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Brian Brennan

Fine Gael Wicklow-Wexford TD in this Dáil since 29 November 2024

Official Oireachtas profile

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444
questions asked
Oral and written, to government departments
18,266
words spoken in the chamber
Across 86 contributions. Plus 14 contributions from the chair, not counted
408
votes recorded
Each Yes, No or Abstained in a recorded vote
151
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 444 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026

Contributions to debates 86 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026
Show as a table
MonthQuestionsContributions
December 2024 0 0
January 2025 14 0
February 2025 34 3
March 2025 33 4
April 2025 19 4
May 2025 20 6
June 2025 15 1
July 2025 17 6
August 2025 0 0
September 2025 25 1
October 2025 23 4
November 2025 28 13
December 2025 21 5
January 2026 26 6
February 2026 26 9
March 2026 17 3
April 2026 23 6
May 2026 32 4
June 2026 27 2
July 2026 13 1
August 2026 0 1
September 2026 17 2
October 2026 14 5

Debates they spoke in most

Plus 71 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 Wicklow-Wexford 29 November 2024 to now
  2. party Fine Gael 29 November 2024 to now
Brian Brennan Written 21 Oct 2026 · to Education
58. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason incremental credit has been refused to a person (details supplied); and if officials from her Department can meet with the applicant to resolve the issue. [74654/26]
Brian Brennan Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Culture
152. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport further to the recent announcement of the Arts Capital Investment Fund (details supplied), his plans to expand the scheme to allow for the development of facilities where there are none in place. [74073/26]
Brian Brennan Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Culture
170. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if support will be available to the sports organisations affected by the liquidation of a company (details supplied) who have an approved Sports Capital Grant being processed. [74069/26]
Brian Brennan Oral 15 Oct 2026 · to Rural
22. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the consideration given to ensure that grant funding is directed towards towns, villages and communities that are lacking in social infrastructure such as community centres, performance spaces and town parks. [72490/26]
Brian Brennan Oral 15 Oct 2026 · to Rural
57. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the further incentives he is considering to ensure that small towns and villages in rural Ireland grow, develop and thrive and have the facilities and social infrastructure needed to provide a high quality of life for their communities. [72996/26]
Brian Brennan Written 15 Oct 2026 · to Health
133. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Health for an update on the progress of the proposed Gorey primary health care centre. [72389/26]
Brian Brennan Written 13 Oct 2026 · to Enterprise
248. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the date on which his Department was consulted by the Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration on the proposal in the general scheme of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship (Amendment) Bill 2026 to increase the standard naturalisation residence requirement from five years to eight; the observations his Department made; and w…
Brian Brennan Written 13 Oct 2026 · to Housing
452. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider a review of the commercial rates for an industry (details supplied). [72090/26]
Brian Brennan Written 8 Oct 2026 · to Agriculture
22. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures he is taking to simplify systems for making applications to agricultural schemes making them more user friendly for the farmers involved; and his plans to ensure that payments are issued swiftly and without delay. [70964/26]
Brian Brennan Written 8 Oct 2026 · to Agriculture
59. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on the progress of the Bovine TB Action Plan. [70960/26]
Brian Brennan Written 6 Oct 2026 · to Health
675. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Health if she will review the fairness of the drug payment scheme threshold, particularly the application of the same monthly cap to widowed/single-person households and to couples or families. [70527/26]
Brian Brennan Written 6 Oct 2026 · to Further and Higher Education
733. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his attention has been drawn to the ongoing delays in registration of students at Technological University Dublin following on from issues with result delays earlier this year; and the action that has been taken to resolve this issue. [70354/26]
Brian Brennan Written 1 Oct 2026 · to Foreign
44. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide an update on efforts to increase aid supplies crossing the border into Gaza. [69232/26]
Brian Brennan Written 1 Oct 2026 · to Foreign
52. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the Government will be maintaining or increasing current levels of foreign aid funding in budget 2027. [69231/26]
Brian Brennan Written 30 Sep 2026 · to Agriculture
139. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a fuel income support scheme applicant (details supplied) will be allowed to request payment for additional months; and if the person can appeal this decision. [69065/26]
Brian Brennan Written 29 Sep 2026 · to Education
362. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the process by which a school can apply for a home liaison officer. [68039/26]
Brian Brennan Written 29 Sep 2026 · to Health
741. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Health if she intends to alter the income limit threshold for over 70 medical cards, that was last set in November 2020. [68287/26]
Brian Brennan Written 23 Sep 2026 · to Public Expenditure
39. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if further to the flooding during storm Chandra works are to be carried out by the OPW to a location (details supplied). [67376/26]
Brian Brennan Written 22 Sep 2026 · to Enterprise
28. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment whether he would consider measures to compel profitably companies to pay redundancies above the statutory cap when redundancies are made for strategic business reasons rather than financial insolvency. [66917/26]
Brian Brennan Written 22 Sep 2026 · to Enterprise
63. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment whether he will consider increasing the maximum rate of payment of statutory redundancy which is capped at €600 per week to take into account inflation, rising wages and the increased cost of living. [66912/26]
Brian Brennan Written 16 Sep 2026 · to Transport
216. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Transport if a road transporters support scheme applicant (details supplied) will be allowed to request payment for additional months or will be able to appeal this decision. [64560/26]
Brian Brennan Written 16 Sep 2026 · to Transport
218. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Transport when the appeals process under the road transporters support scheme will open to applicants who wish to make an appeal on their case. [64558/26]
Brian Brennan Written 16 Sep 2026 · to Social
759. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Social Protection if a reduction in the weekly overpayment of the pandemic payment will be allowed for a person (details supplied). [64464/26]
Brian Brennan Written 16 Sep 2026 · to Agriculture
977. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he plans to provide additional funding to increase the number of applications approved under TAMS for solar panels on agricultural buildings. [64397/26]
Brian Brennan Written 7 Sep 2026 · to Taoiseach
3. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Taoiseach the total amount his Department and Departmental agencies have spent in 2025 and to date in 2026 on social media and web advertising; the proportion this is of his Department's advertising budget. [60917/26]