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Departmental Contracts

850 questions from 69 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 22 October 2026.

850
questions
847 written, 3 oral
69
TDs have asked
10
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 202537
February 202579
March 202549
April 202559
May 202548
June 202590
July 202560
August 20250
September 202525
October 202571
November 202515
December 202527
January 202630
February 202671
March 202612
April 202621
May 202653
June 202647
July 202623
August 20260
September 202619
October 202614

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.

  • Aontú15 from 2 TDs · 2 seats today
  • Fianna Fáil93 from 11 TDs · 48 seats today
  • Fine Gael61 from 8 TDs · 38 seats today
  • Green Party1 from 1 TD · 1 seat today
  • Independent29 from 4 TDs · 15 seats today
  • Independent Ireland42 from 2 TDs · 4 seats today
  • Labour Party85 from 7 TDs · 11 seats today
  • People Before Profit-Solidarity68 from 3 TDs · 3 seats today
  • Sinn Féin225 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. 83
  2. 70
  3. 63
  4. 52
  5. 49
  6. 38
  7. 36
  8. 32

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Debated under the same heading

Debates whose official heading is exactly these words.

The questions

Ivana Bacik Written 14 May 2025 · to Defence
20. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if his Department sources IT equipment from companies named on the official boycott, divestment and sanctions list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24577/25]
Ivana Bacik Written 14 May 2025 · to Transport
25. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Transport if his Department sources IT equipment from companies named on the official boycott, divestment and sanctions list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24592/25]
Ivana Bacik Written 14 May 2025 · to Finance
41. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Finance if his Department sources IT equipment from companies named on the official boycott, divestment and sanctions list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24581/25]
Ivana Bacik Written 14 May 2025 · to Public Expenditure
60. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if his Department sources IT equipment from companies named on the official boycott, divestment and sanctions list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24587/25]
Ivana Bacik Written 14 May 2025 · to Enterprise
72. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department sources IT equipment from companies named on the official boycott, divestment and sanctions list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24579/25]
Ivana Bacik Written 14 May 2025 · to Education
84. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department sources IT equipment from companies named on the official boycott, divestment and sanctions list; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24578/25]
Ivana Bacik Written 14 May 2025 · to Tourism
100. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if his Department sources IT equipment from companies named on the official boycott, divestment and sanctions list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24591/25]
Ivana Bacik Written 14 May 2025 · to Housing
102. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department sources IT equipment from companies named on the official boycott, divestment and sanctions list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24585/25]
Ivana Bacik Written 14 May 2025 · to Social
121. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Social Protection if his Department sources IT equipment from companies named on the official boycott, divestment and sanctions list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24589/25]
Ivana Bacik Written 14 May 2025 · to Justice
134. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice if his Department sources IT equipment from companies named on the official boycott, divestment and sanctions list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24586/25]
Ivana Bacik Written 14 May 2025 · to Agriculture
152. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department sources IT equipment from companies named on the official boycott, divestment and sanctions list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24575/25]
Ivana Bacik Written 14 May 2025 · to Children
168. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department sources IT equipment from companies named on the official boycott, divestment and sanctions list; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24576/25]
Ivana Bacik Written 14 May 2025 · to Health
186. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health if her Department sources IT equipment from companies named on the official boycott, divestment and sanctions list; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24584/25]
Ivana Bacik Written 14 May 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
232. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department sources IT equipment from companies named on the official boycott, divestment and sanctions list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24583/25]
Ivana Bacik Written 14 May 2025 · to Rural
234. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if his Department sources IT equipment from companies named on the official boycott, divestment and sanctions list; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24588/25]
Aengus Ó Snodaigh Written 13 May 2025 · to Public Expenditure
495. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform regarding the recent tender for “ITC016F Multi Supplier Framework Agreement for the provision of Network & Firewall Products, Solutions, Ancillary Equipment and Associated Services, how many of the seven successful OEM brands are EU-owned and EU-headquartered; the names of the seven OEM brands; h…
Peadar Tóibín Written 13 May 2025 · to Social
790. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection to state who was awarded the contract to provide the auto-enrolment pension system; the amount the contract was for; when the contract starts; and if the auto-enrolment system is postponed, the payments, if any, that will be made to the service provider during the postponed timeframe. [23273/25]
Catherine Connolly Written 8 May 2025 · to Defence
206. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence when a company (details supplied) was appointed to advise on expanding Ireland’s military; the terms of the contract, including the cost and duration of the contract; the way in which the company was identified as the preferred provider of such services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18048/25]
Mattie McGrath Written 7 May 2025 · to Transport
75. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Transport the role his Department played in bringing about a settlement (details supplied); to confirm that no monies were paid by his Department, or were legally agreed to be paid, to either operator by his Department in the future, as a result of this court case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22292/25]
Mattie McGrath Written 7 May 2025 · to Transport
76. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Transport the search and rescue service impacts that will result from the present failure of the AW189 helicopter to receive regulatory approval to carry stretchered casualties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22293/25]
Mattie McGrath Written 7 May 2025 · to Transport
77. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Transport to outline his Departments investigation into the ability of SAR helicopter crew to carry out cardiac resuscitation in flight, given the lack of headroom and space in the new helicopter platform; if he will publish the analysis that was undertaken with respect to this issue when choosing AW189 for SAR service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2…
Mattie McGrath Written 7 May 2025 · to Transport
78. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Transport for an update as to whether the other competitor tenderers who were unsuccessful in search and rescue tender award had provided for fixed wing aircraft with capability to transfer stretchered casualties to UK hospitals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22295/25]
Mattie McGrath Written 7 May 2025 · to Transport
79. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Transport if the present King Air fixed wing aircraft, based at Shannon, are to be re-specified in order to conduct UK stretcher transfer; if this is not possible, the negotiations that are ongoing the provider (details supplied) to achieve this service level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22296/25]
Mattie McGrath Written 7 May 2025 · to Transport
80. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Transport to publish any advice given to his Department by the Attorney General regarding aspects of the National Search and Rescue contract; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22297/25]
Aengus Ó Snodaigh Written 7 May 2025 · to Public Expenditure
129. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the names of the OEM IT brands represented in the ITC016F the Multi Supplier Framework Agreement for the Provision Of Network And Firewall Products, Solutions, Ancillary Equipment and Associated Services; if he will highlight the OEM IT brands on the tender that are EU-owned; and his views on the way…