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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

Conor D McGuinness Written 17 Jul 2025 · to Agriculture
471. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of funding given to each county under the seafood training scheme from 2015 to 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40501/25]
Conor D McGuinness Written 17 Jul 2025 · to Agriculture
472. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of funding given to each county under the shared island bioeconomy demonstration initiative from 2015 to 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40502/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 17 Jul 2025 · to Health
538. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of women in Ireland with endometriosis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40354/25]
Darren O'Rourke Written 16 Jul 2025 · to Education
87. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of teachers working in the State across both primary and secondary schools. [39773/25]
Emer Currie Written 15 Jul 2025 · to Enterprise
420. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the number of grow digital voucher applications and approvals in each month from September 2024 to June 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39169/25]
Seán Ó Fearghaíl Written 15 Jul 2025 · to Education
471. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Youth the names, locations, enrolments, teaching staff numbers and ancillary staff numbers for all primary schools having between 750 and 1000 pupils on the roll book, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39151/25]
Seán Ó Fearghaíl Written 15 Jul 2025 · to Education
472. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide a list of the names, locations, enrolments, teaching staff numbers, and ancillary staff numbers for all primary schools having more than 1,000 pupils on the roll book, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39160/25]
Darren O'Rourke Written 15 Jul 2025 · to Education
495. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the estimated cost of opening an additional 20 naíonraí across the State. [39394/25]
Thomas Gould Written 15 Jul 2025 · to Housing
553. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of stock audits completed, by local authority, in tabular form. [38833/25]
Thomas Gould Written 15 Jul 2025 · to Housing
554. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether local authorities can outsource stock audits. [38834/25]
Thomas Gould Written 15 Jul 2025 · to Housing
555. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number of applicants for Rebuilding Ireland home loans/local authority home loans from Cork in 2025; the total number that have been successful; the total number that have been refused; the average time from application to decision, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38838/25]
Thomas Gould Written 15 Jul 2025 · to Housing
557. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the funding provided for the compulsory purchase orders (CPO) of properties and the number of properties subject to a CPO in each of the last five years, by local authority, in tabular form. [38849/25]
Séamus McGrath Written 15 Jul 2025 · to Housing
565. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to outline the number of vacant, derelict or dangerous properties that each local authority has compulsorily purchased in 2023 and 2024. [38960/25]
Eoin Ó Broin Written 15 Jul 2025 · to Housing
569. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average processing time for stage 1 approvals for applications to the Social Housing Investment Programme received in the past 12 months. [38968/25]
Eoin Ó Broin Written 15 Jul 2025 · to Housing
570. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average processing time for stage 1 approvals for applications to the capital advance leasing facility received in the past 12 months. [38969/25]
Eoin Ó Broin Written 15 Jul 2025 · to Housing
571. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average processing time for stage 1 approvals for applications to the capital assistance scheme received in the past 12 months. [38970/25]
Eoin Ó Broin Written 15 Jul 2025 · to Housing
572. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average processing time for stage 1 approvals for applications to the cost rental equity loan received in the past 12 months. [38971/25]
Eoin Ó Broin Written 15 Jul 2025 · to Housing
573. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average processing time for stage 1 approvals for applications to the affordable housing fund received in the past 12 months. [38972/25]
Holly Cairns Written 15 Jul 2025 · to Justice
708. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if an application (details supplied) will be urgently reviewed. [39111/25]
Matt Carthy Written 15 Jul 2025 · to Justice
765. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of prisoners in each prison; the number of whom therein that are serving sentences of 0-3, 3-6, 6months – 1 year, 1-2, 2-3, 3-5, 5-10, more than 10 years and life sentences, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39631/25]
Matt Carthy Written 15 Jul 2025 · to Justice
766. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the average number of women held on remand annually in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39632/25]
Matt Carthy Written 15 Jul 2025 · to Justice
769. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the breakdown of the category of offences for which female prisoners have been imprisoned in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39635/25]
Darren O'Rourke Written 15 Jul 2025 · to Agriculture
775. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current vacancies by job title at the Agri-Food Regulator; and the expected timeframe for filling each of those vacancies in tabular form. [38658/25]
Ruth Coppinger Written 15 Jul 2025 · to Agriculture
788. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of non-coursing greyhounds active on the Rásaíocht Con Éireann race management system as of 13 June 2025, broken down by year of birth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39074/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 15 Jul 2025 · to Agriculture
789. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of vacant WTE veterinary inspectors within his Department as of 7 July 2025; if he will provide same figures as of 31 December 2023, in tabular form. [39125/25]