470. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance using data from local property taxes, to provide the number of multi-property owners with over one hundred residential properties, including the total number of properties; the number of multi-property owners with between 50 - 99 residential properties and the total number of properties; the number of multi-property owners with between 20 - 49 residential prop…
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A subject heading for parliamentary questionsDepartmental Data
4,236 questions from 140 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 22 October 2026.
4,236
questions
4,233 written, 3 oral
140
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.
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| Month | Questions |
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| January 2025 | 34 |
| February 2025 | 83 |
| March 2025 | 109 |
| April 2025 | 199 |
| May 2025 | 70 |
| June 2025 | 294 |
| July 2025 | 286 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 289 |
| October 2025 | 144 |
| November 2025 | 345 |
| December 2025 | 296 |
| January 2026 | 192 |
| February 2026 | 284 |
| March 2026 | 121 |
| April 2026 | 263 |
| May 2026 | 415 |
| June 2026 | 310 |
| July 2026 | 260 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 124 |
| October 2026 | 118 |
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
471. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the total value of all residential property based on local property tax data; the total value of residential property owned by multi-property owners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58556/25]
486. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Finance the amount and number of buy now pay later transactions in Ireland, by year, from 2023 to date in 2025,; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58877/25]
487. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Finance the amount and number of loans issued under €1,000, between €1,000 - €2000 and between €2000 - €5,000 here, in 2023 to date in 2025, by year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58878/25]
510. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Finance the total current liabilities of the State, including contingent and off-balance-sheet liabilities such as public sector pension obligations, State guarantees and the borrowings of semi-State bodies, in addition to the general Government debt; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59720/25]
512. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Finance if he will publish, alongside each annual Budget and Stability Programme Update, a consolidated schedule of contingent liabilities and public sector pension obligations to give a full picture of the State’s long-term financial exposure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59723/25]
513. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Finance to list all current State guarantees and indemnities in place for semi-State bodies, special-purpose vehicles and public-private partnership projects, including the maximum contingent exposure in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59726/25]
515. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Finance if he will request the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council or the National Treasury Management Agency to produce an annual whole-of-Government balance sheet consolidating all known and contingent liabilities of the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59729/25]
516. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Finance if his Department has conducted an assessment of the potential impact on Ireland’s credit rating and debt-servicing costs were contingent liabilities to be fully recognised in the national balance sheet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59730/25]
517. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Finance if his Department has carried out stress-tests or scenario modelling to assess the State’s fiscal capacity to absorb contingent liabilities in the event of an economic downturn; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59731/25]
565. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation for an update on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59647/25]
627. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of new schools that have opened in the past year, broken down by county and type of school, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57692/25]
650. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children nationwide who sought a letter of eligibility for a place in a special class or special school through the parents notify portal, before the deadline of 1 October 2025; the number seeking a letter of eligibility for a place in a special class and special school in south Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matte…
716. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth the total number of primary schools taking part in the modern foreign languages initiative (details supplied); the languages offered, by number of schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58399/25]
723. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Education and Youth of the number of early intervention classes available in each of the years 2015 to date in 2025, by county, in tabular form. [58469/25]
724. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of early intervention classes available in each of the years 2015 to date in 2025, by city, in tabular form. [58470/25]
727. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide a breakdown of the location and staffing allocation in each UBU project in the country in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58481/25]
728. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth the amount allocated in youth funding for each county in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58482/25]
1041. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for a breakdown of the distribution of the local property tax funding to each local authority for the past four years, in tabular form. [58614/25]
1042. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to outline the benefits the increased local property tax will have for each local authority; if each local authority will receive additional funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58616/25]
1059. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of housing assistance payment applications/claimants with Somalian nationality from 2021 to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58862/25]
1085. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of housing units that have been realised in the past five years from projects that availed of the vacant homes refurbishment grant in County Wicklow and County Wexford, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59171/25]
1092. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether his Department has conducted a comparative analysis of Ireland’s housing stock per capita versus other EU countries, in view of recent commentary highlighting that Ireland has among the lowest housing availability per person in Europe; and if he will publish this data annually. [59221/25]
1270. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of accused and convicted offenders in Irish courts who are legal and illegal immigrants, respectively in comparison to the number of Irish-born such accused and offenders from 2015 to 2024 and to date in 2025, per capita percentage for each category. in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58217/…
1297. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of persons with Somalian nationality that entered emergency accommodation from 2021 to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58861/25]