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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
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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 27 Mar 2025 · to Rural
100. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development his plans to establish a community ownership fund to help community groups and social enterprises to buy or take over local community assets at risk of being lost, to be run as community-owned businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14529/25]
Liam Quaide Written 26 Mar 2025 · to Social
107. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans to amend the Civil Registration Act 2004 and introduce a certificate formally recognising a pregnancy loss before 24 weeks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14358/25]
Liam Quaide Written 25 Mar 2025 · to Taoiseach
164. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his meeting with representatives of the US-Jewish community during his visit to the United States of America for St. Patrick's Day and the reports from the American Jewish Committee that he indicated that the occupied territories Bill was no longer on the legislative agenda. [13395/25]
Liam Quaide Written 25 Mar 2025 · to Education
345. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Education her plans to instigate a child protection review of the recently published ‘Understanding Behaviours of Concern and Responding to Crisis Situations Guidelines for Schools in Supporting Students’; her plans for a review of the reporting mechanism on the use of seclusion and restraint in schools, prior to their taking full effect in September 2025; and if she wil…
Liam Quaide Written 25 Mar 2025 · to Housing
447. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the timeline for establishing town councils; the population size needed to qualify for the establishment of a town council; the role town councils will play; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13531/25]
Liam Quaide Written 25 Mar 2025 · to Social
486. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will report on his visit to Atlanta and Savannah in the United States of America for St. Patrick's Day; the meetings he attended, the issues that were discussed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13399/25]
Liam Quaide Written 25 Mar 2025 · to Social
531. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Social Protection his plans to extend the proposed permanent annual cost of disability support payment to individuals who are in receipt of the State pension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14154/25]
Liam Quaide Written 25 Mar 2025 · to Children
646. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will report on her visit to London for St. Patrick's Day; the meetings she attended, the issues that were discussed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13401/25]
Liam Quaide Written 25 Mar 2025 · to Children
647. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will report on the visit of the Minister of State with responsibility for Disability to Japan for St. Patrick's Day; the meetings she attended, the issues that were discussed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13402/25]
Liam Quaide Written 25 Mar 2025 · to Children
663. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of plans to develop a national policy on the rights of children living in informal kinship care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13882/25]
Liam Quaide Written 25 Mar 2025 · to Health
714. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health if she will report on the visit of the Minister of State with responsibility for mental health to Denmark and Sweden for St. Patrick's Day; the meetings she attended, the issues that were discussed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13403/25]
Liam Quaide Written 25 Mar 2025 · to Rural
889. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will report on the visit of the Minister of State with special responsibility for community development, charities, the Gaeltacht and the islands to New Zealand for St. Patrick's Day; the meetings he attended, the issues that were discussed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13400/25]
Liam Quaide Written 20 Mar 2025 · to Transport
236. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Transport if he will outline the work of his Department to strengthen the State’s ability to detect and sanction breaches of law relating to the carriage of munitions of war on civil aircraft in Irish sovereign airspace; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13220/25]
Liam Quaide Written 20 Mar 2025 · to Transport
237. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide a copy of the plan to restore waiting times for driving tests to ten weeks that was requested by his officials as condition of his Department sanctioning 70 permanent positions for driver testers for the RSA in September 2024; the date by which his Department has requested waiting times to be restored to ten weeks; and if he will make a state…
Liam Quaide Written 20 Mar 2025 · to Tourism
323. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to consider policy measures, up to and including legislation, to encourage businesses in Ireland to use bilingual packaging for their products as a way to promote and increase visibility of the Irish language; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13036/25]
Liam Quaide Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Foreign
114. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will report on his recent engagements with the United States Secretary of State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11059/25]
Liam Quaide Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Environment
155. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his engagements with the Commission for Communications Regulation regarding the use of inflation-linked mid-contract price rises by phone and broadband companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11074/25]
Liam Quaide Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Environment
156. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he has engaged with the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission regarding the use of inflation-linked mid-contract price rises by phone and broadband companies; whether this represents a fair practice towards consumers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11075/25]
Liam Quaide Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Environment
171. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if the use of fracked gas will be allowed to refuel the proposed floating storage and regassification unit as part of the development of a State-led strategic gas emergency reserve; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11266/25]
Liam Quaide Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Defence
253. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the cost of refurbishment works to Collins Barracks, Cork, in each of the years 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025. [12238/25]
Liam Quaide Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Public Expenditure
484. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will include in the Office of Public Works’ Tranche II Pilot the areas of Mogeely and Castlemartyr, County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12066/25]
Liam Quaide Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Social
1082. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated amount of both employer PRSI contributions and employee PRSI contributions owed to the Social Insurance Fund, by company size if such information is available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12899/25]
Liam Quaide Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Justice
1189. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Justice the total amount spent by An Garda Síochána on external veterinary services in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [12235/25]
Liam Quaide Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Justice
1190. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Justice the number of Garda cars and vans attached to the Cork county division. [12236/25]
Liam Quaide Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Agriculture
1271. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding supports available to local communities to help maintain and or acquire local wetland areas in order to protect their habitat and ecosystem; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11609/25]