674. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether he is satisfied that bodies funded through his Department's Vote are applying a consistent approach to the publication of procurement-related payment and purchase order information, particularly with regard to the use of machine-readable formats; whether his Department monitors publication practices across its aegis bodies …
Topics / Departmental Bodies
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsDepartmental Bodies
745 questions from 84 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 22 October 2026.
745
questions
738 written, 7 oral
84
TDs have asked
11
parties and groups
Independents counted together
20
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.
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| Month | Questions |
|---|---|
| January 2025 | 1 |
| February 2025 | 20 |
| March 2025 | 99 |
| April 2025 | 23 |
| May 2025 | 227 |
| June 2025 | 9 |
| July 2025 | 21 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 9 |
| October 2025 | 2 |
| November 2025 | 28 |
| December 2025 | 9 |
| January 2026 | 24 |
| February 2026 | 63 |
| March 2026 | 13 |
| April 2026 | 97 |
| May 2026 | 60 |
| June 2026 | 3 |
| July 2026 | 13 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 18 |
| October 2026 | 6 |
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.
The TDs who asked most
Members of the Government answer questions rather than ask them. Each question counts once.
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Debated under the same heading
Debates whose official heading is exactly these words.
The questions
205. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Taoiseach to provide an up-to-date contact list for queries from Oireachtas Members to agencies under his Department, in tabular form. [3880/26]
221. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide an up-to-date contact list for queries from Oireachtas members to agencies under her Department, in tabular form. [3872/26]
235. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide a complete breakdown of spending for the Maritime Area Regulatory Authority in the 2026 Revised Estimates outlined in the for Sectoral Economic Investment section; to provide the total breakdown of spend in 2025, in tabular form. [4191/26]
248. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide an up-to-date contact list for queries from Oireachtas members to agencies under his Department, in tabular form. [3866/26]
284. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Defence to provide an up-to-date contact list for queries from Oireachtas members to agencies under her Department, in tabular form. [3868/26]
337. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Transport to provide an up-to-date contact list for queries from Oireachtas members to agencies under his Department, in tabular form. [3881/26]
400. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to provide an up-to-date contact list for queries from Oireachtas members to agencies under his Department, in tabular form. [3871/26]
426. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to provide an up-to-date contact list for queries from Oireachtas members to agencies under his Department, in tabular form. [3877/26]
464. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment to provide an up-to-date contact list for queries from Oireachtas members to agencies under his Department, in tabular form. [3870/26]
543. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an up-to-date contact list for queries from Oireachtas members to agencies under her Department, in tabular form. [3869/26]
608. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport to provide an up-to-date contact list for queries from Oireachtas Members to agencies under his Department, in tabular form. [3867/26]
654. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an up-to-date contact list for queries from Oireachtas Members to agencies under his Department, in tabular form. [3875/26]
698. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide an up-to-date contact list for queries from Oireachtas members to agencies under his Department, in tabular form. [3879/26]
733. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide an up-to-date contact list for queries from Oireachtas members to agencies under his Department, in tabular form. [3876/26]
801. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an up-to-date contact list for queries from Oireachtas Members to agencies under his Department, in tabular form. [3864/26]
849. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide an up-to-date contact list for queries from Oireachtas members to agencies under her Department, in tabular form. [3865/26]
948. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Health to provide an up-to-date contact list for queries from Oireachtas members to agencies under her Department, in tabular form. [3874/26]
174. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health the current WTE staffing complement at the Health Protection Surveillance Centre and the National Health Protection Office with responsibility for surveillance, risk assessment and screening protocol development, by grade and speciality, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2709/26]
325. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the oversight arrangements and performance indicators that apply to the CRU, including any agreed targets for compliance activity, enforcement outcomes, complaint-handling timelines and customer protection measures; if any value-for-money review, performance review or governance review of the CRU has been completed or initiated since…
2346. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health whether she or her Department were aware that a former member of the HIQA board (details supplied) left that board in July 2020 and subsequently took up a role with an organisation which later received ICT service contracts from HIQA in 2021; and if she will request a review of this matter by the Comptroller and Auditor General. [75290/25]
2349. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health whether she will request HIQA to return before the Oireachtas Public Accounts Committee to further examine procurement, enforcement and governance matters following its appearance on 17 July 2025. [75293/25]
328. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration given that all representatives for the new Local Community Safety Partnerships (LCSPs) have been identified for Dublin South Central, if he can sign off the on agreed representatives and allow the LCSP meet next week; and if he will provide a full update on the establishment of LCSPs in Dublin. [72691/25]
350. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the agrifood regulator will have authority to investigate competition and pricing in the sale of food products, meat and poultry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73254/25]
724. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 318 of 25 September 2025, to clarify the way in which the Chief State Solicitors Office has engaged with the solicitor of an individual, as the individual's solicitors have confirmed they have had no contact with the Chief State Solicitors Office; and if he will provide an update on the progress of…