TDs / Aidan Farrelly

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Aidan Farrelly

Social Democrats Kildare North TD in this Dáil since 29 November 2024

Official Oireachtas profile

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1,387
questions asked
Oral and written, to government departments
53,883
words spoken in the chamber
Across 192 contributions. Plus 135 contributions from the chair, not counted
391
votes recorded
Each Yes, No or Abstained in a recorded vote
227
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 1,387 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026

Contributions to debates 192 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026
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MonthQuestionsContributions
December 2024 0 1
January 2025 32 0
February 2025 140 19
March 2025 124 10
April 2025 85 13
May 2025 53 11
June 2025 114 5
July 2025 50 6
August 2025 0 0
September 2025 81 12
October 2025 11 4
November 2025 60 12
December 2025 57 10
January 2026 65 9
February 2026 82 28
March 2026 60 3
April 2026 107 8
May 2026 108 7
June 2026 54 11
July 2026 42 9
August 2026 0 0
September 2026 26 9
October 2026 36 5

Debates they spoke in most

Plus 96 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 Kildare North 29 November 2024 to now
  2. party Social Democrats 29 November 2024 to now
Aidan Farrelly Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Education
638. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding new modular classrooms for a school (details supplied) in Celbridge, County Kildare; the number of units that will be delivered and the date on which they will be installed. [18536/26]
Aidan Farrelly Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Education
721. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide a schedule on a county-by-county and school-by-school basis in respect of the number of modular classrooms in use; the annual rental cost of same; the duration of which they are of use including year of installation. [19035/26]
Aidan Farrelly Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Education
722. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide a schedule on a county-by-county and school-by-school basis in respect of the number of modular classrooms in use that are now end of life as per manufacturers guidelines and still in use; and the number that have been decommissioned. [19036/26]
Aidan Farrelly Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Education
746. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth the way in which her Department is engaging with the youth forum which will take place in the lead-up to Ireland's Presidency; if she can provide an update on how young people under the policy remit of her Department will be engaged with on this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19144/26]
Aidan Farrelly Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Education
747. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she can provide details on the youth forum which will take place in the lead-up to Ireland's Presidency; the position regarding the role her Department has in terms of the participation of children and young people; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19145/26]
Aidan Farrelly Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Education
784. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans for reconstituting the National Youth Work Advisory Committee, a statutory body under Section 17 of the Youth Work Act 2001; to clarify if the restoration of this statutory committee is envisaged within the implementation actions for Opportunities for Youth 2024-2028; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19475/26]
Aidan Farrelly Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Education
785. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will confirm whether any of the governance or advisory structures envisaged in Opportunities for Youth are intended to replace, replicate, or supersede statutory bodies set out in the Youth Work Act 2001; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19476/26]
Aidan Farrelly Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Education
786. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department has conducted any analysis of the legal or policy implications arising from the non establishment of structures required under the Youth Work Act 2001; whether these considerations will inform the governance arrangements for the implementation of Opportunities for Youth; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19477/26]
Aidan Farrelly Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Culture
934. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he can provide details on the youth forum which will take place in the lead-up to Ireland's Presidency and the online safety conference that will run during it; the position regarding the way in which young people will be engaged with on this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19143/26]
Aidan Farrelly Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Housing
1031. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 1242 of 8 September 2026, the position regarding the contents of the formal response that issued to the local authority; the contents of their response; the funds, by heading, that have been drawn down to date in respect of the project; and if he has received a final and or updated business …
Aidan Farrelly Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Housing
1070. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether current local authority IT systems used to collect housing and homelessness data record the reasons people become homeless; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19472/26]
Aidan Farrelly Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Housing
1071. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he can clarify whether all information collected by local authority officials when a person presents as homeless or at risk of homelessness is notified to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19473/26]
Aidan Farrelly Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Housing
1072. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if it is possible within current IT provisions for local authorities to collate and publish information on youth homelessness (18-24 years); including reasons for entering homelessness and exits from homelessness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19474/26]
Aidan Farrelly Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Housing
1134. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will work with community groups to restore native trees at a location used by the State (details supplied); and if not, the supports or funding he can provide in the context of restoration of biodiversity and nature. [20858/26]
Aidan Farrelly Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Social
1194. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons that his officials have determined to date that must return pandemic unemployment payments (PUP); the totality of PUP that had been paid to persons; the total amount his Department is seeking to recover; the amount recovered to date; the number of enforcement actions his Department has engaged in to recover PUP from persons sin…
Aidan Farrelly Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Social
1195. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will clarify whether his Department uses debt collection agencies to recover social protection payments that were overpaid or paid in error; if he will provide a schedule of agencies or companies his Department has used in 2023, 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026 to recover payments; and the amount realised from this activity versus what was to be…
Aidan Farrelly Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Justice
1305. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of probationer gardaí who have had their probation period extended in 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; and the number of probationer gardaí who resigned or were dismissed over the same time period. [19289/26]
Aidan Farrelly Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Justice
1306. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of trainee gardaí who have had their initial trainee period extended in 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; and the number of trainee gardaí who resigned and were dismissed over the same time period. [19290/26]
Aidan Farrelly Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Justice
1307. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of gardaí who resigned early and were dismissed in 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; and if rank can be included in the response. [19291/26]
Aidan Farrelly Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Justice
1308. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of persons who were successful at all stages of the 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025 recruitment campaigns for An Garda Síochána who have not been offered a contract to become a trainee to date. [19292/26]
Aidan Farrelly Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Justice
1309. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of persons who were successful at all stages of the 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025 recruitment campaigns for An Garda Síochána who have been informed that they will not be admitted to the trainee programme due to being deemed as generally unsuitable. [19293/26]
Aidan Farrelly Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Justice
1362. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will provide the turnover and profits recorded by tuck shops in each State prison in each of the years 2023 to 2025 and to date in 2026; and if his attention, or that of prison officers/management, has been drawn to prisoner complaints that prices in prison tuck shops are unsuitable and or unattainably at the higher end of th…
Aidan Farrelly Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Children
1484. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of meetings she or her officials attended regarding the establishment of the Tusla training college; the extent to which the Department consulted on the curriculum and the type of qualifications students will receive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18286/26]
Aidan Farrelly Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Children
1485. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total budget allocated for the Tusla training college in 2024, 2025 and 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18287/26]
Aidan Farrelly Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Children
1486. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of teaching staff allocated to the Tusla training college; whether they are internal or external appointments; full-time or part-time; the duration of such agreements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18288/26]