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Marie Sherlock

Labour Party Dublin Central TD in this Dáil since 29 November 2024

Official Oireachtas profile

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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

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 1,206 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026

Contributions to debates 307 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026
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MonthQuestionsContributions
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

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 Dublin Central 29 November 2024 to now
  2. party Labour Party 29 November 2024 to now
Marie Sherlock Written 9 Jun 2026 · to Health
2076. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health for a progress update on the Strategic Review of General Practice; the estimated month that this review will be published and submitted to her; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42574/26]
Marie Sherlock Written 9 Jun 2026 · to Health
2077. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the average wait time for a heart bypass at each hospital such surgery takes place in; the average wait time in the Mater Hospital; the number of individuals on the wait list per hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42582/26]
Marie Sherlock Written 9 Jun 2026 · to Health
2078. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health for a status update on a new building for the national gender service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42583/26]
Marie Sherlock Written 9 Jun 2026 · to Health
2079. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of women attending HSE menopause clinics and hubs per hub; the number of WTE staffing by filled and total funded; the average wait time for women to access such a clinic or hub, per hub, in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42584/26]
Marie Sherlock Written 9 Jun 2026 · to Health
2080. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the annual bill for overtime in each acute hospital, per staff type; doctor, nursing, support grades and administration for 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42585/26]
Marie Sherlock Written 9 Jun 2026 · to Health
2081. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the level of overtime spending per model four hospital in each of the years 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42586/26]
Marie Sherlock Written 9 Jun 2026 · to Health
2082. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the level of overtime spending per REO, per month so far in 2026 in Department of Health funded HSE services, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42587/26]
Marie Sherlock Written 9 Jun 2026 · to Health
2083. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the share of the total wage bill in each acute hospital that is attributable to overtime for 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42588/26]
Marie Sherlock Written 9 Jun 2026 · to Health
2084. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health whether the five additional lactation consultants committed to in Budget 2026 have been recruited; the total number of lactation consultants per WTE filled and WTE funded; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42589/26]
Marie Sherlock Written 9 Jun 2026 · to Health
2377. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the services which are available in each of the 19 maternity units that is, domino scheme, early transfer scheme, home birth and midwife led unit. [43807/26]
Marie Sherlock Written 26 May 2026 · to Justice
777. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of prosecutions under the Criminal Justice (Engagement of Children in Criminal Activity) Act 2024 that have taken place in each of the years since the commencement of the Act; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38711/26]
Marie Sherlock Written 26 May 2026 · to Justice
883. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 751 of 19 May 2026, the staffing levels at the visa desk in Abuja; the number of applications that were received in 2025; the processing times for visas at that desk regardless of their nationality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40269/26]
Marie Sherlock Written 26 May 2026 · to Health
1376. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of abolishing all prescription charges under the GMS scheme. [39640/26]
Marie Sherlock Written 26 May 2026 · to Health
1377. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of reducing the drug payment scheme threshold to €72, €50, and €0 respectively. [39642/26]
Marie Sherlock Written 26 May 2026 · to Health
1378. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost of providing reimbursement under the general medical services scheme for sublingual immunotherapy for house dust mite allergy; the number of patients estimated to be eligible for such treatment; and the specific assumptions used in calculating this estimate. [39643/26]
Marie Sherlock Written 26 May 2026 · to Health
1497. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if her Department and the HSE are developing a strategic infrastructure programme to plan for replacement and expansion at public radiation oncology services, as stated by An Tánaiste; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40292/26]
Marie Sherlock Written 20 May 2026 · to Foreign
11. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if consideration has been given or will be given to a once-off verification process so that in the case where one parent of a child dies, their surviving partner is only required to submit documents such as a death certificate once in the case of a child's passport renewals, rather than each time a renewal is required; and if she will make a s…
Marie Sherlock Written 20 May 2026 · to Health
243. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if there has been engagement by the corporate pharmaceutical unit in the HSE with the manufacturers of miglustat with regard to juvenile Batten disease; if such medication can be reimbursed for an individual with the life limiting condition on compassionate grounds; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37963/26]
Marie Sherlock Written 20 May 2026 · to Health
303. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the timeline for a decision by the HSE drugs group regarding the reimbursement of risdiplam for adults living with spinal muscular atrophy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38289/26]
Marie Sherlock Written 20 May 2026 · to Further and Higher Education
326. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated cost to extend the SUSI grant to graduate medicine students who already possess a level 8 QQI and subsequently enter a level 8 graduate entry medicine programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38089/26]
Marie Sherlock Written 19 May 2026 · to Justice
750. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the current staffing levels at the visa desk in the embassy in Pretoria; his views that staffing is sufficient to manage visa workload and the processing of visas within a timely manner; the current processing times for family reunification applications at that desk; his plans to address delays in processing particularly in relation…
Marie Sherlock Written 19 May 2026 · to Justice
751. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the current staffing levels at the visa desk in the embassy in Abuja; his views that staffing is sufficient to manage visa workload and the processing of visas within a timely manner; the current processing times for family reunification applications at that desk; his plans to address delays in processing particularly in relation to…
Marie Sherlock Written 19 May 2026 · to Health
1166. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the total number of public health nurses, by funded WTE and filled WTE; the number of public health nurses per community health network; the number of public health nurses per 10,000 of population; the number of public health nurses per integrated healthcare area from 2020 to end of 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37371/…
Marie Sherlock Written 19 May 2026 · to Health
1224. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if she will confirm whether Action 6 of the HSE Position Paper (details supplied) on which was due to be completed within eighteen months of publication, has now been completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37684/26]
Marie Sherlock Written 19 May 2026 · to Health
1278. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to improve access to LGBTQ+-affirming mental health supports nationwide, particularly in relation to specific counselling supports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37884/26]