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Pa Daly

Sinn Féin Kerry TD in this Dáil since 29 November 2024

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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 8 Sep 2025 · to Climate
106. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 156 of 29 July 2025, if any parameters were put in place regarding the type of projects the €3.5 billion will be targeted towards; if this investment can be used to power data centres; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44745/25]
Pa Daly Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Climate
107. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 204 of 29 July 2025, to report on meeting with energy suppliers; the breakdown of the energy suppliers he has met with since taking office; the dates these meetings took place; whether energy price increases and decreases were discussed; if he discussed network charge passthrough to energy bills; if th…
Pa Daly Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Climate
120. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the breakdown of all Exchequer funding provided to the Tallaght district heating scheme; and the proportion this was of the total cost of the project in each of the years since its inception to date, in tabular form. [45171/25]
Pa Daly Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Climate
121. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the breakdown of all Exchequer funding provided to the Poolbeg Waste to Energy Project; and the proportion this was of the total cost of the project in each of the years since its inception to date, in tabular form. [45172/25]
Pa Daly Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Climate
122. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the breakdown of all Exchequer funding provided to the district heating at the glass bottle site; and the proportion this was of the total cost of the project in each of the years since its inception to date, in tabular form. [45173/25]
Pa Daly Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Climate
138. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the measures he is taking to address the impact of data centres on energy bills; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46022/25]
Pa Daly Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Climate
139. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the measures he is taking to address the warnings the Government received regarding the upward pressure data centre expansion is having on household energy bills (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46023/25]
Pa Daly Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Climate
140. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to report on his engagements with the CRU since taking office; the date and details of any meetings that took place; the issues discussed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46024/25]
Pa Daly Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Climate
141. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he has met with the Minister for housing to discuss what impact the constrained grid is having on housing supply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46025/25]
Pa Daly Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Climate
142. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he has considered legislating so that the CRU has the mandate to authorise the prioritising of certain grid connections on the basis of their social good, as they do in other countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46026/25]
Pa Daly Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Climate
165. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment his reasoning for not including floor insultation in the better energy warmer homes scheme (details supplied); if he has any plans to include it going forward; the supports if any available to those who wish to install underfloor insultation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46360/25]
Pa Daly Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Transport
308. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport the original allocations and payments made by Transport Infrastructure Ireland to local authorities for national roads from 2020 to date in 2025 by local authority, in tabular form. [45358/25]
Pa Daly Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Transport
309. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport the original allocations and payments made by Transport Infrastructure Ireland to local authorities for regional roads from 2020 to date in 2025 by local authority, in tabular form. [45359/25]
Pa Daly Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Transport
310. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport the original allocations and payments made by Transport Infrastructure Ireland to local authorities for greenway projects from 2020 to date in 2025 by local authority, in tabular form. [45360/25]
Pa Daly Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Transport
312. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport to provide a breakdown of funding allocated to greenways in each of the years 2020 to 2025, by county, in tabular form. [45365/25]
Pa Daly Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Transport
313. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport to provide a breakdown of funding drawn down for greenways in each of the years 2020 to 2025, by county, in tabular form. [45366/25]
Pa Daly Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Transport
314. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport the progress on development of greenways; the breakdown of progress for each greenway in development; whether they were delivered on time, are in progress or face delays, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45367/25]
Pa Daly Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Transport
342. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport the measures he is taking to address the phenomena of ‘ghost buses’; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46005/25]
Pa Daly Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Transport
343. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport if he is aware of ongoing problems with the TFI app (details supplied); the measures he is taking to address these issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46006/25]
Pa Daly Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Public Expenditure
619. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 349 and 350 of 24 June 2025, the breakdown of the number of years and months each building has been in this ‘current status’; the breakdown of the year each building’s current status last changed; the average number of years and months a building has been “bein…
Pa Daly Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Public Expenditure
620. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the amount of the ICN fund that will be ringfenced for protecting and restoring nature; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45086/25]
Pa Daly Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Education
793. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of times the NCSE has directed a school to enrol a particular child or young person with special educational needs under Section 67 of the Education (Provision in Respect of Children with Special Needs) Act 2022, in the last 6 months. [45078/25]
Pa Daly Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Education
794. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Education and Youth how many of the children who had a Section 67 designation notice made for them had issued legal proceedings or had threatened to issue legal proceedings. [45079/25]
Pa Daly Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Housing
1142. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question of 16 July 2025, the number of social homes retrofitted to date; the average cost to retrofit to a b2 BER rating or higher; the proportion that have been retrofitted to a BER b2 rating or higher only (details supplied); the average pre and post BER of a retrofitted social home in each of the years 2020…
Pa Daly Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Housing
1143. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the breakdown of the pre and post BER rating of social homes retrofitted in each of the years 2020 to 2025 to date in tabular form. [45082/25]