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Departmental 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.

Jan 2025Oct 2026
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MonthQuestions
January 20251
February 202520
March 202599
April 202523
May 2025227
June 20259
July 202521
August 20250
September 20259
October 20252
November 202528
December 20259
January 202624
February 202663
March 202613
April 202697
May 202660
June 20263
July 202613
August 20260
September 202618
October 20266

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% RDR6 from 1 TD · 1 seat today
  • Aontú7 from 2 TDs · 2 seats today
  • Fianna Fáil90 from 18 TDs · 48 seats today
  • Fine Gael188 from 14 TDs · 38 seats today
  • Green Party20 from 1 TD · 1 seat today
  • Independent22 from 4 TDs · 15 seats today
  • Independent Ireland194 from 3 TDs · 4 seats today
  • Labour Party54 from 8 TDs · 11 seats today
  • People Before Profit-Solidarity16 from 2 TDs · 3 seats today
  • Sinn Féin114 from 22 TDs · 39 seats today

The TDs who asked most

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

  1. 190
  2. 91
  3. 67
  4. 34
  5. 27
  6. 21
  7. 20
  8. 20

Asked of

Debated under the same heading

Debates whose official heading is exactly these words.

The questions

Robert O'Donoghue Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Culture
1364. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport to provide a contact list of all State and semi-State bodies connected with his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43129/25]
Eoin Ó Broin Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Housing
1491. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the names, organisations, former responsibilities, current responsibilities and full remuneration, including of secondees, of all appointments to the housing activation office. [41855/25]
Joe Neville Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Housing
1612. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department is aware of the current delays in the land registry; the plans his Department has to help alleviate this as many people who are looking to build are being delayed by this process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43291/25]
Robert O'Donoghue Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Agriculture
2208. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide a contact list of all State and semi-State bodies connected with his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43128/25]
Pearse Doherty Written 17 Jul 2025 · to Finance
252. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance to outline any engagement his Department or bodies under the aegis of his Department have had with the Department of Social Protection to tackle bogus self-employment; the annual estimated cost in lost revenue as a result of bogus self-employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40683/25]
Ivana Bacik Written 15 Jul 2025 · to Taoiseach
86. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the work of the economic division of his Department. [39421/25]
Ivana Bacik Written 15 Jul 2025 · to Taoiseach
87. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the work of the social policy and public service reform division of his Department. [39422/25]
James Geoghegan Written 15 Jul 2025 · to Housing
549. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on giving the Residential Tenancies Board more powers and assistance to get information on landlords, considering the issue of the Residential Tenancies Board being unable to locate a current address for a landlord meaning that a dispute process cannot be facilitated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [387…
Malcolm Byrne Written 10 Jul 2025 · to Housing
250. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of agencies that report to his Department where the objectives of said agencies include or do not include supporting the development of housing in the State, in tabular form. [38501/25]
Sinéad Gibney Written 9 Jul 2025 · to Culture
82. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if his Department has been in contact with the Department of Finance and the Department of Social Protection around the application of the Karshan ruling, in light of recent issues around bogus self-employment in bodies under the aegis of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38119/25]
Sinéad Gibney Written 9 Jul 2025 · to Culture
83. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if his Department has issued any guidance or provided any support to bodies under its aegis regarding bogus self-employment and how to correctly apply the Karshan ruling in their work, given the widespread issues regarding bogus self-employment in the arts, media and communications sectors; and if he will make a statement on the matter.…
Donna McGettigan Oral 8 Jul 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
98. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science for information on the decision behind the cut of €1.3 million from SOLAS to the Tipperary Education and Training Board, which has resulted in the cancellation of a valuable programme for early school leavers at Cashel local training initiative, which affects 14 students who will be unable to complete the…
Erin McGreehan Written 3 Jul 2025 · to Agriculture
118. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on the work of the wool council; and the actions the council has taken in order to further utilise and increase the value of wool. [36362/25]
Maeve O'Connell Written 2 Jul 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
294. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his views on the number of currently vacant positions on boards of management of aegis bodies under his Department. [36411/25]
Barry Ward Written 1 Jul 2025 · to Enterprise
302. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment his views on whether the Corporate Enforcement Agency is adequately resourced to carry out its functions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35879/25]
Aengus Ó Snodaigh Written 1 Jul 2025 · to Enterprise
303. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the reason the Irish National Accreditation Board does not give accreditation for full genome testing, as in other EU member states, rather than giving accreditation on a condition-by-condition basis. [35885/25]
Emer Currie Written 25 Jun 2025 · to Enterprise
62. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment to set-out his Department's engagement and collaboration with an organisation (details supplied), including participation in advisory bodies and committees, and on trade missions; his views on how the work of the organisation could be further supported by Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34582/25]
John Connolly Written 25 Jun 2025 · to Enterprise
68. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment to detail the efforts by agencies within his Department to attract an investor to operate a former factory (details supplied) in Rahoon, Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34778/25]
Joe Cooney Written 17 Jun 2025 · to Culture
485. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the percentage of Exchequer funding that was provided to each State agency under the remit of his Department in 2024 for its capital and current funding, in tabular form. [32607/25]
Malcolm Byrne Written 17 Jun 2025 · to Culture
488. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the process used within his Department when directors/chief executives of agencies in the aegis of his Department seek re-appointment or an extension to their term of employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32754/25]
Holly Cairns Written 11 Jun 2025 · to Justice
218. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide an updated list of all email and phone lines for use of Oireachtas Members within his Department, including all subsidiary bodies, in tabular form. [30927/25]
David Cullinane Written 11 Jun 2025 · to Health
340. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the governance and reporting arrangement regarding the NTPF; how it reports to the Minister; if the NTPF is accountable to the Oireachtas, including Oireachtas committees; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31026/25]
David Cullinane Written 11 Jun 2025 · to Health
341. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the spend of all money by the NTPF since 2020, broken down by salaries, by insourcing and outsourcing of care and any other incurred expenditure, further broken down by year and by allocation to each hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31027/25]
David Cullinane Written 11 Jun 2025 · to Health
342. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of reviews, investigations, HR investigations or reports carried out by the NTPF into insourcing of care at public hospitals since its inception; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31028/25]
David Cullinane Written 11 Jun 2025 · to Health
343. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of reviews, investigations, HR investigations or reports carried out by the public hospitals into insourcing of care at public hospitals that the NTPF is aware of since its inception; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31029/25]