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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

Alan Kelly Written 3 Mar 2026 · to Justice
657. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 830 of 4 February 2026 if the necessary information has been provided to him from Garda Authorities to answer this question. [16495/26]
Tom Brabazon Written 3 Mar 2026 · to Justice
685. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of new Garda cars and vans allocated to Garda R and J districts of DMR in 2025 and to-date in 2026; and the number of Garda cars and vans withdrawn from these districts during same period, in tabular form. [17231/26]
Naoise Ó Muirí Written 26 Feb 2026 · to Justice
426. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of bikes reported as stolen in Dublin in 2025; the number of prosecutions recorded; the number of bikes recovered by the Gardaí; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15794/26]
Peter 'Chap' Cleere Written 26 Feb 2026 · to Justice
434. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of newly qualified Gardaí allocated to County Kilkenny in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15958/26]
Peter 'Chap' Cleere Written 26 Feb 2026 · to Justice
435. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of newly qualified Gardaí allocated to County Carlow in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15959/26]
Malcolm Byrne Written 26 Feb 2026 · to Justice
440. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the measures that are in place for cross-border and transnational checking as part of the Garda vetting process. [16081/26]
Sorca Clarke Written 26 Feb 2026 · to Justice
441. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Gardaí currently assigned to all Garda stations in County Longford. [16088/26]
Sorca Clarke Written 26 Feb 2026 · to Justice
442. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Gardaí currently assigned to all Garda stations in County Westmeath. [16089/26]
Sorca Clarke Written 26 Feb 2026 · to Justice
443. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of new Gardaí have been assigned per Garda stations in County Longford in each of the past five years, in tabular form. [16090/26]
Sorca Clarke Written 26 Feb 2026 · to Justice
444. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of new Gardaí have been assigned per Garda stations in County Westmeath in each of the past five years, in tabular form. [16091/26]
Sorca Clarke Written 26 Feb 2026 · to Justice
445. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Gardaí deployed on the beat in Edgeworthstown, Granard, Ballymahon, Lanesborough, Newtownforbes and Longford town. [16092/26]
Sorca Clarke Written 26 Feb 2026 · to Justice
446. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration Justice the number of Gardaí deployed on the beat in Mullingar, Athlone Town, Kinnegad, Moate and Kilbeggan. [16093/26]
Emer Currie Written 25 Feb 2026 · to Justice
184. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if Garda members can now access driving licence photographs at roadside checkpoints on their mobility devices, from the National Vehicle and Driver File database. [15434/26]
Aidan Farrelly Written 25 Feb 2026 · to Justice
185. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of vehicles seized for having no valid car tax by Gardaí within the DMRs, Wicklow, Meath and Kildare-Carlow division in 2025 and to-date in 2026, in tabular form. [15442/26]
Tom Brabazon Written 25 Feb 2026 · to Justice
188. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of 999 calls made from 2020 to 2025 that resulted in a dispatch of a Garda resource within 10 minutes of the call, in tabular form. [15219/26]
Tom Brabazon Written 25 Feb 2026 · to Justice
189. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of newly attested Gardaí over 45 years-of-age that have resigned from their positions as Gardaí from 2020-2025. [15221/26]
Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh Written 25 Feb 2026 · to Justice
197. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 744 on 16 December 2025, if he has received the necessary information from the Garda authorities in order to answer this PQ. [15330/26]
Emer Currie Written 25 Feb 2026 · to Justice
203. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if specialised Garda units have had a reduction of 40 per cent in the number of members assigned to them since 2009. [15435/26]
Aidan Farrelly Written 25 Feb 2026 · to Justice
204. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of new Garda public order unit vans that came into the fleet in 2025 and to-date in 2026; and the number of Garda public order unit vans withdrawn from the fleet during same period, in tabular form. [15443/26]
Gary Gannon Written 25 Feb 2026 · to Justice
208. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will provide details, broken down by month and Garda division of the number of times tasers have been used in the pilot for frontline Gardaí in Dublin City Centre and Waterford since its establishment on 18 December 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15604/26]
Gary Gannon Written 25 Feb 2026 · to Justice
209. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Gardaí seriously injured on the job since the start of the taser pilot on 18 December 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15605/26]
Duncan Smith Written 24 Feb 2026 · to Public Expenditure
409. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he is aware of the conditions in a Garda station (details supplied) where, due to storm flooding, a conference room developed a huge leak and, as such, a number of meetings have been cancelled, including neighbourhood watch meetings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15042/26]
Duncan Smith Written 24 Feb 2026 · to Public Expenditure
410. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation when a Garda station (details supplied) will be upgraded and increased in size; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15043/26]
Carol Nolan Written 24 Feb 2026 · to Justice
739. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether he intends to establish a formal review or inquiry into the recent prosecution of a number of Gardaí in the Limerick area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14081/26]
Carol Nolan Written 24 Feb 2026 · to Justice
742. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of body-worn camera incidents reviewed by An Garda Síochána in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14139/26]