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 |
Addressed to
| 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 |
|---|---|
| 2026-07-09 | Departmental Data |
| 2025-11-20 | Departmental Data |
| 2025-11-12 | Departmental Data |
The questions
Conor D McGuinness
written
2025-06-17 · to Health
914. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the current number of authorised officers currently available for assisted admissions within the health service for each county, and for each CHO, in tabular form. [32712/25]
Liam Quaide
written
2025-06-17 · to Health
926. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the number of reports of alleged abuse, neglect, exploitation or other mistreatment of vulnerable adults that were made to HIQA in 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; the number of these reports that HIQA shared with adult safeguarding services or the Gardaí or both; and to provide a breakdown of the vulnerable adult cohorts among alleged vic…
Liam Quaide
written
2025-06-17 · to Health
927. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the number of reports of alleged abuse, neglect, exploitation or other mistreatment of older adults that were made to adult safeguarding teams in 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; and to provide a breakdown of the vulnerable adult cohorts among alleged victims, for instance, older adults, adults with an intellectual disability, and adults w…
Mairéad Farrell
written
2025-06-17 · to Further and Higher Education
951. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the current offering by ETB of craft apprenticeship off-the-job training (phases 2, 4 and 6), by the number of places per intake, for 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32107/25]
Mairéad Farrell
written
2025-06-17 · to Further and Higher Education
952. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of courses, along with their title and number of places available, that have been discontinued in each ETB, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32108/25]
Mairéad Farrell
written
2025-06-17 · to Further and Higher Education
953. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the total number of staff teaching craft apprenticeship off-the-job training (phases 2, 4 and 6), by ETB, in 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32109/25]
Mairéad Farrell
written
2025-06-17 · to Further and Higher Education
954. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the breakdown of the funding provided to each ETB in the years 2023 and 2024; the level of funding requested by each ETB via the Funding Allocation Request (FAR) procedure; the actual funding provided; if in 2024 no such FAR was used and his Department allocated based on a different cr…
Mairéad Farrell
written
2025-06-17 · to Further and Higher Education
955. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science in relation to the additional funding of €67 million in Budget 2024 and €77 million in Budget 2025, where this additional funding was spent; the level of funding that has been drawn down in the current year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32111/25]
Barry Heneghan
written
2025-06-17 · to Further and Higher Education
961. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the amount of capital and current funding his Department and SOLAS provided to a service (details supplied) in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [32336/25]
Donna McGettigan
written
2025-06-17 · to Further and Higher Education
973. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science for detailed information on the six further education building projects marked as output targets for 2025; the reason there were no building projects planned for the years 2023 and 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32586/25]
Donna McGettigan
written
2025-06-17 · to Further and Higher Education
974. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the plans his Department has in addressing the numbers of SOLAS beneficiaries on training courses for those seeking employment, which significantly decreased from 78,502 in 2021 to 64,426 in 2022, in tabular form for the years 2023, 2024 and 2025; and if he will make a statement on th…
Donna McGettigan
written
2025-06-17 · to Further and Higher Education
975. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the plans his Department has to address the shortage and dramatic decrease of QQI-registered further education and training providers from 345 in 2021, 317 in 2022 and just 176 in 2023; to provide updated details for 2024 and 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on t…
Donna McGettigan
written
2025-06-17 · to Further and Higher Education
976. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the plans his Department has to address the shortage and dramatic decrease of the number of QQI-registered further education and training providers that issued certification/certificates within the years 2021 (251), 2022 (216) and 2023 (169); if he will provide updated details on cert…
Donna McGettigan
written
2025-06-17 · to Further and Higher Education
982. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the plans his Department has to build on and expand the numbers of higher education students in the State, with the last figure from 2023 is at 202,450; if he will provide updated figures for 2024 and 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32610/25]
Donna McGettigan
written
2025-06-17 · to Further and Higher Education
983. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science for an update on the current percentage of full-time higher education international students, with the last figure from 2023 showing they make up just 17% of students; to provide updated percentage figures for 2024 and 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matt…
Donna McGettigan
written
2025-06-17 · to Further and Higher Education
984. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science His Department's plans in addressing the significant decrease in numbers for Springboard enrolments with 11,033 enrolments in 2021, 10,545 in 2022 and just 9,444 in 2023; to provide updated figures for 2024 and 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [326…
Donna McGettigan
written
2025-06-17 · to Further and Higher Education
985. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department plans to address the demand for English-language students; and for an update on the number of English-language students for 2024 and 2025. [32613/25]
Seán Ó Fearghaíl
written
2025-06-17 · to Rural
993. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the community centres based in County Kildare that received capital funding under the community centres investment fund in 2024, in tabular form. [31966/25]
Brian Brennan
written
2025-06-12 · to Climate
193. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to examine the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31409/25]
Michael Healy-Rae
written
2025-06-12 · to Climate
203. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31558/25]
Pa Daly
written
2025-06-12 · to Climate
204. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the revenue that would have been earned if the market revenue cap (details supplied) had remained in place, by year. [31604/25]
Pa Daly
written
2025-06-12 · to Climate
206. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide a breakdown of the funding provided to the solar PV scheme in each of the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form. [31615/25]
Pa Daly
written
2025-06-12 · to Climate
207. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide a breakdown of the funding provided to the one-stop-shop scheme in each of the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form. [31616/25]
Pa Daly
written
2025-06-12 · to Climate
208. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide a breakdown of the funding provided to the community energy grants scheme in each of the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form. [31617/25]
Pa Daly
written
2025-06-12 · to Climate
209. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide a breakdown of the funding provided to his Department’s retrofitting scheme in each of the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form. [31618/25]