TDs / Timmy Dooley

Timmy Dooley

Fianna Fáil Clare TD in this Dáil since 29 November 2024

Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and at the Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment

Official Oireachtas profile

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102

questions asked

Oral and written, to government departments

78,869

words spoken in the chamber

73,967 as a minister, 4,902 as a TD

290

votes recorded

Each Yes, No or Abstained in a recorded vote

topics asked about

Across 15 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.

Social Welfare Payments 27 questions
Health Services Staff 11 questions
An Garda Síochána 5 questions
Public Sector Staff 4 questions
Road Safety 4 questions
Sports Funding 4 questions
Child Poverty 3 questions
General Practitioner Services 3 questions

Who they ask

The departments their questions were addressed to.

Social 32 questions
Health 25 questions
Justice 11 questions
Transport 6 questions
Rural 5 questions
Taoiseach 5 questions

Month by month

Low months are usually recesses, when the Dáil does not sit. The archive runs to 22 October 2026.

Questions asked 102 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026

Contributions to debates 266 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026

Show as a table

Month	Questions	Contributions
December 2024	0	1
January 2025	1	0
February 2025	75	12
March 2025	2	1
April 2025	3	5
May 2025	0	14
June 2025	0	3
July 2025	0	9
August 2025	0	0
September 2025	0	31
October 2025	0	12
November 2025	0	2
December 2025	0	27
January 2026	2	24
February 2026	5	24
March 2026	4	10
April 2026	5	30
May 2026	2	16
June 2026	3	22
July 2026	0	5
August 2026	0	0
September 2026	0	11
October 2026	0	7

Debates they spoke in most

Bord Bia: Motion [Private Members] 21 contributions
Mercosur Trade Agreement: Motion [Private Members] 11 contributions
Government’s Response to Storm Éowyn: Statements 10 contributions
Gas Safety (Amendment) Bill 2026: Committee and Remaining Stages 8 contributions
Confidence in Government: Motion 6 contributions
Fisheries: Statements 4 contributions

Plus 168 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 Clare 29 November 2024 to now
party Fianna Fáil 29 November 2024 to now
office Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and at the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications 25 February 2025 to 1 June 2025
office Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and at the Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment 2 June 2025 to now

Timmy Dooley Written 5 Feb 2025 · to Rural

1404. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development to list the median household income in each of the electoral areas of Ennis, Ennistymon, Killaloe, Kilrush, and Shannon, in County Clare for each of the years 2011 to 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2972/25]

Child Poverty

Timmy Dooley Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Housing

766. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide all the information in relation to the recording of a standing stone (details supplied); the date it was notified to his Department; the date it became officially recorded; the professional qualification of the individual who identified and validated the monument in question; and if he will make a statement on the matter…

National Monuments