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Civil Service

111 questions from 33 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 22 October 2026.

111
questions
109 written, 2 oral
33
TDs have asked
10
parties and groups
Independents counted together
18
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 20251
February 20251
March 20253
April 20255
May 20257
June 20257
July 20251
August 20250
September 20255
October 20252
November 20255
December 202513
January 20262
February 202620
March 20262
April 20267
May 202621
June 20261
July 20265
August 20260
September 20260
October 20263

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.

  • Aontú2 from 1 TD · 2 seats today
  • Fianna Fáil18 from 7 TDs · 48 seats today
  • Fine Gael25 from 5 TDs · 38 seats today
  • Green Party7 from 1 TD · 1 seat today
  • Independent2 from 1 TD · 15 seats today
  • Independent Ireland13 from 1 TD · 4 seats today
  • Labour Party5 from 3 TDs · 11 seats today
  • People Before Profit-Solidarity7 from 3 TDs · 3 seats today
  • Sinn Féin9 from 5 TDs · 39 seats today

The TDs who asked most

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

  1. 18
  2. 13
  3. 13
  4. 9
  5. 8
  6. 7
  7. 5
  8. 3

Asked of

Debated under the same heading

Debates whose official heading is exactly these words.

The questions

Mark Ward Written 13 May 2025 · to Enterprise
532. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the procedures in place to prevent barriers to reasonable accommodation for autistic individuals in the civil service from working from home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23771/25]
Conor Sheehan Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Public Expenditure
656. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the number of candidates that are currently on the panel for executive officer grade within civil service from the most recent EO recruitment campaign. [20247/25]
John McGuinness Written 3 Apr 2025 · to Public Expenditure
143. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the number of staff in the civil service on 1 March 2025 compared with 1 March 2020 and 1 March 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15977/25]
John McGuinness Written 3 Apr 2025 · to Public Expenditure
146. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if there is a strategy in relation to staffing numbers in the civil service in the years ahead; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15978/25]
Barry Heneghan Written 3 Apr 2025 · to Public Expenditure
148. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the employment rate of people with disabilities across the civil service. [6434/25]
Peadar Tóibín Written 1 Apr 2025 · to Taoiseach
106. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach if he will list the salaries of the top ten highest paid civil servants in his Department. [9294/25]
John Clendennen Written 27 Mar 2025 · to Public Expenditure
201. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform for an update on the civil service mobility scheme; when the scheme will be opened to the professional/technical grades; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14942/25]
Paul Murphy Written 25 Mar 2025 · to Public Expenditure
292. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he is aware of the outsourcing of jobs within Departments; how much this has cost; if there will be a move to cut back on outsourcing in future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13423/25]
Holly Cairns Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Public Expenditure
453. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform whether his Department has circulated advice on instances where a civil servant is serving a custodial sentence for a serious violent crime; and if he could provide detail of this advice, and the impact such a conviction would have on the individual’s employment status within the civil service. [11005/25]
Ged Nash Oral 13 Feb 2025 · to Public Expenditure
75. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform when he plans to commence and conclude his planned review of the Civil Service blended working policy framework; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5125/25]
Niall Collins Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Public Expenditure
399. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if the Public Appointments Service will launch Irish-language recruitment campaigns for the civil service in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1592/25]