 5
April 2025 43 7
May 2025 40 13
June 2025 42 4
July 2025 66 14
August 2025 0 0
September 2025 51 3
October 2025 52 8
November 2025 68 0
December 2025 53 25
January 2026 54 19
February 2026 32 11
March 2026 50 8
April 2026 95 4
May 2026 35 10
June 2026 67 3
July 2026 75 9
August 2026 0 0
September 2026 67 2
October 2026 27 13

Debates they spoke in most

Plus 134 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 Tipperary North 29 November 2024 to now
  2. party Fianna Fáil 29 November 2024 to now
Ryan O'Meara Written 2 Dec 2025 · to Education
244. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of an application for additional accommodation by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67542/25]
Ryan O'Meara Written 2 Dec 2025 · to Education
265. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the ESD to 2030 funding call for schools 2025, for which applications closed in October; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67715/25]
Ryan O'Meara Written 2 Dec 2025 · to Culture
302. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if the Sports Capital and Equipment Programme can fund the purchase of land; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67442/25]
Ryan O'Meara Written 2 Dec 2025 · to Housing
332. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update and timeline for publication of the updated wind energy guidelines. [67544/25]
Ryan O'Meara Written 2 Dec 2025 · to Rural
728. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht when the interim review of the current LEADER programme cycle will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67596/25]
Ryan O'Meara Written 27 Nov 2025 · to Foreign
51. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will host a European Council meeting in north Tipperary during Ireland’s Presidency of the European Union; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66713/25]
Ryan O'Meara Written 27 Nov 2025 · to Climate
185. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the total funding allocated to Bord na Móna for land re-wetting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66775/25]
Ryan O'Meara Written 27 Nov 2025 · to Education
288. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Education and Youth the funding streams available for secondary schools to upgrade/refurbish home economics rooms; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66777/25]
Ryan O'Meara Written 26 Nov 2025 · to Transport
109. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Transport for an update on the bus route proposed by the NTA in the Connecting Ireland Mobility Plan, between Nenagh and Clonmel, County Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66400/25]
Ryan O'Meara Written 26 Nov 2025 · to Health
320. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Health the current policy regarding GP charges for ‘routine’ and ‘non-routine’ blood tests for medical card holders; the guidance issued to GP’s in relation to charging procedures for medical card holders for blood tests and other services; her plans to change the current system whereby medical card holders can be charged for ‘routine’ blood tests; the reimbursement opt…
Ryan O'Meara Written 26 Nov 2025 · to Health
321. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Health the chronic diseases and diagnoses that are included under the Chronic Disease Management Programme; if routine blood tests are covered under the Chronic Disease Management Programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66542/25]
Ryan O'Meara Written 25 Nov 2025 · to Housing
28. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the way in which Delivering Homes, Building Communities plans to revise planning regulations to allow for pre-fabricated cabins for residential use in back gardens; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65690/25]
Ryan O'Meara Written 25 Nov 2025 · to Housing
94. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the way in which Delivering Homes, Building Communities will support the provision of modular homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65689/25]
Ryan O'Meara Written 25 Nov 2025 · to Education
410. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason a school (details supplied) did not receive funding under the recently announced climate action summer works scheme; if there will be further rounds before next summer for funding to be made available to that school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65866/25]
Ryan O'Meara Written 25 Nov 2025 · to Education
424. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Education and Youth to consider reclassifying the DEIS status of a school (details supplied) from DEIS Band 2 to DEIS Band 1, given the increased educational and social need of the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65936/25]
Ryan O'Meara Written 25 Nov 2025 · to Education
425. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Education and Youth when schools can apply for reclassification of their DEIS status; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65937/25]
Ryan O'Meara Written 25 Nov 2025 · to Education
426. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Education and Youth to consider increasing the number of posts of responsibility in a special school, bearing in mind that special schools generally have a large staff of SNAs and ancillary staff; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65938/25]
Ryan O'Meara Written 25 Nov 2025 · to Agriculture
698. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a farmer (details supplied) will receive the remainder of a compensation payment following a TB outbreak in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65308/25]
Ryan O'Meara Written 20 Nov 2025 · to Health
204. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Health her response to HIQA’s review on the delivery of urgent and emergency healthcare services in HSE Midwest; when decisions will be made with regard to the recommendations in the review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64089/25]
Ryan O'Meara Written 20 Nov 2025 · to Education
430. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Education and Youth the provisions her Department is putting in place for schools to pay part-time staff such as SNAs, secretaries and caretakers for attendance at whole-day mandatory child protection training; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64932/25]
Ryan O'Meara Written 20 Nov 2025 · to Education
431. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Education and Youth the provision her Department is making to ensure that schools are fully staffed in situations where school staff on approved forms of leave for example, job share accrue an entitlement to time off in lieu as a result of attending mandatory child protection training; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64933/25]
Ryan O'Meara Written 20 Nov 2025 · to Housing
487. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the supports available to families with a child that is a wheelchair user and who are seeking accessible housing, but do not qualify for social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64654/25]
Ryan O'Meara Written 19 Nov 2025 · to Public Expenditure
126. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the progress to date of the Nenagh flood relief scheme; when this project will proceed to the next stage; the estimate budget for this scheme, if yet determined; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64208/25]
Ryan O'Meara Written 19 Nov 2025 · to Children
325. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the scope of the new round of the building blocks grant 2026 fund; if the funding will include new builds; if the funding will allow for the purchase and renovation of an existing property for conversion into a preschool and-or childcare facility; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64168/25]
Ryan O'Meara Written 18 Nov 2025 · to Education
505. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of curricular Mandarin Chinese Leaving Certificate examination sits in 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63804/25]