TDs / Seán Ó Fearghaíl

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Seán Ó Fearghaíl

Fianna Fáil Kildare South TD in this Dáil since 29 November 2024

Official Oireachtas profile

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905
questions asked
Oral and written, to government departments
14,161
words spoken in the chamber
Across 94 contributions
327
votes recorded
Each Yes, No or Abstained in a recorded vote
245
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 905 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026

Contributions to debates 94 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026
Show as a table
MonthQuestionsContributions
December 2024 0 1
January 2025 4 0
February 2025 45 8
March 2025 36 6
April 2025 32 7
May 2025 41 6
June 2025 35 1
July 2025 55 1
August 2025 0 0
September 2025 22 2
October 2025 35 2
November 2025 61 10
December 2025 119 4
January 2026 21 0
February 2026 50 12
March 2026 43 4
April 2026 53 2
May 2026 43 7
June 2026 41 1
July 2026 94 11
August 2026 0 0
September 2026 32 1
October 2026 43 8

Debates they spoke in most

Plus 91 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 Kildare South 29 November 2024 to now
  2. party Fianna Fáil 29 November 2024 to now
Seán Ó Fearghaíl Written 11 Dec 2025 · to Public Expenditure
42. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation for an overview of the progress made to date under National Strategic Outcome (NSO) 2 of the National Development Plan 2021-2030; the additional funding allocated under this NSO following the review of the NDP; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70486/25]
Seán Ó Fearghaíl Written 11 Dec 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
265. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the way in which his Department is supporting Ireland’s digital transformation through research, innovation and tertiary-education initiatives. [67832/25]
Seán Ó Fearghaíl Written 9 Dec 2025 · to Transport
229. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Transport if he will address the serious concerns raised in correspondence regarding the CIÉ pensions (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [69619/25]
Seán Ó Fearghaíl Written 9 Dec 2025 · to Culture
465. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he will consider organising a commemoration to mark the 2026 150th anniversary of the Catalpa Six Rescue; if he has liaised with his Australian counterparts on this historic event; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [69936/25]
Seán Ó Fearghaíl Written 9 Dec 2025 · to Social
566. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Social Protection if he has concerns about aspects of the tendering process (details supplied) for the provision of free school meals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [69754/25]
Seán Ó Fearghaíl Written 9 Dec 2025 · to Justice
665. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will be prepared to seek a presidential pardon for the Catalpa Six ahead of next year’s 150th anniversary of the rescue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [69759/25]
Seán Ó Fearghaíl Written 2 Dec 2025 · to Enterprise
192. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if he will address the concerns regarding remote work and rural communities, raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67668/25]
Seán Ó Fearghaíl Written 2 Dec 2025 · to Education
254. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will address the concerns raised by a parent (details supplied) who’s child has so far failed to secure an infant place in their local schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67652/25]
Seán Ó Fearghaíl Written 2 Dec 2025 · to Education
292. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will address concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding the dearth of places for autistic children in primary schools in south Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68095/25]
Seán Ó Fearghaíl Written 2 Dec 2025 · to Education
295. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware that a serious problem is developing in Kildare town and in some surrounding catchment areas where existing primary schools have currently reached or are approaching maximum capacity; if she accepts that as a consequence securing infant places for families moving into the area to occupy recently constructed homes is proving highly…
Seán Ó Fearghaíl Written 2 Dec 2025 · to Education
296. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Youth if he will consider and resolve problems raised in correspondence (details supplied) concerning funding and supports for special education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68127/25]
Seán Ó Fearghaíl Written 2 Dec 2025 · to Agriculture
466. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a report on a matter (details supplied) will be finalised; the timeline in which he intends to publish the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [68124/25]
Seán Ó Fearghaíl Written 2 Dec 2025 · to Children
515. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will request the Disability Unit in her Department to evaluate a situation (details supplied). [68527/25]
Seán Ó Fearghaíl Written 2 Dec 2025 · to Health
666. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health if she will address the concerns regarding the recent publication of the Standards and Criteria for Counsellors and Psychotherapists by CORU, raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68063/25]
Seán Ó Fearghaíl Oral 27 Nov 2025 · to Foreign
8. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she has had any recent discussions with her EU counterparts about the situation in Afghanistan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66240/25]
Seán Ó Fearghaíl Written 27 Nov 2025 · to Foreign
63. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade her assessment of the current situation in Belarus; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66241/25]
Seán Ó Fearghaíl Written 27 Nov 2025 · to Housing
386. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his response to reports of landlords looking to sell their properties in advance of new rules taking effect on 1 March 2026 next; if he has any concerns about this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67249/25]
Seán Ó Fearghaíl Written 26 Nov 2025 · to Housing
214. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will address the concerns regarding the exclusion of a Kildare housing estate from the interim remediation scheme following a serious fire, which was raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66616/25]
Seán Ó Fearghaíl Written 26 Nov 2025 · to Housing
216. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if local authorities have any discretion or flexibility in the applying of the criteria for the local authority tenant in-situ-scheme; if so, the details of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66711/25]
Seán Ó Fearghaíl Written 25 Nov 2025 · to Housing
22. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the supply line for social homes; the number which are currently at various stages of design and construction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65635/25]
Seán Ó Fearghaíl Written 25 Nov 2025 · to Housing
47. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of affordable housing options which have been delivered to-date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65636/25]
Seán Ó Fearghaíl Written 25 Nov 2025 · to Education
335. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 708 of 4 November 2025, when a decision will issue in regard to the Dormant Accounts Action Plan 2026 in view of correspondence received from a group (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65571/25]
Seán Ó Fearghaíl Written 25 Nov 2025 · to Education
449. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will address the concerns of parents who have so far failed to secure infant places in their local village school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66157/25]
Seán Ó Fearghaíl Written 25 Nov 2025 · to Housing
497. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department's policy recognises that the charging of rates on registered childcare provider’s operating from their own family home would act as a major disincentive to such care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65558/25]
Seán Ó Fearghaíl Written 25 Nov 2025 · to Housing
518. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he accepts that commercial rates should not be charged to registered childcare providers in circumstances where that care is provided in the family home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65557/25]