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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

Cormac Devlin Written 8 Apr 2025 · to Justice
738. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Justice the details of the number of anti-social behaviour orders, broken-down by adult and minor orders, for each district in the Dublin metropolitan region, for the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17380/25]
Alan Kelly Written 8 Apr 2025 · to Agriculture
751. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of felling licences issued, by county and by month, from 1 January 2023 to 31 March 2025, in tabular form. [16612/25]
David Cullinane Written 8 Apr 2025 · to Health
859. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if a charity (details supplied) has facilitated or performed any vertebral body tethering surgeries to date. [16527/25]
Ivana Bacik Written 8 Apr 2025 · to Health
895. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health the number of empty homes which are subject of a Fair Deal agreement. [16721/25]
Michael Cahill Written 8 Apr 2025 · to Health
905. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of people who discharged themselves from Cork University Hospital emergency department without treatment on 29 March 2025 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16765/25]
Liam Quaide Written 8 Apr 2025 · to Health
928. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the cost to date of hotel accommodation for former residents of (details supplied) since the premises was vacated in October 2023; a breakdown of work completed on a property on (details supplied) for some of the former residents; the commencement date for those works; a time-frame for their completion; and the purchase date of that property. [16848/25]
Peadar Tóibín Written 8 Apr 2025 · to Health
968. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of claims made against the State by women who allege their Cervical Check smear tests were misread, or their families, in each of the past ten years and to date in 2025, and the number of these which have been settled, in tabular form. [17189/25]
Peadar Tóibín Written 8 Apr 2025 · to Health
970. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the total cost to the State of the cyber attack on the Department of Health and HSE in recent years. [17191/25]
Peadar Tóibín Written 8 Apr 2025 · to Health
976. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the amount paid out by each hospital group in compensation in each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [17260/25]
Aengus Ó Snodaigh Written 8 Apr 2025 · to Health
1007. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health if she aware of an ICT regulatory management system, described as DER, being developed by HIQA since 2023, and any problems arising with the project in terms of delays, overspend, failure or need for legal recourse (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17445/25]
Ivana Bacik Written 8 Apr 2025 · to Health
1049. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Health the number of public defibrillators in each local authority area; and how those numbers compare to 2020, in tabular form. [17635/25]
Cormac Devlin Written 8 Apr 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
1075. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he is aware of an issue (detailed supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17422/25]
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 8 Apr 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
1083. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he has been in communication with the Department for Social Protection as part of the interdepartmental working group tasked with assessing the impact of a new, non-binary, category of gender on existing legislation; when he is planning the next meeting with the representatives from the Departmen…
Michael Cahill Written 3 Apr 2025 · to Public Expenditure
208. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will examine an appeal as a matter of extreme urgency in regard to a decision to disqualify a boat operator from renewing their licence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16417/25]
William Aird Written 3 Apr 2025 · to Children
281. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will provide an update on the status of an appeal on behalf of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16425/25]
William Aird Written 3 Apr 2025 · to Children
282. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will provide an update on the status of an appeal on behalf of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16426/25]
Barry Heneghan Written 2 Apr 2025 · to Education
132. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education for a list of all primary and secondary schools in Dublin Bay north including their full address, in tabular form. [16259/25]
Paul Murphy Written 2 Apr 2025 · to Children
257. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if her attention has been drawn to several complaints regarding employee behaviour and the nutrition provided (details supplied); if her Department will examine these matters and ensure that people in their facilities receive an appropriate level of care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15970/25]
Sinéad Gibney Written 1 Apr 2025 · to Foreign
215. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of Irish citizens that have sought permission from the Government to accept titles of honour or nobility in the past five years, pursuant to article 40.2.2 of the Constitution, and whether that permission was granted. [14993/25]
Donna McGettigan Written 1 Apr 2025 · to Transport
282. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Transport the number of flights diverted to Shannon Airport for medical reasons, each year from 2020 and 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15172/25]
Peadar Tóibín Written 1 Apr 2025 · to Finance
335. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance to detail any modelling figures generated by his Department on the effects of tariff and corporation taxes increases on Irish GDP, tax, jobs and budgetary surplus. [15372/25]
Maurice Quinlivan Written 1 Apr 2025 · to Enterprise
354. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to detail the top ten political lobbying organisations from the most recent year available and numbers of lobbies for each organisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15318/25]
Conor Sheehan Written 1 Apr 2025 · to Housing
498. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of short-term lets granted planning permission in 2024, broken down by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15815/25]
Conor Sheehan Written 1 Apr 2025 · to Housing
499. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of short-term lets granted planning permission in 2024, broken down by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15815/25]
Liam Quaide Written 1 Apr 2025 · to Justice
538. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Justice the current number of judicial vacancies. [15133/25]