293. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Justice the procurement processes are in place to ensure that Government contracts are not entered into with regard to properties that are not compliant (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22004/25]
Topics / Departmental Contracts
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsDepartmental 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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| Month | Questions |
|---|---|
| January 2025 | 37 |
| February 2025 | 79 |
| March 2025 | 49 |
| April 2025 | 59 |
| May 2025 | 48 |
| June 2025 | 90 |
| July 2025 | 60 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 25 |
| October 2025 | 71 |
| November 2025 | 15 |
| December 2025 | 27 |
| January 2026 | 30 |
| February 2026 | 71 |
| March 2026 | 12 |
| April 2026 | 21 |
| May 2026 | 53 |
| June 2026 | 47 |
| July 2026 | 23 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 19 |
| October 2026 | 14 |
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
9. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if his Department holds any contract with a company (details supplied), in the years of 2024 and to-date in 2025; if so, the nature of services this company provided to the Department in the years in question, in tabular form. [21448/25]
144. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount paid by his Department to external HR specialists to carry out work on behalf of the Department in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [21317/25]
174. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Taoiseach the number of contracts currently held by his Department with a company (details supplied); the details of contracts currently held by the Department with the company. [19353/25]
180. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Taoiseach whether an external company is contracted to provide cleaning services to his Department building; and if so, the name of the company and the value of the contract. [20372/25]
181. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Taoiseach whether an external company is contracted to provide security services to his Department building; and if so, the name of the company and the value of the contract. [20390/25]
206. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of contracts currently held by his Department with a company (details supplied); the details of contracts currently held by the Department with the company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19345/25]
224. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether an external company is contracted to provide cleaning services to his Department building; and if so, the name of the company and the value of the contract. [20364/25]
225. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether an external company is contracted to provide security services to his Department building; and if so, the name of the company and the value of the contract. [20382/25]
261. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of contracts currently held by his Department with a company (details supplied); the details of contracts currently held by the Department with the company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19343/25]
296. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications whether an external company is contracted to provide cleaning services to his Department building; and if so, the name of the company and the value of the contract. [20362/25]
297. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications whether an external company is contracted to provide security services to his Department building; and if so, the name of the company and the value of the contract. [20380/25]
327. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will grant a contract extension of three months to those projects funded by his Department under the community climate action programme from the end of September 2025 to the end of December 2025, in order to enhance the impact of the projects without altering the financial framework established in the original agreements…
341. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of contracts currently held by his Department with a company (details supplied); the details of contracts currently held by the Department with the company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19340/25]
350. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence whether an external company is contracted to provide cleaning services to his Department building; and if so, the name of the company and the value of the contract. [20359/25]
351. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence whether an external company is contracted to provide security services to his Department building; and if so, the name of the company and the value of the contract. [20377/25]
402. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Transport the number of contracts currently held by his Department with a company (details supplied); the details of contracts currently held by the Department with the company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19355/25]
486. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport whether an external company is contracted to provide cleaning services to his Department building; and if so, the name of the company and the value of the contract. [20374/25]
487. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport whether an external company is contracted to provide security services to his Department building; and if so, the name of the company and the value of the contract. [20392/25]
582. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Finance the number of contracts currently held by his Department with a company (details supplied); the details of contracts currently held by the Department with the company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19344/25]
598. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Finance whether an external company is contracted to provide cleaning services to his Department building; and if so, the name of the company and the value of the contract. [20363/25]
599. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Finance whether an external company is contracted to provide security services to his Department building; and if so, the name of the company and the value of the contract. [20381/25]
638. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the number of contracts currently held by his Department with a company (details supplied); the details of contracts currently held by the Department with the company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19350/25]
709. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of contracts currently held by his Department with a company (details supplied); the details of contracts currently held by the Department with the company; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19342/25]
732. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment whether an external company is contracted to provide cleaning services to his Department building; and if so, the name of the company and the value of the contract. [20361/25]