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John Connolly

Fianna Fáil Galway West TD in this Dáil since 29 November 2024

Official Oireachtas profile

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1,092
questions asked
Oral and written, to government departments
53,367
words spoken in the chamber
Across 219 contributions
424
votes recorded
Each Yes, No or Abstained in a recorded vote
265
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 archive runs to 22 October 2026.

Questions asked 1,092 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026

Contributions to debates 219 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026
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MonthQuestionsContributions
December 2024 0 0
January 2025 32 0
February 2025 30 24
March 2025 45 5
April 2025 53 16
May 2025 55 22
June 2025 70 15
July 2025 31 13
August 2025 0 0
September 2025 33 10
October 2025 22 17
November 2025 94 6
December 2025 42 15
January 2026 56 4
February 2026 83 17
March 2026 64 5
April 2026 43 11
May 2026 43 6
June 2026 71 20
July 2026 71 4
August 2026 0 0
September 2026 71 2
October 2026 83 7

Debates they spoke in most

Plus 178 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 now
  2. party Fianna Fáil 29 November 2024 to now
John Connolly Written 19 Feb 2026 · to Enterprise
89. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment when a new west regional enterprise plan will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12896/26]
John Connolly Written 19 Feb 2026 · to Education
315. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Education and Youth the Teaching Council process following a request by a third level institution for the accreditation of a course leading to a teaching qualification; the length of time such accreditation takes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13538/26]
John Connolly Written 19 Feb 2026 · to Health
572. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Health for the average ambulance response time in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13531/26]
John Connolly Written 19 Feb 2026 · to Health
573. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Health the number of ambulance bases in Galway; the location of each; the permanent number of ambulances assigned to each base; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13532/26]
John Connolly Written 19 Feb 2026 · to Health
574. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Health the number of full time paramedic staff with the ambulances service in County Galway; the number of staff permanently located at each ambulance base within Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13533/26]
John Connolly Written 19 Feb 2026 · to Health
575. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Health the number of requests for ambulance service that were not facilitated on 6 February 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13534/26]
John Connolly Written 19 Feb 2026 · to Health
576. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Health the details of the means by which ambulance service triage call for ambulance requests; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13535/26]
John Connolly Written 19 Feb 2026 · to Health
577. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Health the number of calls made for an ambulance request on 6 February 2026 in County Galway that were responded to where the ambulance arrived at the correct patient location, in tabular form (details supplied) [13536/26]
John Connolly Written 19 Feb 2026 · to Health
578. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Health the status of the progression of the development works on the new ambulance base at Recess, County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13537/26]
John Connolly Written 18 Feb 2026 · to Climate
21. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of successful claims made for registration in relation to seaweed harvesting based on "Profit a Prendre" or traditional rights; whether it is proposed to change the legal conditions that need to be fulfilled to establish these rights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13422/26]
John Connolly Written 18 Feb 2026 · to Social
213. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of people who had their means assessed due to income from seaweed harvesting in the past two years; the number of these cases where no exemption of €1,270 was applied; whether these cases will be further reassessed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13421/26]
John Connolly Written 18 Feb 2026 · to Justice
216. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department intends to publish a Death in Custody Report (details supplied); the timeline for same; the date of the publication of the report as a matter of urgency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12995/26]
John Connolly Written 18 Feb 2026 · to Children
245. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plans to develop a Traveller employment, enterprise and employment strategy with targets, accountability and protections for those who identify openly as members of the Travelling community; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13237/26]
John Connolly Written 18 Feb 2026 · to Health
294. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Health the location and full staffing cohort of each Traveller healthcare project team; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13234/26]
John Connolly Written 18 Feb 2026 · to Health
295. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Health if she plans to increase the remunerated hours for which staff within Traveller healthcare projects are employed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13235/26]
John Connolly Written 18 Feb 2026 · to Health
296. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Health the steps her Department is taking to tackle the issue of over-prescribing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13236/26]
John Connolly Written 18 Feb 2026 · to Further and Higher Education
310. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to provide a commitment that his Department will adequately fund the Traveller apprenticeship incentivisation programme on a permanent basis as a feature of the national apprenticeship programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13238/26]
John Connolly Written 17 Feb 2026 · to Housing
789. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if consideration has been given, in the formulation of the National Planning Statement and its guidance on short term letting (STL), to the position of properties that operate as short term lets but are unlikely to transition to long term residential use, in particular second homes where the owners use the property a number times …
John Connolly Oral 12 Feb 2026 · to Public Expenditure
12. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if the infrastructure guidelines have been amended as per action 23 of the Accelerating Infrastructure Report and Action Plan, including for increased project expenditure thresholds; the removal of the external assurance process and enhanced timelines for the preparation of the preliminary busi…
John Connolly Written 12 Feb 2026 · to Public Expenditure
81. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the critical infrastructure projects which the new infrastructure division within his Department has assisted by progressing through improved strategic alignment; reducing delays caused by inter-agency conflicts; ensuring timely decision-making; resolving bottlenecks; coordinating across taskfo…
John Connolly Written 12 Feb 2026 · to Education
116. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Education and Youth to outline efforts underway within her Department to increase the supply of primary school teachers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10904/26]
John Connolly Written 12 Feb 2026 · to Education
176. D'fhiafraigh Deputy John Connolly den Minister for Education and Youth an féidir lena Roinn tuilleadh iarrachtaí a dhéanamh chun níos mó scoileanna a spreagadh le páirt a ghlacadh sa Scéim Aitheantais Scoileanna Gaeltachta; agus an ndéanfaidh sí ráiteas ina thaobh. [10903/26]
John Connolly Written 12 Feb 2026 · to Education
349. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of measures to address pay equity concerns for principals of special schools (details supplied); the expected timelines for resolving outstanding matters including the payment of the special school allowance, the reinstatement of the special education diploma allowance, and the completion of costings for payments to principals for staff m…
John Connolly Written 12 Feb 2026 · to Education
365. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Education and Youth when she intends to publish the next tranche of school building projects under the National Development Plan, further to the recent publication of her Department’s document entitled “First Tranche of NDP Rollout – 105 School Building Projects to Progress to Tender and/or Construction, as Appropriate, Over the Course of 2026 and 2027”; and if a schoo…
John Connolly Written 11 Feb 2026 · to Transport
55. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Transport to detail the efforts his Department are taking to develop bus priority measures in Galway City; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10930/26]