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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 Jul 2025 · to Transport
48. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Transport if a case (detailed supplied) could be reviewed on the grounds that this constituent has been waiting 28 weeks for a BE (trailer) licence driving test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36503/25]
Ryan O'Meara Written 2 Jul 2025 · to Education
118. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason counselling courses, particularly for teachers who are guidance counsellors, are not included under the teacher fee refund scheme on the ground of well-being, there being no logical reason they should not as they enable teachers to have the best possible skills to cater for their students' needs; and if she will make a statement on the mat…
Ryan O'Meara Written 2 Jul 2025 · to Agriculture
192. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the payment supports available to small suckler farmers who are not in receipt of any agricultural payments or supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36278/25]
Ryan O'Meara Written 2 Jul 2025 · to Agriculture
193. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the proposed early retirement scheme for farmers will be introduced; if an upper age limit of 70 years will be considered for the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36283/25]
Ryan O'Meara Written 1 Jul 2025 · to Housing
74. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the action he is taking to support modular housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35630/25]
Ryan O'Meara Written 1 Jul 2025 · to Finance
257. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Finance if a universal system/process is used by insurance providers to check whether a property is located on a flood plain; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35456/25]
Ryan O'Meara Written 1 Jul 2025 · to Finance
258. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Finance the options available to the property owner to query and validate an assessment (details supplied) given the impact it may have on future quotes and availability of cover with other providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35457/25]
Ryan O'Meara Written 1 Jul 2025 · to Public Expenditure
292. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the data resources available to individuals seeking up-to-date, accurate information on their exposure to flood risk; the frequency with which data and resources are updated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35458/25]
Ryan O'Meara Written 1 Jul 2025 · to Housing
438. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if lower BER ratings such as B or C could be considered for new builds, as it could reduce the cost of the development of new homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35238/25]
Ryan O'Meara Written 1 Jul 2025 · to Housing
454. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average processing time for a cessation of turf cutting compensation scheme applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35395/25]
Ryan O'Meara Written 1 Jul 2025 · to Housing
458. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is concerned about the level of access to training available to planners and associated staff in local authorities with regard to the standards and frameworks used in the assessment of biogas plant developments nationally, especially considering a national planning framework would be seen as the typical practice international…
Ryan O'Meara Written 1 Jul 2025 · to Social
531. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Social Protection the average processing times for domiciliary care allowance claim reviews and domiciliary care allowance claim appeals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35721/25]
Ryan O'Meara Written 1 Jul 2025 · to Social
532. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Social Protection the average processing times for carer's allowance claim reviews and carer's allowance claim appeals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35722/25]
Ryan O'Meara Written 1 Jul 2025 · to Agriculture
603. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a strategic environmental assessment was carried out prior to the development and publication of the National Biomethane Strategy; the way in which this assessment informed the strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35453/25]
Ryan O'Meara Written 1 Jul 2025 · to Agriculture
614. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on the progress made by the deer management strategy group; the number of deer culled as a result of its work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35511/25]
Ryan O'Meara Written 1 Jul 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
867. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if financial support is available to Irish citizens who chose to complete a third level degree abroad; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35460/25]
Ryan O'Meara Written 1 Jul 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
868. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will consider enforcing a scheme for Irish citizens training abroad in medicine, where tuition relief would be provided while completing their degree, contingent on a contractual agreement to return and serve in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35461/25]
Ryan O'Meara Written 26 Jun 2025 · to Health
64. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Health for an update on the primary care centre in Nenagh; when it will be completed; the services that will be provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34754/25]
Ryan O'Meara Written 26 Jun 2025 · to Rural
356. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the steps being taken by his Department to encourage Irish businesses to provide bilingual labelling on product packaging, which would promote the Irish language; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35168/25]
Ryan O'Meara Written 24 Jun 2025 · to Transport
176. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Transport to consider the inclusion of the Thurles bypass in the revised National Development Plan, which is currently under review (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34034/25]
Ryan O'Meara Written 24 Jun 2025 · to Transport
179. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Transport for an update on his efforts to progress the Thurles Relief Road (details supplied); when funding will be provided to commence construction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34033/25]
Ryan O'Meara Written 24 Jun 2025 · to Climate
223. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if the Irish Social Climate Plan will provide support to energy communities, to promote collective actions to tackle energy poverty and boost energy efficiency, also to subsidise the free participation of energy vulnerable households in energy communities (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33797/25]
Ryan O'Meara Written 24 Jun 2025 · to Defence
240. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he is aware of the significant delays in the conciliation and arbitration scheme operated by his Department, particularly for applications for acting and substitution allowance payments; the steps he intends to take in addressing those significant delays; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34180/25]
Ryan O'Meara Written 24 Jun 2025 · to Finance
312. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Finance whether there are any exemptions from the vacant homes tax for a house with a thatched roof and thus uninsurable (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34169/25]
Ryan O'Meara Written 24 Jun 2025 · to Finance
313. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Finance if there are any exemptions from the vacant homes tax for a house with a thatched roof and due to this feature, the property is uninsurable (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34170/25]