262. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the number of trusts administered in the State; the number of trustees resident in the State; the number of trustees registered with revenue on the central register of beneficial ownership of trusts, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13204/25]
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 |
|---|---|
| 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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167
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110
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96
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91
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86
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Debated under the same heading
Debates whose official heading is exactly these words.
The questions
267. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the categories of exchange-traded funds that are subject to the deemed disposal; the category of exchange-traded funds that are exempt; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13269/25]
492. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of children diagnosed with foetal alcohol syndrome and partial foetal alcohol syndrome, in each of the past ten years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13232/25]
509. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 384 of 20 February 2025, when a response to the query will issue to this Deputy; and the reason no substantive response has not issued to date. [13024/25]
98. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Taoiseach the total number of adults living with a disability in each of the years since 2011, in tabular form. [11244/25]
547. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the value of funding provided by Enterprise Ireland to companies (details supplied) from 2014 to 2024, in tabular form. [12253/25]
548. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the value of funding provided by Local Enterprise Offices to companies (details supplied) from 2014 to 2024, in tabular form. [12254/25]
808. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if he has seen the research conducted by Coimisiún na Meán into the viability of a content levy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12654/25]
809. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if he intends to publish the research conducted by Coimisiún na Meán into the viability of a content levy. [12655/25]
810. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if he intends to introduce the content levy as legislated for in the Online Safety and Media Regulation Act 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12656/25]
871. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of persons availing of the rental accommodation scheme at the end of each of the past ten years. [11312/25]
872. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total amount paid out under the rental accommodation scheme in each of the past ten years and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [11313/25]
892. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of persons on the housing list in east County Cork, by local electoral area. [11588/25]
896. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to list the local electoral areas that experienced greater than 10% population growth between the 2016 and 2022 Censuses; the actions taken by Government to ensure an adequacy in services in these fast growing areas; to provide specific examples of how Departments respond to such growth; and if he will make a statement on the matt…
917. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of homeless mothers who gave birth in each of the past five years. [11879/25]
921. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the projects funded to date through the urban regeneration and development fund, by county and location, the total amount allocated to each project, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11922/25]
1115. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Justice if his Department will return to publishing figures on its website on the number of Gardaí assigned to each divisional roads policing unit, with updates on a monthly basis, in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11230/25]
1117. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of prisoners released on temporary release within 24 hours of them being sent to prison in each of the past ten years and to date in 2024. [11289/25]
1132. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice in relation to a charter flight that departed to Georgia on 27 February 2025 to provide information (details supplied).; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11534/25]
1277. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 548 of 4 March 2025, of the figures previously provided in relation to disqualification orders between 2020 to date, the number of those that were lifetime disqualification orders, between ten and 20 years, between five and ten years, and less than five years, in tabular form; and if he will m…
1390. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a course of action is currently being considered on an issue (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11699/25]
1405. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will provide information on research commissioned previously to inform plans to modernise youth information services; if this research has been published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11927/25]
239. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Finance the number of taxpayers to date in 2025 that have applied for flat rate expenses (FRE) following the introduction of the requirement to submit a claim for these expenses; the numbers in each staff category who have applied in 2025; the numbers in each staff category who were in receipt of FRE in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10388/25]
242. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Finance the number of taxpayers who have applied to have their flat-rate expenses (FRE) reinstated for the 2025 tax year; if he will provide a detailed breakdown of the numbers in each staff category, including but not limited to, nurses, teachers, construction workers, hospitality industry workers, shop workers, and bus drivers; and if he will make a statement on the …
243. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance the number of taxpayers to date that have applied to have their flat-rate expenses (FRE) reinstated; if he will provide a breakdown for the numbers in each category; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10456/25]