TDs / Seán Ó Fearghaíl
Seán Ó Fearghaíl
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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
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| Month | Questions | Contributions |
|---|---|---|
| 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
- constituency Kildare South 29 November 2024 to now
- party Fianna Fáil 29 November 2024 to now
Seán Ó Fearghaíl
Written
116. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the measures his Department is undertaking to strengthen energy security; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48948/25]
Seán Ó Fearghaíl
Written
94. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his response to issues relating to Irish citizens in Gaza (details supplied). [48300/25]
Seán Ó Fearghaíl
Written
587. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will address the concerns in correspondence (details supplied) regarding pension entitlements in the ETB sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49253/25]
Seán Ó Fearghaíl
Written
386. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Transport the engagement that took place between Kildare County Council and Transport Infrastructure Ireland in relation to the provision of cycle route pilot scheme on the R448 at Moone/Timolin; where the demand for this infrastructure originated; the extent of public funding committed to the completion of the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter.…
Seán Ó Fearghaíl
Written
387. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that there was no public demand for works currently being carried out on the R448 near Moone/Timolin; if his attention has been further drawn that there are serious public concerns in relation to the project, its possible safety impact; and if he accepts that there is strong local opposition to proceeding with th…
Seán Ó Fearghaíl
Written
490. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Finance his views on concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44597/25]
Seán Ó Fearghaíl
Written
989. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Youth the steps her Department will immediately take to resolve the current dispute involving school secretaries and caretakers; if she accepts that some of these critical workers are in an invidious position vis-a-vis their education and training board counterparts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46763/25]
Seán Ó Fearghaíl
Written
98. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there are plans to open a new Irish consulate general office in Auckland, New Zealand; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42947/25]
Seán Ó Fearghaíl
Written
350. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of vacant posts for dentists, nurses and doctors within the Defence Forces Medical Corps; the timeframe for filling each of those vacancies, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42951/25]
Seán Ó Fearghaíl
Written
819. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the number of persons currently on a panel arising from the most recent assistant principal officer recruitment campaign across civil servants; the timeframe for this panel to expire; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42950/25]
Seán Ó Fearghaíl
Written
1043. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will consider the points made in correspondence (details supplied) regarding school funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41372/25]
Seán Ó Fearghaíl
Written
1170. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department’s planning unit has assessed the need for additional primary school places in Kildare town; her plans to meet the demand for school places; if she is aware of the extensive housing developments taking place locally which will give rise to even greater demand; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42936/25]
Seán Ó Fearghaíl
Written
1588. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage in the context of the private rental sector reforms, if in respect of those landlords with four properties or less, who had intended their properties to be part of a pension arrangement, if said landlords are obliged to sell the properties with the sitting tenants still in place; if he agrees that there is a risk of sitting te…
Seán Ó Fearghaíl
Written
1769. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 646 of 15 July 2025, if he accepts that his Department, using as it does its customers' PPS number, can readily identify if a person whose payment is under review is over 80 years-of-age; the reason reviews of the aged and infirm do not provide for the sensitivity required to ensure that excessive stress and c…
Seán Ó Fearghaíl
Written
1904. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department has engaged with the Department of Children, Disability and Equality in relation to the immigrant investor programme, IIP, programme funding that was committed to a project (details supplied); if his Department has urged IIP to release the balance of funding committed in order that the building project can be co…
Seán Ó Fearghaíl
Written
1967. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 758 of 15 July 2025, if the Irish Prison Service is amenable to responding to Parliamentary Questions; if a reply will be provided to the question as requested; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41328/25]
Seán Ó Fearghaíl
Written
2158. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 781 of 15 July 2025, if as previously requested he will clarify if his Department plans to publish a report (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41329/25]
Seán Ó Fearghaíl
Written
3041. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health if her Department or the Health Service Executive have engaged with the Department of Justice in relation to the immigrant investor programme (IIP) funding that was committed to a project (details supplied); if her Department has urged the IIP to release the balance of funding committed in order that the building project can be completed; and if she will mak…
Seán Ó Fearghaíl
Written
3044. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health the number of physiotherapists across CHO7 that are trained in manual lymphatic drainage therapy for lymphedema patients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42948/25]
Seán Ó Fearghaíl
Written
3045. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health the number of recruitment campaigns that St. James's hospital took in the United Kingdom to attract Irish trained nurses, doctors, speech and language therapists and so on, to work at the hospital in the years 2023 to 2024 and to-date in 2025; the number of jobs offered per recruitment campaign, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter…
Seán Ó Fearghaíl
Written
42. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation for an update on the progress made to date under National Strategic Outcome 4 of the National Development Plan 2021-2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39689/25]
Seán Ó Fearghaíl
Written
63. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation for an update on the progress made to date under National Strategic Outcome 3 of the National Development Plan 2021-2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39688/25]
Seán Ó Fearghaíl
Written
182. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he is aware of an internal audit investigation into an incident (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39826/25]
Seán Ó Fearghaíl
Written
200. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the strategy to ensure services, care and accommodation for disabled people does not move in large measure to the private-for-profit sector as has happened with elder care services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39820/25]
Seán Ó Fearghaíl
Written
201. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reason a service (details supplied) does not have a single service level agreement with the HSE but rather numerous agreements with individual CHOs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39821/25]