TDs / Pearse Doherty

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Pearse Doherty

Sinn Féin Donegal TD in this Dáil since 29 November 2024

Official Oireachtas profile

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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

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 1,436 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026

Contributions to debates 1,657 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026
Show as a table
MonthQuestionsContributions
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

  1. constituency Donegal 29 November 2024 to now
  2. party Sinn Féin 29 November 2024 to now
Pearse Doherty Written 19 Feb 2026 · to Finance
261. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of multi-property owners that own more than 100 residential properties and 1,000 residential properties, excluding local authorities and approved housing bodies; how this has changed over the past ten years, using the information provided through local property tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13837/26]
Pearse Doherty Written 19 Feb 2026 · to Finance
269. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the estimated cost of removing USC on the first €45,000 in income in 2026. [13949/26]
Pearse Doherty Written 19 Feb 2026 · to Finance
271. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the estimated cost of removing the USC on the first €40,000 in income in 2026 on a first and full-year basis. [13965/26]
Pearse Doherty Written 19 Feb 2026 · to Finance
272. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the estimated cost of providing a €100 increase in the employee tax credit in 2026 on a first and full-year basis. [13966/26]
Pearse Doherty Written 19 Feb 2026 · to Finance
273. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the estimated cost of providing a €100 increase in the earned income credit in 2026 on a first and full-year basis. [13967/26]
Pearse Doherty Written 19 Feb 2026 · to Public Expenditure
280. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to provide an exhaustive list of flood related compensation, paid from his Department's vote allocations over the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13924/26]
Pearse Doherty Written 19 Feb 2026 · to Enterprise
297. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the total amount paid out in flood compensation from the Vote allocation of his Department each year since 2011, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13909/26]
Pearse Doherty Written 19 Feb 2026 · to Social
428. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Social Protection the total amount paid out in flood compensation from the vote allocation of his Department each year since 2011, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13908/26]
Pearse Doherty Written 19 Feb 2026 · to Agriculture
488. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total amount paid out in flood compensation from the vote allocation of his Department each year since 2011, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13910/26]
Pearse Doherty Written 18 Feb 2026 · to Justice
226. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will provide statistics for the delays in family law proceedings in Letterkenny Circuit Court; if there are plans to reduce waiting times for contested cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13160/26]
Pearse Doherty Written 18 Feb 2026 · to Health
298. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the reason the HSE refused funding under the National Treatment Purchase Fund to complete treatment for a patient (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13261/26]
Pearse Doherty Written 17 Feb 2026 · to Transport
418. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport in relation to the PSO flights contract signed in February 2026 from Donegal to Dublin, to outlined the details of any review clause contained within the contract including stipulating the exact text of the review clause; to specify the powers that are afforded in the contract to the Minister to make changes to the schedule; to clarify whether changes to the…
Pearse Doherty Written 17 Feb 2026 · to Public Expenditure
504. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the reason the revised RRF plan has dropped the measure ‘Accelerate Decarbonisation of the Enterprise Sector’; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12020/26]
Pearse Doherty Written 17 Feb 2026 · to Public Expenditure
539. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the number of current Ministers that are still not in a repayment plan for overpayment by the NSSO. [12446/26]
Pearse Doherty Written 17 Feb 2026 · to Public Expenditure
540. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the number of former ministers that are still not in a repayment plan for overpayment by the NSSO [12447/26]
Pearse Doherty Written 17 Feb 2026 · to Education
584. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Youth when a full response will issue to a person (details supplied) and this Deputy regarding a child's special education school placement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11589/26]
Pearse Doherty Written 17 Feb 2026 · to Education
676. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Youth to examine the case for provision of an additional ASD room in a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12497/26]
Pearse Doherty Written 17 Feb 2026 · to Health
1146. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the number of people waiting for home support in December from 2022 to 2025; the number of people receiving less than their allocated hours, broken down by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12193/26]
Pearse Doherty Written 17 Feb 2026 · to Health
1148. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a child (details supplied) in County Donegal will receive an appointment in Crumlin Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12209/26]
Pearse Doherty Written 17 Feb 2026 · to Health
1149. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when a patient (details supplied) in County Donegal will transfer from Letterkenny University Hospital to the Mater Hospital, Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12213/26]
Pearse Doherty Written 17 Feb 2026 · to Health
1156. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health when home help service positions will be filled in Donegal; the reason for additional staff not being able to take up positions given the long waiting lists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12229/26]
Pearse Doherty Written 17 Feb 2026 · to Health
1185. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the number of people for each day in January who were medically discharged at Letterkenny University Hospital but had to remain in hospital as they had to wait for a home help package; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12490/26]
Pearse Doherty Written 17 Feb 2026 · to Health
1226. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the reason for the delay for a cancer patient (details supplied) to have an urgent procedure in Letterkenny University Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12790/26]
Pearse Doherty Written 12 Feb 2026 · to Education
112. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason a school (details supplied) was excluded from the latest school capital funding allocation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11026/26]
Pearse Doherty Written 12 Feb 2026 · to Education
185. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason there is still no scheme or plan to address school buildings with defective concrete blocks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11030/26]