Aidan Farrelly
Aidan Farrelly is a Social Democrat TD representing Kildare North, known for his advocacy on public spending issues. Recently, he raised concerns regarding the substantial amounts spent by the Department of Social Protection on private IT consultancies, highlighting the need for the state to reduce its reliance on external contractors.
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Social Democrats TD Aidan Farrelly said it was 'shocking' the State was legislating for the detention of children 'who have done nothing wrong'.
Minister questions why 11 Sinn Féin TDs had to speak on a single amendment to International Protection Bill – The Irish Times
Ireland· 2026-02-26
Aidan Farrelly is a Social Democrats TD who described the number of lost or stolen passports as startling.
Gerry Hutch acts as script consultant for show about ‘alleged crimes’ – The Irish TimesIreland· 2026-02-15
Aidan Farrelly criticized the slow pace of the flood forecasting system's development and questioned budget spending.
No Government protection if building on a floodplain, warns Minister – The Irish TimesIreland· 2026-02-10
Social Democrats TD Aidan Farrelly said six months before the certification ran out an inspection identified that certain works had to be undertaken to comply with the rules.
Primary school forced to close despite warning six months earlier of fire safety problems – The Irish TimesIreland· 2026-02-07
Aidan Farrelly is a Social Democrats TD who questioned the spending of Fáilte Ireland.
Fáilte Ireland spent €60,000 on alcohol for visitors at two tourism marketing events – The Irish TimesIreland· 2026-01-29
Aidan Farrelly is a Kildare North TD who commented on the missing artworks from the State collection.
Office of Public Works ‘missing’ 37 artworks from State collection – The Irish TimesIreland· 2025-12-21
Aidan Farrelly expressed concern over the reintroduction of self-excluded players to lottery products.
Lotto error allowed players who self-excluded to spend €3,200 – The Irish TimesIreland· 2025-09-12
Aidan Farrelly is a Social Democrats TD who criticized the use of outside consultants by the OPW.
OPW spent €17,000 on consultants for committee hearings, more than any other State body – The Irish TimesIreland· 2025-07-30
Social Democrats TD Aidan Farrelly called on the Minister for Transport to consider putting €100 on learners’ travel cards for anyone waiting more than 10 or 12 weeks for a driving test.
€100 should be added to Leap cards of anyone waiting more than 12 weeks for driving test, Dáil hears – The Irish TimesIreland· 2025-06-18
Aidan Farrelly expressed disappointment regarding the financial overruns on capital projects.
HSE says ‘hyperinflation’ among factors behind building projects’ €26m price rise – The Irish TimesIreland· 2025-05-19Aidan Farrelly commented on the surprising amount of old money still being converted to euros.
Punters still changing old money for new – The Irish TimesIreland· 2025-05-04
Aidan Farrelly is a local Social Democrat TD who expressed concern about the impact of job losses on the communities of Kildare.
Intel staff uncertain how job cuts will affect Irish plant – The Irish TimesIreland· 2025-04-25
Social Democrats TD Aidan Farrelly advocated for professional youth projects to improve outcomes for young people.
Teenager weaned off drugs was ‘held down and injected by thugs when he refused to buy from them’ – The Irish TimesIreland· 2025-04-02
Social Democrats TD Aidan Farrelly said the current model of early years care is not fit for purpose.
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown has highest turnover of childcare staff in State, figures show – The Irish TimesIreland· 2025-03-30
Aidan Farrelly, a Social Democrats TD, emphasized the importance of understanding annual outgoings related to medical negligence cases.
Drop in payouts for medical negligence cases leads to reduction in compensation paid by State – The Irish TimesIreland· 2025-03-04Aidan Farrelly criticized the mental health service waiting times as infuriating.
Hundreds of children waiting more than a year to access mental health services – The Irish TimesIreland· 2025-02-18Social Democrats TD Aidan Farrelly has raised questions about the funds received by Codec for government work.
High fees for consultants in failed Arts Council computer project – The Irish TimesIreland· 2025-02-15
Figures released to Social Democrat TD Aidan Farrelly show Ergo has received more than €7 million since the start of 2023 for work with various departments.
Arts Council spent more than €9m on consultants since 2019 – The Irish TimesIreland· 2025-02-15
Social Democrats TD Aidan Farrelly wrote to the chair of the Public Accounts Committee regarding the Arts Council's IT project.
Three companies that shared €4.8m from Arts Council for abandoned IT project named – The Irish TimesIreland· 2025-02-13
Aidan Farrelly expressed concern about the extent of private IT contracts.
Department of Social Protection paid €1.4m a week to consultancies for IT projects – The Irish TimesIreland· 2025-02-12