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
163. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the up-to-date position regarding the free trade agreement between the EU and Turkiye. [21792/25]
Seán Ó Fearghaíl
Written
164. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the up-to-date position regarding the free trade agreement between the EU and United Arab Emirates. [21794/25]
Seán Ó Fearghaíl
Written
168. 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 Kuwait. [21800/25]
Seán Ó Fearghaíl
Written
169. 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 Qatar. [21801/25]
Seán Ó Fearghaíl
Written
179. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of horses that joined the Defence Forces equitation school in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [21789/25]
Seán Ó Fearghaíl
Written
208. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a trade mission to Singapore is likely to take place during Q3 2025. [21793/25]
Seán Ó Fearghaíl
Written
328. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of WTE psychologists, by grade working in south Kildare children's disability network team in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [21791/25]
Seán Ó Fearghaíl
Written
344. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE emergency medicine registrars based at Naas General Hospital in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [21795/25]
Seán Ó Fearghaíl
Written
345. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for home support in CHO7 for longer than one month, longer than three months, longer then six months, in tabular form. [21796/25]
Seán Ó Fearghaíl
Written
346. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health the number of beds which will be available to the paediatric critical care unit in the new National Children's Hospital; and the number of beds currently available to this unit across CHI sites. [21797/25]
Seán Ó Fearghaíl
Written
347. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health the total number of people who attended a pigmented lesion rapid access clinics nationwide including the number who were offered an appointment within the recommended timeframe in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025. [21798/25]
Seán Ó Fearghaíl
Written
348. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE Chefs that are directly employed by HSE and working in each HSE Funded Hospital in the years of 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [21799/25]
Seán Ó Fearghaíl
Written
349. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health the timeline and progress of establishing the regulatory authority under the Assisted Human Reproduction Act 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21805/25]
Seán Ó Fearghaíl
Written
342. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he will address the concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied) about the provision of fire services in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19702/25]
Seán Ó Fearghaíl
Written
1214. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 178 of 2 April 2025, the amount of funding released in the first quarter of 2023, 2024 and 2025 to local authorities for the purchase or construction of social housing units by approved housing bodies, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19336/25]
Seán Ó Fearghaíl
Written
1215. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 177 of 2 April 2025, the number of approved housing bodies (AHBs) whose memorandum and articles of association allow for the sale to tenants of residential properties; the number of residential properties that have been approved by the Charities Regulator for sale by AHBs to their tenants;…
Seán Ó Fearghaíl
Written
1432. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will address the concerns raised in correspondence regarding State pension category (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19741/25]
Seán Ó Fearghaíl
Written
1991. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health the actions taken regarding the school dental programme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18585/25]
Seán Ó Fearghaíl
Written
2068. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health if she is concerned that Ireland may have the lowest number per capita of consultant cardiologists in Europe; if her Department or the HSE has a strategy to deal with this problem; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19121/25]
Seán Ó Fearghaíl
Written
2069. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health if she is concerned that within the overall medical system, insufficient priority is given to cardiovascular disease among women; if her Department or the HSE has strategies to deal with this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19122/25]
Seán Ó Fearghaíl
Written
1. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Taoiseach if he will provide a list of houses and shops in towns or villages that were identified as being vacant on the occasion of the last census in 2022, by-county, in tabular form. [17943/25]
Seán Ó Fearghaíl
Written
15. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide a list of the countries which are the primary beneficiaries of Irelands Development Aid Programme, in tabular form; if he is aware of any projects funded by Irish Aid that have been co-funded by US aid; if there are strategies in place to sustain these projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. […
Seán Ó Fearghaíl
Written
138. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if he has had or if he will have consultations with local authorities about the development of a national strategy for the provision of public swimming pools; his views on whether the sharing of designs and the possibility of joint tendering could lead to the more economic provision of public swimming facilities as …
Seán Ó Fearghaíl
Written
148. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is concerned at the declining number of habitable thatched houses in the State; if he accepts that the cost of thatching together with the difficulty in securing affordable insurance presents particular difficulties for residents in these classic homes; if he further accepts that the level of grant aid available for retha…
Seán Ó Fearghaíl
Oral
10. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Taoiseach to report on the work of the child poverty programme in his Department. [13751/25]