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
Danny Healy-Rae
written
2025-04-08 · to Education
486. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education to examine a case (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16807/25]
Danny Healy-Rae
written
2025-04-08 · to Education
487. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education to examine a case (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16807/25]
Eoin Ó Broin
written
2025-04-08 · to Housing
618. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of applications by approved housing bodies and local authorities for approval for social and affordable housing schemes under the SHIP, CAS, CALF, CREL and AHF funding streams, broken down by month and funding stream for each month from August 2024 to March 2025; the corresponding number of applicatio…
Brian Stanley
written
2025-04-08 · to Housing
624. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the breakdown of the €265,000,000 approved for housing acquisitions in 2025; the amount approved for 2023 and 2024 in Laois; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17038/25]
Edward Timmins
written
2025-04-08 · to Housing
638. Deputy Edward Timmins asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average wait time for decisions from An Bord Pleanála on developments (details supplied); the number of inspectors on An Bord Pleanála on 1 January 2020; and the number on 1 April 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17338/25]
Pat the Cope Gallagher
written
2025-04-08 · to Housing
639. Deputy Pat the Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage Housing the number of applications received from Donegal County Council each year since the tenant-in-situ scheme was introduced; the number approved, and number awaiting approval; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17340/25]
Pat the Cope Gallagher
written
2025-04-08 · to Housing
640. Deputy Pat the Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage why the tenant-in-situ scheme no longer provides funding for refurbishment of houses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17341/25]
Eoin Ó Broin
written
2025-04-08 · to Housing
645. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the capital allocations for social housing acquisitions for 2025 for each local authority, in tabular form. [17528/25]
Catherine Connolly
written
2025-04-08 · to Housing
646. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the current outstanding strategic housing development planning application list, setting out the number of housing units and locations involved, in tabular form. [17531/25]
Emer Currie
written
2025-04-08 · to Housing
649. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total annual budget provided to the residential tenancies board in each of the years 2015 to 2024. [17615/25]
Emer Currie
written
2025-04-08 · to Housing
650. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total staff count at the residential tenancies board in each of the years 2015 to 2024. [17616/25]
Ivana Bacik
written
2025-04-08 · to Housing
651. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of private rented accommodation inspections that were carried out by all local authorities in each of the past five years and to date in 2025; the number of inspections in which further enforcement action was taken in all local authorities in each of the past five years and to date in 2025, in tabular …
Alan Kelly
written
2025-04-08 · to Social
660. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of people who are over 65 years of age and in receipt of the half-rate carer’s payment ,and what it would cost to pay this cohort the full carers payment. [16602/25]
Aidan Farrelly
written
2025-04-08 · to Social
665. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide a schedule of all capital projects being delivered or which have been completed by his Department and organisations under the aegis of his Department since 1 January 2020; the total project cost of projects in excess of €500,000, or of any other capital projects below this that have come to his Department's atte…
Claire Kerrane
written
2025-04-08 · to Social
672. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 116 of 27 February 2025, if he will provide a breakdown of the number of applications refused under the humanitarian assistance scheme, by county, in the aftermath of storm Éowyn to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16989/25]
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
written
2025-04-08 · to Social
676. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in receipt of the half-rate of carer's allowance; the corresponding social welfare payment they are in receipt of further; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17111/25]
Louis O'Hara
written
2025-04-08 · to Social
681. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount his Department spent in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form on advertisement on a website (details supplied). [17392/25]
Peadar Tóibín
written
2025-04-08 · to Social
683. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection when it is proposed to increase the means threshold for carer's allowance; the amount it will increase by; and the date on which the changes will come into effect. [17408/25]
Mark Wall
written
2025-04-08 · to Justice
690. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Justice if there are figures available detailing the number of speeding fines issued resulting from the decrease in speed limits in each local authority area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17028/25]
Aidan Farrelly
written
2025-04-08 · to Justice
696. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice if he will provide a schedule of all capital projects being delivered or which have been completed by his Department and organisations under the aegis of his Department since 1 January 2020; the total project cost of projects in excess of €500,000, or of any other capital projects below this that have come to his Department's attention for …
Mary Lou McDonald
written
2025-04-08 · to Justice
701. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Minister for Justice the average waiting time for an application for Garda vetting to be processed. [16813/25]
Alan Kelly
written
2025-04-08 · to Justice
705. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of new roads policing unit motorcycles that came into the fleet in the years of 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025; and the number or motorcycles that were withdrawn from the fleet during same period, in tabular form. [16869/25]
Tom Brabazon
written
2025-04-08 · to Justice
712. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Justice the number of requests submitted by the Garda divisional officer within Dublin north division requesting approval for extra Garda vehicles be deployed to the Dublin north division in 2024 and to-date in 2025; and the number of those requests that have been approved in each of the years in question, in tabular form. [16995/25]
Peadar Tóibín
written
2025-04-08 · to Justice
718. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of knives seized by Gardaí in each county in the State in each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [17136/25]
Peadar Tóibín
written
2025-04-08 · to Justice
719. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the amount of cash, and economic value of assets, seized by the Criminal Assets Bureau in each of the past ten years, and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [17137/25]