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 May 2025 · to Health
570. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the all-in cost of 100 WTE clinical nurse specialists. [28662/25]
David Cullinane Written 29 May 2025 · to Health
571. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the all-in cost of 100 WTE advanced nurse practitioners. [28663/25]
David Cullinane Written 29 May 2025 · to Health
572. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the all-in cost of 100 WTE dental surgeons. [28664/25]
David Cullinane Written 29 May 2025 · to Health
573. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the all-in cost of 100 WTE dental nurses. [28665/25]
David Cullinane Written 29 May 2025 · to Health
574. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the all-in cost of 100 WTE psychologists. [28666/25]
David Cullinane Written 29 May 2025 · to Health
575. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of a minor ailment scheme. [28667/25]
David Cullinane Written 29 May 2025 · to Health
576. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost to increase provision of adult safeguarding teams by 10%; and the number of WTE positions this would create. [28668/25]
David Cullinane Written 29 May 2025 · to Health
577. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost, capital and current, of implementing the acute bed capacity plan; the amount by year; the number of beds currently funded in existing NDP ceilings; the number of beds which will require new funding; and the amount. [28669/25]
David Cullinane Written 29 May 2025 · to Health
578. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost, capital and current, of implementing the digital health framework; the amount by year; the amount currently funded in existing NDP ceilings; and the amount of new funding required. [28670/25]
David Cullinane Written 29 May 2025 · to Health
579. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the all-in cost of one additional WTE senior staff nurse, per local and regional DATF. [28671/25]
David Cullinane Written 29 May 2025 · to Health
580. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of increasing funding for patient advocacy by 10%. [28672/25]
David Cullinane Written 29 May 2025 · to Health
581. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of fully implementing the cancer strategy; and the amount allocated to the strategy to date. [28674/25]
David Cullinane Written 29 May 2025 · to Health
582. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of fully implementing the stroke strategy; and the amount allocated to the strategy to date. [28675/25]
David Cullinane Written 29 May 2025 · to Health
583. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of fully implementing the maternity strategy; and the amount allocated to the strategy to date. [28676/25]
David Cullinane Written 29 May 2025 · to Health
584. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of increasing funding for dementia specific day care by 10%. [28677/25]
David Cullinane Written 29 May 2025 · to Health
585. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the existing funding for community sector older person services, by service type, excluding home support. [28678/25]
David Cullinane Written 29 May 2025 · to Health
586. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of returning funding for local and regional drug and alcohol taskforce to 2010 levels; and the cost to increase funding by 1% of these levels. [28679/25]
David Cullinane Written 29 May 2025 · to Health
587. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the existing provision and cost of residential recovery, medical detoxification, and related step-down capacity, in tabular form; and the cost to increase this by 10%. [28680/25]
David Cullinane Written 29 May 2025 · to Health
588. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost to waive assessment fees for addiction services. [28681/25]
David Cullinane Written 29 May 2025 · to Health
589. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of an additional community development worker in each DATF area. [28682/25]
David Cullinane Written 29 May 2025 · to Health
590. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of an additional family support worker in each DATF area. [28683/25]
David Cullinane Written 29 May 2025 · to Health
591. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the net additional cost to fully implement the safe staffing framework. [28684/25]
David Cullinane Written 29 May 2025 · to Health
592. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of increasing clinical, counselling, and educational psychologist training posts by 10% and the number of posts this would create; and the cost of funding and paying counselling and educational psychologist trainees at the same level of trainee clinical psychologists. [28685/25]
David Cullinane Written 29 May 2025 · to Health
593. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the net cost of a 1% shift in favour of advanced nurse practitioners within the nursing workforce; the training cost; and the number of nurses this would relate to. [28686/25]
David Cullinane Written 29 May 2025 · to Health
594. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the annual expenditure on HIQA since 2020, in tabular form. [28687/25]