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
Show as a table
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 20 Jan 2026 · to Housing
625. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide a schedule of derogation licence requests made to the National Parks and Wildlife Service to undertake control measures in respect of protected animal and birds by local authority, to include location sought to conduct control measures in each year from 2019 to date in 2026; if he will include species in the sc…
Aidan Farrelly Written 20 Jan 2026 · to Housing
641. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of social rental housing units being provided in 2022, 2023, and 2024 under payment and availability agreement arrangements (P&A); the total cost of these agreements in these years; and the average P&A cost per unit in these years, in tabular form. [3544/26]
Aidan Farrelly Written 20 Jan 2026 · to Social
705. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will clarify whether personal data held by his Department and its customer facing sections is subject to processing by artificial intelligence tools (details supplied). [4302/26]
Aidan Farrelly Written 20 Jan 2026 · to Social
706. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Social Protection if he and or his officials have conducted a data protection impact assessment with regards to the use of artificial intelligence tools, and, if so, the dates on which this assessment was conducted. [4307/26]
Aidan Farrelly Written 20 Jan 2026 · to Justice
729. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 669 of 25 November 2025, if he has received the relevant information in order to have this PQ answered. [3733/26]
Aidan Farrelly Written 20 Jan 2026 · to Justice
749. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will clarify whether personal data held by his Department and its customer facing sections is subject to processing by artificial intelligence tools (details supplied). [4303/26]
Aidan Farrelly Written 20 Jan 2026 · to Justice
750. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he and or his officials have conducted a data protection impact assessment with regards to the use of artificial intelligence tools, and, if so, the dates on which this assessment was conducted. [4308/26]
Aidan Farrelly Written 20 Jan 2026 · to Agriculture
793. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of people employed full-time, and part-time by Rásaíocht Con Éireann, by job title, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3674/26]
Aidan Farrelly Written 20 Jan 2026 · to Agriculture
794. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason it is necessary for the owners of non-coursing greyhounds to register their dogs at several different stages in the Irish Greyhound Stud Book held by the Irish Coursing Club (details supplied); his plans to amend the relevant legislation to remove this obligation as it pertains to the owners of non-coursing greyhounds; and i…
Aidan Farrelly Written 20 Jan 2026 · to Children
839. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the CDNTs within CHO7 that are currently without psychologists and or social workers, by location, in tabular form. [3731/26]
Aidan Farrelly Written 20 Jan 2026 · to Children
840. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of physiotherapists that are currently on panels within CDNTs; and the expiry deadline for this panel. [3732/26]
Aidan Farrelly Written 20 Jan 2026 · to Children
869. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will clarify whether personal data held by her Department and its customer facing sections is subject to processing by artificial intelligence tools (details supplied). [4305/26]
Aidan Farrelly Written 20 Jan 2026 · to Children
870. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she and or her officials have conducted a data protection impact assessment with regards to the use of artificial intelligence tools, and, if so, the dates on which this assessment was conducted. [4310/26]
Aidan Farrelly Written 20 Jan 2026 · to Health
936. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE registrars in colorectal surgery and senior house officers in colorectal surgery based at St. Vincent's University Hospital as of 13 January 2026, in tabular form. [3735/26]
Aidan Farrelly Written 20 Jan 2026 · to Health
937. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the percentage of patients that presented at the accident and emergency department of the Mater Hospital that were liable to the €100 fee in 2024 and 2025, in tabular form. [3736/26]
Aidan Farrelly Written 20 Jan 2026 · to Health
938. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the number of liver function scans performed at St. James's Hospital in 2025; the average waiting time for results of these scans. [3737/26]
Aidan Farrelly Written 20 Jan 2026 · to Health
939. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the number of recruitment campaigns Beaumont Hospital were involved with in the UK during 2025 seeking to encourage Irish trained nurses, physios, doctors, radiographers an so on, to return home and work in the hospital; and the number of persons which indicated they were willing to return home per recruitment campaign in 2025, in tabular form. [3738/26]
Aidan Farrelly Written 20 Jan 2026 · to Health
940. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the number of patients that have been admitted to Tallaght University Hospital for 90 or more consecutive days in 2025, in tabular form. [3739/26]
Aidan Farrelly Written 20 Jan 2026 · to Health
1036. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health if she will clarify whether personal data held by her Department and its customer-facing sections is subject to processing by artificial intelligence tools (details supplied). [4304/26]
Aidan Farrelly Written 20 Jan 2026 · to Health
1037. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health if she and or her officials have conducted a data protection impact assessment with regards to the use of artificial intelligence tools, and, if so, the dates on which this assessment was conducted. [4309/26]
Aidan Farrelly Written 15 Jan 2026 · to Education
333. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide the numbers of SNA increases that were recommended by special educational needs organisers (SENO) for Kildare, Wicklow and Meath, in tabular form; and the numbers of increases that were actually made for same, in tabular form. [3051/26]
Aidan Farrelly Written 15 Jan 2026 · to Education
356. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide a schedule of the number of applications made to the emergency works grant scheme in 2023, 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; the number that were approved, rejected and granted on appeal; and if she will provide a schedule of the amounts granted, by county for each year. [3269/26]
Aidan Farrelly Written 15 Jan 2026 · to Education
358. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of schools currently in a backlog to have their emergency works grant scheme assessed and or approved. [3274/26]
Aidan Farrelly Written 15 Jan 2026 · to Education
359. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of schools that reported closures, outside of planned closures such as end of term, bank holidays and so on, in each of the years 2024 and 2025; and the number of school days lost in each of those years as a result. [3275/26]
Aidan Farrelly Written 14 Jan 2026 · to Climate
11. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the way in which he will ensure that the proposed data centre (details supplied) will not negatively impact on domestic water and energy access and supply. [2809/26]