It is 15 years of Fine Gael in the Department.
TDs / Peadar Tóibín
2,463
questions asked
Oral and written, to government departments
174,842
words spoken in the chamber
Across 959 contributions
356
votes recorded
Each Yes, No or Abstained in a recorded vote
341
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 2,463 in all
Dec 2024Oct 2026
Contributions to debates 959 in all
Dec 2024Oct 2026
Show as a table
| Month | Questions | Contributions |
|---|---|---|
| December 2024 | 0 | 1 |
| January 2025 | 17 | 4 |
| February 2025 | 141 | 56 |
| March 2025 | 96 | 68 |
| April 2025 | 126 | 60 |
| May 2025 | 82 | 37 |
| June 2025 | 112 | 42 |
| July 2025 | 136 | 61 |
| August 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 123 | 35 |
| October 2025 | 90 | 77 |
| November 2025 | 99 | 68 |
| December 2025 | 76 | 51 |
| January 2026 | 125 | 51 |
| February 2026 | 177 | 68 |
| March 2026 | 161 | 38 |
| April 2026 | 159 | 43 |
| May 2026 | 242 | 47 |
| June 2026 | 208 | 59 |
| July 2026 | 95 | 28 |
| August 2026 | 0 | 1 |
| September 2026 | 112 | 29 |
| October 2026 | 86 | 35 |
Debates they spoke in most
Plus 681 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
- constituency Meath West 29 November 2024 to now
- party Aontú 29 November 2024 to now
Accountability.
Our Private Members' business is next week.
It is next week, not today. The Government is using today's time for its motion.
It is the first time since 1976 that a motion has been brought forward by one week.
We have had no time.
This is the first time I have been able to do so.
I could not have brought it in earlier.
This is your motion. Ours is next week.
No, I did not.
Fact-free sentence.
Immune from facts.
That is rubbish. I never said that.
No.
We have heard a lot of nonsense today from the Government about the timing of this debate. This is the Government's motion. We in Aontú promised in August, after the death of Harvey Morrison Sherratt, that we would bring a motion of no confidence at the earliest opportunity. Next week is our earliest opportunity to do that. If the death of a child, the continuous, painful suffering of hundreds of children and the dis…
This is what we are talking about here.
On the Government.
It is about accountability.
Rip-off Ireland is alive and well. I have seen incredible figures that energy prices in Ireland are three times the wholesale price, which is one of the highest gaps in the world. The gap between the retail price and the cost of producing it is again one of the biggest in the world. Electricity companies are failing to pass on savings they are making, and why would they? The ESB is a semi-State, it delivers Governmen…
It is. It is in the remit of this Government and it is absolutely bonkers that that is actually happening.
This Government is literally prevaricating-----
-----while the people of Ireland are freezing.
They are tripling their prices over the wholesale price.
Iberia came out of it.
What pressure?