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Peadar Tóibín

Aontú Meath West TD in this Dáil since 29 November 2024

Official Oireachtas profile

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2,463
questions asked
Oral and written, to government departments
174,842
words spoken in the chamber
Across 959 contributions
356
votes recorded
Each Yes, No or Abstained in a recorded vote
341
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 2,463 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026

Contributions to debates 959 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026
Show as a table
MonthQuestionsContributions
December 2024 0 1
January 2025 17 4
February 2025 141 56
March 2025 96 68
April 2025 126 60
May 2025 82 37
June 2025 112 42
July 2025 136 61
August 2025 0 0
September 2025 123 35
October 2025 90 77
November 2025 99 68
December 2025 76 51
January 2026 125 51
February 2026 177 68
March 2026 161 38
April 2026 159 43
May 2026 242 47
June 2026 208 59
July 2026 95 28
August 2026 0 1
September 2026 112 29
October 2026 86 35

Debates they spoke in most

Plus 681 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 West 29 November 2024 to now
  2. party Aontú 29 November 2024 to now
Peadar Tóibín Written 24 Sep 2025 · to Housing
78. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the measures that are in place to stop any landlords raising management charges to effectively raise the rent of their tenants outside of the RPZ mechanism. [50620/25]
Peadar Tóibín Written 24 Sep 2025 · to Social
81. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection his Department’s processes in terms of purchasing Irish produce for schools under the national procurement thresholds; and to outline the economic value of Irish beef purchased by schools through his Department in the past five years. [50621/25]
Peadar Tóibín Written 23 Sep 2025 · to Children
19. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the dates upon which she spoke to the CEO of an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49647/25]
Peadar Tóibín Written 23 Sep 2025 · to Children
25. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department holds any statistics on the average cost of childcare in each of the past ten years; and the steps her Department is taking to reduce the cost of childcare. [49649/25]
Peadar Tóibín Written 23 Sep 2025 · to Children
54. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will detail the function and purpose of the National Review Panel, which conducts reviews into the deaths of children in State care. [49648/25]
Peadar Tóibín Written 23 Sep 2025 · to Children
55. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of community disability network teams not fully staffed in the State; the number which are fully staffed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49650/25]
Peadar Tóibín Written 23 Sep 2025 · to Children
72. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the supports offered to birth mothers of children in State care; the ways through which they are supported through the process of taking their children into care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49651/25]
Peadar Tóibín Written 23 Sep 2025 · to Transport
186. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport to outline the work that has taken place to achieve the extension of the runway at Waterford airport, and to introduce commercial flights to an international carrier; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50295/25]
Peadar Tóibín Written 23 Sep 2025 · to Public Expenditure
235. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the amount of Irish produced beef the Office of Government Procurement have procured in the past five years; the plans to increase this; and if his Department has considered how EU public procurement rules can protect the use of Irish beef in public procurement. [50296/25]
Peadar Tóibín Written 23 Sep 2025 · to Education
341. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of school bus tickets issued to children nationwide for the 2025/2026 school year for which no corresponding bus service was available. [50428/25]
Peadar Tóibín Written 23 Sep 2025 · to Education
342. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of school bus tickets issued to children in County Meath for the 2025/2026 school year for which no corresponding bus service was available. [50429/25]
Peadar Tóibín Written 23 Sep 2025 · to Culture
358. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport in view of the recent disappointing outcome of the football fund performance programme in Northern Ireland which did not award any funding to clubs in the North West, if his Department is considering any funding to help football teams upgrade their facilities through capital funding; and if this will also be open to any clubs operating…
Peadar Tóibín Written 23 Sep 2025 · to Social
418. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the time it takes to reactivate the PPS numbers for returning Irish emigrants, compared with the timescale involved in creating PPS numbers for the first time. [50294/25]
Peadar Tóibín Written 23 Sep 2025 · to Agriculture
514. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is aware of the impending closure of an animal rehabilitation centre (details supplied); if his Department has plans for the building, stables and lands which was used by the centre given its importance to the local community as well as its regional work; and if he will work with the organisation to determine if funding will be fo…
Peadar Tóibín Written 18 Sep 2025 · to Defence
65. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if Ireland intends to make use of the Security Action for Europe (SAFE) EU financial instrument; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37515/25]
Peadar Tóibín Written 18 Sep 2025 · to Climate
144. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the steps his Department is taking to reduce the cost of electricity. [49292/25]
Peadar Tóibín Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Housing
642. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if it is legal for a person in an asylum centre or on a student visa in the State to successfully apply for a local authority home loan; the number of such loans that have been issued and the value for each loan in the past five years. [47846/25]
Peadar Tóibín Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Housing
671. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason persons on the working family payment are not entitled to HAP (details supplied). [48439/25]
Peadar Tóibín Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Justice
830. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of people who are currently in the IPAS system and working. [47877/25]
Peadar Tóibín Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Justice
831. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if there is any charge put on people for rent and board in IPAS locations where it has been proven that they have falsely applied for asylum; if there are any sanctions at all; if he is investigating organisations that are possibly assisting in false claims; and when he will introduce rent for people working who are living in asylum …
Peadar Tóibín Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Justice
832. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the length of time it took, on average, to process the first application of an asylum seeker who is not from a safe country, for each of the past five years. [47879/25]
Peadar Tóibín Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Justice
833. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the length of time it took, on average, to process the appeal of an asylum seeker who is not from a safe country, for each of the past five years. [47880/25]
Peadar Tóibín Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Justice
834. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the length of time it took, on average, to process the judicial review of an asylum seeker who is not from a safe country, for each of the past five years. [47881/25]
Peadar Tóibín Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Justice
835. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the longest amount of time that it took process the first application of an asylum seeker who is not from a safe country, for each of the past five years. [47882/25]
Peadar Tóibín Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Justice
836. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of people currently in asylum accommodation who are awaiting a decision on their first application, for each of the past five years. [47883/25]