TDs / Eamon Scanlon

Eamon Scanlon

Fianna Fáil Sligo-Leitrim TD in this Dáil since 29 November 2024

Official Oireachtas profile

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404

questions asked

Oral and written, to government departments

10,443

words spoken in the chamber

Across 52 contributions

388

votes recorded

Each Yes, No or Abstained in a recorded vote

145

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.

School Transport 19 questions
School Accommodation 13 questions
Special Educational Needs 13 questions
Schools Building Projects 11 questions
Health Services Staff 9 questions
Housing Provision 9 questions
Disability Services 8 questions
Health Services 8 questions

Who they ask

The departments their questions were addressed to.

Health 84 questions
Education 72 questions
Housing 40 questions
Transport 36 questions
Agriculture 21 questions
Children 20 questions

Month by month

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

Questions asked 404 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026

Contributions to debates 52 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026

Show as a table

Month	Questions	Contributions
December 2024	0	0
January 2025	0	0
February 2025	36	7
March 2025	33	1
April 2025	15	2
May 2025	23	0
June 2025	15	0
July 2025	24	2
August 2025	0	0
September 2025	18	0
October 2025	26	4
November 2025	25	2
December 2025	16	4
January 2026	21	4
February 2026	21	0
March 2026	20	3
April 2026	28	0
May 2026	21	5
June 2026	14	7
July 2026	13	3
August 2026	0	0
September 2026	19	1
October 2026	16	7

Debates they spoke in most

Defence (Amendment) Bill 2026: Second Stage 1 contribution
Financial Resolution No. 5: General 1 contribution
Government’s Response to Storm Éowyn: Statements 1 contribution
Haulage Costs for SMEs: Statements 1 contribution
Public Health (Single-Use Vapes) Bill 2025: Committee and Remaining Stages 1 contribution
Reform of the Defective Concrete Redress Scheme: Motion [Private Members] 1 contribution

Plus 46 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 Sligo-Leitrim 29 November 2024 to now
party Fianna Fáil 29 November 2024 to now

Date	What the vote was on	Their vote	Result
14 May 2025	Housing and Critical Infrastructure: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Question put: "That the motion, as amended, be agreed to."	Yes	Carried
14 May 2025	Housing and Critical Infrastructure: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Amendment put	Yes	Carried
14 May 2025	Parental Choice in Education: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Question put: "That the motion, as amended, be agreed to."	Yes	Carried
14 May 2025	Parental Choice in Education: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Amendment put	Yes	Carried
14 May 2025	Childcare: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Question put: "That the motion, as amended, be agreed to."	Yes	Carried
14 May 2025	Childcare: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Amendment put	Yes	Carried
7 May 2025	Order of Business Question put: "That the amendment to the Order of Business is hereby negatived and the proposed arrangements for the wee	Yes	Carried
30 Apr 2025	Final Draft Revised National Planning Framework: Motion (Resumed) Question put	Yes	Carried
30 Apr 2025	Report of the Committee on Standing Orders and Dáil Reform on Orders of Reference and Establishment of Committees: Motion (Resumed) Question put: "That the motion be agreed to."	Yes	Carried
30 Apr 2025	Report of the Committee on Standing Orders and Dáil Reform on Orders of Reference and Establishment of Committees: Motion (Resumed) Amendment put	No	Lost
30 Apr 2025	Special Education: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Amendment put	Yes	Carried
30 Apr 2025	Unnecessary Hip Surgeries at Children's Health Ireland: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Amendment put	Yes	Carried
30 Apr 2025	Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee Stage Question put: "That section 4 stand part of the Bill."	Yes	Carried
30 Apr 2025	Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Committee Stage Amendment put	No	Lost
29 Apr 2025	Order of Business Question put: "That the amendment to the Order of Business is hereby negatived and the proposed arrangements for the wee	Yes	Carried
9 Apr 2025	Protecting the Irish Economy Against Increasing Trade Tariffs: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Question put: "That the motion, as amended, be agreed to."	Yes	Carried
9 Apr 2025	Protecting the Irish Economy Against Increasing Trade Tariffs: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Amendment put	Yes	Carried
9 Apr 2025	Water Services (Repeal of Water Charges) Bill 2025: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] Question put	No	Lost
9 Apr 2025	Údarás na Gaeltachta (Amendment) Bill 2024: Céim an Choiste (Atógáil) Amendment put	No	Lost
8 Apr 2025	Order of Business Question put: "That the amendment to the Order of Business is hereby negatived and the proposed arrangements for the wee	Yes	Carried
2 Apr 2025	Housing Emergency Measures: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Question put: "That the motion, as amended, be agreed to."	Yes	Carried
2 Apr 2025	Housing Emergency Measures: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Amendment put	Yes	Carried
2 Apr 2025	Support for Householders, Businesses and Farmers Affected by Storm Éowyn: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Amendment put	Yes	Carried
1 Apr 2025	Confidence in the Ceann Comhairle: Motion Question put: "That the motion be agreed to."	Yes	Carried
1 Apr 2025	Confidence in the Ceann Comhairle: Motion Amendment put	No	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.