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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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The questions

Matt Carthy Written 4 Mar 2025 · to Justice
538. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice the number of Garda vehicles, per type, per division, per district and per Garda station; the number therein of vehicles which are not currently in use; the corresponding numbers for 2020 to 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9775/25]
Alan Kelly Written 27 Feb 2025 · to Justice
326. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 555, 556, 557 and 583 of 18 February 2025, if he can provide additional clarification in respect of his comment that "As that correspondence is subject to an investigation, I am not in a position to comment in detail"; if he can clarify the precise nature of the investigation and whether the matter of defective leather pisto…
Peter 'Chap' Cleere Written 27 Feb 2025 · to Justice
330. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Justice the number of Gardaí in counties Carlow and Kilkenny, respectively in 2022, 2023 and 2024. [8850/25]
Peter 'Chap' Cleere Written 27 Feb 2025 · to Justice
331. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Justice the number of Gardaí attached to each Garda station in Kilkenny and Carlow, by rank; the opening hours of each of those stations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8851/25]
Peter 'Chap' Cleere Written 27 Feb 2025 · to Justice
332. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Justice the current opening hours of Graiguenamanagh Garda station; the number of Gardaí attached to the station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8856/25]
Maurice Quinlivan Written 26 Feb 2025 · to Justice
209. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Justice the number of Gardaí currently working in each of the Garda stations in Limerick for the years 2020 to 2024, by rank, in tabular form. [8239/25]
Maurice Quinlivan Written 26 Feb 2025 · to Justice
211. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Justice the value and volume of seizures of crack cocaine and heroin in Limerick in the years 2019 to 2024, in tabular form. [8242/25]
Mark Wall Written 26 Feb 2025 · to Justice
216. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Justice the number of new Garda vehicles provided to each Garda division over the past three years to date; the type of vehicle; the quantity to each division, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8328/25]
Mark Wall Written 26 Feb 2025 · to Justice
217. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Justice the number of new Gardaí appointed to each Garda division over the past five years, including the stations that they were appointed to within each division, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8329/25]
Mark Wall Written 26 Feb 2025 · to Justice
218. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Justice the amount of over-time paid in each Garda division over the past three years; the percentage of this over-time given to court duties per division, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8330/25]
Peadar Tóibín Written 25 Feb 2025 · to Justice
627. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of Gardaí that were recruited for each of the past ten years; the number of Gardaí retired for each of the past ten years; the number of Gardaí that are employed by the state for each of the past ten years; the number of Gardaí that resigned for each of the past ten years; and the number of Gardaí have been injured for each of the past ten years. [71…
Peadar Tóibín Written 25 Feb 2025 · to Justice
628. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of Gardaí that have been fired for each of the past ten years; the number of Gardaí that have been suspended with pay for each of the past ten years; the average length of time a Gardaí has spent out on suspended with pay leave; the number of Gardaí out sick for each of the past five years; and the average length of time a Gardaí is out on sick leave…
Eoghan Kenny Written 25 Feb 2025 · to Justice
629. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Justice the value of the tender awarded (details supplied) by An Garda Síochána for fixed notice payments; the status of that payment structure; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7155/25]
Matt Carthy Written 25 Feb 2025 · to Justice
636. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice the number of knives seized by Gardaí in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7340/25]
Carol Nolan Written 25 Feb 2025 · to Justice
644. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice the number of applications made by An Garda Síochána for a section 63 order under the Criminal Justice Act 1994 in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; the numbers of orders granted during this timeframe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7372/25]
Carol Nolan Written 25 Feb 2025 · to Justice
647. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice the expenditure incurred by An Garda Síochána in the 2024 training campaign for forensic collision investigators and the external organisations that were paid to run the training; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7413/25]
Mark Ward Written 25 Feb 2025 · to Justice
657. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice the Garda numbers for each year from 2014 to date, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7592/25]
Mark Ward Written 25 Feb 2025 · to Justice
658. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice the number of Gardaí to be recruited over the lifetime of this Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7593/25]
Mark Ward Written 25 Feb 2025 · to Justice
659. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice the number of community Gardaí in each region, each year from 2014 to date in 2025, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7594/25]
Mark Ward Written 25 Feb 2025 · to Justice
660. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice the number of Garda stations, each year from 2014 to date in 2025, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7595/25]
Mark Ward Written 25 Feb 2025 · to Justice
661. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice for a report on the number of Gardaí assigned to each Garda station in the Dublin Metropolitan Region, each year from 2014 to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7596/25]
Mark Ward Written 25 Feb 2025 · to Justice
662. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice the number of minors arrested for each year from 2014 to date in 2025, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7597/25]
Paul Murphy Written 20 Feb 2025 · to Justice
283. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice the number of civilian staff recruited under the An Garda Síochána civilianisation programme since 2008; the number of gardaí who have been put on the beat on foot of this programme since 2008; the cost of the civilianisation programme each year since 2008; and the number of gardaí sitting at desks as of 29 January 2025. [6829/25]
Roderic O'Gorman Written 20 Feb 2025 · to Justice
284. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Justice the number of Garda cars and motorcycles attached to the Dublin metropolitan region west roads policing unit as of February 2025; and if he will provide the corresponding figure as of 31 December 2021, in tabular form. [6851/25]
Roderic O'Gorman Written 20 Feb 2025 · to Justice
285. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Justice the number of Garda mountain bikes attached to the Garda K district as of 31 January 2025. [6852/25]