On 7 November, Wicklow County Council will bring forward and enact a new differential rent scheme for its 6,500 tenants. Of those tenants, 87% will see substantial rent hikes of 100%, 200% or, in some cases, 300%. That would be fundamentally wrong at any time, but given the huge cost-of-living crisis that is impacting people right across the board in terms of putting food on the table and paying for energy and electr…
TDs / John Brady
John Brady
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828
questions asked
Oral and written, to government departments
4,606
words spoken in the chamber
Across 70 contributions
396
votes recorded
Each Yes, No or Abstained in a recorded vote
165
topics asked about
Across 19 departments
From the Dáil chamber only: committee meetings are not in this archive.
What they ask about
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Who they ask
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Month by month
Low months are usually recesses, when the Dáil does not sit. The archive runs to 22 October 2026.
Questions asked 828 in all
Dec 2024Oct 2026
Contributions to debates 70 in all
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| Month | Questions | Contributions |
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| December 2024 | 0 | 1 |
| January 2025 | 21 | 0 |
| February 2025 | 5 | 2 |
| March 2025 | 10 | 18 |
| April 2025 | 39 | 0 |
| May 2025 | 50 | 15 |
| June 2025 | 49 | 1 |
| July 2025 | 232 | 0 |
| August 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 7 | 0 |
| October 2025 | 0 | 2 |
| November 2025 | 68 | 4 |
| December 2025 | 5 | 1 |
| January 2026 | 13 | 1 |
| February 2026 | 35 | 3 |
| March 2026 | 69 | 3 |
| April 2026 | 39 | 9 |
| May 2026 | 36 | 5 |
| June 2026 | 20 | 2 |
| July 2026 | 103 | 0 |
| August 2026 | 0 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 24 | 0 |
| October 2026 | 3 | 3 |
Debates they spoke in most
Plus 56 contributions in the regular slots, such as Leaders' Questions and Priority Questions. Speech from the chair is not counted.
Asked about similar topics
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Party, constituency and offices
- constituency Wicklow 29 November 2024 to now
- party Sinn Féin 29 November 2024 to now
There needs to be intervention. I am calling on the Government to intervene to stop these grotesque rent hikes proceeding.
I call on the Minister for housing and local government to intervene and stop these hikes from going ahead on 7 November.
The people of Wicklow are constantly being let down by chronic failures in public transport. The badly needed 199 Bray to Glendalough bus service promised in 2024 and procured last year is still not operating there. People in Wicklow are equally frustrated by the two-year delay in upgrading the chronically unreliable 132 route, leaving west Wicklow commuters stranded, with buses continuously breaking down. For months…
----- his ministry, do his job, stop the waste and deliver services?
The Taoiseach says that with a straight face.
I concur with my colleagues. This is an important piece of legislation given the Government's systemic failure to take meaningful action against the genocide and apartheid regime of Israel against the Palestinians. A number of pieces of legislation were brought forward previously, including my illegal Israeli settlement divestment Bill. The Government has made us stakeholders in the illegal practice of apartheid in t…
-----in the illegal occupation-----
This is an important piece of legislation.
I move:
That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, and Taoiseach pursuant to Standing Order 187.
We do need a Government.
I want to raise with the Taoiseach the imminent sale of a substantial parcel of land in the Wicklow Mountains, including the summit of Lugnaquilla, due to be auctioned off this Friday. The 1,527-acre holding represents a massive opportunity for the State to secure what is essentially a priceless piece of our natural heritage. I do not think land of such environmental, cultural and recreational value should be sold of…
I have written to the Minister in relation to the sale of this land on Friday. Will the Taoiseach examine this with a view to the State purchasing it?
Last Friday, a constituent of mine from Wicklow presented at St. Vincent's University Hospital A and E after suffering a suspected mini-stroke. He was vulnerable and afraid but after being seen was told nothing would happen over the weekend. He was told to go home and come back on Monday. He did exactly that. Yesterday morning, he went back as instructed but then had to wait for hour after hour. Morning turned to nig…
A mini-stroke.
As Cathaoirleach of the Committee of Public Accounts, last week I exposed that in recent years, the Department of education has spent over €2 million on legal costs and court settlements in cases involving families seeking appropriate school places. That is in addition to the €10.5 million spent by the State on legal defences to challenges by parents regarding assessments of need. This is an absolute insult to every …
That is not true.
That is not fair.
So is the news.
The Taoiseach has not answered the question about international law.
She will respond.
Sit down. You are a disgrace.
Last week, the Government decided to cut the 2026 funding to Wicklow County Council for regional and local roads - a cut of over €300,000 when our roads are already deteriorating. It is unacceptable. Recent storms and bad weather have made a bad situation worse not just in Wicklow but right across the State. Potholes have multiplied and surfaces are crumbling. I have been contacted by many constituents facing costly …
I move:
That the Bill be referred to the Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure, Public Service Reform, Digitilisation, and Taoiseach pursuant Standing Orders 103(2)(b) and 184(a).
Tomorrow, the Committee of Public Accounts will return to its scrutiny of the extraordinary expenditure on IPAS accommodation last year of €1.2 billion. We return to this scrutiny on foot of a damning report carried out by the Comptroller and Auditor General who raised serious issues about governance, oversight and transparency. Contracts have been awarded to some of the largest criminals within the State. We see she…