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Ruairí Ó Murchú

Sinn Féin Louth TD in this Dáil since 29 November 2024

Official Oireachtas profile

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1,135
questions asked
Oral and written, to government departments
176,932
words spoken in the chamber
Across 897 contributions. Plus 338 contributions from the chair, not counted
413
votes recorded
Each Yes, No or Abstained in a recorded vote
246
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 1,135 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026

Contributions to debates 897 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026
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MonthQuestionsContributions
December 2024 0 0
January 2025 10 0
February 2025 33 33
March 2025 24 23
April 2025 29 57
May 2025 38 75
June 2025 33 69
July 2025 205 34
August 2025 0 0
September 2025 203 23
October 2025 31 50
November 2025 51 85
December 2025 41 68
January 2026 68 54
February 2026 37 56
March 2026 36 45
April 2026 48 55
May 2026 62 53
June 2026 67 31
July 2026 58 36
August 2026 0 0
September 2026 33 22
October 2026 28 28

Debates they spoke in most

Plus 581 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 Louth 29 November 2024 to now
  2. party Sinn Féin 29 November 2024 to now
Ruairí Ó Murchú Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Education
435. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Education and Youth if there are plans in her Department, including Budget 2026 plans, for an assessment of the funding of youthwork services in the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47576/25]
Ruairí Ó Murchú Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Education
436. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Education and Youth her and the Government's engagements and plans to deal with the ongoing strike by school secretaries and caretakers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47577/25]
Ruairí Ó Murchú Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Education
437. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Education and Youth the plans and timelines for the expansion of the School Inclusion Model and school-based therapies for special schools, for autism classes and for mainstream and the number of various therapists required; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47578/25]
Ruairí Ó Murchú Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Education
438. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Education and Youth to outline any plans for assistive technology as a means of facilitating special education and school-based therapies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47579/25]
Ruairí Ó Murchú Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Education
439. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Education and Youth the plans in place to ensure students with special educational needs are facilitated in getting appropriate school places, at primary and secondary level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47580/25]
Ruairí Ó Murchú Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Education
440. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Education and Youth if there are plans to streamline the school building programme application model; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47581/25]
Ruairí Ó Murchú Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Education
441. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Education and Youth if there are plans to build new secondary schools and/or expand capacity at other schools within Louth; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47582/25]
Ruairí Ó Murchú Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Education
442. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Education and Youth the progress being made to provide additional autism units at primary and secondary schools in County Louth for the September 2025 intake of students; the plans for additional autism units to come on stream for September 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47583/25]
Ruairí Ó Murchú Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Education
443. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department intends to develop a strategic plan for the provision of SEN at primary schools over the next three years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47584/25]
Ruairí Ó Murchú Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Education
444. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Education and Youth if there are plans to update the school transport scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47585/25]
Ruairí Ó Murchú Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Education
445. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Education and Youth if there are plans to update the educational system at primary and secondary level to cater for students with mild learning disabilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47586/25]
Ruairí Ó Murchú Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Education
446. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Education and Youth if there are plans to update the SNA allocation process in primary and secondary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47587/25]
Ruairí Ó Murchú Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Culture
589. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he will provide an update following the stakeholders’ forum and on plans for section 481 to ensure that quality employment is delivered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47680/25]
Ruairí Ó Murchú Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Culture
590. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he will provide an update on social media disinformation and combatting it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47681/25]
Ruairí Ó Murchú Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Culture
591. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he will provide an update and timeline on LSSIF and sports capital funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47682/25]
Ruairí Ó Murchú Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Culture
592. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he will provide an update on his engagement with an organisation (details supplied) regarding long-term planning to ensure the sustainability of the League of Ireland, including the upgrading of stadiums; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47683/25]
Ruairí Ó Murchú Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Culture
593. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he will provide an update on his engagement with an organisation (details supplied) on the delivery of the new stadium in Dundalk and the plans for LSSIF funding to facilitate this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47684/25]
Ruairí Ó Murchú Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Housing
622. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an update on his plans for further funding of local authorities for the housing adaptation grant schemes and increasing housing adaptation and mobility and access grant amounts to cover the cost of disability adaptations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47645/25]
Ruairí Ó Murchú Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Housing
623. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of people waiting for all types of housing adaptation grants in county Louth, by the length of time they have been waiting, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47646/25]
Ruairí Ó Murchú Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Housing
624. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department has reviewed the affordable housing scheme and issues arising from it; if any further affordable housing is due to come on stream in county Louth in the next 12-months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47647/25]
Ruairí Ó Murchú Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Housing
625. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if an assessment has been or is being carried out on the modern methods of construction used at a housing project at Grange Drive, Dundalk, county Louth; if there are plans for further use of this technology in similar schemes in the future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47648/25]
Ruairí Ó Murchú Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Housing
626. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the breakdown of the total amount spent in each local authority area on housing assistance payment from January 2025 to June 2026, by county; the number of tenancies in each local authority area that these HAP figures are sustaining, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47649/25]
Ruairí Ó Murchú Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Housing
627. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there are plans to conduct a local-authorities based review of estate management issues and solutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47650/25]
Ruairí Ó Murchú Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Housing
628. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason retrofitting targets in Louth are lower than targets achieved in previous years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47651/25]
Ruairí Ó Murchú Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Housing
629. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number of properties purchased through Louth county council under the tenant-in-situ purchase scheme; the total amount spent on this scheme in county Louth to date; if additional targets will be set for this local authority under this scheme to the end of 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47652/25]