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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

Barry Heneghan Written 16 Dec 2025 · to Justice
748. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Gardaí by rank attached to a unit (details supplied) as of 9 December 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [72334/25]
Barry Heneghan Written 16 Dec 2025 · to Justice
749. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Gardaí by rank attached to a unit (details supplied) as of 9 December 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [72335/25]
Barry Heneghan Written 16 Dec 2025 · to Justice
750. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Gardaí, by rank attached to a unit (details supplied) as of 9 December 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [72336/25]
Louise O'Reilly Written 16 Dec 2025 · to Justice
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 16 Dec 2025 · to Justice
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]
Ken O'Flynn Written 16 Dec 2025 · to Justice
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 statistical work; and the gov…
Ken O'Flynn Written 16 Dec 2025 · to Justice
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 Department that suc…
Ken O'Flynn Written 16 Dec 2025 · to Justice
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 requirements and ministerial…
Eamon Scanlon Written 11 Dec 2025 · to Public Expenditure
34. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation further to Parliamentary Question No. 308 of 29 May 2025, for an update on the new Garda station in Tubbercurry, County Sligo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70750/25]
Cian O'Callaghan Written 11 Dec 2025 · to Public Expenditure
65. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the position regarding the proposed new Garda station for Northern Cross in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70770/25]
Alan Kelly Written 11 Dec 2025 · to Justice
473. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his attention has been drawn to the servicing and repair of privately owned firearms being undertaken by Garda armourer personnel attached to the Garda firearms stores section in 2018, where such firearms were belonging to a hunt and pony club based in the Kildare area and where the cost of such servicing and repair was defrayed by p…
Alan Kelly Written 10 Dec 2025 · to Justice
268. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he has provided full and comprehensive details in relation to all aspects of the remuneration package of a former Garda Commissioner (details supplied) and all costs to the Exchequer associated with providing accommodation for the former Garda Commissioner during their tenure.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70726/25…
Conor Sheehan Written 9 Dec 2025 · to Public Expenditure
329. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation for an update on the site identification process for a site for a Garda station (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [69060/25]
Alan Kelly Written 9 Dec 2025 · to Public Expenditure
340. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation who professionally carried out the market valuation upon which the monthly or annual rent was based on a property (details supplied); and if he will provide a copy of the report. [70196/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 9 Dec 2025 · to Justice
584. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide details regarding payment of benefit-in-kind (details supplied). [69072/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 9 Dec 2025 · to Justice
585. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide details of any end-of-service gratuity payments, gifts or other arrangements made to a person (details supplied) on termination of their contract, in lieu of pension or otherwise at a cost to the Irish public purse. [69075/25]
Carol Nolan Written 9 Dec 2025 · to Justice
609. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 286 of 16 October 2025, if he is now in a position to provide the reply (details supplied); the reason a reply has not been forthcoming from Garda authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [69343/25]
Michael Murphy Written 9 Dec 2025 · to Justice
618. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the allocation of standard and advanced Garda motorcycles; and the number of RPU members trained to standard and advanced motorcycle level, by divisional roads policing unit. [69440/25]
Michael Murphy Written 9 Dec 2025 · to Justice
619. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of roads policing members currently trained to CPD3 standard for the operation of high-powered Garda vehicles; and the allocation of these members and vehicles across each Divisional Roads Policing Unit. [69442/25]
Peadar Tóibín Written 9 Dec 2025 · to Justice
658. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of gardaí who have been employed in the roads policing unit in each county, in each of the past ten years. [69717/25]
Peadar Tóibín Written 9 Dec 2025 · to Justice
659. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Gardaí employed in Co Meath; and the corresponding figure for each of the past fifteen years. [69720/25]
Peadar Tóibín Written 9 Dec 2025 · to Justice
661. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Gardaí who have retired in each county in the State in each of the past five years; and the number of new Gardaí who have been employed in each county during that time period. [69722/25]
Mark Wall Written 9 Dec 2025 · to Justice
667. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Gardai allocated to the Kildare Garda Division, by station, for each of the past five years; the number of retirements for the Kildare Garda Division over the same 5 years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [69770/25]
Mark Wall Written 9 Dec 2025 · to Justice
668. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of community Gardai operating in the Kildare Garda Division, by station, for each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [69771/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 9 Dec 2025 · to Justice
706. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide an update on the review of vetting legislation and provision for re-vetting; the timeline for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70166/25]