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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

John Brady Written 29 Jul 2025 · 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 29 Jul 2025 · 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 29 Jul 2025 · 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 29 Jul 2025 · 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 29 Jul 2025 · 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 29 Jul 2025 · 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 29 Jul 2025 · 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 29 Jul 2025 · 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 29 Jul 2025 · 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 29 Jul 2025 · 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 inclusive, in tabular form…
Eoghan Kenny Written 29 Jul 2025 · 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 29 Jul 2025 · 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 29 Jul 2025 · 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 29 Jul 2025 · 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 29 Jul 2025 · 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 bed in the public a…
Peadar Tóibín Written 29 Jul 2025 · 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 29 Jul 2025 · 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]
Cormac Devlin Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
3131. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of the case of 20 individuals making a claim against the State (details supplied); if an update will be provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43363/25]
Ruairí Ó Murchú Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
3148. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health the number of persons that availed of the northern planned healthcare scheme from June 2024 to June 2025; if she will provide details of the types of treatment received, by county and to provide details of the total amount paid to the planned healthcare scheme during this period, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43490/25]
Matt Carthy Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
3370. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of students studying English language courses in the State in each of the past ten years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42321/25]
Matt Carthy Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
3371. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the breakdown by country of origin of students studying English language courses in the State in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42322/25]
Matt Carthy Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
3372. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his Department’s strategy in relation to the housing needs of students studying English language courses in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42323/25]
Matt Carthy Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
3373. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to outline in detail all inspections, reviews and assessments have been carried out by his Department into the quality and standard of courses provided by English language schools in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42324/25]
Maeve O'Connell Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
3381. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to report the total number of students registered in higher education institutions each year for the past five years. [42607/25]
Conor D McGuinness Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Rural
3432. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if he expects the rural population in Ireland to rise or fall over the next four years. [40784/25]