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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

Louis O'Hara Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Children
1241. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of people awaiting a fist appointment in the CDNTs across County Galway; the number who have been waiting less than 3, 3-6, 6-12 and more than 12 months, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1401/25]
Malcolm Byrne Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Children
1266. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of foster parents and the number of children in foster care in the State in each of the years 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form. [1599/25]
Malcolm Byrne Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Children
1267. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of Tusla foster link workers employed in each of the years 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024; the average number of foster families and children assigned to each foster link worker; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1600/25]
Peadar Tóibín Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Health
1416. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the step-down facilities that exist in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46767/24]
Sorca Clarke Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Health
1437. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of children admitted to psychiatric hospitals or units, and child and adolescent units, in 2024. [46830/24]
Sorca Clarke Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Health
1438. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of children on inpatient or day case waiting lists in 2024; and the number on outpatient waiting lists in 2024. [46831/24]
Paul Murphy Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Health
1441. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if the National Gender Service can provide the number of lay activists who were promoted into senior policy development positions related to transgender healthcare in the HSE, and a list of their positions and names, as indicated by the staff of the National Gender Service in a recent interview (details supplied). [46839/24]
Paul Murphy Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Health
1442. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of complaints that staff of the National Gender Service have made about clinical leadership of the service, broken down by year, in tabular form. [46840/24]
Peadar Tóibín Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Health
1458. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of paediatric intensive care beds at each CHI hospital; the number and medical categories of scheduled surgeries cancelled due to lack of paediatric intensive care beds; and the number of times individual surgeries have been cancelled as a result of same at each CHI hospital in the past three years to date in 2024, in tabular form; and if he will mak…
Peadar Tóibín Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Health
1481. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the level of excess deaths that occurred in Ireland in each of the past ten years; and the details of the cases of the excess deaths for each year. [1059/25]
Carol Nolan Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
1725. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of applications made to date to the student support scheme by eligible school leavers who are in the international protection system; the total amount in funding provided under the scheme, to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1519/25]