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Marine Institute

6 questions from 3 TDs, between 9 April 2025 and 18 June 2026.

6
questions
6 written, 0 oral
3
TDs have asked
2
parties and groups
Independents counted together
2
departments asked

Questions per month

The record holds no questions for August, when the Dáil does not sit.

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Who asks, by party

The party each TD belonged to on the day, in alphabetical order. Parties differ a lot in size, and members of the Government answer questions rather than ask them, so this shows who raised it, not how much a party cares about it.

  • Sinn Féin5 from 2 TDs · 39 seats today

The TDs who asked most

Members of the Government answer questions rather than ask them. Each question counts once.

  1. Conor D. McGuinness
    3
  2. Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
    2
  3. Jennifer Whitmore
    1

Asked of

The questions

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn Written 18 Jun 2026 · to Agriculture
420. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total current and capital annual budget allocated by his Department to the Marine Institute for each of the years 2025 and 2026; if he will provide a breakdown of any additional co-funding or external program funding channelled through his Department to the institute in those years; the projected cost of increasing this over…
Jennifer Whitmore Written 24 Feb 2026 · to Housing
631. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is aware of the report by the Marine Institute regarding the impact of tangle nets on endangered marine species; if he has been in contact with the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine regarding the same; if he will support a ban on tangle nets in our inshore; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1404…
Conor D McGuinness Written 13 May 2025 · to Agriculture
923. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to the current Programme for Government's promised action to "Ensure the promotion of marine education courses and degree programmes with a view to increasing enrolments", the plans in place to increase enrolments in marine education courses and degree programmes since formation of the Government. [23749/25]
Conor D McGuinness Written 13 May 2025 · to Agriculture
924. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will continue to support higher diplomas in business in fisheries and aquaculture, and similar courses that are currently struggling to run because of a shortage of numbers, by bringing back the 50% grant-aid to help pay for fees. [23750/25]
Conor D McGuinness Written 13 May 2025 · to Agriculture
925. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine how he believes we can renew our fisheries and aquaculture sector if we are not educating our young people in that sector. [23751/25]
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn Written 9 Apr 2025 · to Agriculture
221. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine how many licence applications are awaiting appropriate assessments at the Marine Institute, and if there is a prioritisation system to deal with these applications in a timely manner. [18028/25]