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 4 Nov 2025 · to Children
1503. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the funding that is available to initiatives (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58327/25]
David Cullinane Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Health
1732. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the current circular which governs eligibility for the allowance for advanced paramedics; the details of this circular and eligibility conditions; the details of all circulars which have governed this allowance; and the difference between them for eligibility. [58183/25]
David Cullinane Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Health
1733. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to HSE HR Circular 011/2009 of 30 March 2009, the step-down process, and the criteria of same, which are in place today. [58186/25]
David Cullinane Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Health
1948. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if there is GP discretion in charging a fee for an initial consultation for an expectant mother to apply for the maternity and infant care scheme; if a GP is obliged under the terms of the scheme to provide such an appointment under the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59328/25]
David Cullinane Written 22 Oct 2025 · to Health
218. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if the HSE issued a formal S53 Notice to the LDA regarding the Baggot Street Hospital Site in Dublin; if any relevant State bodies formally declined in writing or in any other way to take the property for housing; if there is a public record by way of emails, minutes, memos, written or electronic correspondence of discussions between the HSE, the Department of…
David Cullinane Written 21 Oct 2025 · to Children
675. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will review the terms of AIM funding to facilitate appropriate backpay for retention of relevant qualified staff following the successful receipt of advanced levels of AIM support; if she will review the possibility of reimbursing a service provider for additional costs incurred due to exceptional circumstances and delays in s…
David Cullinane Written 21 Oct 2025 · to Children
676. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the average time to decision in AIM funding applications, by funding level, for each year 2021-2025 to date, in tabular form. [56591/25]
David Cullinane Written 21 Oct 2025 · to Health
752. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of all measures contained in new funding in Budget 2026, in tabular form. [56607/25]
David Cullinane Written 21 Oct 2025 · to Health
753. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the total existing levels of service provision in Budget 2026. [56608/25]
David Cullinane Written 21 Oct 2025 · to Health
754. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of expansion of services funding in Budget 2026 by subhead, separating existing levels of service funding from new measures funding, in tabular form. [56609/25]
David Cullinane Written 21 Oct 2025 · to Health
755. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the detail of all new measures of funding in Budget 2026, broken down by line item, excluding any existing levels of service funding. [56610/25]
David Cullinane Written 21 Oct 2025 · to Health
756. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of the Nayagam risk assessment and review; if she will commit to its full publication; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56613/25]
David Cullinane Written 21 Oct 2025 · to Health
812. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the current staffing levels at the neurosurgery department at Beaumont Hospital, by grade; the current vacancies which exist in this service, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57006/25]
David Cullinane Written 21 Oct 2025 · to Health
813. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the current number of patients awaiting neurosurgery at the neurosurgery department at Beaumont Hospital; the types of surgeries being awaited and the number of patients that are awaiting these individual surgeries; the current wait times for patients to receive neurosurgery; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57007/25]
David Cullinane Written 15 Oct 2025 · to Social
227. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Social Protection the funding sources available to foodbanks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55752/25]
David Cullinane Written 15 Oct 2025 · to Health
295. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the components of the remuneration packages which are given to senior public servants at the National Ambulance Service (details supplied). [55630/25]
David Cullinane Written 14 Oct 2025 · to Taoiseach
153. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on the Economy, Trade and Competitiveness will next meet. [55263/25]
David Cullinane Written 14 Oct 2025 · to Taoiseach
154. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Infrastructure will next meet. [55264/25]
David Cullinane Written 14 Oct 2025 · to Health
868. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the level of expenditure on services from the association of ambulance chief executives, by the National Ambulance Service and the HSE, for 2020 to 2025, in tabular form. [54975/25]
David Cullinane Written 14 Oct 2025 · to Health
889. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of people who are in receipt of the allowance for advanced paramedics, broken down by grades director, assistant director, other senior management and other grades, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55280/25]
David Cullinane Written 14 Oct 2025 · to Health
890. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of people who are in receipt of the allowance for advanced paramedics but who are not practicing advanced paramedics, broken down by grades director, assistant director, other senior management, and other grades, in tabular form. [55281/25]
David Cullinane Written 14 Oct 2025 · to Health
891. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of people who have sought but not received the allowance for advance paramedics to date in 2025 [55282/25]
David Cullinane Oral 2 Oct 2025 · to Health
76. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if she will consider an independent public inquiry into scandals at Children’s Health Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52528/25]
David Cullinane Oral 2 Oct 2025 · to Health
78. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if she is confident that sufficient capital funding has been provided for in the national development plan to deliver elective centres, 3,000 additional acute inpatient beds, digital transformation, and the entirety of health infrastructure commitments made by the Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52529/25]
David Cullinane Written 2 Oct 2025 · to Health
92. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the handover date for the new children’s hospital; if there is a compliant programme of works; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52531/25]