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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

James O'Connor Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Transport
200. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide an update on a project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47714/25]
Emer Currie Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Transport
204. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport to consider renaming a driving test centre to prevent confusion for motorists (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47831/25]
Naoise Ó Muirí Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Transport
242. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide an update on the progress of a development (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48886/25]
Naoise Ó Muirí Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Transport
243. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide an update on a development (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48888/25]
Cormac Devlin Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Finance
306. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Finance if his Department or the Central Bank of Ireland holds data on the average and median credit card limits of new mortgage applicants in each of the past five years, by borrower type that is, first-time buyer, mover, switcher, income band, and region; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48079/25]
Cormac Devlin Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Finance
307. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Finance if he will publish the distribution of credit card limits among new mortgage applicants in each of the past five years for example, €0, €1,000–€3,000, €3,001–€6,000, €6,001–€10,000, over €10,000, together with the corresponding notional monthly repayment assumptions applied by regulated lenders for affordability assessments, in tabular form; and if he will make…
Cormac Devlin Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Finance
308. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide data on the proportion and number of mortgage applications approved and declined in each of the past five years where revolving credit facilities that is, credit cards or overdrafts were recorded as a material factor in the affordability outcome, including the average reduction in approved loan size attributable to credit card limits; and if …
Cormac Devlin Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Finance
309. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Finance if he will request, acknowledging the statutory independence of the Central Bank of Ireland, that it compile and publish an analysis of the marginal impact of each additional €1,000 in credit card limit on modelled mortgage affordability and loan size, controlling for income, LTI, LTV, age, and borrower type; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4808…
Barry Ward Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Finance
310. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Finance the position regarding his Department’s research carried out into the correlation of income tax rates and disincentivising overtime and promotions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48183/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Public Expenditure
389. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if the State has conducted supplier due diligence on the major litigation regulatory exposure of a company (details supplied); and the way in which such risks are reflected in the risk register and contingency planning. [48750/25]
Darren O'Rourke Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Education
493. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of secondary school students in the State. [48175/25]
Darren O'Rourke Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Education
494. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the approximate number of secondary school students in each year group. [48176/25]
Darren O'Rourke Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Education
495. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of secondary school students, by county. [48177/25]
Grace Boland Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Education
499. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children referred for a NEPS assessment who are currently enrolled in a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48235/25]
Grace Boland Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Education
500. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children referred for a NEPS assessment who are currently enrolled in a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48236/25]
Grace Boland Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Education
501. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children referred for a NEPS assessment who are currently enrolled in a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48237/25]
Grace Boland Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Education
502. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth if every primary school in the Dublin Fingal west constituency has access to an educational psychologist; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48238/25]
Grace Boland Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Education
503. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth if every post primary school in the Dublin Fingal west constituency has access to an educational psychologist; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48239/25]
Grace Boland Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Education
504. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children referred for a NEPS assessment who are currently enrolled in a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48240/25]
Grace Boland Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Education
505. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children have been referred for a NEPS assessment who are currently enrolled in a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48241/25]
Grace Boland Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Education
510. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children that have been referred for a NEPS assessment who are currently enrolled in primary schools in an area (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48250/25]
Grace Boland Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Education
511. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children that have been referred for a NEPS assessment who are currently enrolled in primary schools (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48251/25]
Grace Boland Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Education
512. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children that have been referred for a NEPS assessment who are currently enrolled in primary schools in an area (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48252/25]
Marie Sherlock Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Education
521. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number and name of schools in the Dublin 1, Dublin 3, Dublin 7 and Dublin 9 catchment area that have applied for upgrades to their school buildings, including the amount spent since 2019, in tabular form. [48334/25]
Marie Sherlock Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Education
524. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of school age children, of whom her Department is aware, who are seeking a school place and have yet to receive one, as of September 2025. [48343/25]