334. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of companies used by public hospitals to provide consultant weekend cover and-or waiting list initiatives since 2015; to list the names of the companies and the funds provided to the companies, broken down by year and by hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31010/25]
Topics / Departmental Data
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsDepartmental 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.
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| Month | Questions |
|---|---|
| January 2025 | 34 |
| February 2025 | 83 |
| March 2025 | 109 |
| April 2025 | 199 |
| May 2025 | 70 |
| June 2025 | 294 |
| July 2025 | 286 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 289 |
| October 2025 | 144 |
| November 2025 | 345 |
| December 2025 | 296 |
| January 2026 | 192 |
| February 2026 | 284 |
| March 2026 | 121 |
| April 2026 | 263 |
| May 2026 | 415 |
| June 2026 | 310 |
| July 2026 | 260 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 124 |
| October 2026 | 118 |
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.
The TDs who asked most
Members of the Government answer questions rather than ask them. Each question counts once.
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110
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Debated under the same heading
Debates whose official heading is exactly these words.
The questions
337. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of consultants at CHI hospital that are on paid leave since 2020; the longest length of time a consultant has been on paid leave; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31023/25]
348. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if non-consultant doctors were seeing children with suspected hip dysplasia since 2019; the role such doctors had; if non-consultant doctors at any point diagnosed children with hip dysplasia; if concerns were raised by consultants in relation to the use of non-consultant doctors regarding children with hip dysplasia; and if she will make a statement on the ma…
380. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of approved centres, the number of acute approved centres, the number of in-patient beds, and the number of children admitted to adult inpatient psychiatry wards in the past five years, in tabular form. [31210/25]
387. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to provide an updated list of all email and phone lines for use of Oireachtas members within his Department, including all subsidiary bodies, in tabular form. [30775/25]
393. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht to provide an updated list of all email and phone lines for use of Oireachtas members within his Department, including all subsidiary bodies, in tabular form. [30926/25]
234. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 151 of 4 March 2025, if he is satisfied that the EPA "Ireland's Greenhouse Gas Emissions Projections 2024" report and the SEAI "Interim National Energy Balance 2024" report included demand from direct demand from data centres for natural gas which were identified as a "blind spot" by the author of…
272. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the grounds under the National Archives Act, 1986, 8(4), under which his Department applied for a Certificate of Withholding from Public Inspection of Departmental Records for the 102 certificates issued in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29193/25]
393. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Finance if he intends to amend a scheme to allow for circumstances (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29266/25]
498. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if Educate Together schools can expand their prioritisation to outside their school planning area (SPA), where no Educate Together exists in neighbouring SPAs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29047/25]
634. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth for a list of the post-primary schools in the Cabra-Phibsborough school planning area. [29938/25]
647. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth to list the secondary schools in the Cabra-Phibsborough-Dublin 7 school planning area; the number of first-year places available in each school between 2020 to date, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30123/25]
648. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth to list the primary schools in the Cabra-Phibsborough-Dublin 7 school planning area. [30124/25]
649. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of students currently attending secondary schools within the Cabra-Phibsborough-Dublin 7 school planning area (SPA); the number of these students that reside within the same SPA; the number of students attending these schools who reside outside of the SPA; to provide a breakdown of the SPAs which these students are travelling from, in tabul…
650. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of sixth-class students enrolled in several schools (details supplied) in each of the past five years, by school and by year, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30126/25]
652. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth to outline the data sources used by her Department to identify where the pressure for school places across the country will arise and where additional school accommodation is needed at primary and post-primary level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30128/25]
657. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of first-year students in each post-primary school in the Cabra-Phibsborough-Dublin 7 school planning area in 2024/2025 versus capacity for each school, over the past five years, in tabular form. [30133/25]
721. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the number of WTE qualified historians by grade employed by his Department in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30295/25]
723. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport to detail the actual draw down of funds by successful applicants for the sports capital grant in County Carlow and County Kilkenny in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; to list the projects and amounts, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30466/25]
740. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the data his Department has access to in relation to notices of termination issued to social tenants housed by approved housing bodies. [28957/25]
752. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a breakdown of the measure A7 funding of the 2024–2026 multi-annual rural water programme for a group water scheme (details supplied); if there is an appeal procedure available for group water schemes that have not been recommended for funding; if group water schemes are permitted to contribute financially on a per-hous…
754. Deputy Tony McCormack asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the second phase of the housing development at a location; if he will provide an update on funding approval and timelines for commencement; the status of the second phase of the housing development at a location (details supplied); if he will provide an update on funding approval and timelines for commencement; and …
763. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of first registrations completed by the Land Registry agency, Tailte Éireann, for the years 2022, 2023, 2024, and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29228/25]
764. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average waiting times at Tailte Éireann for the Registry of Deeds and the Land Registry to complete registration of title, first registration, transfers, leases, mortgages, easements, and covenants in that order, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29229/25]
773. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of WTE accountants that are employed by his Department as of 27 May 2025; and if he will provide corresponding figures as of 1 June 2022, in tabular form. [29378/25]