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Official portrait of Louise O'Reilly

Louise O'Reilly

Sinn Féin Dublin Fingal West TD in this Dáil since 29 November 2024

Official Oireachtas profile

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769
questions asked
Oral and written, to government departments
109,508
words spoken in the chamber
Across 611 contributions. Plus 82 contributions from the chair, not counted
400
votes recorded
Each Yes, No or Abstained in a recorded vote
161
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 769 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026

Contributions to debates 611 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026
Show as a table
MonthQuestionsContributions
December 2024 0 0
January 2025 4 18
February 2025 31 58
March 2025 36 41
April 2025 39 15
May 2025 96 43
June 2025 40 34
July 2025 34 52
August 2025 0 0
September 2025 23 45
October 2025 24 52
November 2025 62 20
December 2025 19 21
January 2026 52 34
February 2026 28 34
March 2026 39 13
April 2026 34 36
May 2026 20 22
June 2026 133 23
July 2026 16 19
August 2026 0 0
September 2026 29 19
October 2026 10 12

Debates they spoke in most

Plus 370 contributions in the regular slots, such as Leaders' Questions and Priority Questions. Speech from the chair is not counted.

Asked about similar topics

  1. Mark Wall
  2. Eoin Hayes
  3. Claire Kerrane
  4. Roderic O'Gorman
  5. Paul McAuliffe

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 Fingal West 29 November 2024 to now
  2. party Sinn Féin 29 November 2024 to now
Social Welfare Code 25 Sep 2025
I think so. I respect the reply that the Minister has given and I do not disagree necessarily. However, there are instances increasingly where parents can demonstrate, either with a mandate from the court or, indeed, with an informal arrangement, that they split the custody, the care and, more importantly, the bills - as I said, children are not cheap - 50:50. There is an unfairness there. The reasons child benefit g…
Social Welfare Code 25 Sep 2025
That is a sensible suggestion and one that I will take on board. I welcome the fact that the Minister is not opposed or hostile to the notion that we can look at it. I am not sure exactly what can be done but a conversation on this would be worthwhile at committee. I will engage with the committee Chair and with the Department.
Child Poverty and Homelessness: Motion [Private Members] 24 Sep 2025
I thank the Deputies for tabling the motion because we cannot speak enough about child poverty. We on the Opposition benches have put forward plenty of solutions. We have flagged to the Government time and again issues as they arise. They arise in our advice clinics and in our offices and we make sure we bring the message directly to the Government. In his opening remarks, the Minister for Social Protection told us …
Auto-Enrolment: Statements 24 Sep 2025
I welcome the opportunity to speak this afternoon about auto-enrolment pensions. I acknowledge my dad in the Public Gallery. Both of us have spent a large chunk of our working lives working hard to improve the situation for workers. I genuinely wish I could support the Government's auto-enrolment proposals. Although I am someone who fundamentally believes in decent pensions, I think this is a missed opportunity. One …