TDs / Gillian Toole

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Gillian Toole

Independent Meath East TD in this Dáil since 29 November 2024

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147
questions asked
Oral and written, to government departments
41,514
words spoken in the chamber
Across 115 contributions
407
votes recorded
Each Yes, No or Abstained in a recorded vote
61
topics asked about
Across 16 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 147 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026

Contributions to debates 115 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026
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MonthQuestionsContributions
December 2024 0 0
January 2025 0 0
February 2025 0 8
March 2025 4 5
April 2025 3 9
May 2025 6 14
June 2025 10 2
July 2025 4 9
August 2025 0 0
September 2025 0 3
October 2025 0 12
November 2025 14 6
December 2025 8 5
January 2026 4 9
February 2026 8 3
March 2026 9 1
April 2026 19 9
May 2026 4 1
June 2026 10 5
July 2026 15 3
August 2026 0 3
September 2026 21 2
October 2026 8 6

Debates they spoke in most

Plus 25 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 Meath East 29 November 2024 to now
  2. party Independent 29 November 2024 to now
Gillian Toole Written 22 Oct 2026 · to Transport
198. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Transport given the European Court of Justice ruling on the passenger cap at Dublin airport, when will the independent review of runway use take place taking into consideration professional opinion of the North Runway Technical Group. [75300/26]
Gillian Toole Written 22 Oct 2026 · to Health
465. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Health if the HPRA (Health Product Regulatory Authority) warning system will be inspected and upgraded in light of findings from the Food and Drug Administration in the United States where warnings about adverse events relating to Messenger RNA Covid vaccines were not on alerts. [75302/26]
Gillian Toole Written 6 Oct 2026 · to Social
386. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Social Protection if a comprehensive review of the social welfare system is to be carried out to ensure capacity for all requirements including migration reforms and to ensure fairness, equity and transparency. [69755/26]
Gillian Toole Written 6 Oct 2026 · to Social
417. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Social Protection if a comprehensive review of the social welfare system is to be carried out to ensure capacity for all requirements including migration reforms and to ensure fairness, equity and transparency. [69756/26]
Gillian Toole Written 6 Oct 2026 · to Health
545. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Health the incidence of shingles (varicella zoster), by age for each year 2015-2019 and 2021-2025, in tabular form. [69750/26]
Gillian Toole Written 6 Oct 2026 · to Health
556. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Health the incidence of sepsis by age for each year 2015-2019 and 2021-2025, presented in tabular form. [69752/26]
Gillian Toole Written 6 Oct 2026 · to Health
560. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Health the incidence of sudden adult death syndrome, by age in each of the years 2015-2019 and 2021-2025, in tabular form. [69751/26]
Gillian Toole Oral 1 Oct 2026 · to Housing
98. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the housing assistance payment scheme will be extended to include the housing asset-owning parents of persons with additional needs and disabilities. [69734/26]
Gillian Toole Written 29 Sep 2026 · to Defence
232. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Defence whether four members of the legal team originally appointed to the Defence Forces Tribunal (details supplied) ceased to act during the latter part of 2024, whether by resignation, judicial appointment or otherwise; the name, position and date of departure of each person; the reason for each departure insofar as communicated to her or her Department; the period …
Gillian Toole Written 29 Sep 2026 · to Defence
233. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Defence where no formal complaints procedure has been adopted by the Defence Forces Tribunal, the procedure by which complaints already received, or received in the future, concerning the Tribunal’s administration, procedures, services, legal team or treatment of complainants and victim-witnesses are to be acknowledged, recorded, independently examined and determined; …
Gillian Toole Written 29 Sep 2026 · to Defence
234. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Defence whether the Tribunal of Inquiry into Issues Relating to the Complaints Processes in the Defence Forces and the Culture Surrounding the Making of Complaints has adopted a formal written procedure for receiving, registering, investigating and determining complaints concerning the tribunal’s own administration, procedures, services, legal team or treatment of pers…
Gillian Toole Written 29 Sep 2026 · to Defence
235. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Defence whether the Defence Forces Tribunal has appointed any persons specifically to act as independent investigators, separate from its counsel and solicitors; if so, the number appointed, their professional qualifications, terms of appointment and functions; if none have been appointed, whether the Tribunal’s investigative work is being conducted solely through its …
