TDs / Cathy Bennett

Cathy Bennett

Sinn Féin Cavan-Monaghan TD in this Dáil since 29 November 2024

Official Oireachtas profile

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641

questions asked

Oral and written, to government departments

54,833

words spoken in the chamber

Across 379 contributions

414

votes recorded

Each Yes, No or Abstained in a recorded vote

163

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.

Tourism Industry 40 questions
Health Services 23 questions
Childcare Services 14 questions
School Meals Programme 13 questions
Road Projects 11 questions
Dental Services 10 questions
Domestic Violence 10 questions
Disability Services 9 questions

Who they ask

The departments their questions were addressed to.

Health 106 questions
Transport 55 questions
Education 53 questions
Tourism 45 questions
Children 43 questions
Agriculture 42 questions

Month by month

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

Questions asked 641 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026

Contributions to debates 379 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026

Show as a table

Month	Questions	Contributions
December 2024	0	0
January 2025	0	0
February 2025	33	17
March 2025	12	21
April 2025	79	10
May 2025	54	24
June 2025	20	17
July 2025	16	12
August 2025	0	0
September 2025	6	9
October 2025	9	28
November 2025	58	43
December 2025	57	18
January 2026	45	35
February 2026	35	42
March 2026	13	25
April 2026	50	21
May 2026	39	11
June 2026	34	8
July 2026	17	10
August 2026	0	0
September 2026	44	15
October 2026	20	13

Debates they spoke in most

Bord Bia: Motion [Private Members] 24 contributions
Financial Resolution No. 5: General 10 contributions
National Oil Reserves Agency (Amendment) Bill 2026: Second Stage 10 contributions
Mercosur Trade Agreement: Motion [Private Members] 8 contributions
Post European Council Meeting: Statements 6 contributions
Emergency Winter Payment for Disabled People: Motion [Private Members] 5 contributions

Plus 188 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 Cavan-Monaghan 29 November 2024 to now
party Sinn Féin 29 November 2024 to now

Date	What the vote was on	Their vote	Result
9 Jul 2025	Transparency for Supermarket Profits: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Amendment to amendment put	Abstained	Lost
9 Jul 2025	Student Fees: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Question put: "That the motion, as amended, be agreed to."	No	Carried
9 Jul 2025	Student Fees: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Amendment put	No	Carried
9 Jul 2025	Ministers and Secretaries (Attorney General) Bill 2023: An Dara Céim (Atógáil) [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] Question put: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."	Yes	Lost
9 Jul 2025	European Union Regulations on International and Temporary Protection: Motions (Resumed) Question put: "That the motion be agreed to."	No	Carried
9 Jul 2025	European Union Regulations on International and Temporary Protection: Motions (Resumed) Question put: "That the motion be agreed to."	No	Carried
9 Jul 2025	European Union Regulations on International and Temporary Protection: Motions (Resumed) Question put: "That the motion be agreed to."	No	Carried
9 Jul 2025	Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2025: Committee and Remaining Stages Amendment put	Yes	Lost
9 Jul 2025	Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2025: Committee and Remaining Stages Amendment put	Yes	Lost
9 Jul 2025	Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2025: Committee and Remaining Stages Amendment put	No	Lost
9 Jul 2025	Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse Bill 2024: From the Seanad Question put: "That Seanad amendment No. 2 be agreed to."	No	Carried
9 Jul 2025	Mental Health Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages Question put	No	Carried
9 Jul 2025	Mental Health Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages Amendment put	Yes	Lost
9 Jul 2025	Mental Health Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages Amendment put	Yes	Lost
8 Jul 2025	Order of Business Question put: "That the amendment proposed to arrangements on the Order of Business is hereby negatived and the proposed	No	Carried
25 Jun 2025	Legislative and Structural Reforms to Accelerate Housing Delivery: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Question put: "That the motion, as amended, be agreed to."	No	Carried
25 Jun 2025	Legislative and Structural Reforms to Accelerate Housing Delivery: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Amendment put	No	Carried
25 Jun 2025	Healthcare (Transparent Payments) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] Amendment put	No	Carried
25 Jun 2025	Finance (Local Property Tax and Other Provisions) (Amendment) Bill 2025: Committee and Remaining Stages Question put: "That the Bill do now pass."	No	Carried
25 Jun 2025	Finance (Local Property Tax and Other Provisions) (Amendment) Bill 2025: Committee and Remaining Stages Amendment put	Yes	Lost
25 Jun 2025	Finance (Local Property Tax and Other Provisions) (Amendment) Bill 2025: Committee and Remaining Stages Amendment put	Yes	Lost
25 Jun 2025	Finance (Local Property Tax and Other Provisions) (Amendment) Bill 2025: Committee and Remaining Stages Amendment put	Yes	Lost
24 Jun 2025	Order of Business Question put: "That the proposed arrangements for this week's business be agreed to."	No	Carried
18 Jun 2025	Emergency Action on Housing and Homelessness: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Question put: "That the motion, as amended, be agreed to."	No	Carried
18 Jun 2025	Emergency Action on Housing and Homelessness: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Amendment put	No	Carried

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.