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 Apr 2025 · to Education
994. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Education if she will ensure that an autism class previously sanctioned at a school (details supplied) will be permitted and resourced to open in September this year; if she realises that the NCSE and her Department are holding up the opening of a much-needed autism class at a school which is willing, which is supported in this by its patron, which has the space, and…
David Cullinane Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Social
1430. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Social Protection if he has concerns regarding the quality consistency of the school meals programme with regard to the Healthy Ireland framework, the principles of Sláintecare, and concerns raised by clinicians and parents regarding nutritional value; if he has considered a review of the scheme from a health perspective; and if he will make a statement on the matte…
David Cullinane Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Health
2002. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when she and her Department received the completed national review of cardiac services; the reason the review has still not been published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18689/25]
David Cullinane Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Health
2003. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health her plans to ensure access to care for medical card holders who have an entitlement to dental treatment as provided for under the dental treatment services scheme; if there are plans to improve or replace the scheme to ensure access for patients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18690/25]
David Cullinane Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Health
2004. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the reason the sections of the Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Act 2024, which provide for retrospective declaration of parentage through a parental order, have not yet been commenced; if she will commence these sections before July 2025; if not, the reasons therefor; if she accepts that any delay in commencing these sections of the 2024 Act is traumatic…
David Cullinane Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Health
2005. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if she accepts that the delay in delivering free HRT to women is unacceptable; the steps she has taken to deliver on commitments given; if she further accepts that failure in this areas does not rest with pharmacists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18692/25]
David Cullinane Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Health
2061. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when she will commence the human tissue Act 2024 in full; the status of each section; if it has been commenced; if regulations have been prepared, as necessary; when she will commence sections relating to retention and disposal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19043/25]
David Cullinane Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Health
2082. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health her plans to continue and extend the Laura Brennan HPV vaccine catch-up programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19164/25]
David Cullinane Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Health
2120. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the timeframe for the delivery of 24/7 interventional cardiology services at University Hospital Waterford; the additional WTE requirement for same; the existing WTE and headcount, and the basis on which the positions are filled whether permanent, temporary, contract, or vacant, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19396/25]
David Cullinane Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Health
2200. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if she has any concerns regarding the quality consistency of the school meals programme with regard to the Healthy Ireland framework, the principles of Sláintecare, and concerns raised by clinicians and parents regarding nutritional value; if she has or will have any discussions with the Minister for Social Protection on the matter; if she will seek a review …
David Cullinane Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Health
2331. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultants in emergency medicine based at Tullamore Regional Hospital in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [20262/25]
David Cullinane Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Health
2332. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the number of dentists working in the school dental scheme in County Roscommon in the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [20263/25]
David Cullinane Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Health
2333. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of children that presented to the emergency department of Sligo University Hospital in the years of 2024 and to-date in 2025 in tabular form. [20264/25]
David Cullinane Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Health
2334. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE ear, nose and throat registrars at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, in the years of 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [20265/25]
David Cullinane Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Health
2335. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health If she will outline the recent capital investment made in Roscommon University Hospital; the planned investment in the next two years, covering both buildings and additional equipment for diagnostics and treatment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20266/25]
David Cullinane Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Health
2336. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of resuscitation bays in the emergency department of Tallaght University Hospital. [20267/25]
David Cullinane Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Health
2411. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when public IVF services will be available for same-sex couples; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20743/25]
David Cullinane Written 10 Apr 2025 · to Health
414. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the publication date of the national endometriosis framework, the working group established to feed into the framework; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18317/25]
David Cullinane Written 10 Apr 2025 · to Health
415. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the rollout of supra-regional centres specific to the disease, the treatment options they provide; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18318/25]
David Cullinane Written 10 Apr 2025 · to Health
416. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if surgical excision of endometriosis is currently being offered as a management treatment to patients by the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18319/25]
David Cullinane Written 10 Apr 2025 · to Health
417. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of robot-assisted gynaecological surgeries that took place using the Da Vinci surgical system located in Cork University Maternity Hospital annually between 2017 and 2024, in tabular form. [18320/25]
David Cullinane Written 10 Apr 2025 · to Health
418. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 390 of 6 March 2025, if she will specify the current stage of the recruitment process concerned; the expected timeframe for said post to be filled; the specific interim measures put in place to enable a resumption in services locally; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18321/25]
David Cullinane Written 8 Apr 2025 · to Health
847. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the earliest date on which she was made aware of protected disclosures regarding unnecessary pelvic osteotomies conducted on children for developmental dysplasia of the hip at several Dublin hospitals; the action taken on being informed. [17552/25]
David Cullinane Written 8 Apr 2025 · to Health
848. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the earliest date on which her Department was made aware of protected disclosures regarding unnecessary pelvic osteotomies conducted on children for developmental dysplasia of the hip at several Dublin hospitals; and the action taken on being informed. [17553/25]
David Cullinane Written 8 Apr 2025 · to Health
849. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the earliest date on which she was made aware of an audit into pelvic osteotomies conducted on children for developmental dysplasia of the hip at several Dublin hospitals; and the action he took on being informed. [17554/25]