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 |
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| 2026-07-09 | Departmental Data |
| 2025-11-20 | Departmental Data |
| 2025-11-12 | Departmental Data |
The questions
Eoin Ó Broin
written
2025-06-10 · to Housing
810. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of new Housing First tenancies created in each of the years 2020 to 2024, by second-hand acquisition, turnkey and construction, with a further breakdown of each of these categories by local authority area. [29687/25]
Mark Ward
written
2025-06-10 · to Housing
821. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the new towns and cities infrastructure investment fund will be established; the criteria for eligibility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29777/25]
Eoin Ó Broin
written
2025-06-10 · to Housing
826. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the housing need and demand assessment targets for each local authority have been agreed and communicated to the relevant local authorities; and to provide those figures by local authority, in tabular form. [29955/25]
Eoin Ó Broin
written
2025-06-10 · to Housing
827. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the breakdown of the 30,330 new homes completed in 2024 by tenure including, social, affordable (AHB, LA, LDA), private rental and private purchase and one off/self-build, in tabular form. [29957/25]
Peter 'Chap' Cleere
written
2025-06-10 · to Housing
834. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for clarification in relation to housing for older people grants eligibility where a person is residing in a retirement home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30060/25]
Peter 'Chap' Cleere
written
2025-06-10 · to Housing
852. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for the breakdown of the value of commercial rates collected by Kilkenny and Carlow County Councils for each of the years 2020 to 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30470/25]
Eoin Ó Broin
written
2025-06-10 · to Housing
854. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of social housing projects that will now be transferred from the Peter McVerry Trust to local authorities and other approved housing bodies; to provide a breakdown of this by local authority area and number of units; and the number of social housing projects that will now not proceed as a result of th…
Conor Sheehan
written
2025-06-10 · to Housing
865. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when work on translating revised national housing targets into local, tenure-specific targets which was reported as ongoing and at an advanced stage will be completed and published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30632/25]
Carol Nolan
written
2025-06-10 · to Social
878. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of divorces granted in each year from 2015 to date; to provide a breakdown of the number which are opposite-sex couples and same-sex couples; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28997/25]
Paul Donnelly
written
2025-06-10 · to Social
879. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Social Protection for costings in relation to implementing a PRSI scheme for extended sick leave. [29037/25]
Robert O'Donoghue
written
2025-06-10 · to Social
948. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 291 of 28 May 2025, for an explanation of the numbers contained in the table; how the number of claims awarded and rejected each year exceeds the number of claims registered; whether there was a change in resources in 2021 that caused a rise in the average time to award; the reason it incre…
Mattie McGrath
written
2025-06-10 · to Justice
978. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if EU nationals who arrive in Ireland and stay beyond three months are checked to ensure they have not overstayed their three-month allocation, and, that if they decided to stay after three months, they are working, have enough resources that they or their dependents do not become a burden on the social system an…
Carol Nolan
written
2025-06-10 · to Justice
989. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to clarify if his department has conveyed any concerns to the Department of Health regarding the Assisted Human Reproduction Bill 2024, which includes provisions to allow domestic and international surrogacy, regarding the potential for human trafficking; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29213/25]
Peadar Tóibín
written
2025-06-10 · to Justice
1001. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the total value of all drugs seized in the State in each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [29360/25]
Peadar Tóibín
written
2025-06-10 · to Justice
1002. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the total weight of all drugs seized in the State, in each of the past twenty years, broken down by drug type. [29361/25]
Gary Gannon
written
2025-06-10 · to Justice
1036. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if prisons or places of detention are defined in any way under the Constitution; and if not, whether there are any constitutional principles or provisions that shape or influence how prisons operate in the State. [30216/25]
Gary Gannon
written
2025-06-10 · to Justice
1037. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the constitutional rights that apply to individuals in prison or detention under Irish law; and how these rights are balanced with the State's penal policies. [30217/25]
Gary Gannon
written
2025-06-10 · to Justice
1038. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration how the constitutional provisions under Article 40.4, relating to personal liberty, are interpreted in the context of the management and oversight of Irish prisons. [30218/25]
Alan Kelly
written
2025-06-10 · to Justice
1048. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of WTE staff, by job title, working at the Irish visa offices based in Ankara, London, Abu Dhabi, New Delhi and Beijing as of 4 June 2025. [30404/25]
Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin
written
2025-06-10 · to Justice
1055. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for the crime figures for counties Wicklow and Wexford over the past five years, by category, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30474/25]
Aindrias Moynihan
written
2025-06-10 · to Agriculture
1114. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the environmental work under way at a company (details supplied). [29772/25]
John Paul O'Shea
written
2025-06-10 · to Agriculture
1117. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on the 2024 Acres payment for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29819/25]
Michael Fitzmaurice
written
2025-06-10 · to Agriculture
1119. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a 2024 ACRES payment will issue to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29824/25]
Peadar Tóibín
written
2025-06-10 · to Agriculture
1136. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide a list of addresses of all properties under the ownership or control of Coillte which have been lost due to adverse possession since 1 January 2015. [30598/25]
Grace Boland
written
2025-06-10 · to Children
1141. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if his Department received any correspondence from the Law Society in relation to the recent changes made to the EPA process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30570/25]