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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

Robert O'Donoghue Written 24 Sep 2025 · to Agriculture
140. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied that an organisation (details supplied) is in full compliance with the Charities Governance Code in relation to leadership succession and disclosure to funders; if full disclosure of all matters has been made to the stakeholders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50623/25]
Robert O'Donoghue Written 24 Sep 2025 · to Agriculture
141. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an organisation (details supplied) notified his Department of the settlement of the legal case taken by its former CEO; if State funding was used to meet any part of the settlement; if legal matters are resolved when will the Regulator's report be published; and if all contingent liabilities have been disclosed in advance of the …
Robert O'Donoghue Written 24 Sep 2025 · to Agriculture
142. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are other legal proceedings currently pending against an organisation (details supplied); and if he will confirm that stakeholders have been fully informed of such proceedings prior to the merger. [50625/25]
Robert O'Donoghue Written 24 Sep 2025 · to Agriculture
145. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the charities regulator report into an organisation (details supplied) that is fully completed, has yet to be reviewed by his Department: the reason it continues to remain unpublished; the point at which the public interest and transparency will be served with full or partial publication; and if he will make a statement on the ma…
Robert O'Donoghue Written 24 Sep 2025 · to Agriculture
146. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will request that the charities regulator publish the report in full before the merger (details supplied) formally proceeds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50629/25]
Robert O'Donoghue Written 24 Sep 2025 · to Agriculture
147. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department commissioned, or reviewed, independent due-diligence reports on an organisation (details supplied) before supporting the merger; if he will publish that assessment; if any other governance or management issues emerged from August 2024 onwards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50630/25]
Robert O'Donoghue Written 24 Sep 2025 · to Agriculture
148. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the disclosure of liabilities, governance issues, and regulator findings provided by an organisation to an organisation’s stakeholders (details supplied) in advance of the merger agreement; and if his Department is satisfied that all stakeholders had a clear and transparent picture before the merger was signed; and if he will make a…
Liam Quaide Written 23 Sep 2025 · to Taoiseach
93. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Taoiseach if he will publish an up-to-date audit of the number and proportion of people with disabilities who are in employment, broken down by sector and region, to allow measurement of progress on closing the disability employment gap, and to provide comparable data to that published in Northern Ireland through NISRA. [49701/25]
Ruth Coppinger Written 23 Sep 2025 · to Foreign
108. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of Irish citizens who have been arrested and/or charged with supporting a terrorist organisation under the UK’s Terrorism Act for their support for Palestine Action; to outline the consular support the Irish embassy has given to those arrested; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50353/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 23 Sep 2025 · to Enterprise
247. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if his Department will publish data on the number of business closures in Cork city and county in the past five years where high insurance costs were cited as a primary factor. [49852/25]
Niall Collins Written 23 Sep 2025 · to Education
291. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will expedite a project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49924/25]
Alan Kelly Written 23 Sep 2025 · to Justice
471. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department is aware of Operation Teach 2 and to clarify the meaning of it. [49920/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 23 Sep 2025 · to Agriculture
504. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are national guidelines or statutory requirements governing the patrol frequency of dog wardens in public parks and other amenity spaces; and if not, whether he will consider introducing same. [49756/25]
Emer Currie Written 23 Sep 2025 · to Children
533. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total number of sessional services by county in 2020 to 2024 by year; her definition of sessional only services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49791/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 23 Sep 2025 · to Children
546. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number and percentage of applications for an assessment of need under the Disability Act 2005 that were completed within the statutory six-month timeframe in each of the past three years, broken down by HSE region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49837/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 23 Sep 2025 · to Children
547. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the projected number of children who will be waiting longer than six months for an assessment of need by the end of 2025; the steps she is taking to ensure compliance with the statutory timeline; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49838/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 23 Sep 2025 · to Children
551. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reporting requirements that will apply to providers under the new private panel for assessments; if she will publish quarterly data on the number of assessments completed, average waiting times, and regional breakdowns; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49842/25]
Catherine Connolly Written 23 Sep 2025 · to Children
553. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total number of community disability network teams in the State; the locations of the teams; the number of CDNTs that are fully staffed; the locations of the teams; the number of WTEs in the CDNT workforce; the current vacancy rate in the CDNT workforce; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49941/25]
Catherine Connolly Written 23 Sep 2025 · to Children
555. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children currently waiting to be seen by CDNTs in the CHO2 area, by team and number of weeks waiting; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49943/25]
Catherine Connolly Written 23 Sep 2025 · to Children
556. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children currently waiting for an assessment of need; the number of children in CHO2 who are currently waiting for an assessment of need; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49944/25]
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 23 Sep 2025 · to Children
569. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 2032 of 8 September 2025, wherein he indicated that the Section 38 and HSE disability workforce grew by over 20% between 2019 and 2025, for any data regarding the number of new HSE and Section 38 disability employees were recruited from Section 39 disability providers, or who worked in the s…
Rose Conway-Walsh Written 23 Sep 2025 · to Children
572. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of vacancies, by job title in each children's disability network team based within Mayo; the expected timeframe for filling each of those vacancies, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50313/25]
Máire Devine Written 23 Sep 2025 · to Children
573. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reason a child (details supplied) is still waiting for an assessment to be carried out or a date for the assessment to be scheduled; the position of the child on the list; the timeframe for the assessment to be completed; and the urgent steps that will be taken to expedite same. [50319/25]
Cian O'Callaghan Written 23 Sep 2025 · to Children
575. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the measures her Department is taking to address the extensive waiting lists for children seeking appointments for speech and language therapy; the number of children currently on the waiting list in both primary care, and the Children’s Disability Network Teams, for IHA Dublin north county and IHA Dublin north city and west; the nu…
Michael Cahill Written 23 Sep 2025 · to Health
577. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health given recent figures released by the HSE regarding the horrendous growth in the number of children on waiting lists in Kerry and in the Kerry/Cork region for the years 2022 to 2025, inclusive, the reason the figures for Kerry and Kerry/Cork are much worse than other regions (details supplied); the plans in place to address it; and if she will make a statement o…