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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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Debates whose official heading is exactly these words.

The questions

Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire Written 24 Feb 2026 · to Justice
766. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Gardaí who applied for an extension to continue working after full service was completed in each of the past three years who were refused, by rank and division and by the reason they were refused, in tabular form. [14579/26]
Emer Currie Written 24 Feb 2026 · to Justice
772. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Gardaí who have retired or left the force in Dublin DMR west in 2025, broken down by station, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14617/26]
Cathal Crowe Written 24 Feb 2026 · to Justice
773. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will simplify Garda vetting in order that once an individual is vetted their vetted status can be used by many organisations that require vetting, without the requirement for duplication of applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14618/26]
Liam Quaide Written 24 Feb 2026 · to Justice
774. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if guidelines are in place in relation to the use of tasers on persons experiencing mental health crises, neurodivergent individuals, persons with intellectual disabilities, children and young people, older persons, and other vulnerable groups; if so, if he will publish such guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1…
Cian O'Callaghan Written 24 Feb 2026 · to Justice
778. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of bicycles which were reported stolen in Dublin in each of the years 2023 to 2025; the number of prosecutions which were brought for bicycle theft in 2025; the number of stolen bicycles that were recovered, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14821/26]
Peadar Tóibín Written 24 Feb 2026 · to Justice
788. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Gardaí who were assaulted while on duty in each of the past ten years and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [14853/26]
Peadar Tóibín Written 24 Feb 2026 · to Justice
789. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the amount of cash and assets seized by the Criminal Assets Bureau in each of the past 12 years; and the total amount returned to the Exchequer by CAB in the same period. [14854/26]
Peadar Tóibín Written 24 Feb 2026 · to Justice
790. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of persons arrested for fraud offences in each of the past ten years and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [14855/26]
Timmy Dooley Written 24 Feb 2026 · to Justice
804. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number or Gardaí per head of population for each of the years 2014, 2019, 2024 and 2026 in County Clare, in a tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15135/26]
Timmy Dooley Written 24 Feb 2026 · to Justice
805. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Gardai allocated to the Shannon Garda Station for each of the years 2014, 2019, 2024 and 2026, in a tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15136/26]
Claire Kerrane Written 19 Feb 2026 · to Justice
437. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of newly qualified Gardaí allocated to County Roscommon in each of the past five years, in tabular form. [13633/26]
Claire Kerrane Written 19 Feb 2026 · to Justice
438. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide real-time figures for the number of Garda staff allocated and at work in Garda stations (details supplied). [13634/26]
Claire Kerrane Written 19 Feb 2026 · to Justice
439. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide the amount of overtime paid for Gardaí in County Roscommon in each of the last five years, in tabular form. [13635/26]
Alan Kelly Written 18 Feb 2026 · to Justice
224. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of new gardaí allocated to the Tipperary division for each of the years 2020 to 2025, and to date in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13131/26]
Sorca Clarke Written 17 Feb 2026 · to Public Expenditure
505. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the progress that has been achieved so far on the construction of a new Garda dog training centre; when this project will move to the next stage of works. [12063/26]
Paul Donnelly Written 17 Feb 2026 · to Justice
882. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of new unmarked Garda vans that came into the fleet during 2025 and to-date in 2026; the number of unmarked Garda vans withdrawn from the fleet during this period, in tabular form. [11603/26]
Paul Donnelly Written 17 Feb 2026 · to Justice
883. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Gardai by rank attached to DMR West Divisional Drugs Unit as of 9 February 2026; if he will provide same figures as of 31 December 2023, in tabular form. [11604/26]
Naoise Ó Muirí Written 17 Feb 2026 · to Justice
885. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the percentage increase in Garda numbers in the Dublin Metropolitan Region North over the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11626/26]
Cian O'Callaghan Written 17 Feb 2026 · to Justice
893. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he is aware of reports that Garda callouts to schools over knives and weapons have doubled in the past year (details supplied); the steps his Department is taking to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11748/26]
Sorca Clarke Written 17 Feb 2026 · to Justice
902. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of unmarked Garda cars and unmarked vans attached to Garda National Immigration Bureau as of 10 February 2026, in tabular form. [12064/26]
David Cullinane Written 17 Feb 2026 · to Justice
904. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Gardaí in each county, at year end for each year 2016-2025, inclusive, in tabular form. [12094/26]
David Cullinane Written 17 Feb 2026 · to Justice
905. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Gardaí in Waterford city and county at year end for each year 2016-2025, in tabular form. [12095/26]
David Cullinane Written 17 Feb 2026 · to Justice
906. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Gardaí, by station, in Waterford city and county at year end for each year 2016-2025, in tabular form. [12096/26]
Donna McGettigan Written 17 Feb 2026 · to Justice
908. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 673 of 16 December 2025, if the relevant information has been provided to him in order for this PQ to be answered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12239/26]
Donna McGettigan Written 17 Feb 2026 · to Justice
909. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the amount that An Garda Síochána spent on purchasing gas masks for specialist Garda units in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12240/26]