300. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice the number of non-nationals have applied for stamp 4 residence permission on the basis of their child’s status in each of the years 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21837/25]
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
301. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice the number of applicants that have applied for residence permission for their spouse/ partner under the ‘de factor relationship with an Irish National’ process in each of the years 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21838/25]
302. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice the number of successful applicants that were granted Stamp 4 permission to reside in the State for each of the years 2020-2025 inclusive, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21839/25]
303. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice the number of applicants who have applied for subsidiary protection in the years 2022-2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21840/25]
316. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to detail all applications made by Waterford City and County Council under the local authority marine infrastructure scheme over the past ten years, indicating the year of application, project title, funding sought, outcome (approved or not approved), and the amount granted were successful, in tabular form. [21911/25]
317. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of sea-fisheries protection inspections (boardings of vessels) undertaken over the past five years, by the country of registration of the vessel, in tabular form. [21912/25]
318. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of prosecutions brought before the courts by the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority over the past five years, by the country of registration of the vessel involved, in tabular form. [21915/25]
328. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of WTE psychologists, by grade working in south Kildare children's disability network team in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [21791/25]
330. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children currently awaiting an assessment of need, including the duration of their wait times, by county; and the measures being taken to address these delays. [21926/25]
334. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide information on the allocation and utilization of funds spent in recent years to address waiting lists for assessments of need, including outcomes achieved and any plans for additional funding. [21930/25]
347. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health the total number of people who attended a pigmented lesion rapid access clinics nationwide including the number who were offered an appointment within the recommended timeframe in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025. [21798/25]
149. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of food products seized by his Departmental officials at Dublin Port and Dublin Airport to date in 2025; and the penalties that apply to persons that fail to declare that they are bringing in commercial amounts of food products. [21505/25]
167. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Taoiseach if he will detail whether any surveys have been carried out to estimate the amount of time taken up with administrative tasks where such time could be used more efficiently; and if so, in which areas of the Department has this examination been carried out. [18446/25]
554. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a list of equity funds the Irish Strategic Investment Fund has invested in; the number of these which have invested in private and for-profit childcare companies; the dividends or monies the State has received from these investments, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18748/25]
577. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Finance the details of all services, grants, loans and payments available to individuals or households funded by his Department and agencies under his remit; the eligibility requirements and any conditionality for receiving the service, grant, loan or payment (details supplied); and the monetary value, or range of values, of the service, grant, loans or payment,…
584. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a detailed schedule for each Ireland strategic investment fund-loan to Higher Education Authority-funded higher education institutions, including the name of the project, institution, value, and date of approval. [19514/25]
603. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Finance the number of cases that are unresolved for over one year in the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman; if he believes more resources are needed to resolve longstanding cases in the body; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20578/25]
615. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Finance the total value of funds held in Irish household deposit accounts, in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21106/25]
625. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform for a list of value-for-money reports commenced or completed by his Department in the past five years, including those undertaken by the Irish Government Economic and Evaluation Service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18789/25]
630. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the total number of vacant OPW-owned buildings in County Kildare on 1 April in the years 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19055/25]
633. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the details of all services, grants, loans and payments available to individuals or households funded by his Department and agencies under his remit; the eligibility requirements and any conditionality for receiving the service, grant, loan or payment (details supplied); and the monetary value, or…
650. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will provide a schedule of all capital projects being delivered or which have been completed by the OPW 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 reasons of overspend o…
655. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the flood relief works that are being funded by the OPW and currently under construction; and when will each of those flood relief projects be completed, in tabular form. [20148/25]
657. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the amount spent annually on fortnightly pension detail postage, in the public sector, from 2020 to 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20273/25]
662. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 202 of 9 April 2025, the number of applications received to join an Garda Síochána from January 2024 to date in 2025, by month, by the jurisdiction in which the applicant is based, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20413/25]