TDs / David Cullinane

Official portrait of David Cullinane

David Cullinane

Sinn Féin Waterford TD in this Dáil since 29 November 2024

Official Oireachtas profile

Portrait: © Houses of the Oireachtas (Oireachtas (Open Data) PSI Licence) · source file

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
Show as a table
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 25 Jun 2026 · to Health
525. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of delivering the full complement of acute CAMHS teams in line with the population recommendations of Sharing the Vision, in tabular form; the number of teams and beds required; and the staffing complement required. [48676/26]
David Cullinane Written 25 Jun 2026 · to Health
526. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of delivering the full complement of CAMHS-ID teams in line with the population recommendations of Sharing the Vision, in tabular form; the number of teams required; and the staffing complement required. [48677/26]
David Cullinane Written 25 Jun 2026 · to Health
527. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of delivering the full complement of early intervention in psychosis teams in line with the model of care, in tabular form; the number of teams required; and the staffing complement required. [48678/26]
David Cullinane Written 25 Jun 2026 · to Health
528. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of providing 1,000,000 older person home support hours. [48679/26]
David Cullinane Written 25 Jun 2026 · to Health
529. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the annual spend on Health Ireland initiatives, in tabular form. [48686/26]
David Cullinane Written 25 Jun 2026 · to Health
531. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of a 10% uplift in spending on private dental and orthodontic services. [48688/26]
David Cullinane Written 25 Jun 2026 · to Health
532. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of a 10% uplift in spending on dental screening in schools. [48689/26]
David Cullinane Written 25 Jun 2026 · to Health
533. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of a 10% uplift in spending on private optometry and audiology services. [48690/26]
David Cullinane Written 25 Jun 2026 · to Health
534. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of a 10% uplift in spending on HSE primary and community care services, by service, in tabular form; and the number of additional workers this would relate to, by grade in whole-time equivalent. [48691/26]
David Cullinane Written 25 Jun 2026 · to Health
535. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of the full rollout of managed clinical rehabilitation network teams in each area; the staffing complement required in each area; the estimated cost of the full rollout of the national neurorehabilitation strategy, by measure; and the associated staffing complement required, in tabular form. [48692/26]
David Cullinane Written 25 Jun 2026 · to Health
536. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of a 10% uplift in medical intern, GP, basic specialist, and higher specialist training places; and the number of places this would create, in tabular form. [48693/26]
David Cullinane Written 25 Jun 2026 · to Health
537. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of a 10% uplift in each professional trainee placement type, including but not limited to trainee psychologists; and the number of places this would create, in tabular form. [48694/26]
David Cullinane Written 25 Jun 2026 · to Health
538. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of a 1% uplift in the percentage of nurses which are advanced nurse practitioners. [48695/26]
David Cullinane Oral 24 Jun 2026 · to Taoiseach
7. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on water quality will next meet. [46893/26]
David Cullinane Written 23 Jun 2026 · to Children
607. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the level of HSE expenditure spent on private disability services, by service type, in each health area in 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [47097/26]
David Cullinane Written 23 Jun 2026 · to Health
654. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the level of HSE expenditure spent on private mental health services, by service type, in each health area in 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [47096/26]
David Cullinane Written 23 Jun 2026 · to Health
655. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the level of HSE expenditure spent on private rehabilitation services, by service type, in each health area in 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [47098/26]
David Cullinane Written 23 Jun 2026 · to Health
656. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the level of HSE expenditure spent on private radiography services, by service type in each health area in 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [47099/26]
David Cullinane Written 23 Jun 2026 · to Health
657. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the level of HSE expenditure spent on private radiology services, by service type in each health area in 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [47100/26]
David Cullinane Written 23 Jun 2026 · to Health
667. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health whether HIQA was notified, in accordance with Regulation 31 of the Health Act 2007 (Care and Welfare of Residents in Designated Centres for Older People) Regulations 2013, following the safeguarding incident known publicly as the "Emily" case; if so, the date and category of such notification; and whether HIQA considered or exercised its powers under Section 9…
David Cullinane Written 23 Jun 2026 · to Health
668. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the independent governance safeguards which have been put in place in relation to the HSE's current retrospective file examination process arising from the 'Emily' case; the manner by which potential conflicts of interest within internal governance structures are managed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46853/26]
David Cullinane Written 23 Jun 2026 · to Health
669. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health whether consideration has been given to introducing a statutory mechanism within the professional regulatory framework for health and social care professionals to report systemic or organisational ethical governance breaches affecting safeguarding practice. [46854/26]
David Cullinane Written 23 Jun 2026 · to Health
693. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the level of private practice in each statutory and voluntary hospital for each specialty and consultant in anonymised form for 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [47029/26]
David Cullinane Written 23 Jun 2026 · to Health
694. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the amount spent within each health area on services provided by private providers, including but not limited to care services and administrative services and the like, by service type in 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [47030/26]