Gillian Toole Written 29 Sep 2026 · to Transport
268. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Transport the number of enforcement notices issued under Part 4 of the Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Act 2019; and the number of applications made to the High Court under that Part, since the commencement of those provisions. [68428/26]
Gillian Toole Written 29 Sep 2026 · to Transport
269. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Transport to identify the person, office or body that determined that the flight paths at Dublin Airport are not a factor, part or condition of the planning permission for the North runway; the capacity and date, given that his Department has stated that no record of any such determination exists and that Fingal County Council has identified no such determination. [684…
Gillian Toole Written 29 Sep 2026 · to Transport
270. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Transport to list the noise abatement procedures in place at Dublin Airport which his Department states are fully consistent with the Environmental Noise Directive and Regulation (EU) No 598/2014, identifying for each the instrument specifying it and the body verifying compliance with it. [68407/26]
Gillian Toole Written 29 Sep 2026 · to Transport
271. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Transport the date on which he appointed a person by notice in writing under section 3(9)(a) of the Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Act 2019; the individual appointed; the terms of reference used; whether the resulting report will be published; and whether it will be furnished before the competent authority issues its regulatory decision on the current appli…
Gillian Toole Written 29 Sep 2026 · to Transport
273. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Transport the way in which the aircraft noise competent authority's independence of the airport authority is achieved for the purposes of Article 3(2) of Regulation (EU) No 598/2014; and if it is achieved by a functional separation, to identify it, given that its operating costs are recouped from the airport operator and that section 19(1)(b) of the 2019 Act places the…
Gillian Toole Written 29 Sep 2026 · to Transport
276. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Transport the statutory basis on which the outcome of a review of the competent authority's performance under section 3(9)(a) of the Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Act 2019 will inform consideration of the future planning framework for Dublin Airport. [68420/26]
Gillian Toole Written 29 Sep 2026 · to Transport
277. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Transport to identify, by name and instrument, the "standard European procedures" with which his Department states that Dublin Airport's procedures are in full alignment. [68410/26]
Gillian Toole Written 29 Sep 2026 · to Transport
278. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Transport his response to recommendation 9 of the Joint Committee on Transport's report on the pre-legislative scrutiny of the General Scheme of the Dublin Airport (Passenger Capacity) Bill 2026 (details supplied); if his Department maintains that the Aircraft Noise (Dublin Airport) Regulation Act 2019 provides a wholly independent process in accordance with that Regul…
Gillian Toole Written 29 Sep 2026 · to Transport
279. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Transport whether his Department maintains that noise abatement procedures in Ireland are fully consistent with Regulation (EU) No 598/2014 having regard to Commission Decision (EU) 2026/836 of 10 February 2026; and whether Ireland has yet informed the European Commission of its intentions under Article 1(2) of that decision, which requires it to do so before introduci…
Gillian Toole Written 29 Sep 2026 · to Housing
466. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the consideration being given to the payment of Housing Assistance Payment to parents or guardians of an adult with a disability, who may own a second property that could be adapted if necessary & lived in by their family member, with appropriately matched additional occupants with a disability, thereby removing them earlier …
Gillian Toole Written 29 Sep 2026 · to Agriculture
608. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether the expansion of TAMS farm solar grants is being examined to assist reduce agricultural & horticultural cost bases, thereby reducing the cost of food production consumer costs. [68074/26]
Gillian Toole Written 29 Sep 2026 · to Children
631. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the current status of the Programme for Government commitment to bring home-based childcare within a regulated and grant-accessible framework. [68073/26]
Gillian Toole Written 29 Sep 2026 · to Health
690. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Health what examination is being carried out into the fourfold increase in neurological conditions since 2019, as referenced by the HSE Chief Clinical Officer, 22nd July 2026 at EU World Neurology Day. [68075/26]