75. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Health her plans to advance the women’s health action plan; and if consideration has been given to improvements in treatment for endometriosis in view of the fact that women have to travel abroad for surgery.. [9742/25]
TDs / Frankie Feighan
Frankie Feighan
Minister of State at the Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
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152
questions asked
Oral and written, to government departments
35,901
words spoken in the chamber
30,943 as a minister, 4,958 as a TD
420
votes recorded
Each Yes, No or Abstained in a recorded vote
69
topics asked about
Across 18 departments
From the Dáil chamber only: committee meetings are not in this archive.
What they ask about
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Who they ask
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Month by month
Low months are usually recesses, when the Dáil does not sit. The archive runs to 22 October 2026.
Questions asked 152 in all
Dec 2024Oct 2026
Contributions to debates 106 in all
Dec 2024Oct 2026
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| Month | Questions | Contributions |
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| December 2024 | 0 | 0 |
| January 2025 | 1 | 0 |
| February 2025 | 15 | 5 |
| March 2025 | 16 | 1 |
| April 2025 | 4 | 2 |
| May 2025 | 13 | 1 |
| June 2025 | 11 | 5 |
| July 2025 | 22 | 3 |
| August 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 17 | 2 |
| October 2025 | 6 | 7 |
| November 2025 | 15 | 2 |
| December 2025 | 15 | 16 |
| January 2026 | 2 | 2 |
| February 2026 | 0 | 5 |
| March 2026 | 0 | 0 |
| April 2026 | 2 | 12 |
| May 2026 | 2 | 15 |
| June 2026 | 0 | 0 |
| July 2026 | 3 | 18 |
| August 2026 | 0 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 4 | 9 |
| October 2026 | 4 | 1 |
Debates they spoke in most
Plus 81 contributions in the regular slots, such as Leaders' Questions and Priority Questions. Speech from the chair is not counted.
Asked about similar topics
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Party, constituency and offices
- constituency Sligo-Leitrim 29 November 2024 to now
- party Fine Gael 29 November 2024 to now
- office Minister of State at the Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation 19 November 2025 to now
Since Storm Éowyn on 24 January last, a huge number of people living in rural parts of my constituency and in the north west have no access to broadband or to landline and mobile phone networks. There seems to be absolutely no urgency on the part of the providers to rectify matters.
There are elderly people living on their own who have emergency contact buttons that do not work. They cannot contact friends, neighbou…
Across the country and especially in the north west, we have huge challenges in providing adequate home care for some of our most elderly and infirm citizens. I, like most TDs, receive daily correspondence from families who are allocated home help or care hours only to discover there are no qualified personnel to fulfil these allocated hours. The issue is having an impact on our care homes and mainstream hospitals as…
Sligo-Leitrim. The north west.
I congratulate the Minister of State, Deputy Michael Healy-Rae, on his recent appointment. I wish him well in his new role. I have no doubt he has hit the ground running.
The Minister of State will be aware that a public meeting was hosted by the secretariat of the Leitrim public participation network, PPN, in Ballinamore, County Leitrim, on Thursday last, 23 January. This was a significant date as it was the night …
I thank the Minister of State and it is plain to see that he has done a lot of work already. There is one thing I have noticed over the years. We have a lot of various Departments, and everyone is busy, but no-one seems to spend time talking to one another. I saw this happening when we had flooding on the Shannon many years ago - about 12 years ago. The local authorities were blaming one another, the ESB was blaming …