Can the Minister imagine being an Irish person who had been farming their land for hundreds of years when violent, entitled, deluded thieves from Brooklyn, New York, Ukraine or Russia crossed the world, having decided they wanted to come to her community to terrorise her off her land, set dogs on her sheep, raze her ancestors’ olive groves to the ground, rob her farm at gunpoint and then want to trade its fruit with …
TDs / Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin
Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin
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315
questions asked
Oral and written, to government departments
37,670
words spoken in the chamber
Across 118 contributions
432
votes recorded
Each Yes, No or Abstained in a recorded vote
109
topics asked about
Across 16 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 315 in all
Dec 2024Oct 2026
Contributions to debates 118 in all
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| Month | Questions | Contributions |
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| December 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| January 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| February 2025 | 17 | 2 |
| March 2025 | 37 | 0 |
| April 2025 | 18 | 6 |
| May 2025 | 10 | 3 |
| June 2025 | 9 | 2 |
| July 2025 | 5 | 6 |
| August 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 12 | 3 |
| October 2025 | 5 | 7 |
| November 2025 | 34 | 5 |
| December 2025 | 13 | 4 |
| January 2026 | 37 | 9 |
| February 2026 | 43 | 26 |
| March 2026 | 19 | 6 |
| April 2026 | 14 | 5 |
| May 2026 | 3 | 7 |
| June 2026 | 7 | 5 |
| July 2026 | 15 | 6 |
| August 2026 | 0 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 13 | 3 |
| October 2026 | 4 | 13 |
Debates they spoke in most
Plus 33 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 Wicklow-Wexford 29 November 2024 to now
- party Sinn Féin 29 November 2024 to now
Ireland does not need their blood money nor their services. We are better than that.
Many may be fixated on upskilling in AI but Ireland is at crisis in another way, with the lack of practical skills. There are shortages in a whole range of craft areas, with a lack of builders, the lack of upskilling and training in building or construction, including plastering, plumbing, retrofitting, electrical services, carpentry and I could go on. These are all practical skills we desperately need.
Unfortunatel…
Scaremongering.
I once more raise the case of a young Arklow Gaelscoil teacher, Eímear Byrne, with the Minister of State and the Government. As the Minister of State knows, Eímear urgently needs life-saving treatment in the US that costs €600,000. Recently, Eímear received devastating news. Doctors discovered three more aneurysms and she now needs a third open-heart surgery procedure. This one is even more complex and urgent, so tim…
With respect, that is very similar to a stock answer the family has been given over the past few months. I will not accept the answer and I know Eímear, her family and the community in south Wicklow will not accept this answer from the Government or the Department. It is a stock answer and it is simply not good enough. This involves tiny money. The Minister of State said I referenced the EU and the EEA. I did not. I …
Across Ireland, we can see the absence of a lot of wildlife, nature and biodiversity that was commonplace when we were all growing up or even 20 years ago. Rivers that were teeming with fish are now polluted and butterflies are a rare occurrence. We are witnessing the destruction of natural habitats. The warning signs are there and clear for everybody to see.
One third of Ireland’s 99 bee species, the main pollinato…
I ask the Minister of State to address the shocking case of a self-employed couple in Coolboy near the Wicklow-Wexford border, Ciarán and Jessie Redmond, and their two daughters Kendall and Chanelle. Chanelle has recently been diagnosed with leukaemia. Her father, Ciarán, a Gorey man, has been forced to give up his work as a painter and decorator to care for her. As they battle one unimaginable crisis, another has no…
I understand the Taoiseach is aware of the situation where Gorey Hill special school, which was put in on a temporary basis on the campus of Gaelscoil Moshíológ, where I worked prior to starting here, is now expanding across the remaining green areas of the Gaelscoil. It is basically a problem which has arisen due to the lack of forward planning by the Department and casual indifference. It is having a huge impact no…
I welcome the inclusion of County Wexford in the scheme for homes affected by defective blocks, which are unmortgageable, uninsurable and unsellable. I was on Wexford County Council in 2022 when a motion was passed in light of concerns raised by people in the areas of Bunclody and Ferns. Sean and Rachel Murphy first noticed small cracks in their brand-new homes near Ferns six months after they moved in 19 years ago. …
