TDs / David Cullinane

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David Cullinane

Sinn Féin Waterford TD in this Dáil since 29 November 2024

Official Oireachtas profile

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1,614
questions asked
Oral and written, to government departments
117,211
words spoken in the chamber
Across 499 contributions
417
votes recorded
Each Yes, No or Abstained in a recorded vote
145
topics asked about
Across 16 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 1,614 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026

Contributions to debates 499 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026
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MonthQuestionsContributions
December 2024 0 0
January 2025 22 0
February 2025 73 27
March 2025 70 92
April 2025 121 18
May 2025 218 26
June 2025 129 16
July 2025 174 23
August 2025 0 0
September 2025 28 9
October 2025 75 25
November 2025 35 40
December 2025 68 16
January 2026 72 11
February 2026 115 29
March 2026 35 42
April 2026 85 43
May 2026 30 12
June 2026 119 15
July 2026 67 20
August 2026 0 0
September 2026 52 10
October 2026 26 25

Debates they spoke in most

Plus 304 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 Waterford 29 November 2024 to now
  2. party Sinn Féin 29 November 2024 to now
David Cullinane Written 18 Dec 2025 · to Health
700. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of delayed transfers of care, delayed discharges as a percentage of total discharges, and bed days lost as a percentage of total bed days, for each of the years from 2022 to date in 2025, by hospital, in tabular form. [73602/25]
David Cullinane Written 18 Dec 2025 · to Health
701. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the bed occupancy rates of all public and voluntary hospitals, and the number of days full capacity protocols were in operation in model three and model four hospitals, for each of the years from 2022 to date in 2025, in tabular form. [73603/25]
David Cullinane Written 18 Dec 2025 · to Health
702. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of assaults recorded against patients and staff in HSE facilities for each of the years from 2022 to date in 2025, in tabular form. [73604/25]
David Cullinane Written 18 Dec 2025 · to Health
703. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the ambulance response performance for clinical status one incidents, including response times, proportions met, and incident volumes by clinical status, for each of the years from 2022 to date in 2025, nationally and by region, in tabular form. [73605/25]
David Cullinane Written 18 Dec 2025 · to Health
704. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the percentage of ambulance crews available to respond within 20 minutes of ED handover, by hospital, quarterly from 2023 to 2025, in tabular form. [73606/25]
David Cullinane Written 18 Dec 2025 · to Health
705. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of outsourcing for children’s spinal surgery and paediatric orthopaedics; the details of participating hospitals, including international hospitals; and the number of children treated or seen at clinics at each hospital, for each year from 2020 to date in 2025, in tabular form [73607/25]
David Cullinane Written 18 Dec 2025 · to Health
706. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of patients on primary care and community services waiting lists, by service, age, and length of wait from December 2022-2025 (or latest other comparable date), in tabular form. [73623/25]
David Cullinane Written 18 Dec 2025 · to Health
707. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of people waiting for home support, and those receiving less than their allocated hours, from December 2022-2025 (or latest other comparable date), in tabular form. [73624/25]
David Cullinane Written 18 Dec 2025 · to Health
708. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of people on CAMHS and Jigsaw waiting lists, by CHO and length of wait, quarterly from 2012–2025, in tabular form. [73625/25]
David Cullinane Written 18 Dec 2025 · to Health
709. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of people waiting for diagnostic tests at the latest available data point, in tabular form. [73626/25]
David Cullinane Written 18 Dec 2025 · to Health
710. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the dental service capacity and access, including DTSS participation, claims activity and waiting lists for dental, orthodontic, and dental surgery services, by area, quarterly for 2025 and for quarter four of 2024, in tabular form. [73627/25]
David Cullinane Written 18 Dec 2025 · to Health
711. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of GPs and GPs providing GMS services, by local health area and per 10,000 population, from 1 December 2020–2025, in tabular form. [73628/25]
David Cullinane Written 18 Dec 2025 · to Health
712. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total spend by the HSE and section 38 hospitals on agency staffing and recruitment services annually from 2019-2025, in tabular form. [73629/25]
David Cullinane Written 18 Dec 2025 · to Health
713. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the management consultancy and external professional services spend by the HSE, by firm and service type, annually from 2019–2025, in tabular form. [73630/25]
David Cullinane Written 18 Dec 2025 · to Health
714. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the management consultancy and external professional services spend by each section 38 organisation, by firm and service type, annually from 2019–2025, in tabular form. [73631/25]
David Cullinane Written 18 Dec 2025 · to Health
715. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the reporting requirements in place for spend on management consultancy and external professional services spend by section 39 organisations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73632/25]
David Cullinane Written 18 Dec 2025 · to Health
716. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total cost of medical negligence litigation, including settlements, awards, and legal fees, annually from 2014–2025, in tabular form. [73633/25]
David Cullinane Written 18 Dec 2025 · to Health
728. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of people in County Waterford waiting for home support at December 2022–2025 (or latest comparable date), in tabular form; and the number of people receiving less than their allocated hours. [73698/25]
David Cullinane Written 18 Dec 2025 · to Health
729. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of people in County Waterford waiting for CAMHS, broken down by length of wait, on a quarterly basis for 2022–2025, in tabular form. [73699/25]
David Cullinane Written 18 Dec 2025 · to Health
730. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of people in County Waterford waiting for Jigsaw, broken down by length of wait, on a quarterly basis for 2022 to 2025, in tabular form. [73700/25]
David Cullinane Written 18 Dec 2025 · to Health
731. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of people in County Waterford waiting for diagnostic tests, including MRI, CT, ultrasound and endoscopy, at the latest available data point, in tabular form. [73701/25]
David Cullinane Written 18 Dec 2025 · to Health
732. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the capacity and access to public dental services in County Waterford, including DTSS participation, claims activity, and waiting lists for dental, orthodontic, and dental surgery services, for quarter 4 2024 and quarterly in 2025, in tabular form. [73702/25]
David Cullinane Written 18 Dec 2025 · to Health
733. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total number of GPs, and the number of GPs providing GMS services, in County Waterford, by local health area and per 10,000 population, at 1 December for each year from 2020 to 2025, in tabular form. [73703/25]
David Cullinane Written 18 Dec 2025 · to Health
734. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average time to admission, the waiting-time distribution, and the number of patients leaving without being seen via the emergency department at University Hospital Waterford, for year-to-date 2022–2025, with separate figures for all patients and patients aged 75 and over, in tabular form. [73705/25]
David Cullinane Written 18 Dec 2025 · to Health
735. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of hospital-initiated scheduled care cancellations at University Hospital Waterford, for year-to-date 2022–2025, broken down by appointment or procedure type and by adult/child, in tabular form. [73706/25]