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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
Show as a table
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

  1. Ciarán Ahern
  2. Louis O'Hara
  3. Michael Cahill
  4. Barry Heneghan
  5. Roderic O'Gorman

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 5 Feb 2025 · to Justice
792. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice regarding the commitment to tackle retail defamation in the Programme for Government, to outline how retail defamation is understood and defined under this proposal; the measures he is planning to implement to tackle this type of crime; the timeline for delivery; the projected output of these measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2318/25]
Programme for Government
Pa Daly Written 5 Feb 2025 · to Justice
803. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice when barristers can expect their fees to be fully restored; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2514/25]
Legal Services Regulation
Pa Daly Written 5 Feb 2025 · to Agriculture
862. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of farmers in Kerry waiting for GLAS and ACRES payments. [2515/25]
Agriculture Schemes
Pa Daly Written 5 Feb 2025 · to Children
920. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons in IPAS accommodation centres, by month, in the years 2023 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2421/25]
International Protection
Pa Daly Written 5 Feb 2025 · to Children
921. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of Ukrainians living in State accommodation, by month, in the years 2023 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2422/25]
International Protection
Pa Daly Written 5 Feb 2025 · to Children
922. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number and total value of contracts to commercial providers of IPAS accommodation centres, by county, in the years 2022 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2423/25]
International Protection
Pa Daly Written 5 Feb 2025 · to Children
962. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the nature of accommodation for asylum seekers, Ukrainian beneficiaries of temporary protection and residents in direct provision in terms of previous usage, hospitality, nursing homes, State buildings, and so on, in the years 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; to provide a breakdown of the number of t…
Asylum Seekers
Pa Daly Written 5 Feb 2025 · to Children
963. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the average cost of accommodating international protection applicants, residents in direct provision and Ukrainian beneficiaries of temporary protection, and the highest rate across all of these location types in 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [2669/25]
Asylum Seekers
Pa Daly Written 5 Feb 2025 · to Children
964. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the average cost of accommodating international protection applicants, residents in direct provision and Ukrainian beneficiaries of temporary protection, and the highest rate across all of these location types in 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matt…
Asylum Seekers
Pa Daly Written 5 Feb 2025 · to Rural
1396. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development for an update on the Town Centre First policy; to provide a breakdown of the amount awarded and drawn down, per town, in each county; how much additional funding was provided in Budget 2025; when he expects phase two will take place; to provide an update on this policy as part of the new Programme for Government; and if he will make a stateme…
Departmental Schemes
Pa Daly Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Environment
106. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of households that availed of the grant as part of the SEAI’s warmer home scheme in Kerry, broken down by pre and post-BER; the average waiting time; the number of applications that were rejected in each of the years 2019 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1882/25]
Energy Conservation
Pa Daly Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Finance
346. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Finance to outline the planned increases to the carbon tax over the next five years, per fuel, in tabular form; if halting the carbon tax increases was considered as part of the draft Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1723/25]
Tax Code
Pa Daly Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Finance
349. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Finance if he would consider lowering the VAT rate for domestically and sustainably produced wood pellet products, firewood stove, pellet stove and pellet boilers. [2002/25]
Tax Code
Pa Daly Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Public Expenditure
367. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if the OPW will respond to a number of matters linked to the flooding in Killocrim, Listowel (details supplied). [46321/24]
Flood Risk Management
Pa Daly Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Enterprise
413. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Enterprise; Trade and Employment the measures the incoming Government plans to introduce to regulate the use of artificial intelligence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1739/25]
Artificial Intelligence
Pa Daly Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Education
638. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Education if she will report on the capacity to cater for children with special needs in the education system in Kerry; the number of special needs classes in secondary schools; the proportion of secondary schools that have special needs classes; the number of SNAs currently in employment; the number of children with SENs this caters for; the proportion of primary schools th…
Special Educational Needs
Pa Daly Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Education
639. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Education if she will report on the number of school places for children with special educational needs in County Kerry in each of the years 2020 to 2024, broken down by primary and secondary school places, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1747/25]
Special Educational Needs
Pa Daly Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Education
651. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Education to provide a breakdown of the number of primary school teachers employed in Kerry in each of the years 2019 to date, in tabular form; the number of vacancies in Kerry in each of the years 2019 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1891/25]
School Staff
Pa Daly Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Education
652. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Education to provide a breakdown of the number of secondary school teachers employed in Kerry in each of the years 2019 to date, in tabular form; the number of vacancies in Kerry in each of the years 2019 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1892/25]
School Staff
Pa Daly Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Education
653. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Education to provide a breakdown of the number of SNAs employed in Kerry in each of the years 2019 to date, in tabular form; the number of vacancies in Kerry in each of the years 2019 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1893/25]
Special Educational Needs
Pa Daly Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Education
654. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Education the number of primary school students enrolled in Kerry schools in each of the years 2019 to date, in tabular form. [1894/25]
School Enrolments
Pa Daly Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Education
655. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Education the number of secondary school students enrolled in Kerry schools in each of the years 2019 to date, in tabular form. [1895/25]
School Enrolments
Pa Daly Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Education
666. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Education the number of school transport places available in Kerry in each of the years 2019 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1999/25]
School Transport
Pa Daly Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Tourism
702. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to outline what measures have been taken to improve sporting facilities in Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2001/25]
Sports Facilities
Pa Daly Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Housing
816. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a breakdown of the social housing waiting list in Kerry, in tabular form; how many children are on the list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1896/25]
Housing Provision