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
620. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of implementing the national stroke strategy in full. [28714/25]
David Cullinane Written 29 May 2025 · to Health
621. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the expenditure on private community optometry services for children; the details of existing schemes; and the cost to standardise such schemes and payments across all health areas. [28715/25]
David Cullinane Written 29 May 2025 · to Health
622. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of 1,000 scans (MRI, CT, Ultrasound, PET, and any other), by scan type. [28716/25]
David Cullinane Written 29 May 2025 · to Health
623. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of delivering universal counselling in primary care; and the number of WTE counsellors required. [28717/25]
David Cullinane Written 29 May 2025 · to Health
624. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the all-in cost of community practicing therapists, by profession, for each grade and speciality. [28718/25]
David Cullinane Written 29 May 2025 · to Health
625. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of 100 NCHDs at each grade, in tabular form. [28719/25]
David Cullinane Written 29 May 2025 · to Health
626. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of 100 WTE public health nurses. [28720/25]
David Cullinane Written 29 May 2025 · to Health
627. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of 100 community practicing nurses, by grade, in tabular form. [28721/25]
David Cullinane Written 29 May 2025 · to Health
628. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of increasing GP trainee places by 10%; and the number of places this would create. [28722/25]
David Cullinane Written 29 May 2025 · to Health
629. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of increasing hospital intern, basic specialist, and higher specialist training places by 10%; and the number of places this would create, in tabular form. [28723/25]
David Cullinane Written 29 May 2025 · to Health
632. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of ending pay disparities between section 39 organisations and the HSE. [28726/25]
David Cullinane Written 29 May 2025 · to Health
633. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of increasing pharmacy fees by 10%; and the cost of reversing all FEMPI cuts to pharmacy fees. [28727/25]
David Cullinane Written 29 May 2025 · to Health
634. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of removing all private healthcare from public hospitals and substituting this income for hospitals with public money for public healthcare. [28728/25]
David Cullinane Written 29 May 2025 · to Health
635. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the all-in revenue and capital cost of each type of care bed, including, but not limited to, short-stay community beds, long-stay residential care beds, acute inpatient beds, intensive care beds, CAMHS inpatient places, rehabilitation bed at the National Rehabilitation hospital, and social inclusion beds, and any other classification of bed used by the HSE, in…
David Cullinane Written 29 May 2025 · to Health
636. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of 100 virtual ward beds. [28733/25]
David Cullinane Written 29 May 2025 · to Health
637. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of increasing funding for Healthy Ireland by 10%. [28734/25]
David Cullinane Written 29 May 2025 · to Health
638. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of increasing funding for healthy-age-friendly homes by 10%. [28735/25]
David Cullinane Written 29 May 2025 · to Health
640. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the all-in cost of a community-practicing nurse, for each grade and speciality. [28737/25]
David Cullinane Written 29 May 2025 · to Health
641. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of equalising medical card thresholds with GP card thresholds, in tabular form; and the number of people this would relate to in each category. [28738/25]
David Cullinane Written 29 May 2025 · to Health
642. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing medical card threshold to the median income, for each household type, in tabular form; and the number of newly eligible households this would create.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28739/25]
David Cullinane Written 29 May 2025 · to Health
643. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing the medical card basic threshold by €5,000, €10,000, €15,000, €20,000, €25,000 and €30,000 per annum, in tabular form; and the estimated number of newly eligible people and households. [28740/25]
David Cullinane Written 29 May 2025 · to Health
644. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of increasing medical card thresholds on par with GP visit card thresholds. [28741/25]