TDs / Ruairí Ó Murchú

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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
Show as a table
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 Oral 25 Feb 2025 · to Taoiseach
34. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on EU and international affairs will next meet. [6985/25]
Ruairí Ó Murchú Oral 25 Feb 2025 · to Children
121. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will provide the updated figures from the CDNT workforce report carried out in October 2024; if she will outline the strategy to deal with the current vacancy rate in CDNTs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6975/25]
Ruairí Ó Murchú Written 25 Feb 2025 · to Children
144. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide a breakdown, by county, of the numbers of children waiting on assessments of needs and therapies across the State; the plans in place to reduce the backlogs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6976/25]
Ruairí Ó Murchú Written 20 Feb 2025 · to Enterprise
17. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will outline how he is preparing for the threatened imposition of tariffs on EU-origin goods and services by the United States; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6760/25]
Ruairí Ó Murchú Written 20 Feb 2025 · to Enterprise
65. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to outline the supports being provided to businesses following Storm Éowyn, if he is considering schemes to provide supports following future extreme weather events; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6761/25]
Ruairí Ó Murchú Oral 20 Feb 2025 · to Environment
87. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will outline the engagement there has been with ESB Networks and other relevant State agencies on the issue of building resilience into the electricity grid, post Storm Éowyn; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6004/25]
Ruairí Ó Murchú Written 20 Feb 2025 · to Environment
118. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to provide an update on the plans for the development of communal and district heating schemes; if consideration is being given to funding streams such as the RHSS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6005/25]
Ruairí Ó Murchú Written 20 Feb 2025 · to Health
358. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health the progress being made to provide a palliative care centre in County Louth; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6970/25]
Ruairí Ó Murchú Oral 18 Feb 2025 · to Taoiseach
22. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Taoiseach for an update on the work being done by the shared island unit in his Department. [4795/25]
Ruairí Ó Murchú Written 13 Feb 2025 · to Finance
37. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Finance to provide an update on any interaction his Department has had with insurance industry in relation to storm Éowyn; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5084/25]
Ruairí Ó Murchú Written 13 Feb 2025 · to Finance
58. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Finance to provide an update on the work of the Office for the Promotion of Competition in the Insurance Market, particularly in relation to reducing the cost of public liability insurance; his Department’s recent engagement with insurance companies and new insurance companies regarding the high cost of public liability insurance; and if he will make a statement on th…
Ruairí Ó Murchú Oral 13 Feb 2025 · to Public Expenditure
72. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if his Department is considering natural flood management and other mitigations in relation to estimated rising sea levels and protecting property that is prone to this risk; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5073/25]
Ruairí Ó Murchú Oral 13 Feb 2025 · to Public Expenditure
80. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the status of the catchment and flood risk management plan under CFRAM for County Louth; the progress on its implementation to date; the funding that has been allocated to the scheme to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5072/25]
Ruairí Ó Murchú Oral 11 Feb 2025 · to Foreign
6. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide an update on any recent engagement his Department has had with the EU regarding Palestine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4541/25]
Ruairí Ó Murchú Written 11 Feb 2025 · to Foreign
30. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the engagement there has been with the new Administration in the United States. [4540/25]
Ruairí Ó Murchú Written 11 Feb 2025 · to Health
595. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health if she is aware that staff at the National Ambulance Service are on the verge of industrial action; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4110/25]
Ruairí Ó Murchú Written 11 Feb 2025 · to Health
596. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health if she is aware that the National Ambulance Service is not training or hiring advanced paramedics (APs), that the last internal recruitment was run in 2021, with the last training course run in 2023; if there are plans for more AP training and recruitment this year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4111/25]
Ruairí Ó Murchú Written 11 Feb 2025 · to Health
597. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health to outline the healthcare areas where there are currently no advanced paramedics working for the National Ambulance Service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4112/25]
Ruairí Ó Murchú Written 5 Feb 2025 · to Health
1042. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health the steps she will take to establish the way and the reason a woman (details supplied) failed to have her cancer diagnosed in a timely manner; and if she will implement a treatment regime; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2204/25]
Ruairí Ó Murchú Written 5 Feb 2025 · to Health
1043. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to ensure that any woman at risk of breast cancer receives a correct diagnosis in a timely and efficient manner regardless of her age, to ensure that appropriate treatment is provided as a matter of urgency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2205/25]
Ruairí Ó Murchú Written 5 Feb 2025 · to Health
1169. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment from a CAMHS-ID specialist (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2742/25]
Ruairí Ó Murchú Written 5 Feb 2025 · to Health
1170. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) will receive an appointment with CAMHS Louth for a specialist dealing with patients with an intellectual disability; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2743/25]
Ruairí Ó Murchú Written 5 Feb 2025 · to Health
1171. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to allowing a person (details supplied) to avail of appointments with CAMHS-ID specialists available in other parts of the State while on the waiting list for appointment for this service in Louth; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2744/25]