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Cabinet Committees

991 questions from 70 TDs, between 12 February 2025 and 20 October 2026.

991
questions
248 written, 743 oral
70
TDs have asked
9
parties and groups
Independents counted together
1
departments asked

This is one of the catch-all headings the Oireachtas uses for how a department runs rather than what a question is about, so it is left out of the range and focus figures.

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 20250
February 202551
March 202528
April 202559
May 202563
June 202530
July 202567
August 20250
September 202537
October 202548
November 202574
December 202537
January 202640
February 202671
March 202611
April 202645
May 2026122
June 202686
July 202643
August 20260
September 202625
October 202654

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.

  • Aontú58 from 2 TDs · 2 seats today
  • Fianna Fáil269 from 28 TDs · 48 seats today
  • Fine Gael60 from 3 TDs · 38 seats today
  • Green Party7 from 1 TD · 1 seat today
  • Independent35 from 1 TD · 15 seats today
  • Labour Party60 from 9 TDs · 11 seats today
  • People Before Profit-Solidarity123 from 3 TDs · 3 seats today
  • Sinn Féin276 from 14 TDs · 39 seats today

The TDs who asked most

Members of the Government answer questions rather than ask them. Each question counts once.

  1. Ruairí Ó Murchú
    59
  2. Darren O'Rourke
    46
  3. Paul Murphy
    45
  4. Ruth Coppinger
    44
  5. Cian O'Callaghan
    43
  6. James Geoghegan
    42
  7. Ivana Bacik
    41
  8. Mary Lou McDonald
    40

Asked of

Debated under the same heading

Debates whose official heading is exactly these words.

The questions

Roderic O'Gorman Oral 20 Oct 2026 · to Taoiseach
26. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on children and education will next meet. [72062/26]
Conor D. McGuinness Oral 20 Oct 2026 · to Taoiseach
27. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on children and education will next meet. [72001/26]
Cian O'Callaghan Oral 20 Oct 2026 · to Taoiseach
28. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on children and education will next meet. [69991/26]
Paul Lawless Oral 20 Oct 2026 · to Taoiseach
29. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on children and education will next meet. [69990/26]
James Geoghegan Oral 20 Oct 2026 · to Taoiseach
30. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on children and education will next meet. [69902/26]
Darren O'Rourke Oral 20 Oct 2026 · to Taoiseach
31. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on children and education will next meet. [69885/26]
Ruairí Ó Murchú Oral 20 Oct 2026 · to Taoiseach
32. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on children and education will meet next. [68789/26]
Barry Heneghan Oral 20 Oct 2026 · to Taoiseach
33. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on children and education will next meet. [68633/26]
Louis O'Hara Oral 20 Oct 2026 · to Taoiseach
34. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on children and education will meet next. [67764/26]
Cian O'Callaghan Oral 20 Oct 2026 · to Taoiseach
35. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on children and education will next meet. [67179/26]
Liam Quaide Oral 20 Oct 2026 · to Taoiseach
36. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on children and education will next meet. [66937/26]
Rose Conway-Walsh Oral 20 Oct 2026 · to Taoiseach
37. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on children and education will meet next. [66922/26]
Ruth Coppinger Oral 20 Oct 2026 · to Taoiseach
38. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on children and education will meet next. [66871/26]
Ruairí Ó Murchú Oral 20 Oct 2026 · to Taoiseach
39. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on children and education will meet next. [66850/26]
Paul Murphy Oral 20 Oct 2026 · to Taoiseach
40. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on children and education will next meet. [65369/26]
Richard Boyd Barrett Oral 20 Oct 2026 · to Taoiseach
41. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on children and education will meet next. [65174/26]
John Connolly Oral 20 Oct 2026 · to Taoiseach
42. Deputy John Connolly asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on children and education will meet next. [64284/26]
Aisling Dempsey Oral 20 Oct 2026 · to Taoiseach
43. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on children and education will meet next. [64283/26]
Cathal Crowe Oral 20 Oct 2026 · to Taoiseach
44. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on children and education will meet next. [64282/26]
Ryan O'Meara Oral 20 Oct 2026 · to Taoiseach
45. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on children and education will meet next. [64281/26]
Cian O'Callaghan Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Taoiseach
55. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on infrastructure will next meet. [67180/26]
Mary Lou McDonald Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Taoiseach
56. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on infrastructure will next meet. [67052/26]
Liam Quaide Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Taoiseach
57. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on infrastructure will meet next. [66939/26]
Jennifer Whitmore Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Taoiseach
58. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on infrastructure will meet next. [66859/26]
Jennifer Whitmore Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Taoiseach
77. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on water quality will meet next. [66861/26]