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 9 Dec 2025 · to Children
820. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the current number of Core Funding services and places in County Kildare, Meath and Wicklow; and the assessment of risk of further exits. [70300/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 9 Dec 2025 · to Children
821. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will provide a schedule of all funding and grant aid provided by heading and subhead to Kildare, Wicklow and Meath local authorities in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; the amount returned and or not expended over the same period. [70302/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 9 Dec 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
1105. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide a schedule of all funding and grant aid provided by heading and subhead to Kildare, Wicklow and Meath Local Authorities in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; the amount returned and or not expended over the same period. [70310/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 9 Dec 2025 · to Rural
1114. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the amount that the Exchequer will make available for a project (details supplied); the way in which the Exchequer will make these funds available; the timeline for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70194/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 9 Dec 2025 · to Rural
1116. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if he will provide a schedule of all funding and grant aid provided by heading and subhead to Kildare, Wicklow and Meath local authorities in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; the amount returned and or not expended over the same period. [70315/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 2 Dec 2025 · to Finance
174. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the amount returned to the exchequer by company and amount, by way of dividend by commercial semi-state companies in 2024 and to date in 2025. [67764/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 2 Dec 2025 · to Enterprise
193. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if he will provide a schedule of payments made to online personalities in respect of paid partnership arrangements for social media content by Fáilte Ireland and Tourism Ireland in 2024 and to date in 2025; if he will provide a breakdown by amount; name of online account, and/or personality that received payment and the promotion con…
Aidan Farrelly Written 2 Dec 2025 · to Social
377. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Social Protection if she will provide a schedule of projects and costs incurred in respect of her engagement of a company in 2024 and to date in 2025 (details supplied). [67766/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 2 Dec 2025 · to Social
378. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of and amount in overpayments made, by heading, to persons in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; and if he will clarify whether a collection agency was utilised or individual to recover overpayments. [67767/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 2 Dec 2025 · to Social
379. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of fraud investigations into payments made by her department in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; the number of those that resulted in enforcement action and or criminal conviction and the amount recovered. [67768/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 2 Dec 2025 · to Justice
427. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of probationer Gardaí allocated to Kildare and Wicklow following the November 2025 passing out ceremony; if he will also provide the station at which they are deployed. [67763/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 2 Dec 2025 · to Health
597. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health if she will provide a schedule by hospital and HSE of the number of instances in which they utilised a debt recovery agency and or debt recovery individual to collect outstanding fees from a person in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025. [67769/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 25 Nov 2025 · to Transport
221. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Transport the number of passengers that have used the Dublin-Maynooth commuter rail service in 2024 and to date in 2025, in both directions, in tabular form. [65879/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 25 Nov 2025 · to Enterprise
328. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the 2025 and 2026 capital budget allocation for his Department, in tabular form. [65885/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 25 Nov 2025 · to Social
602. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount his Department spent on State pension contributory and disability allowance payments for the month of October 2025; and if he will provide the same figures for October 2023 and October 2024, in tabular form. [65882/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 25 Nov 2025 · to Justice
668. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of new Garda recruits that were allocated to each station within Kildare-Wicklow Division following the Garda graduation on 14 November 2025, in tabular form. [65883/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 25 Nov 2025 · to Justice
669. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Gardaí within Kildare-Wicklow Division who have successfully completed the mountain bike course in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [65884/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 25 Nov 2025 · to Children
773. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of WTE social workers, by grade posts, that were filled at north Kildare CDNT in the years 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [65880/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 25 Nov 2025 · to Children
774. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the 2025 and 2026 capital budget allocation for her Department, in tabular form. [65881/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 25 Nov 2025 · to Health
901. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the number of permanent job offers that Naas General Hospital offered newly graduated physiotherapists in 2024 and 2025; and of the new job offers, the number that were accepted, in tabular form. [65876/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 25 Nov 2025 · to Health
902. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant epileptologists based at Beaumont Hospital in the years of 2023 and 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [65877/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 25 Nov 2025 · to Health
903. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the number of permanent job offers that Naas General Hospital offered newly graduate occupational therapists in 2024 and 2025; and of the new job offers, the number that were accepted, in tabular form. [65878/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 18 Nov 2025 · to Education
456. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide a comprehensive update on the implementation of action 9 of opportunities for youth; the progress being made on the development of a comprehensive mapping tool; the timeline for the completion of same; the way in which GIS is being utilised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63102/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 18 Nov 2025 · to Education
457. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide a comprehensive update on the implementation of action 9 of opportunities for youth in respect of the creation of an internal dashboard to support decision-making; the way in which this will work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63103/25]
Aidan Farrelly Oral 12 Nov 2025 · to Children
82. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will provide an update on her engagements with Tusla regarding well-being checks of closed cases; if she has received a progress report or interim report from the agency; and if she will set out the allocated additional resources she has provided Tusla to enhance its capacity to complete the work in a timely manner. [61877/25]