TDs / Pat Buckley

Pat Buckley

Sinn Féin Cork East TD in this Dáil since 29 November 2024

Official Oireachtas profile

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454

questions asked

Oral and written, to government departments

25,737

words spoken in the chamber

Across 72 contributions

421

votes recorded

Each Yes, No or Abstained in a recorded vote

154

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.

Animal Welfare 22 questions
Special Educational Needs 19 questions
Mental Health Services 13 questions
Health Services 12 questions
Childcare Services 11 questions
Housing Schemes 8 questions
Local Authorities 8 questions
Medical Cards 8 questions

Who they ask

The departments their questions were addressed to.

Health 109 questions
Education 63 questions
Children 42 questions
Housing 41 questions
Transport 40 questions
Agriculture 34 questions

Month by month

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

Questions asked 454 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026

Contributions to debates 72 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026

Show as a table

Month	Questions	Contributions
December 2024	0	0
January 2025	21	0
February 2025	46	5
March 2025	32	4
April 2025	27	3
May 2025	39	5
June 2025	25	6
July 2025	46	5
August 2025	0	0
September 2025	28	4
October 2025	32	2
November 2025	17	3
December 2025	17	10
January 2026	22	4
February 2026	26	8
March 2026	12	3
April 2026	16	0
May 2026	12	3
June 2026	15	1
July 2026	2	1
August 2026	0	0
September 2026	1	2
October 2026	18	3

Debates they spoke in most

Blister Packs: Motion [Private Members] 7 contributions
Fisheries: Statements 3 contributions
Mental Health: Statements 2 contributions
All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Statements 1 contribution
Assessment of Need: Statements 1 contribution
Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Bill 2026: Second Stage 1 contribution

Plus 25 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 Cork East 29 November 2024 to now
party Sinn Féin 29 November 2024 to now

Date	What the vote was on	Their vote	Result
8 Jul 2026	Animal Health and Welfare (Ban on Hare Coursing) Bill 2020: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] Question put	No	Lost
8 Jul 2026	Cost of Living: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Question put: "That the motion, as amended, be agreed to."	No	Carried
8 Jul 2026	Cost of Living: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Amendment put	No	Carried
8 Jul 2026	Cost of Living: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Amendment to amendment put	Yes	Lost
8 Jul 2026	Childcare Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Question put: "That the motion, as amended, be agreed to."	No	Carried
8 Jul 2026	Childcare Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Amendment put	No	Carried
8 Jul 2026	Civil Liability (Child Sexual Abuse Proceedings Against Unincorporated Bodies of Persons) Bill 2025: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] Amendment put	No	Carried
8 Jul 2026	Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2026: Committee and Remaining Stages Question put: That section 62 stand part of the Bill.	No	Carried
8 Jul 2026	Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2026: Committee and Remaining Stages Question put	No	Carried
8 Jul 2026	Housing and Residential Tenancies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2026: Report and Final Stages Question put	No	Carried
8 Jul 2026	Housing and Residential Tenancies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2026: Report and Final Stages Amendment put	No	Carried
8 Jul 2026	Housing and Residential Tenancies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2026: Report and Final Stages Amendment to amendment put	Yes	Lost
8 Jul 2026	Finance Bill 2026: From the Seanad Recommendation put	No	Carried
8 Jul 2026	Finance Bill 2026: From the Seanad Amendment put	Yes	Lost
7 Jul 2026	Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Prohibition of Importation of Goods) Bill 2026: Report and Final Stages Amendment put	Yes	Lost
7 Jul 2026	Housing and Residential Tenancies (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2026: Instruction to Committee Question put	No	Carried
30 Jun 2026	Order of Business Question put: "That the proposed arrangements for this week's business be agreed to."	No	Carried
24 Jun 2026	Offences Against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motions (Resumed) Amendment put	Yes	Lost
24 Jun 2026	Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) (Amendment) Bill 2026: Report and Final Stages Amendment put	Yes	Lost
24 Jun 2026	Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) (Amendment) Bill 2026: Report and Final Stages Amendment put	Yes	Lost
24 Jun 2026	State Responsibility for Foundation Retention Risk in Defective Concrete Homes: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Question put: "That the motion, as amended, be agreed to"	No	Carried
24 Jun 2026	State Responsibility for Foundation Retention Risk in Defective Concrete Homes: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Amendment put	No	Carried
24 Jun 2026	Offences Against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motions (Resumed) Question put	Abstained	Carried
23 Jun 2026	Order of Business Question put: "That the proposed arrangements for this week's business be agreed to."	No	Carried
17 Jun 2026	Data Centres, Energy Use and Climate Change: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Question put: "That the motion, as amended, be agreed to."	No	Carried

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