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 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
3214. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of screening laboratory inspections which have taken place since 1 January 2018, by individual laboratory, in tabular form; the location of each laboratory; the dates of each inspection; the details of each inspection report; and the current standard operating procedure for slide screening used by each of the currently contracted laboratories. [439…
David Cullinane Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
3215. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of visits, if any, by the HSE, National Screening Service, or her Department to any laboratory or parent company thereof, which is contracted for screening services, whether for clinical or corporate purposes; the number of participants, by role and organisation; the destination; the duration; the breakdown of costs; the services rendered by those …
David Cullinane Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
3216. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the current staffing complement of the National Cervical Screening Laboratory, by discipline and grade, in tabular form; and the required staffing to fully repatriate screening services. [43935/25]
David Cullinane Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
3217. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the current and planned processing capacity of the National Cervical Screening Laboratory for HPV testing and for cytological slide screening; and the cost to screen a sample in the NCSL. [43936/25]
David Cullinane Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
3218. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the current plan and timeline for scaling up domestic cervical screening through the National Cervical Screening Laboratory and other State laboratories. [43937/25]
David Cullinane Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
3219. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the current cost to screen a sample through cytology under the existing contracts; and the equivalent cost per slide in 2018. [43938/25]
David Cullinane Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
3220. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if a woman can request a review from CervicalCheck where they later develop cancer pursuant to Part 5 of the Patient Safety Act 2023. [43939/25]
David Cullinane Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
3221. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if official guidelines have been issued or published regarding Part 5 reviews under the Patient Safety Act 2023. [43940/25]
David Cullinane Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
3222. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if there are any restrictions on which smears reported under the National Screening Programme can be reviewed under the terms of Part 5 of the Patient Safety Act 2023. [43941/25]
David Cullinane Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
3224. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the reason her diaries have not been published for any dates since September 2022; and if she will publish the remaining diaries to date. [43980/25]
David Cullinane Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
3225. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the reason her diaries from 2019, 2020 and 2021 held by her Department were lost due to a cyber-attack which impacted the Health Service Executive in May 2021. [43981/25]
David Cullinane Written 17 Jul 2025 · to Health
562. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of appointments offered and children seen following the audit into pelvic osteotomies at Children's Health Ireland; whether any surgeries have been determined as unnecessary; whether any effort has been made to determine whether any surgeries were necessary or unnecessary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40590/25]
David Cullinane Written 16 Jul 2025 · to Agriculture
192. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has received correspondence relating to an unauthorised agricultural operation (details supplied); if he has responded to this correspondence; the steps taken to address the matter; if he will arrange for an inspection of this operation to judge its compliance with regulations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [397…
David Cullinane Written 15 Jul 2025 · to Children
839. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she has received a funding request from a naíonra (details supplied) to develop a new building and to address outstanding safety concerns and double their capacity; if she will grant funding to the naíonra; if not, the reason why; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39555/25]
David Cullinane Written 15 Jul 2025 · to Health
984. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of people accessing products via the medical cannabis access programme, for each product, by condition, by year, in tabular form. [39582/25]
David Cullinane Written 15 Jul 2025 · to Health
985. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of people accessing products under the ministerial licence for cannabis products, for each product, by condition, by year, in tabular form. [39583/25]
David Cullinane Written 15 Jul 2025 · to Health
986. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the status of all products which are, or were, available under the medical cannabis access programme, in tabular form; the year a product was added to the scheme; the year a product was removed from the scheme; the year a product became available in Ireland; whether any products which are on the scheme remain unavailable in the State; if so, the reason; and if…
David Cullinane Written 15 Jul 2025 · to Health
987. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the average processing time for access to medical cannabis products under the access programme and under Ministerial licence, in tabular form. [39585/25]
David Cullinane Written 15 Jul 2025 · to Health
990. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the details of equipment and machinery, such as for diagnostic scans, that have reached their end of life, across each statutory and section 38 hospital; the date at which the equipment reached end of life; the breakdown rate of these machines; the productive hours lost as a result of those breakdowns; the number of days where each machine was non-operational …
David Cullinane Written 15 Jul 2025 · to Health
991. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health in relation to equipment and machine for diagnostic scans, the number and details of machines which are idle or underutilised due to staffing and the WTE requirement to ensure they are operational at full capacity, in tabular form. [39594/25]
David Cullinane Written 10 Jul 2025 · to Transport
182. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Transport if he has received a business case in line with the public spending code from Waterford Airport regarding funding a runway extension; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38459/25]
David Cullinane Written 10 Jul 2025 · to Transport
183. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Transport if funding will be provided to Waterford Airport to deliver the runway extension in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38460/25]
David Cullinane Written 10 Jul 2025 · to Transport
184. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Transport the meetings he has participated in regarding a request to fund a runway extension at Waterford Airport; the dates of meeting; the titles of those present; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38461/25]
David Cullinane Written 10 Jul 2025 · to Transport
185. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Transport the updated costs of funding the runway extension at Waterford Airport; the amount requested from his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38462/25]
David Cullinane Written 10 Jul 2025 · to Transport
186. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Transport if there are caveats attached to the Programme for Government commitment to fund Waterford Airport runway extension; if so, the caveats are; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38463/25]