TDs / Joanna Byrne

Joanna Byrne

Sinn Féin Louth TD in this Dáil since 29 November 2024

Official Oireachtas profile

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473

questions asked

Oral and written, to government departments

55,881

words spoken in the chamber

Across 208 contributions

404

votes recorded

Each Yes, No or Abstained in a recorded vote

107

topics asked about

Across 15 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.

Health Services Waiting Lists 29 questions
Mental Health Services 24 questions
Hospital Staff 21 questions
Health Services 20 questions
General Practitioner Services 18 questions
Sports Funding 17 questions
Disability Services 15 questions
Special Educational Needs 12 questions

Who they ask

The departments their questions were addressed to.

Health 193 questions
Culture 67 questions
Education 44 questions
Children 42 questions
Justice 25 questions
Transport 25 questions

Month by month

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

Questions asked 473 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026

Contributions to debates 208 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026

Show as a table

Month	Questions	Contributions
December 2024	0	1
January 2025	4	0
February 2025	29	25
March 2025	38	14
April 2025	29	11
May 2025	20	10
June 2025	11	10
July 2025	34	6
August 2025	0	0
September 2025	12	5
October 2025	6	6
November 2025	25	4
December 2025	2	4
January 2026	43	15
February 2026	36	13
March 2026	23	12
April 2026	17	7
May 2026	32	13
June 2026	42	22
July 2026	18	3
August 2026	0	0
September 2026	40	5
October 2026	12	22

Debates they spoke in most

Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2026: Report and Final Stages 9 contributions
Unnecessary Hip Surgeries at Children's Health Ireland: Motion [Private Members] 4 contributions
Response to Storm Éowyn: Motion [Private Members] 3 contributions
Stop the Game Campaign and FAI Participation in Matches against Israel: Motion [Private Members] 3 contributions
Broadcasting (Oversight of RTÉ Accounts) (Amendment) Bill 2024: Second Stage [Private Members] 2 contributions
Confidence in the Ceann Comhairle: Motion 2 contributions

Plus 121 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 Louth 29 November 2024 to now
party Sinn Féin 29 November 2024 to now

Date	What the vote was on	Their vote	Result
30 Apr 2025	Final Draft Revised National Planning Framework: Motion (Resumed) Question put	No	Carried
30 Apr 2025	Report of the Committee on Standing Orders and Dáil Reform on Orders of Reference and Establishment of Committees: Motion (Resumed) Question put: "That the motion be agreed to."	No	Carried
30 Apr 2025	Report of the Committee on Standing Orders and Dáil Reform on Orders of Reference and Establishment of Committees: Motion (Resumed) Amendment put	Yes	Lost
30 Apr 2025	Special Education: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Amendment put	No	Carried
30 Apr 2025	Unnecessary Hip Surgeries at Children's Health Ireland: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Amendment put	No	Carried
29 Apr 2025	Order of Business Question put: "That the amendment to the Order of Business is hereby negatived and the proposed arrangements for the wee	No	Carried
9 Apr 2025	Protecting the Irish Economy Against Increasing Trade Tariffs: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Question put: "That the motion, as amended, be agreed to."	No	Carried
9 Apr 2025	Protecting the Irish Economy Against Increasing Trade Tariffs: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Amendment put	No	Carried
9 Apr 2025	Water Services (Repeal of Water Charges) Bill 2025: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] Question put	Yes	Lost
9 Apr 2025	Údarás na Gaeltachta (Amendment) Bill 2024: Céim an Choiste (Atógáil) Amendment put	Yes	Lost
8 Apr 2025	Order of Business Question put: "That the amendment to the Order of Business is hereby negatived and the proposed arrangements for the wee	No	Carried
2 Apr 2025	Housing Emergency Measures: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Question put: "That the motion, as amended, be agreed to."	No	Carried
2 Apr 2025	Housing Emergency Measures: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Amendment put	No	Carried
2 Apr 2025	Support for Householders, Businesses and Farmers Affected by Storm Éowyn: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Amendment put	No	Carried
1 Apr 2025	Confidence in the Ceann Comhairle: Motion Question put: "That the motion be agreed to."	No	Carried
1 Apr 2025	Confidence in the Ceann Comhairle: Motion Amendment put	Yes	Lost
1 Apr 2025	Order of Business Question put: "That the amendment to the Order of Business is hereby negatived and the proposed arrangements for the wee	No	Carried
26 Mar 2025	Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2022 (Section 4(2)) (Scheme Termination Date) Order 2025: Motion (Resumed) Question put: "That the motion be agreed to."	No	Carried
26 Mar 2025	Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2022 (Section 4(2)) (Scheme Termination Date) Order 2025: Motion (Resumed) Amendment put	Yes	Lost
26 Mar 2025	Triple Lock Mechanism and Irish Neutrality: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Amendment put	No	Carried
26 Mar 2025	Social Housing Tenant In Situ Scheme: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Question put: "That the motion, as amended, be agreed to."	No	Carried
26 Mar 2025	Social Housing Tenant In Situ Scheme: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Amendment put	No	Carried
26 Mar 2025	Údarás na Gaeltachta (Amendment) Bill 2024: Céim an Choiste Amendment put	Yes	Lost
26 Mar 2025	Údarás na Gaeltachta (Amendment) Bill 2024: Céim an Choiste Amendment put	Yes	Lost
19 Mar 2025	Order of Business Question put: "That the amendment to the Order of Business is hereby negatived and the proposed arrangements for the wee	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.