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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

Thomas Gould Written 20 Jan 2026 · to Justice
740. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of full-time Gardaí with drug-related intimidation training, by district in Cork. [4102/26]
Matt Carthy Written 20 Jan 2026 · to Justice
753. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the current number of Garda stations in each district and the number of stations that have no Garda allocated to them, in each of the last five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4328/26]
Matt Carthy Written 20 Jan 2026 · to Justice
754. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the current number of Garda stations, by Garda district which are manned less than 24 hours per day, in each of the last five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4329/26]
Matt Carthy Written 20 Jan 2026 · to Justice
755. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the current number of Gardaí in each garda station in County Offaly, in each of the last five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4330/26]
Matt Carthy Written 20 Jan 2026 · to Justice
756. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the current number of vacancies in each Garda station in County Offaly, in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4331/26]
Matt Carthy Written 20 Jan 2026 · to Justice
757. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the current number of community Gardaí allocated to each Garda station in County Offaly, in each of the past five years; the current number of community Garda position that are vacant in County Offaly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4332/26]
Matt Carthy Written 20 Jan 2026 · to Justice
758. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the current response times for emergency and non-emergency calls in the Tullamore District, County Offaly, in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4333/26]
Matt Carthy Written 20 Jan 2026 · to Justice
760. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the age profile of the Garda fleet in each district within Laois-Offaly division, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4335/26]
Matt Carthy Written 20 Jan 2026 · to Justice
761. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the current number of Garda vehicles in each district within Laois-Offaly division, in each of the last five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4336/26]
Matt Carthy Written 20 Jan 2026 · to Justice
763. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Gardai assigned to the drugs unit in each Garda division at present and in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4355/26]
Mark Wall Written 20 Jan 2026 · to Justice
768. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the total number of Gardaí, per rank in the roads policing unit; the breakdown of the number of Gardaí, per each division, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4412/26]
Maurice Quinlivan Written 15 Jan 2026 · to Justice
460. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the way in which Garda resourcing levels are impacting crime detection and prevention; the resourcing improvements expected in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3118/26]
Matt Carthy Written 15 Jan 2026 · to Justice
462. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of former gardaí that applied to rejoin An Garda Síochána in each year 2020-2025 inclusive; the number who successfully rejoined, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3188/26]
Michael Murphy Written 15 Jan 2026 · to Justice
464. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of GoSafe speed camera vans in operation in 2025; if that number has been increased now to cater for the 390 additional GoSafe speed camera zones operational since 1 January 2026; and the number of monitoring hours per month across the national network of GoSafe camera zones in 2025. [3202/26]
Michael Murphy Written 15 Jan 2026 · to Justice
465. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of gardaí working in roads policing units on 31 December 2025, by Garda division; the total number that were assigned to roads policing units each month in 2025; the number of transfers, resignations and retirements from roads policing units in 2025; the current number of gardaí in each roads policing unit to date in 2026…
Michael Murphy Written 15 Jan 2026 · to Justice
466. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of gardaí who graduated and were sworn in as full members of An Garda Síochána from the Garda college in 2025. [3205/26]
Michael Murphy Written 15 Jan 2026 · to Justice
467. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the current number of roads policing vehicles, by Garda division. [3206/26]
Ann Graves Written 15 Jan 2026 · to Justice
473. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if Donabate is included in the Garda Capital Investment Programme 2023–2030; and if not, the reason. [3227/26]
Alan Kelly Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Justice
1610. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the breakdown of the 18.4% calculation for the former Garda Commissioner (details supplied) in respect of pension contributions. [73874/25]
Carol Nolan Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Justice
1611. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the total number of gardaí in the State at present; the total number who are permitted to retain a firearm in their personal possession; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73914/25]
Máire Devine Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Justice
1622. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of An Garda Síochána units handling technical analysis of electronic devices from subjects of interest and from complainants/witnesses, from 2019 through 2025 by district and year. [73995/25]
Máire Devine Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Justice
1623. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the current staffing levels of each An Garda Síochána unit handling technical analysis of electronic devices from subjects of interest and from complainants/witnesses, from 2019 through 2025 by district and month. [73996/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Justice
1652. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to the replies to Parliamentary Questions Nos 761, 762 and 763 of 16 December 2025, in which it was stated that an immigration permission may be revoked where a person fails to obey the laws of the State or becomes involved in criminal activity, the total number of immigration permissions revoked by his Department in the past …
Conor Sheehan Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Justice
1657. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the total number of Gardaí broken down by rank in each Garda division in the country; and the number of Garda retirements in each division between 2020 and 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [74600/25]
Barry Heneghan Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Justice
1666. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Garda traffic enforcement operations carried out nationally and in the Dublin Metropolitan Region in the years 2023 to 2024 and to date in 2025; the number of Garda members assigned to dedicated traffic duties in each period, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [74801/25]