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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 22 Oct 2026 · to Public Expenditure
9. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to provide, for each department, the expenditure levy amount applied from 2027; the specific measures submitted and approved to meet it; the posts to be supressed, programmes reduced and grants to State agencies reduced; the amount classified as efficiencies versus reductions in services; and if…
Peadar Tóibín Written 22 Oct 2026 · to Public Expenditure
13. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to list each Department projected as of the end of 2026 to exceed its 2026 current allocation; the amount by which each has exceeded the allocation; if a levy on other departments will be applied to offset any projected overrun in the Department of Heath, consistent with the approach taken for …
Peadar Tóibín Written 22 Oct 2026 · to Education
138. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide a breakdown, by programme subhead, of the additional €646 million allocated to her Department in 2026, distinguishing between pay and non-pay; the projected end of 2026 outrun for each subhead; and whether her Department currently projects any further expenditure beyond its revised 2026 allocation. [74462/26]
Peadar Tóibín Written 21 Oct 2026 · to Foreign
2. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether she met, communicated with or corresponded with former Garda Commissioner Drew Harris in respect to protected disclosure matters; if her staff did so; and if she will detail the files that were discussed. [74624/26]
Peadar Tóibín Written 21 Oct 2026 · to Foreign
9. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she can detail any step that has been taken by Ireland in its position of EU Presidency to try to facilitate peace between Ukraine and Russia. [74582/26]
Peadar Tóibín Written 21 Oct 2026 · to Transport
22. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport the number of road deaths that have occurred in each county for each of the last ten years. [74586/26]
Peadar Tóibín Written 21 Oct 2026 · to Housing
93. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of residential properties purchased in the State by persons who were not ordinarily resident in Ireland in each of the past five years, by county; the number of such purchases that were made by purchasers whose principal residence was outside the State; and the proportion these purchases represented of all residential pr…
Peadar Tóibín Written 21 Oct 2026 · to Social
105. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons who transitioned from disability allowance to either the State pension (contributory) or the State pension (non-contributory) on reaching the age of 66 in each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [74594/26]
Peadar Tóibín Written 21 Oct 2026 · to Social
106. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons previously in receipt of disability allowance whose weekly social welfare income was reduced, unchanged or increased following their transition to the State pension (contributory) or State pension (non-contributory) on reaching the age of 66 in each of the past ten years, in tabular form; and the average change in payment experie…
Peadar Tóibín Written 21 Oct 2026 · to Justice
117. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of applications for citizenship that were granted for the last 15 years in which there were no verbal interviews. [74584/26]
Peadar Tóibín Written 21 Oct 2026 · to Justice
118. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Garda members assigned to each Garda division who entered service and who left service in each of the past five years and to date in 2026; and the net gain or loss of members in each division over that period, in tabular form. [74665/26]
Peadar Tóibín Written 21 Oct 2026 · to Justice
119. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Garda members per 10,000 population in each county in each of the past five years and to date in 2026; and the counties in which the ratio of Garda members to population has declined over that period, in tabular form. [74664/26]
Peadar Tóibín Written 21 Oct 2026 · to Justice
120. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of serving Garda members assigned to each Garda division and county at year-end in each of the past five years and to date in 2026; the numerical and percentage change over that period; and the divisions and counties which have experienced a reduction in Garda numbers during that period, in tabular form. [74663/26]
Peadar Tóibín Written 21 Oct 2026 · to Justice
122. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the rejection rate for citizenship applications for each of the last 15 years. [74583/26]
Peadar Tóibín Written 21 Oct 2026 · to Justice
123. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of applications for citizenship granted for the last 15 years for whom there were no checks of financial self sufficiency at all. [74585/26]
Peadar Tóibín Written 21 Oct 2026 · to Children
158. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the hourly rate paid under HSE direct payment, individualised funding, personal assistant direct employment, or similar schemes that allow a person with a disability to directly employ their own care worker or personal assistant; the annual rate applicable in each year from 2016 to 2026; and the date on which the rate was last increase…
Peadar Tóibín Written 21 Oct 2026 · to Health
192. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the total number of clinical placement hours provided by student nurses and student midwives within the public health service in each of the past ten years; the number of students involved; the estimated replacement cost had those hours been provided by paid healthcare assistants, staff nurses or agency staff; and the estimated savings to the health service aris…
Peadar Tóibín Written 21 Oct 2026 · to Health
193. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of nursing and midwifery graduates who applied for certificates of current professional status, verification of registration, or any equivalent documentation required for overseas employment in each of the past ten years, broken down by destination country where available; and the number who subsequently ceased employment in the Irish public health se…
Peadar Tóibín Written 21 Oct 2026 · to Health
194. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of nursing and midwifery graduates from Irish higher education institutions in each of the past ten years; the number who entered employment in the Irish public health service within one year of qualification; and the number remaining employed in the public health service after one year, two years, three years, four years and five years, in tabular fo…
Peadar Tóibín Written 21 Oct 2026 · to Health
195. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of undergraduate nursing and midwifery students who undertook clinical placements in HSE and HSE-funded services in each of the past ten years; the total number of placement hours completed by those students in each year; the estimated monetary value of those hours if remunerated at the appropriate healthcare assistant, student nurse, or equivalent ra…
Peadar Tóibín Written 21 Oct 2026 · to Health
200. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of a case (details supplied) at CHI Temple Street, whose necessary surgical procedure has reportedly been cancelled despite advocacy from their treating consultant regarding the severity of their condition and pain; if she will seek an urgent update from CHI on the status of this case; the reason for the cancellation of the procedure; when it is …
Peadar Tóibín Written 21 Oct 2026 · to Health
201. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the helicopter pad on the National Children's Hospital (details supplied). [74587/26]
Peadar Tóibín Written 21 Oct 2026 · to Health
205. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the reason the HSE has decided not to publish a report (details supplied), despite its relevance to planning and delivering disability services nationally; the specific limitations in the underlying data and analysis that the HSE considers sufficient to justify non-publication; whether the HSE will publish the report alongside the relevant caveats and limitation…
Peadar Tóibín Written 21 Oct 2026 · to Health
207. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the reason the HSE has decided not to publish a report (details supplied), despite its relevance to planning and delivering disability services nationally; the specific limitations in the underlying data and analysis that the HSE considers sufficient to justify non-publication; whether the HSE will publish the report alongside the relevant caveats and limitation…
Peadar Tóibín Written 21 Oct 2026 · to Health
208. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the total amount expended by his Department, the HSE and any other State body on a report (details supplied); the value of the contract awarded; whether any additional consultancy or subcontractor costs were incurred; and if she will provide a full breakdown of expenditure. [74575/26]