TDs / Paul Donnelly

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Paul Donnelly

Sinn Féin Dublin West TD in this Dáil since 29 November 2024

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584
questions asked
Oral and written, to government departments
44,577
words spoken in the chamber
Across 172 contributions
426
votes recorded
Each Yes, No or Abstained in a recorded vote
135
topics asked about
Across 19 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 584 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026

Contributions to debates 172 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026
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MonthQuestionsContributions
December 2024 0 0
January 2025 33 0
February 2025 37 12
March 2025 53 8
April 2025 44 8
May 2025 25 14
June 2025 48 4
July 2025 39 14
August 2025 0 0
September 2025 40 5
October 2025 13 12
November 2025 23 5
December 2025 32 18
January 2026 18 11
February 2026 38 4
March 2026 22 17
April 2026 42 7
May 2026 15 13
June 2026 17 9
July 2026 19 1
August 2026 0 0
September 2026 13 3
October 2026 13 7

Debates they spoke in most

Plus 67 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 Dublin West 29 November 2024 to now
  2. party Sinn Féin 29 November 2024 to now
Paul Donnelly Written 24 Sep 2025 · to Health
173. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of locations and practitioners that publicly provide frenotomy services for babies with tongue tie issues. [50642/25]
Paul Donnelly Written 24 Sep 2025 · to Health
174. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the staffing budget allocation to National Rehabilitation Hospital in 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form. [50643/25]
Paul Donnelly Written 24 Sep 2025 · to Health
175. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the full year cost to offer every woman aged over 65 years a DEXA scan as part of their life-course management programme delivered through their GP. [50644/25]
Paul Donnelly Written 24 Sep 2025 · to Health
176. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health if each rehab gym within primary care centres in CHO9 allows users to use these surgeries at pre-surgery or post-surgery periods; and the opening hours of each of those gyms at each primary care centre within CHO9, in tabular form. [50645/25]
Paul Donnelly Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Foreign
65. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of male and female persons that applied for the post of personal assistant at the Irish Consulate General based in Miami. [46717/25]
Paul Donnelly Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Foreign
66. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he plans to expand Ireland house model in Singapore. [46718/25]
Paul Donnelly Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Foreign
67. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the dates in 2024 and to-date in 2025 where the Irish Ambassador based in Bangkok has visited Pattaya area of Thailand; and the purpose of each visit, in tabular form. [46719/25]
Paul Donnelly Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Climate
178. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the percentage of the capital funding for works, under better energy warmer homes scheme, that was spent in the first seven months of 2025; and if he will provide figures for the corresponding period in 2024 and 2023, in tabular form. [46703/25]
Paul Donnelly Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Defence
224. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of full time civilian groom staff working within the Defence Forces equitation school in the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [46712/25]
Paul Donnelly Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Defence
225. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence when the runway at casement aerodrome was last resurfaced; when the runway is next scheduled to be resurfaced. [46713/25]
Paul Donnelly Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Transport
384. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Transport the capital budget allocation for the Irish Coast Guard in 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form. [46721/25]
Paul Donnelly Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Enterprise
709. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the steps that Failte Ireland are taking to promote Christmas food markets; and the budget allocation for the promotion of these types of markets. [46722/25]
Paul Donnelly Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Enterprise
710. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the number of WTE inspectors by grade working in the Workplace Relations Commission in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form; and if this number will be further increased before end of year 2025 [46723/25]
Paul Donnelly Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Culture
1093. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the full-year cost to recruit two additional full-time keeper of manuscripts for his Department, in tabular form. [46720/25]
Paul Donnelly Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Housing
1275. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of WTE qualified entomologists working within the National Parks and Wildlife Service of his Department in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [46724/25]
Paul Donnelly Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Social
1403. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of contracts a firm (details supplied) have had with his Department in the years of 2024 and to-date in 2025; the nature of services the firm provided to his Department in each of the years, in tabular form. [46707/25]
Paul Donnelly Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Social
1404. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Social Protection the percentage of applications for fuel allowance from persons over 70 years of age that were refused the fuel allowance in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form; the top three reasons for refusal; and the grade of staff member within his Department that decides to approve or refuse fuel allowance for persons over 70 years of age. [46708/25]
Paul Donnelly Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Justice
1679. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 986 of 10 June 2025, if he has received the necessary information from the Garda authorities in order to answer this PQ. [46704/25]
Paul Donnelly Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Justice
1680. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of unmarked jeeps in the garda fleet as of 15 August 2025; if he will provide the same figures as of 31 August 2022, in tabular form. [46706/25]
Paul Donnelly Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Agriculture
1797. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he plans to have a food related trade mission to Canada before the end of 2025. [46725/25]
Paul Donnelly Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Agriculture
1798. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of WTE qualified entomologist working within the Department in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [46726/25]
Paul Donnelly Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Children
1996. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of WTE dietitians on panels for offers within children's disability network team service. [46714/25]
Paul Donnelly Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Health
2112. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of scrambler/quad-related injuries-accidents recorded by hospitals; and if this information is not available, if there are plans to collate this data for road safety research purposes. [44748/25]
Paul Donnelly Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Health
2546. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the number of chefs on the HSE Dublin north east region panel; When the panel will expire. [46699/25]
Paul Donnelly Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Health
2547. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of staffing levels within the ophthalmology department of the Mater hospital. [46700/25]