I will engage with my officials in the Department and review Deputy Doherty's Bill again. Quite honestly, what I am being told by the officials is that there is duplication and that some of the work involved has already been done. We can most certainly look at it again, however. I am happy to engage with Deputy Doherty to see how we can bring down the cost of insurance because we are all singing from the same hymn sh…
TDs / Robert Troy
Robert Troy
Minister of State at the Department of Finance
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431
questions asked
Oral and written, to government departments
91,732
words spoken in the chamber
91,034 as a minister, 698 as a TD
368
votes recorded
Each Yes, No or Abstained in a recorded vote
128
topics asked about
Across 19 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
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Month by month
Low months are usually recesses, when the Dáil does not sit. The archive runs to 22 October 2026.
Questions asked 431 in all
Dec 2024Oct 2026
Contributions to debates 255 in all
Dec 2024Oct 2026
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| Month | Questions | Contributions |
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| December 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| January 2025 | 29 | 1 |
| February 2025 | 28 | 11 |
| March 2025 | 0 | 27 |
| April 2025 | 6 | 10 |
| May 2025 | 19 | 6 |
| June 2025 | 12 | 10 |
| July 2025 | 39 | 22 |
| August 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 18 | 19 |
| October 2025 | 18 | 3 |
| November 2025 | 41 | 12 |
| December 2025 | 20 | 0 |
| January 2026 | 14 | 6 |
| February 2026 | 26 | 18 |
| March 2026 | 23 | 18 |
| April 2026 | 20 | 16 |
| May 2026 | 22 | 16 |
| June 2026 | 5 | 38 |
| July 2026 | 18 | 10 |
| August 2026 | 0 | 1 |
| September 2026 | 53 | 6 |
| October 2026 | 20 | 5 |
Debates they spoke in most
Plus 117 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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Party, constituency and offices
- constituency Longford-Westmeath 29 November 2024 to now
- party Fianna Fáil 29 November 2024 to now
- office Minister of State at the Department of Finance 29 January 2025 to now
I compliment Deputy Brabazon and congratulate him on his election and his maiden contribution to the Dáil. I wish him well in the years ahead and assure him that any support or help we can give him in his endeavours to represent the people of Dublin Bay North will be forthcoming.
In January 2020, revised Central Bank lending regulations were put into effect on credit union house and business lending only. There is n…
I also compliment my predecessor in this role, the former Minister of State, Deputy Fleming as well as Ministers of State, Deputies Richmond and Carroll MacNeill who did a lot of work in the area with the review of the credit unions which are such an important financial institution in all our communities right across this country and provide a great service. Take unsecured personal lending. Some 87% of credit union l…
I have not formally engaged with the credit union yet but it is on the agenda in the coming weeks. However, I have engaged informally. My own credit union had me at its schools table quiz last Thursday night and used the opportunity to talk to me about some of the challenges it is facing. I will be engaging with the credit unions in the coming weeks. The Deputy will be aware that the programme for Government contains…
Labour had its chance and ran away.