TDs / Eoin Hayes

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Eoin Hayes

Social Democrats Dublin Bay South TD in this Dáil since 29 November 2024

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539
questions asked
Oral and written, to government departments
46,272
words spoken in the chamber
Across 176 contributions
420
votes recorded
Each Yes, No or Abstained in a recorded vote
163
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 539 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026

Contributions to debates 176 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026
Show as a table
MonthQuestionsContributions
December 2024 0 0
January 2025 0 0
February 2025 0 0
March 2025 0 0
April 2025 44 0
May 2025 61 2
June 2025 7 1
July 2025 21 4
August 2025 0 0
September 2025 8 13
October 2025 64 6
November 2025 35 10
December 2025 16 14
January 2026 38 11
February 2026 26 35
March 2026 9 15
April 2026 33 17
May 2026 7 13
June 2026 78 10
July 2026 72 7
August 2026 0 0
September 2026 15 10
October 2026 5 8

Debates they spoke in most

Plus 118 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 Bay South 29 November 2024 to now
  2. party Social Democrats 29 November 2024 to 10 January 2025
  3. party Independent 10 January 2025 to 10 April 2025
  4. party Social Democrats 10 April 2025 to now
Eoin Hayes Written 25 Feb 2026 · to Finance
84. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the efforts being made to implement the recommendations following the Indecon Review of the Taxation of Share-Based Remuneration, particularly in respect of the Employee Ownership Trusts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15374/26]
Eoin Hayes Written 25 Feb 2026 · to Education
125. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Education and Youth when her Department will publish the results of the primary school survey, which was open from 4 November to 16 December 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15373/26]
Eoin Hayes Written 25 Feb 2026 · to Culture
144. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the efforts being made to protect the availability of cultural spaces in Dublin city; the measures being taken by his Department to limit the loss of cultural spaces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15375/26]
Eoin Hayes Written 19 Feb 2026 · to Social
424. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Social Protection the total administration fees paid, over the span of a scheme participant enrolment in MyFutureFund, as a percentage of their total employee contributions to their fund, by €5,000 band of average annual income from €20,000 to €80,000 that is, €20,000, €25,0000, €30,000, €35,000 and €80,000 , as against the age at which they entered the scheme, in tabular…
Eoin Hayes Written 18 Feb 2026 · to Social
212. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason the advice of the National Pension Policy Initiative to prohibit charges on accounts which are expressed in cash terms, which was followed in section 104 of the Pensions Act 1990, was not similarly adhered to for the MyFutureFund administration fees, in order to ensure that lower income participants receive similar value for money as higher in…
Eoin Hayes Written 12 Feb 2026 · to Public Expenditure
15. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation whether his Department will consider extending the occupational supplementary pension to employees who entered employment post-2013 and are mandated to retire early due to operational demands before reaching the age of the State pension. [2752/26]
Eoin Hayes Oral 10 Feb 2026 · to Finance
164. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he has reconsidered flood insurance-reinsurance models in light of recent flooding events across the country and if he will make a statement on the matter [10059/26]
Eoin Hayes Written 10 Feb 2026 · to Transport
363. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Transport if he will introduce a code of practice for parking operators as exists in other jurisdictions (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9877/26]
Eoin Hayes Written 10 Feb 2026 · to Finance
396. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to report on the total operating costs of running the NTMA and ISIF, on assets under the management of both entities; and the proportion of the former to the latter in bps terms, on an annual basis, for each entity. [9280/26]
Eoin Hayes Written 10 Feb 2026 · to Social
753. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Social Protection the reasons care-related credited contributions are not deemed as qualifying contributions for the State Pension (Contributory); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9873/26]
Eoin Hayes Written 10 Feb 2026 · to Social
754. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will confirm the date of signing of contracts with the investment managers contracted to invest funds on behalf of the My Future Fund; the names of the persons who signed those contracts on behalf of the State or the My Future Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9874/26]
Eoin Hayes Written 10 Feb 2026 · to Social
755. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Social Protection the exact division of roles and responsibilities or management of investment funds between the three contracted investment management companies for the My Future Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9875/26]
Eoin Hayes Written 10 Feb 2026 · to Social
756. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Social Protection the most recent projected number of account holders, assets under management, and forecast fees to be paid to investment managers under the auto enrolment scheme for each year from 2026 to 2050, in tabular form. [9876/26]
Eoin Hayes Written 10 Feb 2026 · to Social
757. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Social Protection for an update on the treatment of accounts in the My Future Fund in respect of typical PRSA fees due to the Pensions Authority; the rate at which they will be charged; and if those charges will be levied in the case of suspended, paused or otherwise dormant accounts. [9879/26]
Eoin Hayes Written 10 Feb 2026 · to Justice
818. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will introduce mandatory sentencing for gender-based violence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9869/26]
Eoin Hayes Written 10 Feb 2026 · to Justice
819. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will introduce femicide as a separate criminal offence, carrying a mandatory sentence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9870/26]
Eoin Hayes Written 10 Feb 2026 · to Children
907. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will introduce the option to share/transfer parent's leave between parents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9871/26]
Eoin Hayes Written 10 Feb 2026 · to Children
943. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the list of properties identified for refurbishment for childcare services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9872/26]
Eoin Hayes Written 5 Feb 2026 · to Social
290. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Social Protection if his Department has considered abolishing the means test for disability allowance, or excluding income generated from work from the means testing formula, in recognition of the fact that disabled people who are able to work still endure the same higher cost pressures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8868/26]
Eoin Hayes Written 5 Feb 2026 · to Social
291. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide any analysis conducted by his Department which compares best practice on the structuring of disability payments with similar allowances in other jurisdictions, particularly with regard to weather abolishing the means test for the disabilities allowance has been considered in light of the lack of a means test for the personal independence payme…
Eoin Hayes Written 29 Jan 2026 · to Social
314. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide an update on his recent meeting with disabled persons' organisations and advocates for the introduction of a permanent cost of disability support payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7036/26]
Eoin Hayes Written 28 Jan 2026 · to Finance
30. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if will consider a grace period, payment plans, or a disregard for the newly discovered liability of income tax accrued by those in receipt of carer's payment as a result of the new sharing of data on payments from the Department of Social Protection to the Revenue Commissioners from 2026 onwards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6912/26…
Eoin Hayes Written 28 Jan 2026 · to Education
78. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of special school places in each primary and secondary school in Dublin 2, 4 and 6; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6911/26]
Eoin Hayes Written 27 Jan 2026 · to Social
693. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of employees enrolled in the MyFutureFund pension scheme by band of total number of employees per employer (details supplied), in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5803/26]
Eoin Hayes Written 27 Jan 2026 · to Social
694. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Social Protection the percentage of employees who have been enrolled in MyFutureFund, by band, of total number of employees per employer (details supplied), in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5804/26]