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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

Tony McCormack Written 14 Jul 2026 · to Social
475. Deputy Tony McCormack asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of employees now enrolled under MyFutureFund, the automatic enrolment retirement savings system, by county, in tabular form. [53716/26]
Emer Currie Written 14 Jul 2026 · to Justice
476. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of scramblers seized by Gardaí under the Road Traffic (Control of Certain Vehicles) Regulations 2026, known as 'Grace's Law', in tabular form; and the number that were released by Gardaí after the payment of the fine of €125. [52615/26]
Matt Carthy Written 14 Jul 2026 · to Justice
477. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of airports, seaports and other locations currently designated for immigration control purposes together with the annual passenger throughput at each location, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52618/26]
Matt Carthy Written 14 Jul 2026 · to Justice
478. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of primary inspection desks, secondary inspection facilities, automated passport gates, immigration control booths, and dedicated biometric enrolment facilities currently available at each airport and seaport in the State, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52619/26]
Matt Carthy Written 14 Jul 2026 · to Justice
479. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of personnel currently assigned to immigration control duties at airports and seaports, broken down by immigration officers, Garda personnel, administrative staff, information technology staff, and contract staff, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52620/26]
Matt Carthy Written 14 Jul 2026 · to Justice
480. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the average processing time for arriving passengers at State immigration controls in the most recent year available, separately identifying Irish and British citizens, EU citizens and all other passengers, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52621/26]
Matt Carthy Written 14 Jul 2026 · to Justice
481. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the information technology systems presently used for passenger processing, immigration control and watchlist checking at the State's borders; the annual operating cost of each such system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52622/26]
Matt Carthy Written 14 Jul 2026 · to Justice
482. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether any assessment has been conducted regarding the integration of immigration databases with airline advance passenger information systems, visa systems;,Garda systems, British immigration systems and European Union border management systems; to provide copies of any such assessments that have been conducted; and if he will make a…
Matt Carthy Written 14 Jul 2026 · to Justice
483. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the extent to which the State currently possesses equipment capable of capturing facial images, fingerprints and other biometric identifiers for immigration and border management purposes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52624/26]
Tom Brabazon Written 14 Jul 2026 · to Children
696. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of WTE psychologist posts, by grade, filled at Clontarf CDNT as of 30 June 2026, in tabular form. [53735/26]
Peadar Tóibín Oral 9 Jul 2026 · to Health
89. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who have presented to accident and emergency departments with injuries arising from incidents involving e-scooters, whether as riders or pedestrians; and whether these incidents occurred on public roads, footpaths, or other locations, where such data is available. [52614/26]
Ryan O'Meara Written 8 Jul 2026 · to Defence
14. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 357 of 9 June 2026, the roles, ranks and corps represented by the three direct entry appointments made in 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51920/26]
Ryan O'Meara Written 8 Jul 2026 · to Defence
15. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 357 of 9 June 2026, the number and categories of Permanent Defence Force specialist vacancies which it is intended to fill through Direct Entry during 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51921/26]
Ryan O'Meara Written 8 Jul 2026 · to Defence
17. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 357 of 9 June 2026, the current average timeframes between application and formal appointment of direct entry candidates, and measures taken to optimise specialist entry pathways; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51923/26]
Malcolm Byrne Written 8 Jul 2026 · to Education
105. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide the amounts by which her Department or agencies within the aegis of her Department that has been defrauded as a result of a cyberattack; and the total amount which has been recovered for each of the years 2021 to 2025, and to date in 2026. [51981/26]
Malcolm Byrne Written 8 Jul 2026 · to Social
128. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide the amounts by which his Department or agencies within the aegis of his Department that has been defrauded as a result of a cyberattack; and the total amount which has been recovered for each of the years 2021 to 2025, and to date in 2026. [51991/26]
Malcolm Byrne Written 8 Jul 2026 · to Justice
144. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide the amounts by which his Department or agencies within the aegis of his Department that has been defrauded as a result of a cyberattack; and the total amount which has been recovered for each of the years 2021 to 2025, and to date in 2026. [51988/26]
Malcolm Byrne Written 8 Jul 2026 · to Agriculture
168. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide the amounts by which his Department or agencies within the aegis of his Department that has been defrauded as a result of a cyberattack; and the total amount which has been recovered for each of the years 2021 to 2025, and to date in 2026. [51976/26]
Ryan O'Meara Written 8 Jul 2026 · to Agriculture
172. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the prices paid by licensed approved meat processing facilities on a weekly basis for TB reactors are reported to his Department and included in the prices reported on a weekly basis with non TB reactors; if so, his views that this distorts the accuracy of prices reported as TB reactors slaughtered in licensed approved meat processing…
Grace Boland Written 7 Jul 2026 · to Public Expenditure
69. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the work underway to ensure Departments are measured on outcomes delivered for citizens rather than expenditure incurred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51519/26]
Aindrias Moynihan Written 7 Jul 2026 · to Public Expenditure
70. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to provide an update on issuing a Section 50 for a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51208/26]
Naoise Ó Cearúil Written 7 Jul 2026 · to Public Expenditure
76. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the measures used to assess progress under the “Digital and Innovation at Scale” pillar of the Better Public Services Transformation Showcase 2025-2026, including the extent to which citizen uptake and engagement with digital services are taken into account; and if he will make a statement o…
Eoin Hayes Written 7 Jul 2026 · to Taoiseach
87. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Taoiseach the total cost of engagement with a company (details supplied) in each of the years 2020 to 2025, across his Department, by project, year and value. [51775/26]
Eoin Hayes Written 7 Jul 2026 · to Taoiseach
88. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Taoiseach the total cost of engagement with a company (details supplied) in each of the years 2020 to 2025, across his Department, by project, year and value. [51793/26]
Eoin Hayes Written 7 Jul 2026 · to Taoiseach
89. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Taoiseach the total cost of engagement with a company (details supplied) in each of the years 2020 to 2025, across his Department, by project, year and value. [51811/26]