Departmental Data
An official questions-paper heading. 3,994 questions (3 oral, 3,991 written), first 2025-01-22, latest 2026-07-28.
Questions under this heading, per month
Jan 2025Jul 2026
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| Month | Questions |
|---|---|
| Jan 2025 | 34 |
| Feb 2025 | 83 |
| Mar 2025 | 109 |
| Apr 2025 | 199 |
| May 2025 | 70 |
| Jun 2025 | 294 |
| Jul 2025 | 286 |
| Sep 2025 | 289 |
| Oct 2025 | 144 |
| Nov 2025 | 345 |
| Dec 2025 | 296 |
| Jan 2026 | 192 |
| Feb 2026 | 284 |
| Mar 2026 | 121 |
| Apr 2026 | 263 |
| May 2026 | 415 |
| Jun 2026 | 310 |
| Jul 2026 | 260 |
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| Department | Questions |
|---|---|
| Health | 1,016 |
| Justice | 451 |
| Education | 387 |
| Finance | 318 |
| Housing | 299 |
| Children | 283 |
| Social | 255 |
| Agriculture | 145 |
| Transport | 140 |
| Further and Higher Education | 128 |
| Public Expenditure | 128 |
| Enterprise | 105 |
| Climate | 79 |
| Rural | 71 |
| Foreign | 56 |
| Defence | 51 |
| Culture | 33 |
| Taoiseach | 33 |
| Tourism | 13 |
| Environment | 3 |
Debates under the same heading
Dáil debate sections whose official heading is exactly these words.
| Date | Debate section |
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| 2026-07-09 | Departmental Data |
| 2025-11-20 | Departmental Data |
| 2025-11-12 | Departmental Data |
The questions
Seán Ó Fearghaíl
written
2025-07-29 · to Social
1769. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 646 of 15 July 2025, if he accepts that his Department, using as it does its customers' PPS number, can readily identify if a person whose payment is under review is over 80 years-of-age; the reason reviews of the aged and infirm do not provide for the sensitivity required to ensure that ex…
Peadar Tóibín
written
2025-07-29 · to Justice
1935. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of knives seized by gardaí in each county in the State in each of the past five years, and to date in 2025. [41131/25]
Peadar Tóibín
written
2025-07-29 · to Justice
1938. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of persons arrested for the offence of fraud in each county in the State, in the past year. [41134/25]
Peadar Tóibín
written
2025-07-29 · to Justice
1945. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of persons arrested for attempts or threats of murder in each of the past ten years. [41144/25]
Richard Boyd Barrett
written
2025-07-29 · to Justice
1957. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to respond to concerns raised in relation to conditions for residents at a location (details supplied). [41232/25]
Paul Nicholas Gogarty
written
2025-07-29 · to Justice
1985. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of arrests each year for the past ten years, by country of origin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41639/25]
Paul Nicholas Gogarty
written
2025-07-29 · to Justice
1986. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of arrests for sexual offences, by country of origin, in the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41640/25]
Paul Nicholas Gogarty
written
2025-07-29 · to Justice
1987. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of convictions for sexual offences, by country of origin, in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41641/25]
John Brady
written
2025-07-29 · to Justice
2020. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide details of crime statistics for 2024 and 2025 for Wicklow, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42120/25]
John Brady
written
2025-07-29 · to Justice
2028. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of people charged with murder who received bail before their conviction in the years 2020 to 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42210/25]
Brendan Smith
written
2025-07-29 · to Children
2508. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the timeframe for when additional funding will be provided for a service (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44067/25]
Malcolm Byrne
written
2025-07-29 · to Health
2549. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Health his views on Ireland’s success in reaching a life expectancy of 83 years; what she expects to be the life expectancy for men and women in 2030, 2040 and 2050; the factors behind these statistics; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40807/25]
Conor Sheehan
written
2025-07-29 · to Health
2583. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health the number of hospitalisations for children caused by tooth decay, broken down by hospital group, from 2014-2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40995/25]
Michael Collins
written
2025-07-29 · to Health
2586. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 855 of 8 July 2025, the number of early abortions provided through fully remote consultations, in each of the years 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41018/25]
Michael Collins
written
2025-07-29 · to Health
2587. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Health if doctors are required to record the number of abortions they provide through fully remote consultations; if records are kept of the reason an in-person consultation was not done; the safeguards that were put in place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41019/25]
Paul McAuliffe
written
2025-07-29 · to Health
2593. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Health the average hours of home support delivered to older people in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41030/25]
Paul McAuliffe
written
2025-07-29 · to Health
2594. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Health the average waiting time for home support in HSE Dublin north city and west, Dublin north-west and Dublin north county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41032/25]
Paul Lawless
written
2025-07-29 · to Health
2595. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health to provide details of the gestation at delivery of all neonatal deaths and stillbirths following termination of pregnancy recorded in weeks plus days in perinatal death notification forms, which provide data for the annual perinatal mortality national clinical audit, in each of the years from the beginning of 2019 until the end of 2024 inclus…
Eoghan Kenny
written
2025-07-29 · to Health
2596. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 972 of 25 February 2025, if she can she provide an update on the assessments for persons (details supplied), as the children continue to go without necessary assessments and assessments of need; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41038/25]
Ged Nash
written
2025-07-29 · to Health
2599. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health the overall number and percentage of health care assistants working in HSE long-term residential care facilities currently that have the recommended QQI/FETAC level 5 qualification for health care assistants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41041/25]
Barry Heneghan
written
2025-07-29 · to Health
2605. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health the number of young people aged under 18 who have been referred to mental health services in each of the past five years where the primary or a contributing factor was the use of THC or cannabis-related substances; if she will provide this data, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41091/25]
Peadar Tóibín
written
2025-07-29 · to Health
2610. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of children currently waiting for eye treatment in each count; and the average waiting length, per county. [41098/25]
Peadar Tóibín
written
2025-07-29 · to Health
2611. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of private and public nursing homes beds are registered in the State for each of the past five years; the number of nursing homes that have opened and closed in each of the past five years; the number of nursing homes places needed in the State at present and for each of the next seven years; and the average cost of a nursing home…
Peadar Tóibín
written
2025-07-29 · to Health
2612. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of babies born with drug or alcohol addictions in each of the past ten years and to date in 2025. [41100/25]
Pádraig Rice
written
2025-07-29 · to Health
2927. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of delayed discharges by category and hospital, in tabular form. [42629/25]