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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 9 Jun 2026 · to Health
2278. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health if the treating member State determines that a telemedicine consult is sufficient under the EU Cross Border Health Directive, therefore no face-to-face consultation is necessary prior to in-patient care; the way in which an Irish patient or the HSE dictate to the treating member State how to provide the healthcare; and if she will make a statement on the matt…
Ruairí Ó Murchú Written 9 Jun 2026 · to Health
2401. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health if funding is available from her Department or the HSE so that GP surgeries can be equipped for patients with mobility issues and disabilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44025/26]
Ruairí Ó Murchú Written 9 Jun 2026 · to Health
2405. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health the extent to which consumer-directed home support models are currently available through the HSE for people aged over 65 with neurological conditions; the total value of funding allocated to such models in the current HSE budget; the total number of home support hours provided under them to date in 2026; the number of persons who have benefited from them to …
Ruairí Ó Murchú Written 9 Jun 2026 · to Health
2406. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health the extent to which personal budget arrangements and personal managed funds are currently available through the HSE for people aged over 65 with neurological conditions; the total value of funding allocated to these arrangements in the current HSE budget; the total number of home support hours provided under them so far this year; the number of persons who ha…
Ruairí Ó Murchú Written 9 Jun 2026 · to Health
2407. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health the way in which the pilot programme for personal budgets has been undertaken by the HSE; the main conclusions arising from it; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44045/26]
Ruairí Ó Murchú Written 9 Jun 2026 · to Health
2408. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health the eligibility criteria that apply to consumer-directed home support models for people aged over 65 with neurological conditions, including whether access is limited by diagnosis, assessed level of need or geographic area; and separately; the eligibility criteria that apply to personal budget arrangements and personal managed funds for the same cohort; and i…
Ruairí Ó Murchú Written 9 Jun 2026 · to Health
2409. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health the home care providers most commonly used under consumer-directed home support models for people aged over 65 with neurological conditions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44047/26]
Ruairí Ó Murchú Written 9 Jun 2026 · to Health
2410. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health the providers or organisations most commonly used under personal budget arrangements and personal managed funds for people aged over 65 with neurological conditions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44048/26]
Ruairí Ó Murchú Written 9 Jun 2026 · to Health
2411. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health whether there are plans to extend consumer-directed home support models on a national basis for people aged over 65 with neurological conditions; whether there are plans to expand personal budget arrangements and personal managed funds on a national basis for the same cohort; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44049/26]
Ruairí Ó Murchú Written 9 Jun 2026 · to Health
2412. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who have received consumer-directed home support models through the HSE; the total number of hours provided under such models, in each of the past three years and to date in 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44050/26]
Ruairí Ó Murchú Written 9 Jun 2026 · to Health
2413. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who have received support through personal budget arrangements and personal managed funds; the total number of hours provided under those arrangements, in each of the past three years and to date in 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44051/26]
Ruairí Ó Murchú Written 28 May 2026 · to Public Expenditure
57. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to provide an update on flood protection work in County Louth; the progress being made to administer funding for short-term flood mitigations in Louth; the progress of CFRAM projects in the county; the engagement there has been with his Department and Louth County Council in relation to Uisce…
Ruairí Ó Murchú Written 28 May 2026 · to Education
119. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Education and Youth when additional space can be provided at a school (details supplied) to accommodate extra classrooms and additional ASD places; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40550/26]
Ruairí Ó Murchú Written 28 May 2026 · to Education
153. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on the number of appropriate school places at both primary and secondary schools in County Louth that will be available for students in September 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40551/26]
Ruairí Ó Murchú Written 27 May 2026 · to Health
287. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health if harm in rare disease pathways has been known at ministerial, departmental, and HSE service level for years; the reason the State has still not fully activated an independent national structure capable of preventing drift, ensuring policy cohesion, and delivering timely intervention instead of prolonged exposure to avoidable deterioration, through numerous d…
Ruairí Ó Murchú Written 27 May 2026 · to Health
288. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health the reason binding national and international obligations under both the UNCRPD and the UNCRC has failed to translate into front-line practice, when people continue to report violations, weak accommodation, poor disability competence, and the need for civic society to repeatedly do so much of the work of Government, simply to secure basic compliance; and if sh…
Ruairí Ó Murchú Oral 26 May 2026 · to Taoiseach
5. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on infrastructure will meet next. [26722/26]
Ruairí Ó Murchú Oral 26 May 2026 · to Taoiseach
28. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the work of the shared island unit in his Department. [26723/26]
Ruairí Ó Murchú Written 26 May 2026 · to Finance
174. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if the situation that has arisen with the liquidation of a company (details supplied) will prompt a review of the way in which the Central Bank oversees the sale of unregulated investments through regulated brokers; whether consideration will now be given to ensuring clearer and stricter guidelines are given to brokers regarding warnings to inves…
Ruairí Ó Murchú Written 26 May 2026 · to Finance
216. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he is aware of the situation that has arisen with the liquidation of a company (details supplied) where more than 1,000 shareholders are pensioners who invested almost all their pension lump sum in unregulated loan notes investments, are now facing losses of 94%; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39596/26]
Ruairí Ó Murchú Written 26 May 2026 · to Foreign
261. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of WTE staff, by grade currently working in the Passport Service as of 15 May 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39381/26]
Ruairí Ó Murchú Written 26 May 2026 · to Defence
343. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Defence the number of Defence Forces personnel, by rank that would be required to train a 30 persons Air Corps cadetship class; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39379/26]
Ruairí Ó Murchú Written 26 May 2026 · to Transport
390. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Transport the number of females at administrative officer and above grades within his Department, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39380/26]
Ruairí Ó Murchú Written 26 May 2026 · to Finance
459. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he is aware that the 1% levy on life assurance investment policies further reduces the value of medical negligence or catastrophic personal injury awards annually (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39661/26]
Ruairí Ó Murchú Written 26 May 2026 · to Finance
460. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he has engaged with the Minister for Social Protection, the Minister for Health or the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality regarding the treatment of medical negligence or catastrophic personal injury awards by State bodies as assessable savings or means (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39662/26]