TDs / William Aird

William Aird

Fine Gael Laois TD in this Dáil since 29 November 2024

Official Oireachtas profile

Portrait: William Aird (CC BY 4.0) · source file

725

questions asked

Oral and written, to government departments

31,555

words spoken in the chamber

Across 161 contributions

429

votes recorded

Each Yes, No or Abstained in a recorded vote

221

topics asked about

Across 18 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.

Mental Health Services 17 questions
Disability Services 15 questions
Health Services 14 questions
Housing Schemes 14 questions
Agriculture Schemes 12 questions
Fuel Prices 12 questions
Healthcare Policy 11 questions
Housing Provision 11 questions

Who they ask

The departments their questions were addressed to.

Health 103 questions
Agriculture 67 questions
Children 64 questions
Enterprise 56 questions
Transport 56 questions
Education 50 questions

Month by month

Low months are usually recesses, when the Dáil does not sit. The archive runs to 22 October 2026.

Questions asked 725 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026

Contributions to debates 161 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026

Show as a table

Month	Questions	Contributions
December 2024	0	0
January 2025	7	0
February 2025	16	2
March 2025	7	10
April 2025	18	14
May 2025	28	14
June 2025	33	12
July 2025	28	5
August 2025	0	0
September 2025	10	7
October 2025	23	11
November 2025	88	22
December 2025	50	3
January 2026	74	4
February 2026	38	7
March 2026	51	4
April 2026	70	3
May 2026	50	23
June 2026	60	6
July 2026	34	4
August 2026	0	0
September 2026	37	1
October 2026	3	9

Debates they spoke in most

World Mental Health Day: Statements 4 contributions
Common Agricultural Policy and Ireland's CAP Strategic Plan: Statements 3 contributions
Mercosur Trade Agreement: Motion [Private Members] 3 contributions
Rare Diseases: Statements 3 contributions
National Biodiversity Week: Statements 2 contributions
Post Office Closures: Statements 2 contributions

Plus 129 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 Laois 29 November 2024 to now
party Fine Gael 29 November 2024 to now

Date	What the vote was on	Their vote	Result
14 Apr 2026	Confidence in Government: Motion Question put	Yes	Carried
14 Apr 2026	Order of Business Question put: "That the proposed arrangements for this week's business be agreed to."	Yes	Carried
25 Mar 2026	Structural Reform of Child Welfare Governance: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Question put: "That the motion, as amended, be agreed to."	Yes	Carried
25 Mar 2026	Structural Reform of Child Welfare Governance: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Amendment put	Yes	Carried
25 Mar 2026	Energy and Fuel Costs: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Question put: "That the motion, as amended, be agreed to."	Yes	Carried
25 Mar 2026	Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2022 (Section 4(2)) (Scheme Termination Date) Order 2026: Motion (Resumed) Question put: "That the motion be agreed to."	Yes	Carried
25 Mar 2026	Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2022 (Section 4(2)) (Scheme Termination Date) Order 2026: Motion (Resumed) Amendment put	No	Lost
25 Mar 2026	An Garda Síochána: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Question put: "That the motion, as amended, be agreed to."	Yes	Carried
25 Mar 2026	An Garda Síochána: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Amendment put	Yes	Carried
25 Mar 2026	Cancer Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Question put: "That the motion, as amended, be agreed to."	Yes	Carried
25 Mar 2026	Cancer Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Amendment put	Yes	Carried
25 Mar 2026	Energy and Fuel Costs: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Amendment put	Yes	Carried
25 Mar 2026	National Oil Reserve Agency (Amendment) Bill 2026: Committee and Remaining Stages Amendment put	No	Lost
24 Mar 2026	Financial Resolution No.1: Mineral Oil Tax Question put: "That amendment No. 2 set down to the motion for Financial Resolution No. 1 is hereby negatived and the mo	Yes	Carried
24 Mar 2026	Financial Resolution No.1: Mineral Oil Tax Amendment put	No	Lost
24 Mar 2026	Order of Business Question put: "That the proposed arrangements for this week's business be agreed to."	Yes	Carried
4 Mar 2026	Online Safety (Recommender Algorithms) Bill 2026: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] Question put: "That the motion, as amended, be agreed to."	Yes	Carried
4 Mar 2026	Online Safety (Recommender Algorithms) Bill 2026: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] Amendment put	Yes	Carried
3 Mar 2026	Order of Business Question put: "That the proposed arrangements for this week's business be agreed to."	Yes	Carried
25 Feb 2026	Expanding Access to General Practitioner Care: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Amendment put	No	Lost
25 Feb 2026	Commission on the Future of the Family Farm Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] Question put: "That the motion, as amended, be agreed to."	Yes	Carried
25 Feb 2026	Commission on the Future of the Family Farm Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] Amendment put	Yes	Carried
25 Feb 2026	International Protection Bill 2026: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages Question put	Yes	Carried
25 Feb 2026	International Protection Bill 2026: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages Amendment put	No	Lost
25 Feb 2026	International Protection Bill 2026: Committee Stage (Resumed) and Remaining Stages Amendment put	No	Lost

A vote on an amendment or a stage is a vote on that question, not on the bill as a whole. Open a vote to see its full wording. The record gives no reason when a TD has no vote recorded.