TDs / Mairéad Farrell
Mairéad Farrell
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1,072
questions asked
Oral and written, to government departments
77,415
words spoken in the chamber
Across 359 contributions. Plus 93 contributions from the chair, not counted
363
votes recorded
Each Yes, No or Abstained in a recorded vote
266
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 1,072 in all
Dec 2024Oct 2026
Contributions to debates 359 in all
Dec 2024Oct 2026
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| Month | Questions | Contributions |
|---|---|---|
| December 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| January 2025 | 21 | 5 |
| February 2025 | 74 | 21 |
| March 2025 | 51 | 21 |
| April 2025 | 47 | 41 |
| May 2025 | 64 | 12 |
| June 2025 | 104 | 15 |
| July 2025 | 58 | 24 |
| August 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 26 | 2 |
| October 2025 | 30 | 26 |
| November 2025 | 59 | 5 |
| December 2025 | 45 | 30 |
| January 2026 | 46 | 4 |
| February 2026 | 70 | 3 |
| March 2026 | 72 | 19 |
| April 2026 | 48 | 15 |
| May 2026 | 63 | 28 |
| June 2026 | 93 | 10 |
| July 2026 | 57 | 30 |
| August 2026 | 0 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 24 | 8 |
| October 2026 | 20 | 40 |
Debates they spoke in most
Plus 209 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 Galway West 29 November 2024 to now
- party Sinn Féin 29 November 2024 to now
Mairéad Farrell
Written
388. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the cost of funding five staff positions for procurement specialists in the Office of the Ombudsman. [39204/25]
Mairéad Farrell
Written
389. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the cost of increasing the funding of Transparency International by 5%, 10% and 15%. [39206/25]
Mairéad Farrell
Written
390. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the cost of bringing all public service workers that are currently earning below the new living wage, in line with the current rate. [39207/25]
Mairéad Farrell
Written
391. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the cost of increasing the funding for flood defences by 2%, 5% and 10%. [39208/25]
Mairéad Farrell
Written
392. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the annual savings to the exchequer from restricting retired Taoisigh, Tánaiste, Presidents, Ministers and Ceann Comhairle to a single Oireachtas pension in the years 2021 to 2025. [39209/25]
Mairéad Farrell
Written
395. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation further to the topical issue raised on the 12 June 2025 (details supplied) if he will provide an update on plans to improve infrastructure in Connemara, if satellite phones and generators will be provided to key services such as medical providers in advance of the coming winter; and if he wi…
Mairéad Farrell
Written
409. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the regional breakdown of IDA supported FDI investment per region in 2024 and 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38835/25]
Mairéad Farrell
Written
540. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport how his Department is working with communications companies to ensure improvement in their infrastructure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40278/25]
Mairéad Farrell
Written
688. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the reason Cuan did not leave underspent funding with a refuge to be utilised in the budget the following year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38857/25]
Mairéad Farrell
Written
689. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if funding will be provided to the one million stars project that raises vital awareness and provides education regarding domestic and gender based violence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38858/25]
Mairéad Farrell
Written
977. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to change the fact that the same HIQA inspectors inspect the same nursing homes year-after-year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39513/25]
Mairéad Farrell
Written
258. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 954 of 17 June 2025, when a reply can be expected. [38041/25]
Mairéad Farrell
Written
204. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of German military aircraft that have been allowed to use Shannon Airport for training, or other purposes, since 7 October 2023; if he has any concerns given Germany's provision of weapons to Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37599/25]
Mairéad Farrell
Written
205. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide an update on a foreign birth register application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37616/25]
Mairéad Farrell
Written
346. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Mairéad Farrell den Aire Caiteachais Phoiblí, Bonneagair, Athchóiriúcháin Seirbhíse Poiblí agus Digitiúcháin an bhféadfadh sé trácht a dhéanamh ar an athbhreithniú ar an bPlean Forbartha Náisiúnta atá ar bun faoi láthair; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [37621/25]
Mairéad Farrell
Written
553. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will identify the additional level of funding required by Galway City and County Council as a result of Storm Éowyn, and whether the required additional funding will be provided via the Local Government Fund, must be sourced from their respective budgets or will come from given State funding streams or programmes; and if t…
Mairéad Farrell
Written
554. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department has had any engagement with Galway City and County Council in relation to cost of the damage of storm Éowyn; the level of expenditure used for humanitarian assistance; whether these costs will be provided. [37927/25]
Mairéad Farrell
Written
802. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health if alternative public treatment options are available for a child (details supplied). [37379/25]
Mairéad Farrell
Written
940. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Mairéad Farrell den Aire Forbartha Tuaithe agus Pobail, agus Gaeltachta an mbeidh costas Ionad Pobail Mhaigh Chuilinn i gContae na Gaillimhe cuimsithe sa Phlean Forbartha Náisiúnta nua; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [38452/25]
Mairéad Farrell
Written
259. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to examine the case of persons (details supplied); to advise on a land dezoning process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36900/25]
Mairéad Farrell
Written
347. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health the reason the continued suspension of the transvaginal tape sling procedure for the treatment of stress urinary incontinence in women, which is clinically supported procedure, is still unavailable in Ireland more than six years after the pause was implemented; and the options women have now, who have not yet had a family and who have already tried and failed …
Mairéad Farrell
Written
42. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the supports in place for victims of domestic violence to access emergency accommodation in Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35820/25]
Mairéad Farrell
Written
173. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of man-hours devoted to preparing the draft the inland fisheries (modernisation and consolidation) Bill by his officials since 2013; if the draft Bill has been subjected to an appropriate assessment under the EU Habitats Directive in addition to a regulatory impact analysis; and if he will make a statement on the matter.…
Mairéad Farrell
Written
174. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if his Departmental officials support the conservation of invasive pike (esox lucius) under the Conservation of Pike Bye-Law (No. 809) 2006; if the species is discovered in Lough Inagh, County Galway and Lough Melvin County Leitrim both of which are special areas of conservation protected under the EU Habitats Directive; and if he …
Mairéad Farrell
Written
175. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if the inland fisheries division of his Department will be a viable entity into the future considering how dysfunctional inland fisheries policies are; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35540/25]