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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 22 Jan 2025 · to Housing
817. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of persons in receipt of the HAP payment in county Kerry in each of the years 2019 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1897/25]
Pa Daly Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Housing
818. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his intention to address the issue of dereliction in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1898/25]
Pa Daly Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Housing
819. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to address the issue of vacancy in County Kerry; the measures he is taking to encourage increased registration of vacant properties and the collection of the vacant sites levy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1899/25]
Pa Daly Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Housing
820. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of WTE vacant homes officers employed, by local authority, in the years 2019 to date, in tabular form. [1901/25]
Pa Daly Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Housing
821. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of vacant properties, by county, in the years 2019 to date, in tabular form. [1902/25]
Pa Daly Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Housing
822. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a breakdown of targets for Kerry for 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and for each year out to 2030, in tabular form; if and when these targets have been revised over the lifetime of this Government; to provide an update with regard to any proposed revisions upward; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1927/25]
Pa Daly Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Housing
823. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of LIHAF applications received for Kerry since its inception; the number that were approved and not approved, respectively; the status of all approved applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1928/25]
Pa Daly Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Housing
824. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of persons who are homeless in County Kerry; to provide a breakdown of the number of homeless persons in County Kerry in the years 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1929/25]
Pa Daly Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Social
906. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in each county in receipt of the carer’s support grant in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1930/25]
Pa Daly Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Justice
921. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice if a visa application (details supplied) will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46313/24]
Pa Daly Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Justice
922. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice if she plans to change the fees charged for citizenship through naturalisation. [46314/24]
Pa Daly Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Justice
1032. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice the reasoning for hiring an additional 5,000 Gardaí in the draft Programme for Government; her views on whether this will be adequate to fulfil the State’s policing requirement; if consideration was given to hiring 6,000 Gardaí; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1724/25]
Pa Daly Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Justice
1033. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice the timeline for a decision on the establishment of a second Garda training college; the factors to be considered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1725/25]
Pa Daly Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Justice
1034. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice if her proposal to ban face coverings at protests will be an outright ban, as per the proposal in the draft Programme for Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1728/25]
Pa Daly Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Justice
1035. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice for an update on the proposal contained within the draft Programme for Government to ‘consider’ a ban on protests outside private homes; the factors that will be used to determine the decision; to outline the timeline for decision; if there are plans to introduce new legislation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1736/25]
Pa Daly Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Justice
1036. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice for an update on the proposal contained within the draft Programme for Government to “review the sentences for those involved in the supply of drugs to ensure that the punishment imposed reflects the destruction and devastation that those in drugs in drugs impose on our communities”; if and how sentences will be increased and or decreased under this proposal; and if…
Pa Daly Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Justice
1037. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice for an update on the proposal contained within the draft Programme for Government to “expand existing prison capacity by 1,500 spaces”; her views on whether this will be sufficient capacity over the lifetime of this Government; how this increase will be staged; and the additional/alternative measures that were considered in addition to increase prison capacity and o…
Pa Daly Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Justice
1038. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice for an update on the proposal contained within the draft Programme for Government to enact legislation to establish a modern, fit-for-purpose coronial system and ensure that all coronial appointments are made following a public recruitment process; to outline a timeline for delivery; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1742/25]
Pa Daly Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Justice
1039. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice to provide a timeframe for the recruitment of additional reservists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1743/25]
Pa Daly Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Justice
1047. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice number of domestic abuse refuge beds in Kerry in each of the past five years, in tabular form. [1884/25]
Pa Daly Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Justice
1048. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice the number of juvenile liaison officers, by rank, attached to the Kerry Garda division in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1931/25]
Pa Daly Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Justice
1049. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice the number of Gardaí in Kerry who have left the force in each year since 2020, in tabular form. [1932/25]
Pa Daly Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Justice
1050. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice the number of Gardaí, by county, who have left the force in each year since 2020, in tabular form. [1933/25]
Pa Daly Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Justice
1051. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice to provide a breakdown of the number of Garda officers, by rank, attached to all Kerry Garda stations in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; the number of Garda officers who retired from Meath east Garda stations in the same period, in tabular form. [1934/25]
Pa Daly Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Justice
1052. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice if she has ever sought a review of the Garda resource allocation model to ensure a fair distribution of Gardaí across the State; if so, the date on which this was requested; the terms of the review and the date on which it was or will be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1935/25]