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An Garda Síochána

1,882 questions from 135 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 22 October 2026.

1,882
questions
1,855 written, 27 oral
135
TDs have asked
11
parties and groups
Independents counted together
9
departments asked

Questions per month

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

Jan 2025Oct 2026
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MonthQuestions
January 202567
February 2025114
March 2025142
April 202586
May 202592
June 202581
July 2025128
August 20250
September 2025134
October 202587
November 202588
December 2025108
January 202678
February 2026125
March 2026112
April 202696
May 202692
June 202675
July 202664
August 20260
September 202643
October 202670

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.

  • 100% RDR7 from 1 TD · 1 seat today
  • Aontú74 from 2 TDs · 2 seats today
  • Fianna Fáil309 from 34 TDs · 48 seats today
  • Fine Gael286 from 24 TDs · 38 seats today
  • Green Party21 from 1 TD · 1 seat today
  • Independent83 from 10 TDs · 15 seats today
  • Independent Ireland94 from 2 TDs · 4 seats today
  • Labour Party254 from 10 TDs · 11 seats today
  • People Before Profit-Solidarity8 from 3 TDs · 3 seats today
  • Sinn Féin595 from 38 TDs · 39 seats today

The TDs who asked most

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

  1. 188
  2. 144
  3. 91
  4. 86
  5. 76
  6. 66
  7. 48
  8. 45

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Debated under the same heading

Debates whose official heading is exactly these words.

The questions

Conor D McGuinness Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Justice
1312. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the Garda numbers per capita in each county, in tabular form. [19328/26]
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Justice
1313. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he has been furnished with a copy of the protocol for the taser pilot in an Garda Síochána; if he can confirm that protocol obliges that the pilot will be subject to an independent assessment and evaluate the impact of tasers on public trust, particularly among over-policed communities; and if he will make a statement on t…
Albert Dolan Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Justice
1317. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Garda members assigned to the Galway division as of each attestation in 2026, if further increases in Garda personnel for Galway are expected in upcoming Garda attestations in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19521/26]
Emer Currie Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Justice
1325. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of vehicles detected by gardaí with non compliant number plates each month since October 2025, by county and Garda district; the number of fixed charge notices, FCNs, issued to drivers each month for this offence by county and Garda district; the number of drivers summoned to court for failure to pay the FCN; the penalties …
Peter 'Chap' Cleere Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Justice
1328. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for an update on the Garda vetting card; the timeframe for this to go live; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19669/26]
John Brady Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Justice
1329. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the current number of Garda reserve applicants who have passed the final interview in a Garda station but are awaiting vetting or drug testing clearance; the average processing time from the final interview to the vetting process being completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19670/26]
Sorca Clarke Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Justice
1345. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of marked Garda roads policing vans in the fleet as of 10 March 2026; if he will provide same figures as of 31 March 2022, in tabular form.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20029/26]
Sorca Clarke Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Justice
1346. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Gardaí within Meath-Westmeath division that have completed each level of public order training as of 6 March 2026, in tabular form. [20030/26]
Marie Sherlock Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Justice
1355. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he has received a copy of the protocol for the taser pilot in An Garda Síochána; if he will confirm that the protocol obliges that the pilot will be subject to an independent assessment and evaluate the impact of tasers on public trust; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20117/26]
Sean Fleming Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Justice
1358. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration his plans to consider the situation where an additional firearm can be added to an existing firearm's licence with the approval from the Garda Superintendent in the area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20228/26]
Shay Brennan Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Justice
1363. Deputy Shay Brennan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the total cost incurred to date by An Garda Síochána in maintaining a 24-hour security presence outside the Russian Embassy on Orwell Road, Dublin 14, since February 2022; the annual breakdown of these costs; and the cost of the rental and installation of the metal barriers and associated infrastructure at the location. [20339/26]
Tom Brabazon Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Justice
1381. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of 999 calls from 2020 to 2025 which resulted in no Garda resource being dispatched, in tabular form. [20424/26]
Paula Butterly Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Justice
1382. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of members of An Garda Síochána who resigned, as opposed to retired for each year from 1 January 2022 to 4 January 2026, broken down by rank ,in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20426/26]
Paula Butterly Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Justice
1383. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of members of An Garda Síochána who were dismissed in each year from 2022 to 2026, with a breakdown by rank and by the reason for dismissal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20427/26]
Paula Butterly Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Justice
1384. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Garda members or Garda staff who have been accused of sexual assault and/or rape from 1 January 2019 to 1 March 2026; the rank or job title of each accused person; the number of cases investigated; the outcomes, including any disciplinary or criminal proceedings initiated, in tabular form; and if he will make a statem…
Paula Butterly Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Justice
1385. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration in respect of all allegations of sexual assault, rape or sexual harassment involving Garda members or staff between 2019 and 2026, the number that proceeded to disciplinary action, suspension, dismissal, criminal investigation, GSOC referral, prosecution, or other proceedings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20429/2…
Paula Butterly Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Justice
1386. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Garda members or staff investigated for criminal or disciplinary offences, broken down by the nature of the alleged offence, for each year from 2019 to date in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20430/26]
Duncan Smith Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Justice
1409. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to clarify whether the €12.5 million that was allocated in 2023, from the BAR fund to replace the Garda Air Support Unit (GASU) fleet of 2 X EC-135 helicopters and 1 X Britten-Norman Defender, fixed wing, surveillance aircraft was spent on replacing these aircraft; if not when these aircraft will be replaced; the number of helicopter…
Holly Cairns Written 5 Mar 2026 · to Justice
422. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of gardaí assigned to road policing in Cork from 2014 to date in 2026, by local station, in tabular form; [17902/26]
Matt Carthy Written 5 Mar 2026 · to Justice
425. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of staff currently employed by Fiosrú, the Police Ombudsman; the percentage of those staff who previously served as members of An Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17909/26]
Aidan Farrelly Written 5 Mar 2026 · to Justice
435. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number and rank of Gardaí that have undergone pursuit driving training at a training facility outside of the jurisdiction in the past three years to date; and the location of the training and associated costs. [18139/26]
Roderic O'Gorman Written 3 Mar 2026 · to Justice
652. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of new Garda command and control vehicles that came into fleet in each of the years of 2024, 2025 and to-date in 2026; and the number of Garda command and control vehicles that were withdrawn from the fleet during same period, in tabular form. [16340/26]
Claire Kerrane Written 3 Mar 2026 · to Justice
653. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of new Gardaí (transfer or newly attested) to County Roscommon in each of the years 2020 to 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [16381/26]
Claire Kerrane Written 3 Mar 2026 · to Justice
654. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of new community Gardaí (transfer or newly attested) to County Roscommon in each of the years 2020 to 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [16382/26]
Alan Kelly Written 3 Mar 2026 · to Justice
656. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 832 of 4 February 2026 if the necessary information has been provided to him from Garda Authorities to answer this question. [16494/26]