TDs / Catherine Connolly

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Catherine Connolly

Independent Galway West TD in this Dáil until 25 October 2025

Official Oireachtas profile

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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.

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 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
MonthQuestionsContributions
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

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

  1. constituency Galway West 29 November 2024 to 25 October 2025
  2. party Independent 29 November 2024 to 25 October 2025
DateWhat the vote was onTheir voteResult
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
5 Mar 2025 Waste in Public Expenditure: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members]
Question put: "That the motion, as amended, be agreed to".
No Carried
5 Mar 2025 Waste in Public Expenditure: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members]
Amendment put
No Carried
5 Mar 2025 Waste in Public Expenditure: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members]
Amendment to amendment put
Yes Lost
5 Mar 2025 Oideachas trí Mheán na Gaeilge: Tairiscint (Atógáil) [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha]
Question put: "That the motion, as amended, be agreed to".
No Carried
5 Mar 2025 Oideachas trí Mheán na Gaeilge: Tairiscint (Atógáil) [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha]
Amendment put
No Carried
4 Mar 2025 Order of Business
Question put: "That the proposed arrangements for this week's business be agreed to."
No Carried
25 Feb 2025 Order of Business
Question put: "That the proposed arrangements for this week's business be agreed to."
No Carried
19 Feb 2025 Housing Crisis: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members]
Question put: "That the motion, as amended, be agreed to."
No Carried
19 Feb 2025 Housing Crisis: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members]
Amendment put
No Carried
19 Feb 2025 Provision of Special Education: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members]
Question put: "That the motion, as amended, be agreed to."
No Carried
19 Feb 2025 Provision of Special Education: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members]
Amendment put
No Carried
19 Feb 2025 Merchant Shipping (Investigation of Marine Accidents) Bill 2024: Report and Final Stages
Question put: "That the Bill do now pass."
No Carried
18 Feb 2025 Order of Business
Question put
No Carried
12 Feb 2025 Ministers and Secretaries and Ministerial, Parliamentary, Judicial and Court Offices (Amendment) Bill 2025: Committee and Remaining Stages
Question put
No Carried
12 Feb 2025 Ministers and Secretaries and Ministerial, Parliamentary, Judicial and Court Offices (Amendment) Bill 2025: Committee and Remaining Stages
Question put
No Carried
12 Feb 2025 Ministers and Secretaries and Ministerial, Parliamentary, Judicial and Court Offices (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage
Question put
No Carried
12 Feb 2025 Housing Policy: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members]
Question put: "That the motion, as amended, be agreed to."
No Carried
12 Feb 2025 Housing Policy: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members]
Amendment put
No Carried
12 Feb 2025 Response to Storm Éowyn: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members]
Amendment put
No Carried
12 Feb 2025 Situation in Palestine: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members]
Question put: "That the motion, as amended, be agreed to."
No Carried
12 Feb 2025 Situation in Palestine: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members]
Amendment put
No Carried
11 Feb 2025 Order of Business
Question put: "That the proposed arrangements for this week's business be agreed to."
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.