Parliamentary questions
Every parliamentary question asked in the 34th Dáil within the archive window, browsable by the department it was addressed to. Department names appear as printed in the official record. Questions also carry the questions paper's own subject heading. Browse those on the Topics page.
Questions by department
| Addressed to | Questions | Oral | Written | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health | 25,558 | 130 | 25,428 | |
| Education | 12,997 | 131 | 12,866 | |
| Transport | 10,233 | 127 | 10,106 | |
| Justice | 9,003 | 122 | 8,881 | |
| Housing | 8,661 | 147 | 8,514 | |
| Children | 8,209 | 116 | 8,093 | |
| Finance | 5,489 | 139 | 5,350 | |
| Social | 5,425 | 121 | 5,304 | |
| Agriculture | 4,588 | 123 | 4,465 | |
| Foreign | 3,683 | 177 | 3,506 | |
| Enterprise | 3,667 | 126 | 3,541 | |
| Climate | 3,601 | 98 | 3,503 | |
| Public Expenditure | 3,420 | 151 | 3,269 | |
| Further and Higher Education | 3,269 | 127 | 3,142 | |
| Taoiseach | 2,476 | 1,354 | 1,122 | |
| Defence | 2,455 | 162 | 2,293 | |
| Culture | 2,221 | 131 | 2,090 | |
| Rural | 2,199 | 121 | 2,078 | |
| Environment | 1,029 | 26 | 1,003 | |
| Tourism | 703 | 31 | 672 |
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Louise O'Reilly
written
2025-12-16 · to Justice ·
An Garda Síochána
751. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the annual number of Gardaí for the past three years in north County Dublin, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [72358/25]
Seán Ó Fearghaíl
written
2025-12-16 · to Justice ·
An Garda Síochána
752. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Garda mountain bikes attached to each Garda district within Kildare-Carlow division; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [72396/25]
Paul Murphy
written
2025-12-16 · to Justice ·
Legislative Measures
753. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration his plans to progress legislation to ensure that the victim of a crime of sexual violence can have a civil protection order granted against a person who has been convicted of that crime. [72413/25]
John Lahart
written
2025-12-16 · to Justice ·
Citizenship Applications
754. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration her views on a case (details supplied) regarding citizenship applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [72432/25]
Seán Ó Fearghaíl
written
2025-12-16 · to Justice ·
Departmental Data
755. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the key measures taken to improve community safety during 2025; his priorities for 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [72467/25]
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
written
2025-12-16 · to Justice ·
Immigration Policy
756. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if minors applying for international protection found to have lied about their age to gain some perceived or actual advantage are immediately refused asylum and subsequently deported; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [72478/25]
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
written
2025-12-16 · to Justice ·
Immigration Policy
757. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of minors applying for international protection who lied about their age to gain some perceived or actual advantage who were refused asylum and subsequently deported; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [72479/25]
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
written
2025-12-16 · to Justice ·
Immigration Policy
758. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of applications received from companies offering premises they owned or controlled as IPAS centres in Dublin 8, 10 or 12 for each of the past 5 years; and the number which were subsequently contracted by his Department to operate as such; and the length of such contracts; and if he will make a state…
Ken O'Flynn
written
2025-12-16 · to Justice ·
International Protection
759. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether the financial contribution Ireland is due to make under the EU Migration and Asylum Pact’s solidarity mechanism will have any effect on the volume of international protection applicants entering the State from the United Kingdom via Northern Ireland, given that the United Kingdom is not a participant in the …
Paul Donnelly
written
2025-12-16 · to Justice ·
International Protection
760. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration his views on the length of time it is taking to process, in particular, Pakistani naturalisation applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [72525/25]
Ken O'Flynn
written
2025-12-16 · to Justice ·
An Garda Síochána
761. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the statutory provisions under which his Department and An Garda Síochána currently process and hold information relating to nationality and immigration status in respect of persons who have been convicted of criminal offences; the datasets in which such information forms part of his Department’s policy or statistic…
Ken O'Flynn
written
2025-12-16 · to Justice ·
An Garda Síochána
762. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the last occasion on which his Department requested or received anonymised conviction related statistical information that included nationality or immigration status fields; the stated policy purpose for which the data were sought; the format in which the data were provided; and the procedures in place to assure his…
Ken O'Flynn
written
2025-12-16 · to Justice ·
An Garda Síochána
763. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department has assessed the administrative and governance arrangements required to support an annual statutory report on the nationality and immigration status of persons convicted of offences in the State; the internal analysis carried out to date regarding feasibility, data standards, anonymisation requirem…
James Geoghegan
written
2025-12-16 · to Justice ·
Departmental Correspondence
764. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will consider matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [72562/25]
Richard Boyd Barrett
written
2025-12-11 · to Justice ·
Personal Injury Claims
460. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide an update on any changes to the personal injuries guidelines proposed by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71236/25]
Eoghan Kenny
written
2025-12-11 · to Justice ·
Departmental Data
461. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department, and agencies under the Department’s remit, purchase data on the habits and activities of social media users and other platforms; if so, the reasons for purchasing such data; the amount spent in 2024 and 2025 year to date on such expenditure, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the…
Richard Boyd Barrett
written
2025-12-11 · to Justice ·
Departmental Data
462. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the position regarding any deployment of Irish personnel (details supplied); the number of personnel, their roles, the duration of their deployment, and the locations of the operations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70898/25]
Richard Boyd Barrett
written
2025-12-11 · to Justice ·
Departmental Data
463. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if any member of An Garda Síochána or other State staff have received or are scheduled to receive training at a location (details supplied); the details of the number of personnel, type of training, and dates training occurred or is planned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70900/25]
Conor Sheehan
written
2025-12-11 · to Justice ·
Departmental Consultations
464. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration his plans to carry out a public consultation in relation to the changes to stamp 2 permissions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70908/25]
Conor Sheehan
written
2025-12-11 · to Justice ·
Departmental Consultations
465. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will engage with the English language education sector (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70909/25]
Ciarán Ahern
written
2025-12-11 · to Justice ·
Visa Applications
466. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to advise on a resident permit renewal application that has been refused (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70928/25]
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
written
2025-12-11 · to Justice ·
Visa Applications
467. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the reason a person (details supplied) has not received a response to their spousal visa appeal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70931/25]
Aidan Farrelly
written
2025-12-11 · to Justice ·
Departmental Data
468. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the statistics on the number of penalty points issued for tailgating, by county, in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [70968/25]
Alan Kelly
written
2025-12-11 · to Justice ·
Departmental Data
469. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the full details of all the payments made, for domestic utilities, waste collection, home maintenance, cleaning services, security and gardening services and any other contractual services paid for by the State at tax payers expense and provided to a person (details supplied) while they lived at Spa Lodge in the Phoe…
Alan Kelly
written
2025-12-11 · to Justice ·
Housing Provision
470. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the reason the provision of such a significant benefit as the provision of housing at the total expense of the taxpayer was not made known to any of the candidates on the shortlist for the role of Garda Commissioner in the course of the public competition held for the role in the Spring of 2018. [70992/25]