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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

Malcolm Byrne Written 5 Nov 2025 · to Justice
152. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide an update on the roll out of the pilot Garda body cam scheme. [60350/25]
Malcolm Byrne Written 5 Nov 2025 · to Justice
154. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration when the review of the Garda vetting process will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60357/25]
Matt Carthy Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Finance
521. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Finance if his Department has received any requests or proposals from the Department of Finance regarding pension terms for senior Garda officers from the Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration; if any changes are being considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60119/25]
Michael Murphy Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Public Expenditure
536. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he is aware of concerns regarding the proposed development of the new Garda station at Kickham Barracks, Clonmel, including the potential impact of the design and proximity of the building to the existing plaza and canopy area; the projected additional costs or risks associated with constr…
Tom Brabazon Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Public Expenditure
567. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the position regarding the construction of a new divisional headquarters for An Garda Síochána at Northern Cross. [60026/25]
Erin McGreehan Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Justice
1269. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 58 of 9 October 2025, the specific areas or Garda divisions that have been assigned the four dynamometer testing units deployed on a regional basis, with one unit allocated to each of the four Garda regions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58170/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Justice
1325. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the amount that An Garda Síochána spent on purchasing new vehicle stinger devices in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [59318/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Justice
1326. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Garda public order unit vans attached to each Garda division as of 28 October 2025; and if this number will be further increased before the end of 2025. [59319/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Justice
1327. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 876 of 17 September 2025, if he has received the necessary information from Garda authorities in order to have this PQ answered. [59320/25]
Joe Neville Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Justice
1342. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of gardaí currently based in Leixlip Garda station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59573/25]
Joe Neville Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Justice
1343. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of gardaí currently based in Celbridge Garda station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59574/25]
Joe Neville Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Justice
1344. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of gardaí currently based in Maynooth Garda station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59575/25]
Joe Neville Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Justice
1345. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of gardaí currently based in Clane Garda station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59576/25]
Joe Neville Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Justice
1346. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of gardaí currently based in Kilcock Garda station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59577/25]
Joe Neville Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Justice
1347. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of gardaí currently based in Naas Garda station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59578/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Justice
1351. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of civilian staff employed by An Garda Síochána in the wider Cork area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59804/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Justice
1352. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to set out, for each Garda district serving the Cork North-Central Dáil constituency, the number of sworn gardaí assigned on the last day of each year from 2019 to 2024 and on the most recent date available in 2025, in both headcount and whole-time equivalent terms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59813/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Justice
1353. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide, for each Garda district serving the Cork North-Central Dáil constituency, the number of sworn gardaí newly assigned to those districts in each year from 2019 to 2025 to date, identifying those assigned on first posting on attestation and those transferred in from other divisions; and if he will make a statement on the matt…
Ken O'Flynn Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Justice
1354. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to detail, for each Garda district serving the Cork North-Central Dáil constituency, the number of sworn gardaí who left those districts in each year from 2019 to 2025 to date, disaggregated by reason (retirement, resignation, dismissal, transfer to another division, death in service); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5…
Ken O'Flynn Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Justice
1355. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide the sanctioned strength for sworn gardaí versus the actual strength on the latest date available in 2025, for each Garda district serving the Cork North-Central Dáil constituency, and the net change in actual strength since 1 January 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59817/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Justice
1356. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to previous replies on Garda resources, to provide the net recruitment balance for each Garda district serving the Cork North-Central Dáil constituency in 2024 and 2025 to date, defined as new assignments and transfers in minus retirements, resignations, dismissals and transfers out; and if he will make a statement on the matt…
Joe Cooney Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Justice
1359. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of vehicles seized by Gardaí within Clare-Tipperary Division for having no insurance in 2024 and to date in 2025, by year, in tabular form. [59920/25]
Roderic O'Gorman Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Justice
1378. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of reports which have been made to date using the traffic watch online reporting portal on the Garda.ie website, which was introduced in August of 2024; and if this represents an increase in reporting when compared with the previous Garda traffic watch telephone service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. […
Roderic O'Gorman Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Justice
1379. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of incidents reported through the Garda traffic watch online reporting portal which have resulted in the complainant not being contacted by a member of An Garda Síochána within 107 days of the report which is the limit after which a fix penalty notice cannot be processed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. …
Roderic O'Gorman Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Justice
1380. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of incidents reported through the Garda online traffic watch reporting portal which have been deemed inadmissible; the numbers which have resulted in a prosecution or have been dealt with in the way of a caution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59976/25]