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Pádraig O'Sullivan

Fianna Fáil Cork North-Central TD in this Dáil since 29 November 2024

Official Oireachtas profile

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1,460
questions asked
Oral and written, to government departments
54,825
words spoken in the chamber
Across 217 contributions. Plus 80 contributions from the chair, not counted
415
votes recorded
Each Yes, No or Abstained in a recorded vote
267
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 1,460 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026

Contributions to debates 217 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026
Show as a table
MonthQuestionsContributions
December 2024 0 0
January 2025 18 0
February 2025 62 15
March 2025 62 10
April 2025 43 10
May 2025 47 13
June 2025 41 14
July 2025 45 21
August 2025 0 0
September 2025 42 10
October 2025 58 9
November 2025 87 21
December 2025 63 3
January 2026 53 14
February 2026 37 5
March 2026 45 7
April 2026 40 14
May 2026 195 14
June 2026 255 20
July 2026 152 6
August 2026 0 0
September 2026 41 5
October 2026 74 6

Debates they spoke in most

Plus 189 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 Cork North-Central 29 November 2024 to now
  2. party Fianna Fáil 29 November 2024 to now
Pádraig O'Sullivan Written 10 Jun 2026 · to Culture
126. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the number of anti-doping investigations initiated by Sport Ireland on the basis of intelligence rather than an adverse analytical finding in each year since 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44397/26]
Pádraig O'Sullivan Written 10 Jun 2026 · to Culture
127. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the number of Athlete Biological Passport cases pursued by Sport Ireland in each year since 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44398/26]
Pádraig O'Sullivan Written 10 Jun 2026 · to Culture
128. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the number of whereabouts failures recorded by Sport Ireland, broken down by sport, in each year since 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44399/26]
Pádraig O'Sullivan Written 10 Jun 2026 · to Culture
129. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the number of anti-doping rule violations recorded since 2021 that were attributed to contaminated or mislabelled nutritional supplements; the education provided by Sport Ireland to athletes on the risks associated with supplement use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44400/26]
Pádraig O'Sullivan Written 10 Jun 2026 · to Culture
130. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the legal costs incurred by Sport Ireland in connection with anti-doping cases in each year since 2021; the number of anti-doping cases appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport or equivalent body over the same period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44401/26]
Pádraig O'Sullivan Written 10 Jun 2026 · to Health
208. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the number of seizures of anabolic steroids and other image and performance enhancing drugs made by An Garda Síochána and the Customs Service in each year since 2021, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44404/26]
Pádraig O'Sullivan Written 10 Jun 2026 · to Health
229. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to reduce the incidence of foetal alcohol spectrum disorder (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44368/26]
Pádraig O'Sullivan Written 10 Jun 2026 · to Health
230. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the measures that are planned to improve public understanding of the risks of alcohol consumption during pregnancy (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44369/26]
Pádraig O'Sullivan Written 10 Jun 2026 · to Health
231. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the reason organ donation and transplantation activity fell to 202 transplants in 2025 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44370/26]
Pádraig O'Sullivan Written 10 Jun 2026 · to Health
232. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the number of persons currently on organ transplant waiting lists, including the number awaiting a kidney transplant; the steps being taken to increase transplant activity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44371/26]
Pádraig O'Sullivan Written 10 Jun 2026 · to Health
233. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the steps that are being taken to improve influenza vaccination uptake among healthcare workers, given that uptake stood at 34.6% in the 2025/2026 season against the backdrop of patient safety; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44372/26]
Pádraig O'Sullivan Written 10 Jun 2026 · to Health
234. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to improve influenza vaccination uptake among those aged 13 to 17 years, given that uptake in this group reached only 15.5% in the 2025/2026 season against a target of 50%; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44373/26]
Pádraig O'Sullivan Written 10 Jun 2026 · to Health
235. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health if she will provide the number of influenza-related deaths, hospitalisations and intensive care admissions notified in the 2025/2026 season; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44374/26]
Pádraig O'Sullivan Written 10 Jun 2026 · to Health
236. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the reason Ireland ranked as the slowest of all EU member states for the time from EU Clinical Trial Regulation approval to the first clinical trial site being ready, at 213 days, for studies commenced between 2023 and 2025; the steps being taken to reduce clinical trial set-up times; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44375/26]
Pádraig O'Sullivan Written 10 Jun 2026 · to Health
237. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the number of pharmaceutical industry-sponsored clinical trials commenced in Ireland in each year since 2021; her views on the fact that Ireland initiated far fewer trials than comparable countries such as Denmark over the same period; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44376/26]
Pádraig O'Sullivan Written 10 Jun 2026 · to Health
238. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the number of websites, e-commerce listings and social media pages selling illegal medicines that were shut down or amended by the Health Products Regulatory Authority in each year since 2021; whether the authority has sufficient resources for this work given the increase to 4,762 such actions in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44377/…
Pádraig O'Sullivan Written 10 Jun 2026 · to Health
239. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the quantity of falsified and illegal medicines, by dosage unit, detained in the State in each year since 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44378/26]
Pádraig O'Sullivan Written 10 Jun 2026 · to Health
240. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to improve the uptake of bowel cancer screening among men, given that uptake under BowelScreen is consistently lower among men than women and contributes to later diagnosis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44379/26]
Pádraig O'Sullivan Written 10 Jun 2026 · to Health
241. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the measures being taken to address undiagnosed and uncontrolled high blood pressure among older adults (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44380/26]
Pádraig O'Sullivan Written 10 Jun 2026 · to Health
242. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to expand the primary and community care workforce (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44381/26]
Pádraig O'Sullivan Written 10 Jun 2026 · to Health
243. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health further to the national drug treatment reporting system recording 15,422 cases presenting for treatment in 2025, an increase of 16%; the steps being taken to respond to the rise in cocaine-related treatment demand, given that crack cocaine cases increased by 90% and powder cocaine cases by 282% between 2017 and 2025; and if she will make a statement on the …
Pádraig O'Sullivan Written 10 Jun 2026 · to Health
246. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the measures in place to address the use of anabolic steroids and other image and performance enhancing drugs in gym and non-elite settings;the public health response or harm-reduction services available to users; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44402/26]
Pádraig O'Sullivan Written 10 Jun 2026 · to Health
247. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the number of detentions of anabolic steroids and other image and performance enhancing drugs by the Health Products Regulatory Authority, by dosage unit, in each year since 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44403/26]
Pádraig O'Sullivan Oral 9 Jun 2026 · to Taoiseach
18. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on disability will next meet. [14280/26]
Pádraig O'Sullivan Written 9 Jun 2026 · to Climate
325. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment whether there is sufficient battery or other energy storage capacity in place to capture surplus electricity generation in Cork; the plans to expand such storage infrastructure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42992/26]