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Liam Quaide

Social Democrats Cork East TD in this Dáil since 29 November 2024

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1,240
questions asked
Oral and written, to government departments
78,139
words spoken in the chamber
Across 330 contributions. Plus 21 contributions from the chair, not counted
414
votes recorded
Each Yes, No or Abstained in a recorded vote
215
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 1,240 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026

Contributions to debates 330 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026
Show as a table
MonthQuestionsContributions
December 2024 0 1
January 2025 1 0
February 2025 49 17
March 2025 42 7
April 2025 122 5
May 2025 49 17
June 2025 75 30
July 2025 51 30
August 2025 0 0
September 2025 52 9
October 2025 47 19
November 2025 56 29
December 2025 40 22
January 2026 91 18
February 2026 81 24
March 2026 118 16
April 2026 106 23
May 2026 82 14
June 2026 76 17
July 2026 62 9
August 2026 0 0
September 2026 31 8
October 2026 9 15

Debates they spoke in most

Plus 195 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 East 29 November 2024 to now
  2. party Social Democrats 29 November 2024 to now
Liam Quaide Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Health
1939. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health if the HSE covers the cost of blister packing services from pharmacies, in particular for those who obtain antidepressant medication in small doses due to suicidal tendencies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59306/25]
Liam Quaide Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Health
2070. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the management structure above the director of nursing in Cobh Community Hospital; if it is the same line of management over Midleton Community Hospital; if these services come under the integrated healthcare area management and regional executive officer of the South West Regional Health Area; and the names of the managers in question. [60069/25]
Liam Quaide Oral 21 Oct 2025 · to Taoiseach
11. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on infrastructure will next meet. [55510/25]
Liam Quaide Oral 21 Oct 2025 · to Taoiseach
22. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his participation in meetings of the coalition of the willing in support of Ukraine. [55511/25]
Liam Quaide Written 21 Oct 2025 · to Foreign
115. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on Ireland’s participation in the Emergency Coalition for the Financial Sustainability of the Palestinian Authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57160/25]
Liam Quaide Written 21 Oct 2025 · to Foreign
147. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide an update on his engagements with EU member states in relation to the full suspension of the EU-Israel Association Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57161/25]
Liam Quaide Written 21 Oct 2025 · to Transport
278. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Transport his plans to allow the installation of private home EV chargers for those with access to on-street or public parking space outside their home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57255/25]
Liam Quaide Written 21 Oct 2025 · to Education
424. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide an update on the building project at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57243/25]
Liam Quaide Written 21 Oct 2025 · to Education
425. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of suspensions and expulsions in special schools under the patronage of the ETBs in the school years 2021–22, 2022–23 and 2023–24, respectively. [57244/25]
Liam Quaide Written 21 Oct 2025 · to Social
532. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Social Protection to outline all the supports available from his Department for families with twins, in particular for families who are full-time carers to twins with disabilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57263/25]
Liam Quaide Written 16 Oct 2025 · to Rural
78. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if additional funding will be provided in Budget 2026 under the Tidy Town grant scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56044/25]
Liam Quaide Written 16 Oct 2025 · to Rural
83. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if he will provide an update on plans to expand the provision of free-to-use wireless internet connectivity in rural areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56046/25]
Liam Quaide Written 16 Oct 2025 · to Rural
97. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if he will provide an update on the actions taken under Embracing Ireland’s Outdoors - National Outdoor Recreation Strategy 2023-2027; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56047/25]
Liam Quaide Written 16 Oct 2025 · to Rural
131. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if additional funding will be provided in Budget 2026 for the local improvement scheme in order to improve non-public rural roads and local laneways in rural communities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56045/25]
Liam Quaide Written 14 Oct 2025 · to Agriculture
142. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the schemes available to farmers to improve the quality of hedgerows and to enable hedgerows to better support biodiversity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54984/25]
Liam Quaide Written 14 Oct 2025 · to Defence
231. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 66 of 7 October 2025, the number of patrols by both Naval Service assets and Air Corps maritime patrol aircraft, by month, since February 2022, in tabular form. [55131/25]
Liam Quaide Written 14 Oct 2025 · to Transport
259. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Transport if the €44 million announced in July 2013 for the Kilkenny ring road extension was ever formally included in his Department’s capital allocations, multi-annual road plans, or the Transport Infrastructure Ireland investment framework; if not, the basis on which the 2013 funding announcement was made; if he will provide all Departmental correspondence and briefin…
Liam Quaide Written 14 Oct 2025 · to Transport
260. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Transport if Transport Infrastructure Ireland or his Department were consulted or informed prior to the public announcement in July 2013 of €44 million for the Kilkenny Ring Road; if either body confirmed the availability of that funding at the time; if the announcement represented an approved Government decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54856/25]
Liam Quaide Written 14 Oct 2025 · to Transport
261. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Transport the reason no formal Departmental engagement or appraisal of the Kilkenny Northern Ring Road extension occurred between the 2014 An Bord Pleanála approval and Kilkenny County Council’s submission of a preliminary appraisal form in December 2019; the administrative or political decisions that resulted in the project being effectively reset six years later; and i…
Liam Quaide Written 14 Oct 2025 · to Transport
262. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Transport to provide a full chronology of Departmental, Government, and TII decisions or correspondence relating to the Kilkenny Northern Ring Road extension project between 2013 and 2019, including any minutes of meetings, internal memos or Cabinet submissions relevant to the July 2013 funding announcement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54858/25]
Liam Quaide Written 14 Oct 2025 · to Education
404. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide a list of the five special schools at primary and post-primary level who have suspended and/or expelled the highest number of pupils in each of the years 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025. [54574/25]
Liam Quaide Written 14 Oct 2025 · to Education
405. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of staff that have left a school (details supplied) in each of the years 2023, 2024 and to date 2025; and the wait-times for the replacement of those staff. [54575/25]
Liam Quaide Written 14 Oct 2025 · to Education
520. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of suspensions and expulsions in special schools in the Cork area in each of the years 2023, 2024 and in 2025 to date. [55419/25]
Liam Quaide Written 14 Oct 2025 · to Education
521. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of suspensions and expulsions in special schools in the Waterford area in each of the years 2023, 2024 and in 2025 to date. [55420/25]
Liam Quaide Written 14 Oct 2025 · to Culture
541. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he will provide an update on a successor to the pilot basic income for the arts scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54891/25]