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Mairéad Farrell

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

Official Oireachtas profile

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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
Show as a table
MonthQuestionsContributions
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

  1. constituency Galway West 29 November 2024 to now
  2. party Sinn Féin 29 November 2024 to now
Mairéad Farrell Written 1 Jul 2025 · to Climate
176. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if Inland Fisheries Ireland in conjunction with his Departmental officials are continuing to prepare retrospective appropriate assessment screenings under the EU Habitats Directive for the Conservation of and Prohibition on Sale of Coarse Fish Bye-Law (No. 806) 2006 and the Conservation of Pike Bye-Law (No. 809) 2006 in an attempt …
Mairéad Farrell Written 1 Jul 2025 · to Climate
177. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if the internal review of the Conservation of and Prohibition on Sale of Coarse Fish Bye-Law (No. 806) 2006 and the Conservation of Pike Bye-Law (No. 809) 2006 will form part of the Western Lakes Management Plan or be treated separately; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35542/25]
Mairéad Farrell Written 1 Jul 2025 · to Climate
178. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will report on the change in name of an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35543/25]
Mairéad Farrell Written 1 Jul 2025 · to Public Expenditure
295. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he is satisfied that public bodies are compliant with their obligations for disclosing procurement information, in light of the Information Commissioner's ruling (details supplied), if he will be reminding this body of their obligations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [357…
Mairéad Farrell Written 1 Jul 2025 · to Housing
463. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if it is the long-term policy of his Department to reclassify further water bodies within Lough Corrib SAC as heavily modified water bodies (HMWBs) under the EU Water Framework Directive in a deliberate manner to undermine the integrity of the SAC for the commercial development of the lake and its tributaries; and if he will mak…
Mairéad Farrell Written 1 Jul 2025 · to Housing
472. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to outline Uisce Éireann’s current borrowing limits; its total borrowings; the source of these borrowings, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35725/25]
Mairéad Farrell Written 1 Jul 2025 · to Housing
483. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is aware of any supports and grants for people of limited means or with disabilities to fix damaged driveways in instances where these fall outside the council’s roads and footpaths remediation works programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35907/25]
Mairéad Farrell Written 1 Jul 2025 · to Justice
565. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the timelines for the processing of a peace commissioner applications for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35529/25]
Mairéad Farrell Written 1 Jul 2025 · to Health
750. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 771 of 24 June 2025, if she will clarify that “human application” does not mean the application of such organs/tissue to commercially driven research, and the definition used in the Bill refers to ‘extracorporeal applications’ which could include commercial driven research on ‘extracorporeal technologies’; and if she will …
Mairéad Farrell Written 1 Jul 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
876. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the supports in place for societies at third level institutions (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35708/25]
Mairéad Farrell Written 1 Jul 2025 · to Rural
901. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht regarding the sale of a property (details supplied) the price received for the sale of this asset and the terms and conditions of the contract have yet to be publicly disclosed; his views on whether the details of the sale should still be a matter of confidentiality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [352…
Mairéad Farrell Written 26 Jun 2025 · to Health
74. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health if she will acknowledge that the exclusion of inflammatory bowel disease IBD from the long-term illness scheme is a policy decision rather than a legal requirement, given that section 59(3) of the Health Act 1970 does not list specific qualifying conditions but permits the provision of supports to those with a permanent or long-term illness; if she will commit …
Mairéad Farrell Written 26 Jun 2025 · to Health
110. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health the date by which the long-Covid payments for health care workers will cease; her plans in relation to the closure of the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33617/25]
Mairéad Farrell Written 26 Jun 2025 · to Culture
165. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport to provide an update on the basic income for the arts scheme; if he plans to extend or amend the scheme when the pilot programme ends; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33757/25]
Mairéad Farrell Written 26 Jun 2025 · to Culture
176. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the supports available for an art house cinema in Galway, following the recent closure of a cinema (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33618/25]
Mairéad Farrell Written 25 Jun 2025 · to Climate
14. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment whether the board and or senior management team of Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) has given notice to Departmental officials that the Cong Salmon Hatchery in County Galway will cease operations imminently, considering that IFI operates under the aegis of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34944/25]
Mairéad Farrell Written 25 Jun 2025 · to Finance
46. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance to provide the par value of loans acquired by NAMA from each associated bank; the value of securities/funds provided to each bank in return; and the number of loans received by NAMA from each bank, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34596/25]
Mairéad Farrell Written 25 Jun 2025 · to Agriculture
162. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a license was issued (details supplied) in spite of not all the requirements being met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34945/25]
Mairéad Farrell Written 24 Jun 2025 · to Transport
109. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide an update on plans to improve rail capacity in County Galway, in particular adding a double track between Athenry and Galway city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33756/25]
Mairéad Farrell Written 24 Jun 2025 · to Transport
156. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide an update on his Department’s steps to improve road safety in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33755/25]
Mairéad Farrell Written 24 Jun 2025 · to Transport
243. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Transport if he will liaise with the NTA in relation to either establishing a new bus stop or moving the current Citylink stop in Newcastle to the outpatients entrance at the Hospital (details supplied). [33512/25]
Mairéad Farrell Written 24 Jun 2025 · to Public Expenditure
339. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to provide, in relation to commercial semi-State bodies which are permitted to undertake their own borrowing, a list of those semi-State bodies, along with their current borrowing limits, their current total borrowings and the source of these borrowings, in tabular form; and if he will make …
Mairéad Farrell Written 24 Jun 2025 · to Education
395. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide an update on a school and it's emergency works scheme application (details supplied) following extensive damage caused by storm Éowyn; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33754/25]
Mairéad Farrell Written 24 Jun 2025 · to Social
590. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of individuals in receipt of the State contributory pension, paid on a monthly basis only, in Quarter 4 of 2024 and Quarter 1 of 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34307/25]
Mairéad Farrell Written 24 Jun 2025 · to Health
771. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health regarding the Transplantation, Post-Mortem, Anatomical Examination and Public Display Act (2024), to outline the guarantees in place that participants will only have their organ and tissue used for transplantation purposes, and not, for example, used as part of any commercially driven research; are there any sanctions are in place in the event that any abuse …