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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 14 Apr 2026 · to Climate
492. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment regarding section 2 (3) (d) on the Electricity Costs (Emergency Measures) Domestic Accounts act 2024, which accounts he has requested data on; to provide a breakdown of the dates on which he requested the data for each type of account listed in article 2(3)(dt; the figures which were received for each type of account broken down by the dat…
Pa Daly Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Climate
493. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment regarding section 2 (3) (d) on the Electricity Costs (Emergency Measures) Domestic Accounts act 2024; if he has not requested data for each type of account listed to outline his reasoning; if he plans to request this data; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26209/26]
Pa Daly Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Climate
494. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment regarding section 2 (3) (d) on the Electricity Costs (Emergency Measures) Domestic Accounts Act 2024, to provide updated figures for each type of account listed, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26210/26]
Pa Daly Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Climate
495. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if a data centre powered by gas powered generators offsite connected via a private wire will be considered an 'islanded data' centre; and if it will be consistent with the Government statement on the Role of Data Centres in Ireland's Enterprise Strategy position that islanded data centres 'would not be in line with national policy'. [26211…
Pa Daly Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Climate
496. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment regarding private wires the safeguards he will introduce as part of his legislation to ensure that private wires must not divert scarce renewable energy capacity away from uses that are central to the public interest particularly household electrification, industrial decarbonisation, public services and transport; and if he will make a sta…
Pa Daly Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Climate
497. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment regarding private wires the safeguards he will introduce as part of his legislation to ensure that private wires do not divert scarce renewable energy capacity away from uses that are central to the public interest particularly household electrification, industrial decarbonisation, public services and transport; and if he will make a state…
Pa Daly Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Climate
498. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment regarding private wires, the safeguards he will introduce as part of his legislation to ensure that private wires are consistent with climate law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26214/26]
Pa Daly Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Climate
499. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment regarding private wires, the safeguards he will introduce as part of his legislation to ensure that there is a clearer boundary around what kinds of energy sources private wires are intended to facilitate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26215/26]
Pa Daly Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Climate
500. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment regarding private wires, the safeguards he will introduce as part of his legislation to ensure that fairness to ordinary householders and other network users become a central design as part of the regime; the steps he will take to ensure that any user that continues to rely on the public grid even intermittently maintain a contribution to …
Pa Daly Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Climate
501. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment regarding private wires, the safeguards he will introduce as part of his legislation to ensure that private wires do not result in even more inefficient utilisation of grid connections as private wires projects will maintain access to the public grid; the way in which he will address the opportunity costs that this places on the wider syst…
Pa Daly Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Climate
502. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment regarding private wires if he will consider introducing additional safeguards for private wires projects associated with data centres such as robust, transparent and assessment from the regulator, including a requirement to demonstrate that they do not lead to net increases in overall electricity demand and do not undermine climate objecti…
Pa Daly Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Climate
503. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment his plans to address the gaps in the way the economic, social and environmental consequences of extreme weather events are monitored as identified in the latest CCAC's Annual Review of Ireland's Climate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26219/26]
Pa Daly Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Climate
504. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the Government's plan for hydroelectric power; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26220/26]
Pa Daly Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Transport
618. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport to provide a breakdown of all taskforces that fall under his remit; the dates on which they have met since their inception; the membership of each taskforce; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23726/26]
Pa Daly Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Finance
931. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he has considered the introduction of personalised or private vehicle registration plates in the State; if any review or assessment of such a proposal has been undertaken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25295/26]
Pa Daly Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Education
1229. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide a breakdown of all taskforces that fall under her remit; the dates on which they have met since their inception; the membership of each taskforce; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23730/26]
Pa Daly Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Education
1357. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware that existing fuel and travel allowance arrangements are not meeting the actual costs incurred by travelling special education teachers (SETs) required to work across multiple school settings; if she will review same; the measures being considered to ensure that teachers are not required to subsidise work-related travel costs; and if she …
Pa Daly Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Education
1443. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to amend the rules (details supplied) where a school may only appoint a replacement secretary for sick leave for school secretaries who are paid by the Paymaster, where a secretary has a significant illness and will be on long term absence will the Department fund a replacement with immediate effect and not only after the ten day sick leave per…
Pa Daly Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Housing
1641. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a breakdown of all taskforces that fall under his remit; the dates on which they have met since their inception; the membership of each taskforce; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23727/26]
Pa Daly Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Housing
1790. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if any assessment has been carried out on the social housing stock to assess if it could accommodate solar PV; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26201/26]
Pa Daly Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Social
1840. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide a breakdown of all taskforces that fall under his remit; the dates on which they have met since their inception; the membership of each taskforce; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23729/26]
Pa Daly Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Children
2353. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide a breakdown of all taskforces that fall under her remit; the dates on which they have met since their inception; the membership of each taskforce; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23731/26]
Pa Daly Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Health
2658. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of all taskforces that fall under her remit; the dates on which they have met since their inception; the membership of each taskforce; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23728/26]
Pa Daly Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Health
3008. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health to clarify the date range now covered by the State Claims Agency following the recent extension of the scheme relating to the child and adolescent mental health services, CAMHS; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25307/26]
Pa Daly Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Health
3009. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health if consideration is being given to extending the CAMHS look-back review in Kerry to include cases prior to 2014, particularly in light of legal proceedings relating to the care of children in the region dating back to the late 1990s; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25308/26]