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Departmental Communications

195 questions from 65 TDs, between 5 February 2025 and 20 October 2026.

195
questions
195 written, 0 oral
65
TDs have asked
10
parties and groups
Independents counted together
19
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 20254
March 20255
April 202514
May 20253
June 202514
July 202515
August 20250
September 20253
October 20251
November 202522
December 20254
January 20265
February 202628
March 20263
April 202610
May 202633
June 202617
July 20266
August 20260
September 20261
October 20267

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.

  • Aontú3 from 2 TDs · 2 seats today
  • Fianna Fáil27 from 10 TDs · 48 seats today
  • Fine Gael24 from 5 TDs · 38 seats today
  • Green Party2 from 1 TD · 1 seat today
  • Independent19 from 7 TDs · 15 seats today
  • Independent Ireland19 from 2 TDs · 4 seats today
  • Labour Party20 from 8 TDs · 11 seats today
  • People Before Profit-Solidarity13 from 3 TDs · 3 seats today
  • Sinn Féin54 from 19 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. 17
  3. 17
  4. 6
  5. 6
  6. 5
  7. 5
  8. 5

The questions

Peter 'Chap' Cleere Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Education
813. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will review a case (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19611/26]
Peter 'Chap' Cleere Written 3 Mar 2026 · to Foreign
227. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she has spoken with the South Korean Ambassador to Ireland since her appointment. [16915/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 26 Feb 2026 · to Justice
433. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the date on which the working Group established to advise on the appropriate indexation rate for Periodic Payment Orders submitted its final report to his Department; the date on which he approved, in principle or otherwise, the recommendations of that Working Group; the date on which formal drafting instructions were issued to the Off…
John Paul O'Shea Written 24 Feb 2026 · to Enterprise
439. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment whether he has engaged with stakeholders regarding the redevelopment of the former sugar beet factory lands at Newberry, Mallow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14063/26]
Paul Donnelly Written 17 Feb 2026 · to Foreign
250. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she spoke with the US House of Representatives speaker during her recent visit to Washington DC. [11600/26]
Barry Ward Written 17 Feb 2026 · to Foreign
256. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding any engagement she has had with the American authorities in relation to the detention of an Irish citizen (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11874/26]
Barry Ward Written 17 Feb 2026 · to Foreign
257. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on her Department's work to ensure the fair treatment of an Irish citizen (details supplied) regarding their ongoing detention in the United States; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11875/26]
Barry Ward Written 17 Feb 2026 · to Foreign
258. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline the diplomatic efforts that have been put in place regarding the detention of an Irish citizen (details supplied) in America; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11876/26]
Malcolm Byrne Written 17 Feb 2026 · to Foreign
260. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she has raised concerns about the imprisonment of a person (details supplied) with the Chinese Ambassador to Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11941/26]
Barry Ward Written 17 Feb 2026 · to Foreign
262. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding any engagement she has had with the British Foreign Secretary in relation to the sentencing of Jimmy Lai in Hong Kong; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11977/26]
Barry Ward Written 17 Feb 2026 · to Foreign
263. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding any engagement she has had with her colleagues on the EU Foreign Affairs Council in relation to the sentencing of Jimmy Lai in Hong Kong; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11979/26]
Barry Ward Written 17 Feb 2026 · to Foreign
264. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding any engagement she has had at an EU level in relation to the sentencing of Jimmy Lai in Hong Kong. [11980/26]
Barry Ward Written 17 Feb 2026 · to Foreign
265. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she proposes to raise the sentencing of Jimmy Lai in Hong Kong at an EU level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11981/26]
Barry Ward Written 17 Feb 2026 · to Foreign
266. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding any diplomatic work ongoing within her Department in relation to the sentencing of Jimmy Lai in Hong Kong; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11983/26]
Barry Ward Written 17 Feb 2026 · to Foreign
267. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she proposes to meet with the family of Jimmy Lai in relation to his sentencing in Hong Kong; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11985/26]
Paul Nicholas Gogarty Written 17 Feb 2026 · to Foreign
269. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the efforts that have been made to date to secure the release of a person (details supplied); his plans going forward; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12207/26]
John Lahart Written 17 Feb 2026 · to Foreign
272. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if her Department has been made aware of the detention of an Irish citizen (details supplied); if consular assistance has been offered or is being provided; if she will intervene or engage with the relevant US authorities regarding the circumstances of their detention; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12257/26]
John Lahart Written 17 Feb 2026 · to Foreign
275. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12394/26]
Duncan Smith Written 17 Feb 2026 · to Foreign
281. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she has spoken to the family of a person (details supplied); if she has sought to speak to them directly; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12508/26]
Mattie McGrath Written 17 Feb 2026 · to Foreign
286. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide a copy of all communications between her Department and the representatives and family members of a person (details supplied) further to their detention by immigration officials in the United States; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12703/26]
Mattie McGrath Written 17 Feb 2026 · to Foreign
287. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide all copy correspondence of all communications including email, letter and telephone conversations and exchanges between him and all US departmental agencies concerned with respect to the incarceration and release of a person (details supplied) by US Immigration police in an ICE facility in US; and if she will make a statement on th…
Mattie McGrath Written 17 Feb 2026 · to Foreign
288. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade given the increasing attention by her and her Department on the ongoing detention of a person (details supplied); the high-level engagement she personally has had or has instructed her officials to have with senior elected officials in the US House of Representatives; if she will release copy correspondence regarding any and all such interact…
Donna McGettigan Written 17 Feb 2026 · to Health
1153. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health to respond to the issues raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12217/26]
Michael Cahill Written 12 Feb 2026 · to Foreign
221. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to ask President Trump and the United States Government the steps they are taking to assist the undocumented Irish; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11466/26]
David Cullinane Written 12 Feb 2026 · to Education
354. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she or her Minister of State has received correspondence from a school (details supplied); if she has responded to this correspondence; if she will ensure a review of the matter raised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11325/26]