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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

Alan Kelly Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Justice
916. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of promotions from the rank of sergeant to inspector within An Garda Síochána that occurred in 2024. [46292/24]
Alan Kelly Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Justice
917. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 783 of 5 November 2024, if she has received the necessary information from Garda authorities in order to have this PQ answered. [46293/24]
Alan Kelly Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Justice
918. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the amount spent on purchasing new mountain bikes for An Garda Síochána in 2024. [46294/24]
Paul Donnelly Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Justice
919. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice the locations within Dublin Metropolitan Region where Gardaí participate in the business watch scheme; the rank of Gardaí that participate in these meetings, by location; and the frequency of those meetings, by location, in tabular form. [46306/24]
Paul Donnelly Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Justice
920. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 524 of 18 September 2024, if she has received the necessary information from Garda Authorities in order for this PQ to be answered. [46307/24]
Jim O'Callaghan Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Justice
924. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 790 of 5 November 2024, if she has received the necessary information from the Garda authorities in order to have this PQ answered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46347/24]
Jim O'Callaghan Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Justice
925. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice the number of Gardaí, by rank attached to a unit (details supplied) as of 4 December 2024; if she will provide same figures as of 31 December 2023, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46348/24]
Jim O'Callaghan Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Justice
926. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 797 of 5 November 2024, if she has received the necessary information from the Garda authorities in order to have this PQ answered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46349/24]
Jim O'Callaghan Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Justice
927. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 792 of 5 November 202, if she has received the necessary information from the Garda authorities in order to have this PQ answered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46352/24]
Jim O'Callaghan Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Justice
928. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice the number of Garda public order unit vans currently in the fleet as of 6 December 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46353/24]
Sorca Clarke Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Justice
930. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice the breakdown of the age profile of the Garda vehicle fleet in the Westmeath division. [46375/24]
Alan Kelly Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Justice
931. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of Gardaí within the Tipperary division that are trained and qualified in the use of drones and in legislation dealing with drones being used within public order spaces. [46382/24]
Alan Kelly Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Justice
932. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of marked and unmarked jeeps added to the Garda fleet in 2023 and to date in 2024; and the number of marked and unmarked jeeps withdrawn from the fleet during same period, in tabular form. [46383/24]
Alan Kelly Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Justice
933. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of residential properties and vehicles seized by the Criminal Assets Bureau where a power of sale exists, in tabular form. [46384/24]
Darren O'Rourke Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Justice
935. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Justice the number of Garda cars and motorcycles attached to Meath roads policing unit as of 6 December 2024. [46407/24]
Darren O'Rourke Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Justice
936. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 807 of 5 November 2024, if the necessary information has been supplied to her Department by the Garda Authorities for this PQ to be answered. [46408/24]
Darren O'Rourke Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Justice
937. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Justice the number of Gardaí, by rank, attached to each of the four satellite garda national cyber- crime bureau hubs as of 6 December 2024, in tabular form. [46409/24]
George Lawlor Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Justice
938. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Justice the number of new Garda cars and vans that were added to the Wexford Division in the years of 2023 and to date in 2024; and the number of Garda cars and vans withdrawn from the fleet during same period, in tabular form. [46442/24]
Paul McAuliffe Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Justice
939. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Justice in each of the previous eight years from 2024, the number of charges of alleged rape that have been prosecuted by the Director of Public Prosecutions; and if this will be calculated as a percentage of the number of alleged sexual assaults or rapes reported to Gardaí, in each of the previous eight years, in tabular form. [46454/24]
Paul McAuliffe Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Justice
940. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Justice in each of the previous eight years from 2024, the number of charges of alleged rape that have been prosecuted by the Director of Public Prosecutions; and if this will be calculated as a percentage of the number of alleged sexual assaults or rape reported to Gardaí and where a crime was subsequently detected, in each of the previous eight years, in tabular for…
Paul McAuliffe Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Justice
941. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Justice in each of the previous eight years from 2024, the number of complaints of alleged sexual assault that have not been prosecuted by the Director of Public Prosecutions in court as a percentage of the total number of alleged sexual assaults reported to Gardaí where a crime was detected, in tabular form. [46456/24]
Paul McAuliffe Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Justice
942. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Justice in each of the previous eight years from 2024, the number of complaints of alleged sexual assault that have been prosecuted by the Director of Public Prosecutions as a percentage of the total number of alleged sexual assaults reported to Gardaí where a crime was detected, in tabular form. [46457/24]
Paul McAuliffe Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Justice
943. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Justice in each of the previous eight years from 2024, the number of cases of alleged rape which were prosecuted by the Director of Public Prosecutions that did not progress to trial after a suspect was charged, in tabular form. [46458/24]
Paul McAuliffe Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Justice
944. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Justice in each of the previous eight years from 2024, the number of occasions where a crime was detected by the Gardaí in cases of alleged sexual assault or rape, but the DPP did not proceed with prosecution; and, the percentage of those that were due to insufficient evidence, in tabular form. [46459/24]
Paul McAuliffe Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Justice
945. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Justice based off the previous 10 years from 2024, the average time that elapses between the reporting of an alleged sexual assault to Gardaí and the beginning of a trial where the Director of Public Prosecutions proceeds with prosecution. [46460/24]