Marie Sherlock
Written
505. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of admissions to mental health facilities by Gardaí in the years 2018-2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13264/25]
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Marie Sherlock
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1,206
questions asked
Oral and written, to government departments
117,003
words spoken in the chamber
Across 307 contributions. Plus 32 contributions from the chair, not counted
378
votes recorded
Each Yes, No or Abstained in a recorded vote
186
topics asked about
Across 20 departments
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Low months are usually recesses, when the Dáil does not sit. The archive runs to 22 October 2026.
Questions asked 1,206 in all
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Contributions to debates 307 in all
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| December 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| January 2025 | 11 | 0 |
| February 2025 | 77 | 13 |
| March 2025 | 92 | 19 |
| April 2025 | 72 | 13 |
| May 2025 | 98 | 28 |
| June 2025 | 79 | 18 |
| July 2025 | 44 | 25 |
| August 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 71 | 6 |
| October 2025 | 61 | 27 |
| November 2025 | 70 | 13 |
| December 2025 | 33 | 22 |
| January 2026 | 120 | 11 |
| February 2026 | 95 | 14 |
| March 2026 | 36 | 15 |
| April 2026 | 72 | 20 |
| May 2026 | 40 | 10 |
| June 2026 | 41 | 9 |
| July 2026 | 18 | 25 |
| August 2026 | 0 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 56 | 3 |
| October 2026 | 20 | 16 |
Debates they spoke in most
Plus 186 contributions in the regular slots, such as Leaders' Questions and Priority Questions. Speech from the chair is not counted.
Asked about similar topics
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- constituency Dublin Central 29 November 2024 to now
- party Labour Party 29 November 2024 to now
Marie Sherlock
Written
506. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health when she plans to publish the strategic review of general practice; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13270/25]
Marie Sherlock
Written
200. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the consideration and research that has taken place in his Department on the incidence of medical or homecare waste in domestic refuse; and if this should be considered for a special waste collection rate. [11800/25]
Marie Sherlock
Written
390. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Finance if he will consider extending the zero rate of VAT of medical equipment and appliances to breast pumps and attachments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10787/25]
Marie Sherlock
Written
565. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Education the level of funding for school completion programmes (details supplied) from the years 2020 to 2025, per programme, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10784/25]
Marie Sherlock
Written
566. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Education the number of staff working for school completion programmes (details supplied) from the years 2020 to 2025, per programme, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10785/25]
Marie Sherlock
Written
677. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on the development of the new building for a school and the masterplan for the multi-school campus in Whitehall, Dublin 9. [11805/25]
Marie Sherlock
Written
678. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Education the reason for the delays to the development of a school (details supplied) and the multi-school campus in Whitehall, Dublin 9, given that the appointment of the multi-disciplinary design team was due to be appointed by Q2 2024. [11806/25]
Marie Sherlock
Written
763. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Education if a rule-circular exists setting a limit of one sensory room per primary school, irrespective of class-school size. [12691/25]
Marie Sherlock
Written
764. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Education if any rule-circular exists that precludes primary schools receiving more than one sensory room grant in a six-year period; and the time limit of that rule. [12692/25]
Marie Sherlock
Written
765. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Education the reason a school (details supplied) had its application for a sensory room rejected when it is currently adding two autism classes to the school. [12693/25]
Marie Sherlock
Written
766. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Education the reason a school (details supplied) is being penalised and precluded from having a sensory room to accompany the two autism classes currently being built, all because the school hosts a pre-school class with a sensory room for pre-schoolers only in the same building. [12694/25]
Marie Sherlock
Written
808. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if he has seen the research conducted by Coimisiún na Meán into the viability of a content levy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12654/25]
Marie Sherlock
Written
809. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if he intends to publish the research conducted by Coimisiún na Meán into the viability of a content levy. [12655/25]
Marie Sherlock
Written
810. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if he intends to introduce the content levy as legislated for in the Online Safety and Media Regulation Act 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12656/25]
Marie Sherlock
Written
910. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to set out the blockages to the establishment of a statutory register for competent architectural technologists that was committed to by a previous Minister in 2016. [11792/25]
Marie Sherlock
Written
911. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will commit to a meeting with representatives of chartered architectural technologists in Ireland to discuss the legislative process to establish a statutory register for architectural technologists to provide design and assigned certifier functions, in line with the Building Control Act 2007 and Building Control (Amendment…
Marie Sherlock
Written
1200. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Justice the number of Gardaí in community policing in the Dublin Metropolitan North Central area from 2018 – 2025, per station, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12325/25]
Marie Sherlock
Written
1338. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her plans regarding the Programme for Government commitment that international protection applicants would be provided with accommodation with restrictions on their movement, specifically this new type of accommodation which would restrict applicants' movements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [111…
Marie Sherlock
Written
1409. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to list the organisations funded by the HSE and her Department that work with sufferers of acquired brain injury; the supports available to them for each year from 2019 to 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12000/25]
Marie Sherlock
Written
1410. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the actions her Department has taken to act on the “Wasted Lives” report and to end the practice of people under 65 years living inappropriately in nursing homes designed for care of older people; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12002/25]
Marie Sherlock
Written
1418. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of WTE health and social care professionals working in the children's disability network teams in CHO9 in 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12144/25]
Marie Sherlock
Written
1500. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if her Department is planning to introduce legislation that will regulate and restrict the sale of nitrous oxide, commonly known as laughing gas, and prevent its sale to persons under eighteen years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10720/25]
Marie Sherlock
Written
1501. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if she will provide details of public information campaigns her Department has undertaken to raise awareness of the use of nitrous oxide, particularly with parents and within schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10721/25]
Marie Sherlock
Written
1503. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the date she plans to publish the HSE capital plan for 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10731/25]