35. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Transport whether his Department received any communication from the US government, or was aware of flights (details supplied) deporting Palestinians from the US to the West Bank which refuelled at Shannon Airport in January 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10866/26]
Topics / Departmental Communications
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsDepartmental 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.
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| January 2025 | 0 |
| February 2025 | 4 |
| March 2025 | 5 |
| April 2025 | 14 |
| May 2025 | 3 |
| June 2025 | 14 |
| July 2025 | 15 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 3 |
| October 2025 | 1 |
| November 2025 | 22 |
| December 2025 | 4 |
| January 2026 | 5 |
| February 2026 | 28 |
| March 2026 | 3 |
| April 2026 | 10 |
| May 2026 | 33 |
| June 2026 | 17 |
| July 2026 | 6 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 1 |
| October 2026 | 7 |
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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The questions
845. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide details of all active interdepartmental, interagency, and department-agency working groups organised under his remit. [10159/26]
911. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if further to statements (details supplied) she will consider the serious issues raised in related correspondence. [10401/26]
918. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if a response will issue to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); if proposals are being considered in relation to same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9270/26]
626. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the dates of all face-to-face or online meetings between Sport Ireland and his Department between 2020 and 27 January 2026. [8229/26]
225. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the total number of complaints received by the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman in each of the years 2021 to 2025, inclusive; the number and percentage of those complaints which were rejected or deemed inadmissible prior to a full investigation in each year; the principal statutory grounds relied upon for such rejections; and if he will make…
515. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth when her Government colleagues were informed either by her Department or the NCSE on the allocation of the first tranche of special classes for academic year 2026/27; the reason her Department failed to provide a full list officially on 12 January, the day her own Government colleagues announced classes for their own constituencies; to provide the of…
770. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the reason his Department transferred a question (details supplied) to the Minister for Housing; Local Government and Heritage for reply given his Department is engaging with the issue under discussion as noted in the response from the Minister for Housing; Local Government and Heritage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. […
1093. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht to provide an up-to-date contact list for queries from Oireachtas members to agencies under his Department, in tabular form. [3878/26]
1784. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider a submission by an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [74002/25]
749. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the communications that took place with health care professionals on the Human Tissue Act 2024; how it will impact their approach; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73730/25]
991. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will respond to an issue identified with an application process (details supplied); if she will investigate the matters raised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71954/25]
371. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if there have been any communications between his Department and a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70789/25]
102. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will detail the communications there has been between his Department, other Government Departments and relevant agencies on the issue of responding to drugs crime and the societal impact of drugs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67896/25]
671. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration his views on whether existing laws are adequate to deal with cases of coercive control; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65901/25]
672. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his attention has been drawn to the research carried out by a doctor (details supplied) into coercive control; if this is under consideration within his Department with a view to strengthening existing legislation in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65902/25]
673. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration his views on whether the in-camera rule related to cases of coercive control acts as a block to allowing scrutiny of any potential failings in the support system for victims; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65903/25]
237. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 265 of 12 November 2025, the meaning of emergency resilience in this context. [63716/25]
197. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of press releases issued by his Department from 1 January 2025 to date on issues relating to Israel or Gaza, Ukraine, Africa and South America respectively. [61097/25]
200. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for a breakdown of all spending on external communications and media, by company, including the amount spent and purpose of spend, in each of the past five years, in tabular form. [61214/25]
234. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Climate; Energy and the Environment for a breakdown of all spending on external communications and media, by company, including the amount spent and purpose of spend, in each of the past five years, in tabular form. [61207/25]
246. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if the ministersdiary@dcee.gov.ie email address in his Department is operational and regularly monitored; if incoming emails are responded to; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61605/25]
265. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence for a breakdown of all spending on external communications and media, by company, including the amount spent and purpose of spend, in each of the past five years, in tabular form. [61209/25]
288. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Transport for a breakdown of all spending on external communications and media, by company, including the amount spent and purpose of spend, in each of the past five years, in tabular form. [61223/25]
385. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Finance for a breakdown of all spending on external communications and media, by company, including the amount spent and purpose of spend, in each of the past five years, in tabular form. [61212/25]