TDs / Catherine Connolly

Catherine Connolly

Independent Galway West TD in this Dáil until 25 October 2025

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407

questions asked

Oral and written, to government departments

80,798

words spoken in the chamber

Across 360 contributions. Plus 43 contributions from the chair, not counted

132

votes recorded

Each Yes, No or Abstained in a recorded vote

141

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.

International Protection 21 questions
Statutory Instruments 13 questions
Mother and Baby Homes 12 questions
Visa Applications 9 questions
Middle East 8 questions
Adoption Services 7 questions
Defence Forces 6 questions
Fisheries Protection 6 questions

Who they ask

The departments their questions were addressed to.

Justice 56 questions
Children 40 questions
Health 36 questions
Housing 27 questions
Foreign 26 questions
Social 24 questions

Month by month

Low months are usually recesses, when the Dáil does not sit. The charts stop when they left the Dáil.

Questions asked 407 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2025

Contributions to debates 360 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2025

Show as a table

Month	Questions	Contributions
December 2024	0	1
January 2025	3	1
February 2025	81	38
March 2025	62	61
April 2025	49	68
May 2025	52	89
June 2025	50	47
July 2025	47	23
August 2025	0	0
September 2025	25	21
October 2025	38	11

Debates they spoke in most

Údarás na Gaeltachta (Amendment) Bill 2024: Céim an Choiste (Atógáil) 24 contributions
Report of the Farrelly Commission: Statements 6 contributions
Údarás na Gaeltachta (Amendment) Bill 2024: Céim an Choiste 6 contributions
Oideachas trí Mheán na Gaeilge: Tairiscint [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] 5 contributions
Budget Statement 2026 3 contributions
Confidence in the Ceann Comhairle: Motion 3 contributions

Plus 238 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 Galway West 29 November 2024 to 25 October 2025
party Independent 29 November 2024 to 25 October 2025

Date	What the vote was on	Their vote	Result
8 Jul 2025	Order of Business Question put: "That the amendment proposed to arrangements on the Order of Business is hereby negatived and the proposed	No	Carried
2 Jul 2025	Nursing Homes: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Amendment put	No	Carried
2 Jul 2025	GPO and Moore Street Regeneration as a 1916 Cultural Quarter: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Question put: "That the motion, as amended, be agreed to."	No	Carried
2 Jul 2025	GPO and Moore Street Regeneration as a 1916 Cultural Quarter: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Amendment put	No	Carried
2 Jul 2025	GPO and Moore Street Regeneration as a 1916 Cultural Quarter: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Amendment to amendment put	Yes	Lost
2 Jul 2025	Transparency and Social Value in Public Procurement Bill 2024: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] Amendment put	No	Carried
2 Jul 2025	Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (Resumed) Question put: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time."	No	Carried
2 Jul 2025	Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Report Stage Question put: "That the Bill do now pass."	No	Carried
2 Jul 2025	Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Report Stage Amendment put	Yes	Lost
2 Jul 2025	Defamation (Amendment) Bill 2024: Report Stage Amendment put	Yes	Outcome not stated
1 Jul 2025	Order of Business Question put: "The amendment proposed to arrangements on the Order of Business is hereby negatived and the proposed arra	No	Carried
25 Jun 2025	Legislative and Structural Reforms to Accelerate Housing Delivery: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Question put: "That the motion, as amended, be agreed to."	No	Carried
25 Jun 2025	Legislative and Structural Reforms to Accelerate Housing Delivery: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Amendment put	No	Carried
25 Jun 2025	Healthcare (Transparent Payments) Bill 2022: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] Amendment put	No	Carried
25 Jun 2025	Finance (Local Property Tax and Other Provisions) (Amendment) Bill 2025: Committee and Remaining Stages Question put: "That the Bill do now pass."	No	Carried
25 Jun 2025	Finance (Local Property Tax and Other Provisions) (Amendment) Bill 2025: Committee and Remaining Stages Amendment put	Yes	Lost
25 Jun 2025	Finance (Local Property Tax and Other Provisions) (Amendment) Bill 2025: Committee and Remaining Stages Amendment put	Yes	Lost
24 Jun 2025	Order of Business Question put: "That the proposed arrangements for this week's business be agreed to."	No	Carried
18 Jun 2025	Emergency Action on Housing and Homelessness: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Question put: "That the motion, as amended, be agreed to."	No	Carried
18 Jun 2025	Emergency Action on Housing and Homelessness: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] Amendment put	No	Carried
18 Jun 2025	Criminal Law (Prohibition of the Disclosure of Counselling Records) Bill 2025: Second Stage (Resumed) [Private Members] Amendment put	No	Carried
18 Jun 2025	Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed) Amendment put	Yes	Lost
18 Jun 2025	Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed) Amendment put	Yes	Lost
18 Jun 2025	Mental Health Bill 2024: Committee Stage (Resumed) Amendment put	Yes	Lost
18 Jun 2025	Residential Tenancies (Amendment) Bill 2025: Committee and Remaining Stages Amendment put	Yes	Lost

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.