TDs / Conor Sheehan

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Conor Sheehan

Labour Party Limerick City TD in this Dáil since 29 November 2024

Official Oireachtas profile

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875
questions asked
Oral and written, to government departments
101,335
words spoken in the chamber
Across 379 contributions. Plus 139 contributions from the chair, not counted
390
votes recorded
Each Yes, No or Abstained in a recorded vote
195
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 875 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026

Contributions to debates 379 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026
Show as a table
MonthQuestionsContributions
December 2024 0 0
January 2025 6 2
February 2025 26 15
March 2025 38 10
April 2025 26 11
May 2025 29 13
June 2025 57 18
July 2025 126 34
August 2025 0 0
September 2025 49 4
October 2025 37 25
November 2025 36 34
December 2025 50 22
January 2026 36 9
February 2026 47 28
March 2026 75 19
April 2026 40 19
May 2026 54 35
June 2026 43 27
July 2026 23 31
August 2026 0 0
September 2026 48 11
October 2026 29 12

Debates they spoke in most

Plus 190 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 Limerick City 29 November 2024 to now
  2. party Labour Party 29 November 2024 to now
Conor Sheehan Written 1 Jul 2025 · to Public Expenditure
282. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation for an update on the application for a Garda station (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36141/25]
Conor Sheehan Written 1 Jul 2025 · to Public Expenditure
297. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if the new infrastructure unit in his Department has been tasked with preparing an infrastructure priorities list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35753/25]
Conor Sheehan Written 1 Jul 2025 · to Enterprise
306. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if the short term letting and tourism Bill 2025 will pass through the Oireachtas before the recess in July, in light of the passage of the Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35242/25]
Conor Sheehan Written 1 Jul 2025 · to Enterprise
310. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the protections or supports for the long-standing practice of family home bed and breakfasts that will be contained with the new short-term let legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35362/25]
Conor Sheehan Written 1 Jul 2025 · to Education
408. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide a timeline for construction to begin on a site (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36145/25]
Conor Sheehan Written 1 Jul 2025 · to Housing
431. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to set out the schedule and timeline for commencement of each section of the Planning and Development Act 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36583/25]
Conor Sheehan Written 1 Jul 2025 · to Housing
432. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on bundles 4, 5, 6 and 7 of the public private partnership social housing projects; whether they will continue as public private partnerships or be dropped; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36579/25]
Conor Sheehan Written 1 Jul 2025 · to Housing
437. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will immediately commence section 31 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009, in order to restore rent-setting for local authority housing to a reserved function of elected councillors, as originally intended under the 2009 Act; the reason, in the absence of commencement, each local authority chief executive retai…
Conor Sheehan Written 1 Jul 2025 · to Housing
440. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has any plans to create a tracking system with the land registry to enable applicants to monitor the progress of their application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35279/25]
Conor Sheehan Written 1 Jul 2025 · to Housing
441. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an updated list of all email and phone lines for use of Oireachtas Members within his Department, including all subsidiary bodies, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35287/25]
Conor Sheehan Written 1 Jul 2025 · to Housing
453. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if protections will be added for family home bed and breakfasts not to become commercially rateable properties, allowing them to maintain their family home status and be protected in legislation as non-commercial properties for the purpose of local authority rates, as has been the unofficial position since foundation of the State;…
Conor Sheehan Written 1 Jul 2025 · to Housing
464. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the transfer of responsibility for OMCs from the Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to his Department will happen before the summer recess; if the regulations concerning sinking funds and service charges will be in place by the end of 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35583/25]
Conor Sheehan Written 1 Jul 2025 · to Housing
490. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will outline details of an unpublished 2023 directive from his Department to local authorities instructing them to purchase homes with tenants in situ where possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36071/25]
Conor Sheehan Written 1 Jul 2025 · to Housing
491. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide details on a unit set up within his Department by his predecessor to engage with local authorities in relation to the tenant in situ scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36072/25]
Conor Sheehan Written 1 Jul 2025 · to Housing
496. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an updated list of all email addresses and phone lines for use by Oireachtas Members within his Department, including all subsidiary bodies, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36142/25]
Conor Sheehan Written 1 Jul 2025 · to Agriculture
605. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he plans to implement a ban on glyphosate use as has been done in other countries due to increasing research that it is probably carcinogenic to humans; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35277/25]
Conor Sheehan Written 1 Jul 2025 · to Health
849. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health the number of children under 13 awaiting dental screening; the length of time they are waiting, by CHO, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36143/25]
Conor Sheehan Written 1 Jul 2025 · to Health
850. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health the number of people employed at the University Limerick Hospitals Group on career break, by length of time, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36144/25]
Conor Sheehan Written 26 Jun 2025 · to Justice
282. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the average wait time for a join family visa to be processed for a family where a non-EU citizen is joining their non-EU citizen spouse; if additional staff have been allocated to the visa processing department to reduce waiting times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35033/25]
Conor Sheehan Written 24 Jun 2025 · to Foreign
193. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has spoken to the US Secretary of State in the past two months. [33520/25]
Conor Sheehan Written 24 Jun 2025 · to Education
390. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if, given that Marino Institute of Education is a third-level higher education institute and not-for-profit charity funded directly by her Department, consideration will be given to extending the eligibility of free frees to students in the BSc in Early Childhood and BSc in Education Studies course; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3…
Conor Sheehan Written 24 Jun 2025 · to Education
391. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if, given that core funding for Marino Institute of Education has remained stagnant in 2005, she will review the core funding settlement for the institute with a view to index linking; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33706/25]
Conor Sheehan Written 24 Jun 2025 · to Education
392. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if, in light to the popularity of Irish-medium education, she has any plans to increase the number of places offered on the course at Marino Institute of Education given the shortage of teachers applying for positions in Gaeltacht schools and Gaelscoileanna; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33707/25]
Conor Sheehan Written 24 Jun 2025 · to Housing
483. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he is next scheduled to meet the CEO of Gas Networks Ireland. [33521/25]
Conor Sheehan Written 24 Jun 2025 · to Housing
492. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of builders that have signed up to the statutory register under the Regulation of Providers of Building Works and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2022, broken down by year since 2014, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33711/25]