TDs / Pearse Doherty
Pearse Doherty
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1,436
questions asked
Oral and written, to government departments
224,644
words spoken in the chamber
Across 1,657 contributions
378
votes recorded
Each Yes, No or Abstained in a recorded vote
236
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
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Month by month
Low months are usually recesses, when the Dáil does not sit. The archive runs to 22 October 2026.
Questions asked 1,436 in all
Dec 2024Oct 2026
Contributions to debates 1,657 in all
Dec 2024Oct 2026
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| Month | Questions | Contributions |
|---|---|---|
| December 2024 | 0 | 1 |
| January 2025 | 10 | 20 |
| February 2025 | 135 | 57 |
| March 2025 | 93 | 120 |
| April 2025 | 59 | 72 |
| May 2025 | 117 | 111 |
| June 2025 | 79 | 75 |
| July 2025 | 132 | 106 |
| August 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 89 | 38 |
| October 2025 | 75 | 81 |
| November 2025 | 79 | 163 |
| December 2025 | 51 | 102 |
| January 2026 | 64 | 37 |
| February 2026 | 72 | 98 |
| March 2026 | 53 | 95 |
| April 2026 | 64 | 140 |
| May 2026 | 78 | 75 |
| June 2026 | 67 | 102 |
| July 2026 | 60 | 16 |
| August 2026 | 0 | 2 |
| September 2026 | 39 | 90 |
| October 2026 | 20 | 56 |
Debates they spoke in most
Plus 1,142 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
- constituency Donegal 29 November 2024 to now
- party Sinn Féin 29 November 2024 to now
Pearse Doherty
Written
3213. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a patient (details supplied) in County Donegal will have surgery in Letterkenny University Hospital following four cancellations; if all and every avenue including transfer to another hospital with capacity is being explored; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26482/26]
Pearse Doherty
Written
3361. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a patient in County Donegal (details supplied) will receive pain treatment in Sligo Hospital; if they are on the routine or urgent list; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27058/26]
Pearse Doherty
Written
3362. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the waiting times for pain treatment in Sligo Hospital for all lists, for the years 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27059/26]
Pearse Doherty
Written
206. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will consider the removal of the 1% levy on life assurance investment policies where such policies are used exclusively to hold personal injury, medical negligence, or other compensation awards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23182/26]
Pearse Doherty
Written
304. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage in relation to the means test for the housing adaptation grant, whether the means test applies to the legal owners or the residents in the case where parents reside in a family home but the ownership has been transferred to the children leaving the parents with a legal right to reside in the home for the remainder of their lives;…
Pearse Doherty
Written
439. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Donegal will be contacted by St. Vincent's Hospital regarding their diagnosis and treatment plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23173/26]
Pearse Doherty
Written
509. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the reason a referral for a person (details supplied) to the Coombe enhanced endometriosis clinic was rejected; and the steps they can now take. [23471/26]
Pearse Doherty
Written
9. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number, and the number by awarding country, of Irish citizens who have requested permission to receive a foreign honour in each of the past ten years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22654/26]
Pearse Doherty
Written
29. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport if his Department conducted any assessment of the impact of the revised timetable for the public Service Obligation (PSO) air service between Donegal Airport and Dublin on patients travelling for cancer treatment and other essential medical appointments prior to the approval of the current schedule; if he will publish any such assessment; the steps he intends…
Pearse Doherty
Written
41. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 409 of 18 March 2026, to outline the projected additional corporation taxes that will be taken in as a direct result of the global minimum effective tax rate (ETR) of 15 percent in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22737/26]
Pearse Doherty
Written
42. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the total payment from the Central Bank to the Irish Banking sector in the form of interest payments on reserves for each of the last five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22738/26]
Pearse Doherty
Written
43. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 452 of 18 March 2026, the reason commercial consideration would `be given in relation to an interest rate between the EIB the publicly owned bank of the SBCI; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22739/26]
Pearse Doherty
Written
44. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 450 of the 18 of March 2026, if he can clarify whether specifically the Motor Insurance Transparency Code will be legally binding on insurance companies and intermediaries and subject to the Administrative Sanctions Procedure (ASP) of the Central Bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22740/26]
Pearse Doherty
Written
57. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he will provide an estimate of the average occupancy rate of OPW managed office space both inside and outside Dublin or confirm that no such estimate has been made in recent years by the OPW; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22741/26]
Pearse Doherty
Written
327. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the reason a person (details supplied) referred under the NTPF from Letterkenny University Hospital did not have their treatment completed; when and where it will be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22561/26]
Pearse Doherty
Written
933. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in County Donegal will be given a date for ENT surgery in CHI Crumlin; if they are on the urgent or routine waiting list; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21866/26]
Pearse Doherty
Written
40. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of people that have applied under the working holiday visa scheme from Argentina; the limit on the number of applications in any given year; whether that has been reached; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19389/26]
Pearse Doherty
Written
56. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a renewal passport application submitted on 23 February 2026 will be processed on time for a child (details supplied) in County Donegal travelling abroad on the 27 March 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20487/26]
Pearse Doherty
Written
83. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the rationale for maintaining the special local draft net licence fee at €545 for Loughros Mór estuary when an ordinary draft net licence costs €398; the legal or policy basis preventing a reduction of the special local draft net licence fee; if consideration will be given to aligning the special local draft net licence fee with the …
Pearse Doherty
Written
409. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will confirm whether the higher 15% corporation tax rate will be applied to all multinationals earning over €750 million in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18547/26]
Pearse Doherty
Written
430. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer of reverting carbon tax on home heating oil back to the levels of each of the years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025 respectively from the 1 April 2026 on both a first and full year basis and inclusive and exclusive of VAT, in tabular form. [19217/26]
Pearse Doherty
Written
431. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer of reverting carbon tax on back to the levels of each of the years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025 respectively from the 1 April 2026 on both a first and full year basis and inclusive and exclusive of VAT, in tabular form. [19218/26]
Pearse Doherty
Written
432. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer of reverting carbon tax on home heating oil back to the levels each of the years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025 respectively from the 1 April to the 30 June 2026 on both a first and full year basis and inclusive and exclusive of VAT, in tabular form. [19219/26]
Pearse Doherty
Written
433. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer of reverting carbon tax back to each the levels of the years 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025 respectively from the 1 April to the 30 June 2026 on both a first and full year basis and inclusive and exclusive of VAT, in tabular form. [19220/26]
Pearse Doherty
Written
450. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the reason the motor insurance transparency code is voluntary, despite this not being mentioned in the Action Plan for Insurance Reform 2025–2029; when the decision was made for the code to be voluntary; the rationale; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19632/26]