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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

Barry Heneghan Written 17 Jun 2025 · 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 17 Jun 2025 · 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 17 Jun 2025 · 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 the matter. [32587/25]
Donna McGettigan Written 17 Jun 2025 · 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 the matter. [32588/25…
Donna McGettigan Written 17 Jun 2025 · 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 certification numbers fo…
Donna McGettigan Written 17 Jun 2025 · 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 17 Jun 2025 · 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 matter. [32611/25]
Donna McGettigan Written 17 Jun 2025 · 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. [32612/25]
Donna McGettigan Written 17 Jun 2025 · 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 17 Jun 2025 · 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 12 Jun 2025 · 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 12 Jun 2025 · 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 12 Jun 2025 · 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 12 Jun 2025 · 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 12 Jun 2025 · 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 12 Jun 2025 · 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 12 Jun 2025 · 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]
Pa Daly Written 12 Jun 2025 · to Climate
210. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide a breakdown of the revenue that was not collected under the market revenue cap (details supplied) because it could be demonstrated that it was being used to impact prices charged for electricity; and the proportion of the eligible revenue that was not collected as it could be demonstrated that it was being used to prices charged…
Pa Daly Written 12 Jun 2025 · to Climate
211. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the breakdown of the funding provided to the Irish environmental network in each of the years 2020 to 2025 broken down by year (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31622/25]
Pa Daly Written 12 Jun 2025 · to Climate
214. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the funding allocated to district heating in each of the years 2020 to 2025, by year, in tabular form. [31687/25]
Pa Daly Written 12 Jun 2025 · to Transport
265. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport the average cost to establish a mobility hub. [31694/25]
Pa Daly Written 12 Jun 2025 · to Transport
266. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 312 and 313 of 20 May 2025, the funding allocated to expand the shared micromobility scheme. [31695/25]
Pa Daly Written 12 Jun 2025 · to Transport
267. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 312 and 313 of 20 May 2025, the estimated full- and first-year cost to operate a mobility hub. [31696/25]
Pa Daly Written 12 Jun 2025 · to Transport
281. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport to provide a breakdown of the number of flights that have departed in each of the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form. [31773/25]
Maeve O'Connell Written 12 Jun 2025 · to Education
318. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of schools taking part in the pilot of in-school therapy. [31668/25]