1320. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration given recent reports of serious disturbances outside asylum accommodation in the Dublin region, and criticism of Ireland’s implementation of immigration and asylum-policy controls, if he will provide the number of incidents recorded in 2024-25 where asylum-accommodation centres experienced public order disturbances; an assessment of t…
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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 |
|---|---|
| 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
1384. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of safe homes in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60097/25]
1466. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the position regarding the proposal to create a €1,000 savings account for newborns (details supplied); if this is under review within her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57744/25]
1467. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her views on whether the proposal to create a €1,000 savings account for newborns (details supplied) would require new legislation; if this is under review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57745/25]
1472. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of social workers in Dublin south central. [57948/25]
1473. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of vacancies for social workers in Dublin south central. [57949/25]
1629. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of individuals in Ireland estimated to be living with chronic intestinal failure; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57769/25]
1700. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health the number of asthma-related deaths and hospital admissions recorded in each of the past five years, in tabular form; the steps being taken to bring Ireland's rates in line with the EU average; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58086/25]
1716. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of costs of legal cases by providers of legal services to the HSE, in order of highest to lowest from 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58116/25]
1739. Deputy Seán Fleming asked the Minister for Health the number of people who were admitted to the Central Mental Hospital for 2024; the number who were discharged; and the number of people in the Central Mental Hospital at the end of 2024; the average length of stay of people in the hospital in 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58208/25]
1765. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of patients of Children's Health Ireland who received spinal surgeries through outsourcing arrangements in a private hospital (details supplied), each year since 2019, by the public hospital from which they were referred, in tabular form.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58376/25]
1799. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Health the proposed location of the new HSE primary care centre in Belmayne/Clongriffin; the services that will be delivered through this centre; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58604/25]
1803. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Health the total cost of unused PPE from the Covid-19 pandemic; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58620/25]
1822. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the average wait time for a person to receive an initial appointment in each of the endometriosis hubs following a referral to the hub, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58729/25]
1840. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health the number and proportion of students in eligible schools immunisation cohort who received dose 1; completed the HPV vaccination course in each of the academic years 2019-2020 to 2024-2025; the figures in by sex (male/female), county, and CHO, including denominators used for coverage calculations, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter.…
1841. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health the estimated number and proportion of the eligible school cohort with no HPV vaccination recorded in each of the academic years 2019-2020 to 2024-2025; the reasons recorded for non-vaccination (no consent, absent on day, contraindication, deferred, other); the actions being taken to reduce the non-vaccinated proportion in 2025-2026; and if she will make a stat…
1842. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health the number of catch-up HPV vaccinations administered outside the school programme since 1 January 2019 by age band (15-19, 20-26, 27-45 years), sex, CHO, and provider setting (GP, pharmacy, HSE clinic); the number completing full schedules; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58796/25]
1843. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health the most recent mid-year uptake snapshot for the 2025-2026 school cohort, to include first-dose uptake and scheduled completion rate by sex and county; the communications and outreach measures funded in 2025-2026 to improve uptake, including targeted engagement with boys/young men, DEIS schools, migrant communities and medically vulnerable groups; and if she wi…
1844. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health the annual number and age-standardised incidence of HPV-attributable cancers in Ireland over the past ten years, by site (cervix, oropharynx, anus, penis, vulva, vagina) and sex, with the proportion HPV-16 positive where available; the source methodology (e.g. NCRI linkage, p16/HPV genotyping); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58798/25]
1845. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health the distribution of stage at diagnosis and median age at diagnosis for HPV-16-positive oropharyngeal and anal cancers over the most recent five years; the median time from first presentation to diagnosis; and the actions being taken to shorten diagnostic intervals in primary care, dental services, and ENT pathways; and if she will make a statement on the matter…
1849. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 845, of 30 September 2025, to provide a breakdown of the gender affirmation surgeries funded abroad by category (male-to-female, female-to-male, non-binary, or other); and to indicate the number of individuals in each category who have received funding in the past five years. [58815/25]
1850. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 845 of 30 September 2025, to confirm the age range of individuals who have received HSE funding for gender affirmation surgery abroad, including the number of individuals under 18, between 18–25, and over 25 years of age. [58816/25]
1853. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 845, of 30 September 2025, the aftercare supports which are provided to individuals who undergo gender affirmation surgery abroad under HSE funding, including post-surgical follow-up, psychological supports, and ongoing medical treatment. [58819/25]
1857. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 845 of 30 September 2025, whether individuals whose applications for HSE funding for gender affirmation surgery abroad have been refused are provided with written reasons for the decision; and if they are informed of their right to appeal. [58823/25]
1858. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 845 of 30 September 2025, the appeal process available to individuals whose applications for HSE funding for gender affirmation surgery abroad have been refused, including the number of appeals submitted and the number subsequently overturned. [58814/25]