539. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Justice when he anticipates the work of the Judicial Appointment Commission to commence. [15134/25]
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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
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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
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The questions
540. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Justice when the website for the Judicial Appointments Commission will become operational. [15135/25]
558. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Justice the number of offenders who served their full sentence in respect of convictions for criminal offences; and the number of offenders who served half of their sentence in each of the years 2020 to 2024 and to date in 2025 where additional sentence has been handed down by the courts. [15436/25]
561. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Justice the number of scramblers that have been seized in each of the years 2020 to 2024 and to date in 2025. [15439/25]
567. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Justice the number of members on the Censorship of Publications Board in each of the years from 2020 to 2024 and to date in 2025; and the cost of the board per annum in those years. [15479/25]
605. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the average annual CAP payments received by farmers in Carlow and Kilkenny from 2021 onwards; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15310/25]
630. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 1056 of 19 March 2025, and the letter provided from the HSE in respect of that question, if any data exists on record in respect of a matter (details supplied); if that data can provided, however incomplete it might be; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15041/25…
632. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of health and social care professional positions approved, and the number of social care professional positions filled, in each Cork city CDNT, from 2023 to 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15074/25]
639. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a full cost benefit analysis has been carried out on the use of rural hotels for IPAS accommodation; the additional cost of the provision of transport for such facilities; if the use of rural settings is a good use of public funds based on the additional costs associated with the transport and additional service…
644. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will continue to financially support, and endorse, the successful roll out across County Kerry, and throughout the country, of the School Leavers Programme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15393/25]
649. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of children of relevant age not attending an ECCE programme in 2023 and 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15494/25]
670. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth with respect to the 14,221 children who are now overdue an assessment of need, the engagement she has made with therapists and professional stakeholders to clarify how long an average assessment takes; the plans in place to engage therapists and professional stakeholders in future reforms, including defining what is n…
674. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of assessments of need that result in no diagnosis and no need for support afterwards; for a breakdown of same, by CHO, for 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15780/25]
675. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of assessments outsourced and the cost of same, by CHO, for 2023, 2024 to date in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15781/25]
694. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Health the number of children assessed for autism by the primary care team in County Clare since the introduction of the national access policy in 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14987/25]
777. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the number of patients presenting at hospitals (details supplied) in 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15567/25]
778. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the number of patients admitted to hospitals (details supplied) in 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15568/25]
779. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the number of patients classed as leave before treatment completed at hospitals (details supplied) in 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15569/25]
780. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the number of leave before treatment completed patients who returned within 30 days of leaving hospital at hospitals (details supplied) in 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15570/25]
789. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health the number of individuals reimbursed for their insulin pump training and-or its consumables through the EU Treatment Abroad or Cross Border Healthcare Scheme since 2019. [15621/25]
791. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health to provide data for the Model 4 hospitals (Beaumont, St. James's, St. Vincent's, University Hospital Galway, Cork University Hospital and University Hospital Limerick) for the 2024 calendar year, in tabular form; the number of patients presenting at the emergency department (ED); the number of those patients presenting at EDs that were admitted for the year; the nu…
792. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health for a list of the transgender representative groups that were consulted before making the decision to spend €1.4 million on a national clinical programme for gender healthcare. [15624/25]
794. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health the number of staff hours the National Gender Service has spent assisting the UK prison service, and the estimated cost of this to date. [15626/25]
795. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 348 of 20 February 2025, the number of nurses and doctors that have availed of the policy outlined in the HR circular 001/23, in tabular form; the average time it has taken between an application being received and the payment of the money; the average amount of money that is approved in each case; and the total amount of mo…
797. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 215 of 19 February 2025, to provide details of the retail impact assessment and SME test carried out as part of her Department’s consideration of the measures being introduced via the Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Act 2023; to provide the research undertaken showing how a reduction in the numbe…