Many of our rural villages are being allowed to die on their knees because of Government inaction. They are being strangled due to the obstacles that are put in the way of people who want to develop changes. My journey here today took me through the village of Aughrim, which has not seen any proper development for the past decade and a half. The lack of infrastructure such as wastewater treatment is strangling the de…
Before starting here, I taught in schools for 34 years, the last ten years in special education, but I have never seen things so bad in terms of the shortage of appropriate school places and SNA provision for those with behavioural, sensory, emotional or communication difficulties. The State is systematically failing these children, their families and the professionals I worked with. This week I have been contacted b…
We all know that grassroots soccer in the League of Ireland is severely underfunded, particularly in regard to facilities, infrastructure and academies in comparison with other countries such as Croatia. Countries smaller than Ireland boast of having 190 full-time club academy staff in comparison to Ireland's ten. Our budget for League of Ireland academies is comparable to those of Andorra or San Marino, which are ve…
I was really proud during this past week to stand alongside so many sound people from Wexford and Wicklow - men, women and children - the finest of people who took to the roads out of sheer desperation in peaceful protest at a Government of Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and Independent TDs that simply was not listening to them. They demanded meaningful supports and real change. They got neither in the Chamber today. The Gov…
If a driver pays €60 for petrol or diesel, this Government takes roughly €40 off that so before the crisis hit, Ireland had some of the highest fuel costs in all of Europe. The Government could have chosen to deliver the maximum excise cut possible on diesel and petrol and remove excise entirely from home heating oil but it chose not to do that. Instead it chose to short-change people basically - to give with one han…
I think I have another half minute.
Go raibh maith agat, a Cheann Comhairle. Over 24,000 Irish citizens who had been living peaceful, happy lives in the Middle East are now stranded due to a war waged by the US and Israel. Their parents are worried. This Government must do everything possible to guarantee their safety and welfare and to get back home to Ireland those who wish to return here. Hard-pressed Irish householders, farmers and businesses are b…
In the digital age we need to keep up with technology, keep a close eye on it and ensure children are safe. As we all know, algorithms are designed by the big tech giants to be addictive - the equivalent of digital cocaine. They know, insidiously, that they are destroying the physical and mental well-being of an entire generation of young people today for one sole purpose, namely, to broaden their customer base. Our …
Tír gan teanga, tír gan anam. A country without a language is a county without its soul. Is ráiteas fíorthábhachtach ó Phádraig Mac Piarais, a bhfuil dealbh de thuas sa Ghailearaí anseo, é sin. Tá athbheochan nua ar an nGaeilge ar siúl faoi láthair. Tá borradh mór faoin nGaeilge. Tá dearcthaí agus meonta fhíordhearfacha ann ina leith ach is a mhalairt a fheictear ón Rialtas. Tá sé an-difriúil ar fad. Tá an Rialtas ga…
Tír gan teanga, tír gan anam. A country without a language is a country without its soul. Is ráiteas fíorthábhachtach ó Phádraig Mac Piarais é sin. Tá dealbh de thuas anseo sa Ghailearaí. Faraor géar, don chéad uair riamh i stair na hÉireann agus i stair ársa 2,600 bliain na nGael, tá baol ann anois in 2026 nach mbeidh pobal ar bith fágtha in Éirinn, fiú pobal beag iargúlta, ina mbeidh an Ghaeilge mar phríomhtheanga …
Access to a doctor is a necessity and a basic right for people, especially when they are sick. However, a GP shortage in south Wicklow and north Wexford has reached crisis point. I ask the Minister to intervene. People are desperate. They are travelling more than 20 km but still cannot find a GP who will accept new patients. One practice in a small town in my constituency has a waiting list of 200 people and that lis…
What is the Government planning to do about the devastation of the coastline in north Wexford and south Wicklow? I am talking about Cahore, Glascarrig, Courtown, Castletown, Arklow and right up to Brittas Bay. There are few people in Dublin who do not have fond memories of Courtown. The beautiful and historic Courtown Woods have lost an area equivalent to 18 football pitches over the past few decades. The Kiltennel w…
For me, this is about listening to the people and that is about uniting rather than dividing people. We need to communicate with local communities. It is disappointing to see the Government and fellow colleagues on the left, when we are tabling sensible amendments which are about good planning, making this issue about Sinn Féin, which it should not be. I absolutely despise racism. I have been to many of these centres…
You are calling out our amendment. That is what we are saying.
We are saying we should not be playing to these. We should not be giving into this agenda being driven by speculators and finance capital-----