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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

Carol Nolan Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Justice
961. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice the number of Gardaí assigned to County Offaly for each year from 2021 to date in 2024, by rank, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46569/24]
Emer Currie Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Justice
963. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Justice to provide Garda numbers for the K district versus other districts in DMR West per 10,000 population. [46612/24]
Emer Currie Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Justice
965. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Justice to provide the Garda numbers in Blanchardstown, Cabra, Lucan and Ronanstown stations over the past ten years including 2024. [46614/24]
Emer Currie Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Justice
966. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Justice the measures An Garda Síochána are taking to curb the increase in robberies involving rifling through cars or breaking into them, across Dublin West; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46615/24]
Peadar Tóibín Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Justice
980. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the amount spent by An Garda Síochána on consultancy services, in total, for each of the past ten years and on what the money was spent. [1061/25]
Peadar Tóibín Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Justice
981. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice how many Gardaí have been trained in response driving and pursuit driving for each of the past ten years and the percentage of Gardaí that are qualified to respond and pursuit drive currently. [1062/25]
Martin Kenny Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Justice
984. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Justice the number of persons listed on the Register of Specified Information, maintained by the Chief Bureau Officer of the National Vetting Bureau under section 10 of the National Vetting Bureau (Children and Vulnerable Persons) Act 2012, as of 1 January in each of the years from 2010 to 2023, in tabular form. [1103/25]
Martin Kenny Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Justice
985. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Justice the number of persons under 18 years listed on the Register of Specified Information as of 1 January in each of the years from 2010 to 2023, in tabular form. [1104/25]
Martin Kenny Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Justice
986. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Justice the annual number of new entries to the Register of Specified Information involving individuals under the age of 18 at the time of their entry in each of the years from 2010 to 2023, in tabular form. [1105/25]
Martin Kenny Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Justice
988. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Justice if her Department has received a completed report from a judge (details supplied) into the operation of the Garda Youth Diversion Programme [1111/25]
Conor Sheehan Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Justice
1001. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Justice the number of gardaí, by rank attached to Limerick Divisional Protective Services Unit as 3 January 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1225/25]
Malcolm Byrne Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Justice
1004. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Justice the number of Gardaí assigned to Rosslare Europort at year end for each of the years 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1348/25]
Barry Ward Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Justice
1008. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice the number of members of An Garda Síochána currently assigned to the F and W districts in the Dublin Metropolitan District. [1391/25]
Paul Donnelly Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Justice
1012. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice if funding has been made available in 2025 to purchase additional larger horsebox vehicles for the Garda mounted unit. [1420/25]
John Brady Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Justice
1015. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Justice the strength of the Garda traffic unit in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1460/25]
John Brady Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Justice
1016. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Justice the number of members of the Garda traffic unit who have issued fixed notice charges in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1461/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Justice
1018. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice if a new recruitment campaign to join An Garda Síochána will be launched before the end of Q1, 2025; the number of persons that successfully passed all elements of the process in 2024 that have commenced phase one of training; if her attention has been drawn to delays in the vetting process; and the number of successful applicants that are currently in the ve…
Thomas Gould Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Justice
1020. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Justice the number of Gardaí in each of the Cork stations, by rank, in tabular form. [1488/25]
Pádraig O'Sullivan Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Justice
1030. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice the current number of Gardaí for Cork city and county in January 2024; the number of Gardaí in Cork city and county for January 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1672/25]
Mattie McGrath Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Justice
1031. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Justice the number of Gardaí currently available in the Cahir, Clonmel Garda district; the grades and unit the Gardaí are assigned to; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1693/25]
Pa Daly Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Justice
1032. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice the reasoning for hiring an additional 5,000 Gardaí in the draft Programme for Government; her views on whether this will be adequate to fulfil the State’s policing requirement; if consideration was given to hiring 6,000 Gardaí; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1724/25]
Pa Daly Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Justice
1033. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice the timeline for a decision on the establishment of a second Garda training college; the factors to be considered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1725/25]
Pa Daly Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Justice
1039. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice to provide a timeframe for the recruitment of additional reservists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1743/25]
James Geoghegan Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Justice
1040. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Justice the full address and Eircode of each property that is directly occupied by An Garda Síochána where that address is located in Dublin; the full address and Eircode of each property that is used as a prison or place of detention where that address is located in Dublin, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1755/25]
William Aird Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Justice
1042. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Justice to provide the number of Garda cars and vans attached to Laois Garda Division as of 9 January 2025; and a comparable figure for 9 January 2022. [1803/25]