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Pa Daly

Sinn Féin Kerry TD in this Dáil since 29 November 2024

Official Oireachtas profile

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2,409
questions asked
Oral and written, to government departments
113,714
words spoken in the chamber
Across 504 contributions
405
votes recorded
Each Yes, No or Abstained in a recorded vote
272
topics asked about
Across 20 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 2,409 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026

Contributions to debates 504 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026
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MonthQuestionsContributions
December 2024 0 0
January 2025 74 0
February 2025 124 40
March 2025 118 28
April 2025 67 20
May 2025 260 31
June 2025 125 32
July 2025 214 15
August 2025 0 0
September 2025 77 27
October 2025 127 9
November 2025 93 42
December 2025 210 20
January 2026 95 28
February 2026 106 38
March 2026 94 9
April 2026 94 41
May 2026 67 10
June 2026 93 56
July 2026 231 7
August 2026 0 0
September 2026 91 45
October 2026 49 6

Debates they spoke in most

Plus 337 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 Kerry 29 November 2024 to now
  2. party Sinn Féin 29 November 2024 to now
Pa Daly Written 30 Jun 2026 · to Climate
121. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide a breakdown of all district heating projects that have been awarded funding through the EU grant funding; and the funding provided to each project in each of the years 2020 to 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [48825/26]
Pa Daly Written 30 Jun 2026 · to Climate
122. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide a breakdown of all district heating projects that have been awarded funding from a local authority; and the funding provided to each project in each of the years 2020 to 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [48826/26]
Pa Daly Written 30 Jun 2026 · to Climate
123. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the modelling he has completed regarding the cost and or savings of his programmes and policies as they relate to ESR compliance. [48830/26]
Pa Daly Written 30 Jun 2026 · to Climate
127. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide a breakdown of the funding provided and expanded measures under the national residential retrofitting plan (details supplied); the amount spent on each of these measures; the number of households this expanded support provided to, broken down by each measure and overall, in tabular form [48838/26]
Pa Daly Written 30 Jun 2026 · to Climate
128. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to outline in detail the new and expanded measures he is taking to "providing support for older people accessing home energy retrofits under the Healthy Age Friendly Homes initiative (details supplied) [48840/26]
Pa Daly Written 30 Jun 2026 · to Climate
129. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to report on new pilot schemes focusing on improving options for heat pump technology, including support for high temperature heat pumps; the amount of funding that has been allocated to these pilots; and the amount that has been spent broken down by pilot scheme (details supplied). [48841/26]
Pa Daly Written 30 Jun 2026 · to Climate
130. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to report on improved grants to support local authorities and approved housing bodies; the estimated funding allocated; the number of grants that have been awarded and the amount spent to date (details supplied) [48842/26]
Pa Daly Written 30 Jun 2026 · to Climate
131. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to report on the recent measures to increased heat pump grants to €12,500; the number of applications received on average per month before this change; the number received since the uplift was announced; the number allocated on average per month before the uplift was announced; the number allocated per month since the uplift was announced;…
Pa Daly Written 30 Jun 2026 · to Climate
132. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to report on his "greater focus on supports for undertaking retrofitting on an incremental basis"; to outline in detail the meaning of this in practice; and the way this has translated to delivery. [48844/26]
Pa Daly Written 30 Jun 2026 · to Climate
133. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to report on increased fixed grant levels for attic and cavity wall insultation with values set at up to 80% of median cost; up to 100% of median cost for those on qualifying welfare payments and for first time buyers, subject to scheme conditions; the funding allocated to this measure per year; the numbers of grants allocated before the c…
Pa Daly Written 30 Jun 2026 · to Climate
134. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if the capital allocation for retrofitting will be €898 million as outlined on page 10 of the Governments National Retrofit Plan (details supplied). [48916/26]
Pa Daly Written 30 Jun 2026 · to Climate
135. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide a detailed breakdown of the funding allocated to renewable energy communities; the amount of this funding this has been drawn down in each of the years 2020 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48917/26]
Pa Daly Written 30 Jun 2026 · to Climate
136. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide a breakdown of the allocated amount to the enabling grant for renewable energy communities; and the amount of the funding that has been drawn down in each of the years since the grant has been available, in tabular form. [48919/26]
Pa Daly Written 30 Jun 2026 · to Climate
137. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the funding allocated to sustainable energy communities in each of the years 2020 to 2025, and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [48920/26]
Pa Daly Written 30 Jun 2026 · to Climate
138. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide a breakdown of all the revenue the Government has spent to facilitate and support community energy, by cap ex and op ex in each of the years 2020 to 2025, and to date in 2026, tabular form. [48921/26]
Pa Daly Written 30 Jun 2026 · to Climate
139. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the funding allocated to the community enabling framework, by cap and op ex; to provide a breakdown of the way in which the funding is directed at whether through staffing and / or grant supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48922/26]
Pa Daly Written 30 Jun 2026 · to Climate
140. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide a detailed breakdown of the PTE and FTE staff that are employed as part of the community enabling framework; to provide a breakdown of the FTE and PTE employed as part of the SRESS; the cost to employ an additional FTE and PTE as part of the SRESS; the cost to employ an additional FTE and PTE as part of the community enabling fr…
Pa Daly Written 30 Jun 2026 · to Climate
141. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the total number of staff broken down by FTE and PTE that are employed to support renewable energy communities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48924/26]
Pa Daly Written 30 Jun 2026 · to Transport
255. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport the current policy regarding the sale of tickets on services where all available seats are already reserved or occupied; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49748/26]
Pa Daly Written 30 Jun 2026 · to Transport
256. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport if Irish Rail has a system to monitor the total number of passengers expected on a service across all booking methods, including online bookings, ticket machines, ticket offices, and free travel pass reservations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49749/26]
Pa Daly Written 30 Jun 2026 · to Transport
257. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport If passenger demand exceeds seating capacity, the measures that are taken to prevent passengers travelling without access to a seat; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49750/26]
Pa Daly Written 30 Jun 2026 · to Transport
258. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport the reason additional carriages are not provided where operationally possible on services known to be heavily oversubscribed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49751/26]
Pa Daly Written 30 Jun 2026 · to Transport
259. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport if he is aware of concerns that the only practical way for passengers who have paid for a standard journey to obtain a seat is to pay an additional charge for first class accommodation due to overcrowding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49752/26]
Pa Daly Written 30 Jun 2026 · to Transport
260. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport his views on the fact that passengers can hold a valid ticket, the operator can know in advance that demand exceeds available seating, and yet passengers may still be required to stand unless they pay an additional premium; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49753/26]
Pa Daly Written 30 Jun 2026 · to Finance
264. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he has considered directing Revenue to draft a statutory instrument extending postponed VAT accounting to private BEV importers via EORI registration; and if any modelling has been carried out on the possible ESR compliance savings there might be if this policy was implemented [48827/26]