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 14 Jul 2026 · to Transport
128. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide a schedule, by local authority in respect of the amount of funding he allocated for local, national road improvement and or maintenance in 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026. [52917/26]
Aidan Farrelly Written 14 Jul 2026 · to Finance
183. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he has sought EU funding to cover the cost of purchasing additional backscatter vans for the Revenue Commissioners. [52650/26]
Aidan Farrelly Written 14 Jul 2026 · to Finance
184. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number and the cost of disposal, of nitrous oxide canisters seized by the Revenue Commissioners in 2025 to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if he has consulted with the Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications in respect of managing discarded nitrous oxide canisters in the context of the National Hazardous Waste Management Plan (…
Aidan Farrelly Written 14 Jul 2026 · to Finance
198. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the amount paid by insurance companies to injured parties in respect of damage and injuries relating to e-bike, e-scooter and scrambler collisions in 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026. [53200/26]
Aidan Farrelly Written 14 Jul 2026 · to Enterprise
247. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the estimated cost in 2027 if the budget for the Strategic Air Access Fund was doubled. [52654/26]
Aidan Farrelly Written 14 Jul 2026 · to Education
301. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide an update in respect of a school (details supplied); and the date on which the addendum report sent to her Department for consideration will clear a review by officials. [52989/26]
Aidan Farrelly Written 14 Jul 2026 · to Housing
401. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount expended by the NPWS in respect of clearing and disposing of illegally dumped materials on sites it manages in 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026, by year, site and amount expended; and the steps the NPWS has taken to mitigate and prevent dumping on its sites. [52988/26]
Aidan Farrelly Written 14 Jul 2026 · to Justice
487. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 663 of 16 June 2026, if the relevant information has been provided to him from the Garda authorities for the PQ to be answered. [52653/26]
Aidan Farrelly Written 14 Jul 2026 · to Justice
493. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of e-scooters, e-bikes and scramblers seized by an Garda Síochána in the Kildare, Wicklow and Meath/ Louth divisions in 2025 and to date in 2026; if he will provide a breakdown by vehicle type and numbers seized; the number of same returned to owners. [52708/26]
Aidan Farrelly Written 14 Jul 2026 · to Justice
523. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of persons who successfully renewed their visa in 2025; the number that are currently waiting in excess of 12 weeks; the number that were waiting in excess of 12 weeks in 2025; the number that have applied to renew to date in 2026; of those who were successful in their application to renew in 2026, the number that had to …
Aidan Farrelly Written 14 Jul 2026 · to Justice
545. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will provide a schedule of the number of PSA licences refused, revoked or not renewed by the Private Security Authority since the authority came into existence; and if he will clarify whether applicants for licences must provide tax compliance certificates as part of an application for a licence to operate, in tabular form. [5…
Aidan Farrelly Written 14 Jul 2026 · to Children
645. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the estimated cost in 2027 if the budget for TUSLA increased by 12.5%. [52655/26]
Aidan Farrelly Written 14 Jul 2026 · to Health
702. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost in 2027 of a 7.5% increase on spending under school dental scheme. [52646/26]
Aidan Farrelly Written 14 Jul 2026 · to Health
703. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE neurologist registrars based at Naas General Hospital as of 3 July 2026, in tabular form. [52647/26]
Aidan Farrelly Written 14 Jul 2026 · to Health
704. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost in 2027 of a 7.5% uplift in medical interns, GP, basic specialist and higher specialist training places; and the number of additional places this would create, in tabular form. [52648/26]
Aidan Farrelly Written 14 Jul 2026 · to Health
705. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the number of persons that were admitted to the national burns unit at St. James's Hospital in 2025 and to-date in 2026; and the average length of stay within this unit in each of those years, in tabular form. [52649/26]
Aidan Farrelly Written 7 Jul 2026 · to Transport
157. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide a schedule of the average wait times for NCT tests by NCT test location; if he will provide statistical data in respect of failure, pass and do not drive away results by test centre for each of the years 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026. [51591/26]
Aidan Farrelly Written 7 Jul 2026 · to Transport
206. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Transport if he will clarify in the context of Circular 14/2021 the role of the Project Management Office in his Department; and if he will clarify the date on which his Department notified the Digital Government Oversight Unit (DGOU) and or the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (OGCIO) of issues relating to the train management system. [51229/26]
Aidan Farrelly Written 7 Jul 2026 · to Transport
207. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide an update in respect of IT projects (details supplied) to include delivering and or development third party; the amount expended to date in respect of consultancy and project management fees; if he will indicate the timeline to rollout of each project; if he will clarify whether each project is currently within budget and if not the amount…
Aidan Farrelly Written 7 Jul 2026 · to Children
670. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her attention is drawn to the fact that the operation of the Assisted Decision-Making (Capacity) Act 2015 is, in practice, creating significant barriers for adults with lifelong intellectual disabilities and their families in accessing basic services such as healthcare, dental treatment, and banking. [51592/26]
Aidan Farrelly Written 7 Jul 2026 · to Children
671. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she accepts that requiring formal decision-making representative orders in circumstances where capacity is clearly and permanently limited is placing an undue administrative and financial burden on ageing family carers, many of whom are already under severe financial pressure. [51593/26]
Aidan Farrelly Written 7 Jul 2026 · to Children
672. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the assessment that has been made of the impact of DMR application costs, legal complexity, and court-based processes for ordinary families seeking to continue long established caring arrangements for adult children with significant intellectual disabilities. [51594/26]
Aidan Farrelly Written 7 Jul 2026 · to Children
673. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether she will consider urgent reform to introduce a streamlined, affordable, and proportionate decision making pathway for adults with lifelong and profound intellectual disabilities; and whether she will address the lack of provision for successor decision-makers in the current system. [51596/26]
Aidan Farrelly Written 7 Jul 2026 · to Health
692. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the safeguards that exist to prevent vulnerable adults being effectively excluded from routine medical and financial decisions due to overly rigid interpretations of consent requirements in everyday settings such as GP surgeries, dental clinics, and financial institutions. [51595/26]
Aidan Farrelly Written 2 Jul 2026 · to Transport
236. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Transport if he will clarify whether a company (details supplied) have been consulted or have been engaged with to provide support with existing aircraft navigation systems such as ground beacons at Irish airports; if the same company has been consulted or engaged with to provide a replacement of existing system; and if he will provide the details of same and associat…