TDs / Johnny Guirke

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Johnny Guirke

Sinn Féin Meath West TD in this Dáil since 29 November 2024

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424
questions asked
Oral and written, to government departments
21,126
words spoken in the chamber
Across 79 contributions
413
votes recorded
Each Yes, No or Abstained in a recorded vote
125
topics asked about
Across 18 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 424 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026

Contributions to debates 79 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026
Show as a table
MonthQuestionsContributions
December 2024 0 0
January 2025 0 0
February 2025 35 2
March 2025 16 0
April 2025 21 4
May 2025 22 15
June 2025 1 2
July 2025 19 3
August 2025 0 0
September 2025 11 3
October 2025 3 5
November 2025 42 8
December 2025 21 2
January 2026 1 2
February 2026 33 7
March 2026 19 4
April 2026 85 2
May 2026 37 2
June 2026 30 12
July 2026 5 1
August 2026 0 0
September 2026 11 2
October 2026 12 3

Debates they spoke in most

Plus 32 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 Meath West 29 November 2024 to now
  2. party Sinn Féin 29 November 2024 to now
Johnny Guirke Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Rural
3515. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht his engagement with other Government Departments and State agencies to support hotels in rural communities in Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26139/26]
Johnny Guirke Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Rural
3516. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the funding that is available in his Department for parish halls for renovations in communities where there are no community centres in their place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26140/26]
Johnny Guirke Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Rural
3517. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the amount of funding that has not been drawn down from each funding stream in his Department for each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26141/26]
Johnny Guirke Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Rural
3518. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht when his Department plans to send confirmation of the RRDF funding from 2025 in order that local authorities can begin negotiations on premises they plan to buy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26142/26]
Johnny Guirke Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Rural
3519. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if he has any plans to provide smaller streams of funding to towns and villages for small scale street enhancement, streetscape, schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26143/26]
Johnny Guirke Written 25 Mar 2026 · to Climate
19. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if the longest extended period of below average rainfall since 1975 was factored into the results of the 2025 IFI salmon fry counts on the Boyne /Kells Blackwater catchment;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22776/26]
Johnny Guirke Written 25 Mar 2026 · to Climate
20. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the metric of assessing the salmon stocks on the Boyne/Kells Blackwater Catchment that is most relied upon by Inland Fisheries Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22777/26]
Johnny Guirke Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Public Expenditure
519. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the steps his Department is taking on the supplementary pension for workers in fast accrual schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19180/26]
Johnny Guirke Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Health
2207. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health to outline the infrastructural challenges which result in people waiting longer than the recommended timeframe to access colonoscopies nationally; the proposed solutions to best address these challenges; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20736/26]
Johnny Guirke Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Health
2208. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health the national tendering process that is currently in place for new endoscopy infrastructure within the public system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20737/26]
Johnny Guirke Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Health
2209. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health the modelling systems that are used to assess current and future national demand for endoscopy units; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20738/26]
Johnny Guirke Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Health
2210. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health the percentage capacity each endoscopy unit nationally is currently functioning at; the plans to address any shortfall, by hospital, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20739/26]
Johnny Guirke Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Health
2211. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health the current ratio of healthcare workers available to perform colonoscopies by hospital nationally; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20740/26]
Johnny Guirke Written 4 Mar 2026 · to Transport
47. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide additional finance to Meath County Council to re-surface the roads in exceptionally poor condition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17359/26]
Johnny Guirke Written 4 Mar 2026 · to Transport
48. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Transport to provide a breakdown of his Department funding allocated to, but not spent by Meath County Council, on road projects, for the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17360/26]
Johnny Guirke Written 4 Mar 2026 · to Transport
49. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Transport if he has any plans to increase public transport availability and frequency between Athboy, County Meath and Delvin, County Westmeath, to compensate for the current lack of reliable services linking these two towns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17361/26]
Johnny Guirke Written 4 Mar 2026 · to Transport
50. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Transport the current status of the Navan rail project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17362/26]
Johnny Guirke Written 4 Mar 2026 · to Transport
51. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Transport the engagement his Department has had to date with landowners along the potential routes of the Navan rail project in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17363/26]
Johnny Guirke Written 4 Mar 2026 · to Health
263. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health the current number of mental health inpatient beds in each regional health area, RHA; the additional beds that have been promised to meet shortfalls; the location of the shortfalls; and the timelines attached to delivering those additional beds. [17347/26]
Johnny Guirke Written 4 Mar 2026 · to Health
264. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health if she has plans to increase capacity at a facility (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17348/26]
Johnny Guirke Written 4 Mar 2026 · to Health
265. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health if she will confirm the number of people who went to a facility (details supplied) in 2024 and 2025, in tabular form. [17349/26]
Johnny Guirke Written 4 Mar 2026 · to Health
274. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health regarding the reimbursement of Skyclarys (omaveloxolone), the only approved treatment for Friedreich’s Ataxia (details supplied), the specific steps being taken to ensure the HSE considers the "time-critical" nature of FA during the current price negotiations for Skyclarys; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17394/26]
Johnny Guirke Written 4 Mar 2026 · to Health
275. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health regarding the reimbursement of Skyclarys (omaveloxolone), the only approved treatment for Friedreich’s Ataxia (details supplied), the way in which the commitments in the National Rare Disease Strategy 2025-2030 and the 2026 IPHA Framework Agreement (which aims for a 180-day decision timeline) are being applied to this specific case, to prevent further delays in …
Johnny Guirke Written 3 Mar 2026 · to Culture
547. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the timeframe for the application portal to open for the sports capital grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16632/26]
Johnny Guirke Written 24 Feb 2026 · to Health
928. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Health the number of people who accessed urgent symptomatic breast disease clinics within the recommended 10 days, nationally and by hospital, in 2025, in tabular form. [14120/26]