Joanna Byrne
Written
550. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Justice when a decision will be made in respect of a family reunification application (details supplied). [13532/25]
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Joanna Byrne
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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.
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 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
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
Joanna Byrne
Written
670. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline the existing disability services operating in the Louth constituency; the location of these services; the catchment area and population that each serves; the total number of staff employed within these services by grade and speciality; the number of vacant posts within these services by grade and specialit…
Joanna Byrne
Written
782. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of the number of persons who have been removed from outpatient waiting lists, inpatient waiting lists and day case waiting lists, through the outpatient waiting list management protocol, at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, and Louth County Hospital for each of the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement …
Joanna Byrne
Written
783. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of the number of elective surgeries and procedures cancelled, by speciality, at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital and Louth County Hospital for each of the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13858/25]
Joanna Byrne
Written
787. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health the reasons appointments for services (details supplied) at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda have been cancelled; and when and where alternative appointments will be provided for persons living in the Louth area. [13883/25]
Joanna Byrne
Written
788. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health to outline the existing ophthalmology services operating in County Louth; the location of these services; the number of persons currently employed within these services, by grade; whether there are plans to expand these services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13885/25]
Joanna Byrne
Written
789. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health the number of persons currently awaiting a first appointment for ophthalmology services in Louth; the length of time these persons have been waiting for an appointment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13886/25]
Joanna Byrne
Written
790. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health the number of children currently awaiting a first appointment for ophthalmology services in Louth; the length of time these children have been waiting for an appointment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13887/25]
Joanna Byrne
Written
791. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health the number of ophthalmologists currently operating within public health services in Louth; the number of vacancies currently unfilled; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13888/25]
Joanna Byrne
Written
793. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health the current healthcare services provided at Louth County Hospital, Dundalk. [13892/25]
Joanna Byrne
Written
794. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health the current healthcare services provided at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda. [13893/25]
Joanna Byrne
Oral
1. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the timeline for the replacement of the TV licence fee by direct funding from the Exchequer, managed by Coimisiún na Meán; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10148/25]
Joanna Byrne
Oral
3. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to give an update on and a timeline for the creation of football academies with the FAI and the League of Ireland, as contained in the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10149/25]
Joanna Byrne
Written
33. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if he will consider the development of a comprehensive creative AI strategy to protect the rights and livelihoods of those working in the Irish music industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10151/25]
Joanna Byrne
Written
661. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health if consideration has been given to providing an enhanced medical card to survivors (details supplied) to enable them to access necessary treatments and therapies which they must currently pay to access; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9121/25]
Joanna Byrne
Written
285. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Transport the timeline for the extension of the use of Leap Cards at Drogheda train station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7999/25]
Joanna Byrne
Written
467. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the measures put in place to ensure that output performance measures, key performance indicators or targets will be applied to the eight of his Department’s 14 high-level strategies that did not previously have corresponding output performance measures or targets in the revised estimates; and if he will make a statement…
Joanna Byrne
Written
481. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when the Ministerial brief will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8020/25]
Joanna Byrne
Written
80. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the actions he will take, along with National Broadband Ireland, to ensure that businesses and residents are not left without internet services for an extended period of time, as has happened after Storm Éowyn; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6407/25]
Joanna Byrne
Written
234. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Transport for an update on the preliminary appraisal received by his Department from Louth County Council in connection with a further phase of the port access northern cross route scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6147/25]
Joanna Byrne
Written
398. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media when the sports capital and equipment programme and large-scale sport infrastructure fund will open for new applications for much-needed funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5982/25]
Joanna Byrne
Written
246. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 902 and 903 of 5 February 2025, the plans in place to address the loss of ELC and SAC places in County Louth; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4907/25]
Joanna Byrne
Written
20. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Transport the current average waiting times for driving test appointments in County Louth for each of the licence categories; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3648/25]
Joanna Byrne
Written
21. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Transport the current longest waiting times for driving test appointments in County Louth for each of the licence categories; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3649/25]
Joanna Byrne
Written
22. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Transport the current average waiting times in County Louth between being offered an appointment to book a driving test, getting an appointment for the test and sitting a test [3650/25]