TDs / Colm Burke

Colm Burke

Fine Gael Cork North-Central TD in this Dáil since 29 November 2024

Official Oireachtas profile

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1,291

questions asked

Oral and written, to government departments

49,488

words spoken in the chamber

3,972 as a minister, 45,516 as a TD

430

votes recorded

Each Yes, No or Abstained in a recorded vote

239

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.

Medicinal Products 42 questions
Citizenship Applications 38 questions
Healthcare Policy 38 questions
Health Services 35 questions
Dental Services 32 questions
Tobacco Control Measures 30 questions
School Accommodation 29 questions
School Transport 27 questions

Who they ask

The departments their questions were addressed to.

Health 422 questions
Justice 139 questions
Education 123 questions
Transport 84 questions
Agriculture 74 questions
Social 70 questions

Month by month

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

Questions asked 1,291 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026

Contributions to debates 266 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026

Show as a table

Month	Questions	Contributions
December 2024	0	0
January 2025	7	0
February 2025	23	7
March 2025	73	4
April 2025	62	18
May 2025	64	38
June 2025	72	11
July 2025	89	16
August 2025	0	0
September 2025	96	12
October 2025	53	18
November 2025	105	33
December 2025	74	9
January 2026	57	4
February 2026	62	7
March 2026	91	17
April 2026	67	17
May 2026	61	3
June 2026	72	16
July 2026	72	18
August 2026	0	0
September 2026	64	0
October 2026	27	18

Debates they spoke in most

School Transport: Statements 2 contributions
All-Island Strategic Rail Review: Statements 1 contribution
Children's Health Ireland: Statements 1 contribution
Community Pharmacy Agreement: Statements 1 contribution
Confidence in the Ceann Comhairle: Motion 1 contribution
Dementia: Statements 1 contribution

Plus 247 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 North-Central 29 November 2024 to now
party Fine Gael 29 November 2024 to now

Date	What the vote was on	Their vote	Result
30 Jun 2026	Order of Business Question put: "That the proposed arrangements for this week's business be agreed to."	Yes	Carried
24 Jun 2026	Offences Against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motions (Resumed) Amendment put	No	Lost
24 Jun 2026	Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) (Amendment) Bill 2026: Report and Final Stages Amendment put	No	Lost
24 Jun 2026	Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) (Amendment) Bill 2026: Report and Final Stages Amendment put	No	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"	Yes	Carried
24 Jun 2026	State Responsibility for Foundation Retention Risk in Defective Concrete Homes: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Amendment put	Yes	Carried
24 Jun 2026	Offences Against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 and Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009: Motions (Resumed) Question put	Yes	Carried
23 Jun 2026	Order of Business Question put: "That the proposed arrangements for this week's business be agreed to."	Yes	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."	Yes	Carried
17 Jun 2026	Data Centres, Energy Use and Climate Change: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Amendment put	Yes	Carried
17 Jun 2026	Health (Abolition of Three Day Wait Rule) (Amendment) Bill 2026: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] Question put	No	Carried
17 Jun 2026	EU Directive on Combating Firearms Trafficking: Motion Question put	Yes	Carried
17 Jun 2026	Finance Bill 2026: Committee and Remaining Stages Question put	Yes	Carried
17 Jun 2026	Finance Bill 2026: Committee and Remaining Stages Amendment put	No	Lost
17 Jun 2026	Finance Bill 2026: Committee and Remaining Stages Amendment put	No	Lost
17 Jun 2026	Finance Bill 2026: Committee and Remaining Stages Amendment put	No	Lost
17 Jun 2026	Finance Bill 2026: Committee and Remaining Stages Amendment put	No	Lost
17 Jun 2026	Guardianship of Infants and Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2026: Report and Final Stages Amendment put	No	Lost
17 Jun 2026	Criminal Justice (International Cooperation on Electronic Evidence and Other Matters) Bill 2026: Committee and Remaining Stages Amendment put	No	Lost
17 Jun 2026	Criminal Justice (International Cooperation on Electronic Evidence and Other Matters) Bill 2026: Committee and Remaining Stages Amendment put	No	Lost
17 Jun 2026	Criminal Justice (International Cooperation on Electronic Evidence and Other Matters) Bill 2026: Second Stage (Resumed) Question put	Yes	Carried
16 Jun 2026	Order of Business Question put: "That the proposed arrangements for this week's business be agreed to."	Yes	Carried
10 Jun 2026	Exclusion of Israel from Sporting Fixtures: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Question put: "That the motion, as amended, be agreed to."	Yes	Carried
10 Jun 2026	Exclusion of Israel from Sporting Fixtures: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Amendment put	Yes	Carried
10 Jun 2026	Stop the Game Campaign and FAI Participation in Matches against Israel: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Question put: "That the motion, as amended, be agreed to."	Yes	Carried

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