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 7 May 2025 · to Justice
344. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice his plans to develop and introduce national standards for persons living in emergency accommodation centres or reception centres that include a component that considers child safeguarding, in conjunction with HIQA, in the context of international protection. [22631/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 7 May 2025 · to Justice
345. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice his plans to conduct an annual audit in respect of the protection the human rights of persons residing in emergency accommodation or reception centres. [22632/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 7 May 2025 · to Justice
346. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice his plans to enhance education and physical educational opportunities for persons under the age of 18 living in emergency accommodation or reception centres. [22634/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 7 May 2025 · to Justice
347. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice his plans to provide own-door accommodation for persons that are particularly vulnerable in the context of international protection applications, such as pregnant persons, persons with a disability, and so on. [22635/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 7 May 2025 · to Justice
348. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice his plans to utilise approved housing bodies in the context of emergency accommodation provision for persons in the international protection system. [22636/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 1 May 2025 · to Finance
202. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Finance the total value on an annual basis of banknotes replaced in the past ten years to date in 2025 by the Central Bank; if he will provide a breakdown, by denomination of note replaced and value; the number of applications for replacement of notes in excess of €150 and €750 and value of those applications over that time period; and the total amount on an annual ba…
Aidan Farrelly Written 30 Apr 2025 · to Foreign
5. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the level of engagement between his Department and the Government of Indonesia in 2024 and to-date in 2025. [21506/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 30 Apr 2025 · to Defence
14. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the bilateral meetings he has had with his counterparts to date in 2025. [21504/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 30 Apr 2025 · to Social
101. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of WTE community welfare officers employed by the Department as of 24 April 2025; and if he will provide same figures as of 30 April 2022, in tabular form. [21500/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 30 Apr 2025 · to Agriculture
149. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of food products seized by his Departmental officials at Dublin Port and Dublin Airport to date in 2025; and the penalties that apply to persons that fail to declare that they are bringing in commercial amounts of food products. [21505/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 30 Apr 2025 · to Children
162. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of WTE behaviour therapists and early intervention specialists employed in North Kildare Children's Disability Network Teams in the years of 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [21498/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 30 Apr 2025 · to Health
202. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the primary care centres within CHO7 that currently have vision testing services. [21501/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 30 Apr 2025 · to Health
203. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant urologists based at St. Vincent's University Hospital in the years of 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [21502/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 30 Apr 2025 · to Health
204. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the number of persons on the waiting list for the Centre of Obesity Management; and the average waiting time for access services once a referral has been made. [21503/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 30 Apr 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
272. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of clinical psychologist courses and places that are currently in the third level educational system; and what plans are in place to increase this number. [21499/25]
Aidan Farrelly Oral 29 Apr 2025 · to Children
86. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update regarding the way in which she has initiated the lowering of the cost of childcare in the State since she took office as Minister; and the steps she has taken for broader reform of the childcare model. [21093/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Children
120. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will set out her plans to implement in full 'Opportunities for Youth: the National Strategy for Youth Work 2024-2028'. [7553/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Transport
443. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Transport the number of applications for driving licence restoration that were granted, by county, in each calendar year from 2010 to date in 2025, as recorded by the National Driving Licence Service, in tabular form. [19862/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Transport
444. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide a breakdown of the number of driving licence disqualifications, by county, that were granted in each calendar year from 2010 to date in 2025, as recorded by the National Driving Licence Service, in tabular form. [19863/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Transport
445. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Transport for each year from 2010 to date in 2025, of the successful applications for driving licence restorations recorded by the National Driving Licence Service, the number of cases in which the applicant had received a second or additional disqualification order of two years or more within the ten years prior to their application for driving licence restoration. […
Aidan Farrelly Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Finance
589. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Finance the weight, value and type of illicit substances detected by officials from the Revenue Commissioners and State and private airports and ports of entry in the State, by location in the 2023, 2024 to date in 2025; the amount of cash and high-value items seized at same within the timeframe; and the amount of cash and high value items returned to persons on appea…
Aidan Farrelly Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Public Expenditure
650. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will provide a schedule of all capital projects being delivered or which have been completed by the OPW since 1 January 2020; the total project cost of projects in excess of €500,000 or of any other capital projects below this that have come to his Department's attention for reasons of overspend o…
Aidan Farrelly Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Tourism
1104. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if he will publish the Coimisiún na Meán viability report into the content levy without delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19689/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Justice
1547. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of times persons under the age of 18 years have been subject to strip searches while in Garda custody in each of the past five years; the number of occasions where those searches were not carried out in the presence of an appropriate adult; and the number of occasions those strip searches were not carried out with the assistance of a doctor. [19146…
Aidan Farrelly Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Justice
1548. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice the regulations in respect of the strip searching of persons under the age of 18 years and persons aged above 18 years in Garda custody. [19147/25]