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 12 Nov 2025 · to Climate
252. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the steps he has taken to provide a national recycling service for nitrous oxide canisters. [61871/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 12 Nov 2025 · to Finance
388. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Finance the number, and the cost of disposal, of nitrous oxide canisters seized by the Revenue Commissioners, from 2020 to date in 2025, in tabular form. [61348/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 12 Nov 2025 · to Finance
389. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Finance the number, and the cost of disposal, of vape products seized by the Revenue Commissioners, from 2020 to date in 2025, in tabular form. [61349/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 12 Nov 2025 · to Public Expenditure
426. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he will clarify whether OPW has been tasked with sourcing new facilities or accommodation for An Garda Síochána to increase its capacity to train new garda recruits and upskill serving officers. [61967/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 12 Nov 2025 · to Social
650. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons that initially subscribed to the hot school meals schemes in 2024 and to date in 2025; the number of persons that have now opted out. [61006/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 12 Nov 2025 · to Social
651. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of schools that did not opt in to the hot meals schemes in 2025; and the number of schools that have opted out of the schemes in 2024 and 2025. [61007/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 12 Nov 2025 · to Justice
790. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he has consulted with the Garda management leadership team and/or the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to develop and introduce a graduate programme for civilian Garda employees and a Garda officer graduate stream into an Garda Síochána at rank level. [62152/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 12 Nov 2025 · to Agriculture
831. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the incentive a greyhound owner has to keep the status of a non-coursing greyhound updated on the Rásaíocht Con Éireann Traceability System once that greyhound is no longer going to be raced on a Rásaíocht Con Éireann licensed track; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62220/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Taoiseach
104. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Taoiseach if his Department and bodies under his aegis have made tax settlements with the Revenue Commissioners in the past five years to date; and if so, the amount in each case. [58465/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Foreign
137. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department and bodies under his aegis have made tax settlements with the Revenue Commissioners in the past five years to date; and if so, the amount in each case. [58457/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Foreign
149. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of times to date in 2025 when the Irish Consular General based in Sydney has met with the Governor of New South Wales. [59310/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Climate
174. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if his Department and bodies under his aegis have made tax settlements with the Revenue Commissioners in the past five years to date; and if so, the amount in each case. [58451/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Climate
208. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if will clarify whether a company (details supplied) had and-or has a contract with his Department in the years 2020 and to date in 2025; and, if so, the nature of services this company provided to his Department, by year, in tabular form. [59309/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Defence
235. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if his Department and bodies under his aegis have made tax settlements with the Revenue Commissioners in the past five years to date; and if so, the amount in each case. [58453/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Transport
305. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Transport if his Department and bodies under his aegis have made tax settlements with the Revenue Commissioners in the past five years to date; and if so, the amount in each case. [58466/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Transport
392. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Transport if will clarify whether a company (details supplied) had and or has a contract with his Department in the years 2020 to date in 2025; and if so, the nature of services this company provided to his Department, by year, in tabular form. [59307/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Finance
467. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Finance if his Department and bodies under his aegis have made tax settlements with the Revenue Commissioners in the past five years to date; and if so, the amount in each case. [58456/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Public Expenditure
537. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he is aware of instances where suppliers increase prices on the basis that the purchaser is a public authority or State body; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58430/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Public Expenditure
538. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if instances where suppliers increase prices on the basis that the purchaser is a public authority or State body and are occurring, if there is data or audit evidence national or sectoral documenting the scale and financial impact of those price uplifts on public procurement over the past fiv…
Aidan Farrelly Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Public Expenditure
539. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the provisions in the spending code there are and in the Office of Government Procurement guidance to prevent price inflation that may arise solely from a supplier knowing that the purchaser is a public authority or State body; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58432/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Public Expenditure
540. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if his Department and bodies under his aegis have made tax settlements with the Revenue Commissioners in the past five years to date; and if so, the amount in each case. [58462/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Enterprise
595. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if his Department and bodies under his aegis have made tax settlements with the Revenue Commissioners in the past five years to date; and if so, the amount in each case. [58455/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Education
722. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department and bodies under her aegis have made tax settlements with the Revenue Commissioners in the past five years to date; and if so, the amount in each case. [58454/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Education
727. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide a breakdown of the location and staffing allocation in each UBU project in the country in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58481/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Education
728. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth the amount allocated in youth funding for each county in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58482/25]