TDs / Darren O'Rourke

Darren O'Rourke

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

Official Oireachtas profile

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1,809

questions asked

Oral and written, to government departments

93,019

words spoken in the chamber

Across 530 contributions. Plus 27 contributions from the chair, not counted

435

votes recorded

Each Yes, No or Abstained in a recorded vote

270

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.

Special Educational Needs 139 questions
School Funding 77 questions
School Staff 70 questions
Schools Building Projects 68 questions
School Transport 41 questions
Health Services Staff 37 questions
An Garda Síochána 36 questions
Youth Services 36 questions

Who they ask

The departments their questions were addressed to.

Education 872 questions
Health 216 questions
Transport 91 questions
Taoiseach 83 questions
Social 73 questions
Housing 67 questions

Month by month

Low months are usually recesses, when the Dáil does not sit. The archive runs to 22 October 2026.

Questions asked 1,809 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026

Contributions to debates 530 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026

Show as a table

Month	Questions	Contributions
December 2024	0	0
January 2025	25	0
February 2025	112	30
March 2025	96	8
April 2025	54	17
May 2025	91	38
June 2025	121	28
July 2025	198	41
August 2025	0	0
September 2025	76	13
October 2025	97	21
November 2025	109	24
December 2025	71	29
January 2026	77	32
February 2026	181	52
March 2026	100	22
April 2026	90	45
May 2026	60	31
June 2026	129	39
July 2026	42	22
August 2026	0	0
September 2026	27	16
October 2026	53	22

Debates they spoke in most

Special Education: Motion [Private Members] 5 contributions
Special Needs Assistants: Motion [Private Members] 5 contributions
Special Education School Places: Motion [Private Members] 4 contributions
Ministerial Rota for Parliamentary Questions: Motion 3 contributions
Digital Divide and Back to School Costs: Motion [Private Members] 2 contributions
Education (Affordable School Uniforms) Bill 2025: First Stage 2 contributions

Plus 407 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

constituency Meath East 29 November 2024 to now
party Sinn Féin 29 November 2024 to now

Date	What the vote was on	Their vote	Result
2 Jul 2025	Nursing Homes: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Amendment put	No	Carried
2 Jul 2025	GPO and Moore Street Regeneration as a 1916 Cultural Quarter: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Question put: "That the motion, as amended, be agreed to."	No	Carried
2 Jul 2025	GPO and Moore Street Regeneration as a 1916 Cultural Quarter: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Amendment put	No	Carried
2 Jul 2025	GPO and Moore Street Regeneration as a 1916 Cultural Quarter: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Amendment to amendment put	Yes	Lost
2 Jul 2025	Transparency and Social Value in Public Procurement Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] Amendment put	No	Carried
2 Jul 2025	Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (Resumed) Question put: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."	No	Carried
2 Jul 2025	Social Welfare (Bereaved Partner’s Pension and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2025: Report and Final Stages Amendment put	Yes	Lost
2 Jul 2025	Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Report Stage Question put: "That the Bill do now pass."	No	Carried
2 Jul 2025	Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Report Stage Amendment put	Yes	Lost
2 Jul 2025	Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Report Stage Amendment put	Yes	Outcome not stated
1 Jul 2025	Order of Business Question put: "The amendment proposed to arrangements on the Order of Business is hereby negatived and the proposed arra	No	Carried
25 Jun 2025	Legislative and Structural Reforms to Accelerate Housing Delivery: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Question put: "That the motion, as amended, be agreed to."	No	Carried
25 Jun 2025	Legislative and Structural Reforms to Accelerate Housing Delivery: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Amendment put	No	Carried
25 Jun 2025	Healthcare (Transparent Payments) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] Amendment put	No	Carried
25 Jun 2025	Finance (Local Property Tax and Other Provisions) (Amendment) Bill 2025: Committee and Remaining Stages Question put: "That the Bill do now pass."	No	Carried
25 Jun 2025	Finance (Local Property Tax and Other Provisions) (Amendment) Bill 2025: Committee and Remaining Stages Amendment put	Yes	Lost
25 Jun 2025	Finance (Local Property Tax and Other Provisions) (Amendment) Bill 2025: Committee and Remaining Stages Amendment put	Yes	Lost
25 Jun 2025	Finance (Local Property Tax and Other Provisions) (Amendment) Bill 2025: Committee and Remaining Stages Amendment put	Yes	Lost
24 Jun 2025	Order of Business Question put: "That the proposed arrangements for this week's business be agreed to."	No	Carried
18 Jun 2025	Emergency Action on Housing and Homelessness: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Question put: "That the motion, as amended, be agreed to."	No	Carried
18 Jun 2025	Emergency Action on Housing and Homelessness: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Amendment put	No	Carried
18 Jun 2025	Criminal Law (Prohibition of the Disclosure of Counselling Records) Bill 2025: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] Amendment put	No	Carried
18 Jun 2025	Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed) Amendment put	Yes	Lost
18 Jun 2025	Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed) Amendment put	Yes	Lost
18 Jun 2025	Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed) Amendment put	Yes	Lost

A vote on an amendment or a stage is a vote on that question, not on the bill as a whole. Open a vote to see its full wording. The record gives no reason when a TD has no vote recorded.