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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

Aidan Farrelly Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Finance
322. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Finance 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. [51363/25]
Naoise Ó Muirí Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Finance
330. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Finance the take-up of the mortgage relief scheme in budget 2025; the average value of the relief paid; and if any provision has been made for renewing it for a further year. [51917/25]
John McGuinness Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Finance
336. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Finance the number of cases prosecuted by the State relating to the smuggling of coal and other fuels across the Border with Northern Ireland; the value of the fines issued relative to this activity; if total tonnage in respect of coal smuggling has been estimated; if so, the figures for the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51967/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Public Expenditure
349. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation 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. [51369/25]
Emer Currie Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Enterprise
401. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment to provide estimates of consumer spending on e-commerce in the State and on e-commerce purchases from companies located outside the State for the years 2022, 2023 and 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52132/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Justice
681. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration 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. [51368/25]
Claire Kerrane Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Children
763. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the numbers of new general foster carers approved in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, Jan to June 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51274/25]
Claire Kerrane Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Children
764. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the numbers of general foster carers who left fostering in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, Jan to June 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51275/25]
Claire Kerrane Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Children
765. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of new relative foster carers in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, Jan to June 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51276/25]
Claire Kerrane Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Children
766. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the numbers of relative foster carers who left fostering in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, Jan to June 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51277/25]
Claire Kerrane Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Children
767. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of foster carers that have moved from Tusla, to a private agency in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, Jan to June 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51278/25]
Claire Kerrane Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Children
768. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the current number of approved general foster carers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51279/25]
Claire Kerrane Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Children
769. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the current number of approved relative foster carers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51280/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Health
857. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the amount expended on cloud storage solutions in the past five years and to date in 2025; and if she will provide the data storage supplier, in tabular form. [51366/25]
Paul Lawless Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Health
864. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health to provide the nurse-to-patient ratio in each hospital in the Saolta Hospital Group for each of the past five years, and to indicate whether funding levels have reflected changes in patient volumes. [51395/25]
Conor Sheehan Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Health
913. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health the number of persons waiting for PrEP appointments; the waiting time through the sexual health programme, by clinic, for 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51934/25]
Emer Currie Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Health
943. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health the most recent figures on the number of patients on ophthalmology waiting lists in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52127/25]
Emer Currie Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Health
944. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health the number of patients currently on ophthalmology waiting lists are awaiting cataract surgery; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52128/25]
Emer Currie Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Health
945. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health the number of patients on ophthalmology waiting lists which have been waiting longer than 12 months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52129/25]
Emer Currie Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Health
946. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health the number of cataract surgeries carried out in Ireland in 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52130/25]
Emer Currie Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Health
947. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health the number of consultant ophthalmologists currently practising in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52131/25]
Ruth Coppinger Written 25 Sep 2025 · to Culture
277. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the role his Department had in the dispersion of NFL starters kits (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50949/25]
Paul Murphy Written 25 Sep 2025 · to Justice
318. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 346 of 27 February 2024, and Parliamentary Question No. 512 of 7 March 2023 and Parliamentary Question No. 273 of 29 November 2017, to provide an update on the progress on the payment of an ex-gratia payment to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50925/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 25 Sep 2025 · to Justice
319. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of investigations, prosecutions, and convictions in the past five years relating to the use of false identity or employer documentation to obtain residential leases later used for the purpose of brothel-keeping; the outcomes of such cases under the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017, the Criminal Law (Human Trafficking)…
Robert O'Donoghue Written 24 Sep 2025 · to Agriculture
139. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department was officially notified of the person who is currently serving as acting Chief Executive Officer or head of an organisation (details supplied) since the departure of its previous CEO; the person charged with safeguarding State funding following the sudden departure of yet another CEO; the persons who represented th…