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Departmental 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.

Jan 2025Oct 2026
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MonthQuestions
January 202534
February 202583
March 2025109
April 2025199
May 202570
June 2025294
July 2025286
August 20250
September 2025289
October 2025144
November 2025345
December 2025296
January 2026192
February 2026284
March 2026121
April 2026263
May 2026415
June 2026310
July 2026260
August 20260
September 2026124
October 2026118

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.

  • 100% RDR9 from 1 TD · 1 seat today
  • Aontú222 from 2 TDs · 2 seats today
  • Fianna Fáil647 from 34 TDs · 48 seats today
  • Fine Gael454 from 23 TDs · 38 seats today
  • Green Party29 from 1 TD · 1 seat today
  • Independent202 from 13 TDs · 15 seats today
  • Independent Ireland671 from 4 TDs · 4 seats today
  • Labour Party364 from 11 TDs · 11 seats today
  • People Before Profit-Solidarity83 from 3 TDs · 3 seats today
  • Sinn Féin1,203 from 38 TDs · 39 seats today

The TDs who asked most

Members of the Government answer questions rather than ask them. Each question counts once.

  1. 651
  2. 167
  3. 111
  4. 110
  5. 96
  6. 93
  7. 91
  8. 86

Asked of

Debated under the same heading

Debates whose official heading is exactly these words.

The questions

Conor Sheehan Written 14 Oct 2025 · to Health
818. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health the number of patients admitted to the emergency department at University Hospital Limerick having been previously discharged from the same hospital in the previous 96-hours in each of the years 2021 to 2024 and to date in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54668/25]
Cian O'Callaghan Written 9 Oct 2025 · to Finance
142. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Finance to provide an updated list of all investments held by the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund in companies directly or indirectly associated with operations in the occupied Palestinian territories, with reference to the (A/HRC/59/23) report of the special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967; and if he …
Ken O'Flynn Written 9 Oct 2025 · to Enterprise
177. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment whether his Department is tracking capital outflows from Ireland to property investment in the United Kingdom, particularly from former Irish landlords; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54485/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 9 Oct 2025 · to Enterprise
178. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if any economic assessment has been made of the impact of private landlord exits on local economies, employment in property services, and consumer spending; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54486/25]
Holly Cairns Written 9 Oct 2025 · to Housing
225. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide the number of social housing offers accepted in each local authority per month, by local area, from 2024 to date, in tabular form. [54351/25]
Gary Gannon Written 9 Oct 2025 · to Justice
257. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration in view of the international protection applications made in the State between 1 July and 30 September 2025 by applicants from Georgia, India and Brazil, for a breakdown of the total number of applications; the number of applications refused at first decision; the total number of appeals lodged, and of those appeals; the number in whic…
Matt Carthy Written 9 Oct 2025 · to Justice
267. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department has estimated the annual fines which Ireland would face under infringement proceedings should the State not be in a position to comply with the requirements which it has signed up to under the EU Asylum and Migration Pact; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54359/25]
Matt Carthy Written 9 Oct 2025 · to Justice
270. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to list the powers and responsibilities that will transfer from the Irish State to the European Union once the EU Asylum and Migration Pact becomes operational in June 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54362/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 9 Oct 2025 · to Justice
275. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will provide the most recent figures available from the central statistics office or his Department setting out, on a proportional basis, the number of recorded sexual assault offences across the State by the nationality of persons convicted or charged with such offences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54437/25]
Matt Carthy Written 9 Oct 2025 · to Justice
276. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the projections that have been carried out by his Department regarding the number of Ukrainians likely to come to Ireland as a result of the decision by Ukrainian authorities to scrap the ban on males aged 18 to 22 years leaving the country; the number of these projections estimated to arrive in the State between now and the end of 202…
Alan Kelly Written 9 Oct 2025 · to Justice
278. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the complete breakdown of the number of young persons referred to the Garda Youth Diversion Programme, by Garda district within the Dublin region for the past three years, in tabular form. [54513/25]
Alan Kelly Written 9 Oct 2025 · to Justice
279. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the complete breakdown of the number of young persons referred to the Garda Youth Diversion Programme, by Garda district within the Cork region for the past three years, in tabular form. [54514/25]
Alan Kelly Written 9 Oct 2025 · to Justice
280. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the complete breakdown of the number of young persons referred to the Garda Youth Diversion Programme, by Garda district within the Tipperary/Clare region for the past three years, in tabular form. [54515/25]
Alan Kelly Written 9 Oct 2025 · to Justice
281. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the complete breakdown of the number of young persons referred to the Garda Youth Diversion Programme, by Garda district within the Limerick region for the past three years, in tabular form. [54516/25]
Alan Kelly Written 9 Oct 2025 · to Justice
282. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the complete breakdown of the number of young persons referred to the Garda Youth Diversion Programme, by Garda district within the Galway region for the past three years, in tabular form. [54517/25]
Holly Cairns Written 9 Oct 2025 · to Health
328. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health to provide the current staffing levels for adult ADHD services in each LHO; and the current waiting list for each, in tabular form. [54352/25]
Holly Cairns Written 9 Oct 2025 · to Health
329. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the current staffing levels for each CDNT; the current waiting list for each; and a breakdown of the amount of time people have spent on the waiting list, in tabular form. [54353/25]
Holly Cairns Written 9 Oct 2025 · to Health
330. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health the staffing levels for public dentists in Cork from 2020 to date; the current waiting list for public dentists; and a breakdown of the amount of time people have spent on the waiting list, in tabular form. [54354/25]
Claire Kerrane Written 9 Oct 2025 · to Health
335. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health the additional resources which have been made available for other hospitals who will see a transfer of maternity care in order to manage additional births. [54415/25]
Claire Kerrane Written 9 Oct 2025 · to Health
337. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE midwives currently in place in University Hospital Galway and Mullingar Hospital; the number of agency staff employed currently in these roles in both hospitals; the number of current vacancies in both hospitals; the length of time these vacancies are there, in tabular form. [54417/25]
John Paul O'Shea Written 9 Oct 2025 · to Health
342. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Health for an update on bed capacity and occupancy in Millstreet Community Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54430/25]
John Paul O'Shea Written 9 Oct 2025 · to Health
343. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Health for an update on bed capacity and occupancy in Kanturk Community Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54431/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Foreign
203. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount expended on cloud storage solutions in the past five years and to date in 2025; and if he will provide the data storage supplier, in tabular form. [51364/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Climate
214. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the amount expended on cloud storage solutions in the past five years and to date in 2025; and if he will provide the data storage supplier, in tabular form. [51358/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Defence
226. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the amount expended on cloud storage solutions in the past five years and to date in 2025; and if he will provide the data storage supplier, in tabular form. [51360/25]