TDs / Paul Nicholas Gogarty

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Paul Nicholas Gogarty

Independent Dublin Mid-West TD in this Dáil since 29 November 2024

Official Oireachtas profile

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476
questions asked
Oral and written, to government departments
165,982
words spoken in the chamber
Across 383 contributions. Plus 3 contributions from the chair, not counted
315
votes recorded
Each Yes, No or Abstained in a recorded vote
111
topics asked about
Across 17 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 476 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026

Contributions to debates 383 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026
Show as a table
MonthQuestionsContributions
December 2024 0 1
January 2025 13 1
February 2025 21 19
March 2025 30 25
April 2025 27 21
May 2025 27 30
June 2025 18 19
July 2025 48 11
August 2025 0 0
September 2025 29 9
October 2025 6 24
November 2025 17 37
December 2025 5 17
January 2026 31 31
February 2026 20 18
March 2026 37 15
April 2026 29 25
May 2026 16 19
June 2026 46 12
July 2026 5 15
August 2026 0 1
September 2026 23 17
October 2026 28 16

Debates they spoke in most

Plus 129 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 Dublin Mid-West 29 November 2024 to now
  2. party Independent 29 November 2024 to now
Paul Nicholas Gogarty Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Children
1836. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the plans in place to reduce overcrowding in young offender detention facilities such as Oberstown; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19295/25]
Paul Nicholas Gogarty Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Health
2108. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Health if there has been any positive movement in finding a resolution on the psychiatric nurses' strike, either in terms of discussions held or facilitating a general improvement in pay and conditions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19307/25]
Paul Nicholas Gogarty Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Health
2109. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of any engagement on the implementation of a Dublin allowance for nurses since I last raised this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19308/25]
Paul Nicholas Gogarty Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Health
2369. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Health when free HRT products will be made available; if some of the delayed period can be backdated at least; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20507/25]
Paul Nicholas Gogarty Written 8 Apr 2025 · to Children
828. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of WTE physiotherapists and social workers based at Clondalkin Children's Disability Network Team in the years of 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [17248/25]
Paul Nicholas Gogarty Written 8 Apr 2025 · to Children
829. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of WTE speech and language therapists based at Rossecourt Children's Disability, Network Team in the years of 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [17249/25]
Paul Nicholas Gogarty Written 8 Apr 2025 · to Children
830. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of WTE psychologists based at Palmerstown Children's Disability Network Team in the years of 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [17250/25]
Paul Nicholas Gogarty Written 1 Apr 2025 · to Health
768. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Health the number of public health nurses employed in the Lucan area every five years from 1981 to date in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15415/25]
Paul Nicholas Gogarty Written 1 Apr 2025 · to Health
769. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Health the number of registered GPs working in the Lucan area, every five years from 1981 to date in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15416/25]
Paul Nicholas Gogarty Written 1 Apr 2025 · to Health
770. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Health the number of nurse specialists employed to cover the Lucan, from 2000 to 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15417/25]
Paul Nicholas Gogarty Written 1 Apr 2025 · to Health
771. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Health the number of publicly funded community groups servicing the needs of older people in the Lucan area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15418/25]
Paul Nicholas Gogarty Written 25 Mar 2025 · to Education
405. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Education if there are any plans in place to set up a regional scheme to assist parents who wish to give their children the opportunity to complete transition year, but whose school either does not provide the year or holds lotteries that exclude students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14076/25]
Paul Nicholas Gogarty Written 25 Mar 2025 · to Education
406. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Education on the assumption that a child who wished to complete a place in transition year, but was denied the opportunity due to not being picked in a school lottery, to clarify that her Department will accept any application to repeat fifth year on that basis, so that students can take their Leaving Certificate exams at an appropriate age relative to their pe…
Paul Nicholas Gogarty Written 25 Mar 2025 · to Education
407. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Education the reason schools, that have autonomy on enrolment but nonetheless must complete the designated curriculum, are given leeway in terms of running a transition year programme or limiting numbers and subjecting students and parents to lotteries; whether there are plans to make transition year a mandatory component of the senior cycle; and if she will ma…
Paul Nicholas Gogarty Written 25 Mar 2025 · to Education
408. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Education what legal mechanisms exist for parents whose children have been refused a transition year place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14079/25]
Paul Nicholas Gogarty Written 25 Mar 2025 · to Education
409. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Education what advice parents should be given if their children do not get offered a desired place on a transition year programme; whether leeway would be given by education welfare officers to parents who arrange work experience and educational trips for their children in terms of missing official school days; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1…
Paul Nicholas Gogarty Written 25 Mar 2025 · to Education
410. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Education if she will facilitate parents who have suitable arrangements in place collectively or individually and who wish to give their children a transition tear experience in the absence of a place being available in the school, by means of a home tuition grant being made available to these children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14081/25]
Paul Nicholas Gogarty Written 25 Mar 2025 · to Education
416. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Education the current subvention paid to schools for transition year, per student; whether there is a cap on such subventions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14149/25]
Paul Nicholas Gogarty Written 25 Mar 2025 · to Education
417. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Education the deadline for schools to provide final numbers for transition year each year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14150/25]
Paul Nicholas Gogarty Written 25 Mar 2025 · to Education
418. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Education if a school has reached its quota for transition year places and has to create a lottery, whether the school can apply for supplemental supports from the Department in the event it decides in the best interests of students to facilitate additional numbers. [14151/25]
Paul Nicholas Gogarty Written 25 Mar 2025 · to Education
419. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Education whether it is possible for parents to be Garda vetted to assist second level schools in providing sufficient ratios of adults to children for school trips, including transition year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14152/25]
Paul Nicholas Gogarty Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Transport
307. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Transport the number of driving tests conducted on a listed daily basis at Tallaght driving test centre from 1 September 2024 to 5 March 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11278/25]
Paul Nicholas Gogarty Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Transport
308. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Transport the number of driving testers currently available for work at Tallaght driving test centre; the number of vacancies that exist; the optimal number operating on any given day; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11279/25]
Paul Nicholas Gogarty Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Public Expenditure
449. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the actions taken by the OPW to date to secure a car park and access to Castletown House from a centre (details supplied), given that the centre is willing to provide use of its own car park at weekends; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10870/25]