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]
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 |
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| 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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Debated under the same heading
Debates whose official heading is exactly these words.
The questions
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]
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 increased again; and if h…
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 and that they have com…
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
1142. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if his Department is planning a review of the EPA process with stakeholders with a view to gauging how the recent changes have impacted those using the system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30571/25]
1151. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children waiting on occupational therapy appointments in Dublin mid-west; the average time waiting; for a breakdown of numbers waiting, by month; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29050/25]
1152. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children waiting on psychology appointments in Dublin mid-west; the average time waiting; for a breakdown of numbers waiting, by month; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29051/25]
1153. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children waiting on physiotherapy in Dublin mid-west; the average time waiting; for a breakdown of numbers waiting, by month; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29052/25]
1154. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children waiting on speech and language therapy in Dublin mid-west; the average time waiting; for a breakdown of numbers waiting, by month; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29053/25]
1165. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the measures that are in place to address the financial pressures and staff shortages currently being faced by the pre-school sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29243/25]
1200. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reason that foetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) was not included as one of the priority areas of research recently published by her Department; her plans to include FASD; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30044/25]
1209. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 555 of 27 May 2025, to provide an estimation of the cost to the exchequer for each €1 reduction in average weekly costs of full-day childcare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30259/25]