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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 29 May 2025 · to Public Expenditure
309. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he has considered the ongoing genocide in Gaza as part of the public procure strategy for government departments and public bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26457/25]
Pa Daly Written 29 May 2025 · to Public Expenditure
311. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to provide a breakdown of State-owned properties that are currently vacant, by county; the number of months they have been vacant for; the square foot of each property; if there are plans to find new occupiers; the stage these plans are at, for example, if new occupiers have been identified and contracts signe…
Pa Daly Written 29 May 2025 · to Health
546. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of properties owned by the HSE that are currently vacant, by county; the number of months they have been vacant for; the square foot of each property; if there are plans to find new occupiers; the stage these plans are at, for example, if new occupiers have been identified and contracts signed; the reason they are vacant, in tabular form; and if…
Pa Daly Written 29 May 2025 · to Health
547. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of the number of vacant properties owned by the HSE; the number of months they have been vacant for; the number that have identified new occupiers, by county; the mean, median and mode of time it took to identify a new occupier; the number still vacant in each of the years 2015 to 2025, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statemen…
Pa Daly Written 29 May 2025 · to Health
548. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the plans being made for the buildings that will be vacant when the new children’s hospital opens; to provide a breakdown of the number of buildings this will affect; the plans that have been made for new occupiers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28549/25]
Pa Daly Written 29 May 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
682. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he is aware of the accommodation crisis at University Limerick; the steps being taking to address the matter; if he is aware of students from Kerry having to commute up to six hours per day; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28436/25]
Pa Daly Written 28 May 2025 · to Environment
12. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the full-year cost to employ a FTE climate action officer employed in a local authority, by year in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025. [28264/25]
Pa Daly Written 28 May 2025 · to Environment
13. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the cost to employ climate action officers in local authorities in each of the years 2020 and 2025 to date in tabular form broken down by local authority and the total cost overall. [28272/25]
Pa Daly Written 28 May 2025 · to Environment
14. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to estimate the cost of including properties with HAP tenancies in the SEAI warmer homes scheme. [28274/25]
Pa Daly Written 28 May 2025 · to Environment
15. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of WTE and HTE staff, by grade working in MARA and the estimated cost of increasing staffing by 50% at each grade. [28275/25]
Pa Daly Written 28 May 2025 · to Environment
16. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the cost of doubling the number of staff in MARA with expertise in climate action and biodiversity expertise for example ecologists, marine biologists and ornithologists. [28276/25]
Pa Daly Written 28 May 2025 · to Environment
17. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the first and full year cost to establish MARA, and the first and full year cost to double staff at MARA. [28278/25]
Pa Daly Written 28 May 2025 · to Environment
18. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of FTE and PTE staff at MARA at each staffing level; the cost to hire an additional staff member at each staffing level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28279/25]
Pa Daly Written 28 May 2025 · to Environment
26. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the cost to increase the capital funding for the better energy warmer homes scheme by 50%. [28137/25]
Pa Daly Written 28 May 2025 · to Environment
27. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the average cost of achieving a B2 BER cost optimum standard in the better energy warmer homes scheme, in each of the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form. [28138/25]
Pa Daly Written 28 May 2025 · to Environment
28. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the average cost of achieving a B2 BER cost optimum standard in the better energy community grant scheme, in each of the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form. [28139/25]
Pa Daly Written 28 May 2025 · to Environment
29. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the cost to increase the domestic solar pv budget over a five year period with a 50% increase per annum, by years one to five. [28140/25]
Pa Daly Written 28 May 2025 · to Environment
30. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the average cost of achieving a B2 BER cost optimum standard in the domestic solar PV scheme in each of the years 2020 –to 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28141/25]
Pa Daly Written 28 May 2025 · to Environment
31. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the cost to increase the domestic solar pv budget over a five year period with a 25% increase per annum, by years one to five. [28142/25]
Pa Daly Written 28 May 2025 · to Environment
32. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the cost to increase the domestic solar pv budget over a five year period with a 33% increase per annum, by years one to five. [28143/25]
Pa Daly Written 28 May 2025 · to Environment
33. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the cost to increase the domestic solar pv budget over a five year period with a 50% increase per annum, by years one to five. [28145/25]
Pa Daly Written 28 May 2025 · to Environment
34. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the first and full-year cost of setting up a district heating scheme (details supplied). [28147/25]
Pa Daly Written 28 May 2025 · to Environment
35. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the average cost to install a heat pump, by year in the years 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025. [28167/25]
Pa Daly Written 28 May 2025 · to Environment
36. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the cost to double funding available for climate action officers in local authority, by year in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025. [28168/25]
Pa Daly Written 28 May 2025 · to Environment
37. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the full year cost to employ a FTE climate action officer employed in a local authority by year in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025. [28169/25]