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Departmental Advertising

120 questions from 19 TDs, between 11 February 2025 and 20 October 2026.

120
questions
120 written, 0 oral
19
TDs have asked
7
parties and groups
Independents counted together
18
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 20251
March 20251
April 20251
May 20250
June 20250
July 202515
August 20250
September 20250
October 20256
November 20256
December 20254
January 202639
February 202630
March 20260
April 20260
May 202610
June 20260
July 20260
August 20260
September 20265
October 20262

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 Fáil6 from 3 TDs · 48 seats today
  • Fine Gael15 from 3 TDs · 38 seats today
  • Independent Ireland29 from 1 TD · 4 seats today
  • Labour Party20 from 3 TDs · 11 seats today
  • Sinn Féin41 from 7 TDs · 39 seats today

The TDs who asked most

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

  1. 29
  2. 21
  3. 18
  4. 15
  5. 10
  6. 7
  7. 4
  8. 3

The questions

Gary Gannon Written 14 Oct 2025 · to Justice
682. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the National Cyber Security Centre’s expenditure on advertising, with details of the objective, duration, social media platforms, reach, audience, CTR and cost of each social media advertising campaign, in each of the years 2023 to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54677/25]
Gary Gannon Written 14 Oct 2025 · to Justice
683. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration his expenditure on advertising, with details of the objective, duration, social media platforms, reach, audience, CTR and cost of Garda Trainee Recruitment Campaign in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54679/25]
Conor D McGuinness Written 15 Jul 2025 · to Foreign
200. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his Department's expenditure on advertising, detailing the objective, duration, media platforms, advertising agency or agencies, and cost of each individual advertising campaign in 2019. [39368/25]
Conor D McGuinness Written 8 Jul 2025 · to Taoiseach
175. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Taoiseach his expenditure on advertising, detailing the objective, duration, media platforms, advertising agency or agencies, and cost of each advertising campaign, in each of the years 2015 to 2025. [37040/25]
Conor D McGuinness Written 8 Jul 2025 · to Foreign
187. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his expenditure on advertising, detailing the objective, duration, media platforms, advertising agency or agencies, and cost of each advertising campaign, in each of the years 2015 to 2025. [37032/25]
Conor D McGuinness Written 8 Jul 2025 · to Climate
214. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment his expenditure on advertising detailing the objective, duration, media platforms, advertising agency or agencies, and cost of each advertising campaign in each of the years 2015 to 2025. [37026/25]
Conor D McGuinness Written 8 Jul 2025 · to Defence
228. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence his expenditure on advertising detailing the objective, duration, media platforms, advertising agency or agencies, and cost of each advertising campaign in each of the years 2015 to 2025. [37028/25]
Conor D McGuinness Written 8 Jul 2025 · to Transport
240. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Transport his expenditure on advertising, detailing the objective, duration, media platforms, advertising agency or agencies, and cost of each advertising campaign, in each of the years 2015 to 2025. [37041/25]
Conor D McGuinness Written 8 Jul 2025 · to Finance
316. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Finance his expenditure on advertising, detailing the objective, duration, media platforms, advertising agency or agencies and cost of each advertising campaign, in each of the years 2015 to 2025. [37031/25]
Conor D McGuinness Written 8 Jul 2025 · to Public Expenditure
341. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation his expenditure on advertising, detailing the objective, duration, media platforms, advertising agency or agencies, and cost of each advertising campaign in each of the years 2015 to 2025. [37037/25]
Conor D McGuinness Written 8 Jul 2025 · to Enterprise
358. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment his expenditure on advertising detailing the objective, duration, media platforms, advertising agency or agencies, and cost of each advertising campaign in each of the years 2015 to 2025. [37030/25]
Conor D McGuinness Written 8 Jul 2025 · to Education
374. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth her expenditure on advertising, detailing the objective, duration, media platforms, advertising agency or agencies and cost of each advertising campaign, in each of the years 2015 to 2025. [37029/25]
Conor D McGuinness Written 8 Jul 2025 · to Culture
455. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport his expenditure on advertising, detailing the objective, duration, media platforms, advertising agency or agencies, and cost of each advertising campaign, in each of the years 2015 to 2025. [37027/25]
Conor D McGuinness Written 8 Jul 2025 · to Social
557. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection his expenditure on advertising, detailing the objective, duration, media platforms, advertising agency or agencies and cost of each advertising campaign, in each of the years 2015 to 2025. [37039/25]
Conor D McGuinness Written 8 Jul 2025 · to Agriculture
690. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his expenditure on advertising, detailing the objective, duration, media platforms, advertising agency or agencies and cost of each advertising campaign, in each of the years 2015 to 2025. [37024/25]
Conor D McGuinness Written 8 Jul 2025 · to Children
723. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her expenditure on advertising detailing the objective, duration, media platforms, advertising agency or agencies, and cost of each advertising campaign in each of the years 2015 to 2025. [37025/25]
Conor D McGuinness Written 8 Jul 2025 · to Rural
931. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht his expenditure on advertising detailing the objective, duration, media platforms, advertising agency or agencies, and cost of each advertising campaign in each of the years 2015 to 2025. [37038/25]
Louis O'Hara Written 8 Apr 2025 · to Enterprise
426. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount his Department spent in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form on advertisement on a website (details supplied). [17391/25]
Paul Donnelly Written 4 Mar 2025 · to Enterprise
347. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the recruitment campaign for a new CEO at Enterprise Ireland is being advertised outside of the State or just within the State. [9593/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 11 Feb 2025 · to Social
410. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide a breakdown of the advertisement spent of his Department, by national media outlet and local newspaper outlet in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [4350/25]