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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

Pa Daly Written 2 Jul 2026 · to Climate
183. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to estimate the revenue that will be saved by cancelling the subscription to the energy charter treaty. [50382/26]
Pa Daly Written 2 Jul 2026 · to Climate
184. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the percentage of renewable energy generation that was community owned in each of the years 2020 to-date in 2026, in tabular form. [50385/26]
Pa Daly Written 2 Jul 2026 · to Climate
185. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he has conducted any analysis on the revenue that would be earned by the cap on market revenues per year if it had of been kept in place; if he has considered reintroducing same; his reasoning for this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50387/26]
Pa Daly Written 2 Jul 2026 · to Climate
186. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he has conducted any analysis on the revenue that would be earned by the temporary solidarity contribution per year if it had of been kept in place; if he has considered reintroducing; his reasoning for this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50388/26]
Pa Daly Written 2 Jul 2026 · to Climate
187. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide a breakdown of funding allocated to climate adaptation measures, by adaptation, by mitigation measures, in each of the years 2020 to-date in 2026, in tabular form. [50389/26]
Pa Daly Written 2 Jul 2026 · to Climate
188. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide a breakdown of funding drawn down to climate adaptation measures, by adaptation, by mitigation measures in each of the years 2020 to-date in 2026, in tabular form. [50390/26]
Pa Daly Written 2 Jul 2026 · to Climate
189. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide a breakdown of the budget allocations for each programme under the subhead b4 of the revised estimate for each of the years 2023, 2024, 2025 and to-date in 2026, in tabular form. [50391/26]
Pa Daly Written 2 Jul 2026 · to Climate
190. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide a breakdown of the funding allocated to home retrofit loan scheme in each year since the schemes inception, in tabular form. [50392/26]
Pa Daly Written 2 Jul 2026 · to Climate
191. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide a breakdown of the funding drawn down to home retrofit loan scheme, in each year since the schemes inception, in tabular form. [50393/26]
Pa Daly Written 2 Jul 2026 · to Climate
192. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide a breakdown of the number of home retrofit loan applications, by county in each year since the schemes inception; and the number of successful home retrofit loan applications, by county, in each year since the schemes inception, in tabular form. [50394/26]
Pa Daly Written 2 Jul 2026 · to Climate
193. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of home retrofit loan applications, by country in each year since the schemes inception; and the number of unsuccessful home retrofit loan applications, by county, in year since the schemes inception, in tabular form. [50395/26]
Rose Conway-Walsh Written 2 Jul 2026 · to Enterprise
288. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the estimated cost of increasing Workplace Relations Commission funding by 5%, 10%, 20%, 25% and 50%, in tabular form. [50502/26]
Emer Currie Written 2 Jul 2026 · to Education
314. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth for a list of the emergency works applications received by her Department in 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026 for a school (details supplied). [50508/26]
Pádraig O'Sullivan Written 2 Jul 2026 · to Social
346. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Social Protection whether his Department holds or compiles data on the number of persons aged 65 years and over living alone in the State, beyond recipients of the living alone increase; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50325/26]
Pádraig O'Sullivan Written 2 Jul 2026 · to Social
347. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of recipients of the living alone increase aged 66 years and over, nationally and in County Cork, in each of the years 2021 to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50326/26]
Pádraig O'Sullivan Written 2 Jul 2026 · to Justice
354. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide a list and/or the number of people affected by Ireland’s imposed travel ban and sanctions on Israeli extremist settlers and leading Hamas figures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49966/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 2 Jul 2026 · to Health
525. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health given the HSE's confirmation that there is no central logging system for contract breaches by staffing agencies on national framework agreements or supplier panels; the number of suppliers removed from those panels for non-compliance in each of the past three years; and the reason for each removal. [50627/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 2 Jul 2026 · to Health
526. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the information the on-site audits of agency supplier panel members record; where the findings of those audits are held; whether those findings are aggregated centrally; and if they are not aggregated, to explain how the HSE monitors repeat or pattern non-compliance across suppliers. [50628/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 2 Jul 2026 · to Health
531. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the date on which the HSE first began considering a centralised mechanism to record healthcare professionals subject to criminal investigation; whether a decision has now been made; and if not, the date by which a decision will be made. [50674/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 2 Jul 2026 · to Health
532. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No.1080 of 12 May 2026, whether her Department or the HSE has sought the outstanding data from HSE regions in respect of cases involving criminal investigation of healthcare staff since 2015; and the date on which that data was requested. [50675/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 2 Jul 2026 · to Health
533. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the date by which a complete national figure for healthcare staff subject to criminal investigation since 2015 will be available. [50676/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 2 Jul 2026 · to Health
537. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health given that HR Memo 015/2026 confirms administrative leave cases are monitored quarterly by the Chief People Officer and reported quarterly to the Chief Executive Officer, the reason a separate centralised reporting mechanism is required to record healthcare staff subject to criminal investigation rather than disaggregating the existing quarterly reporting. [50680/…
Louis O'Hara Written 1 Jul 2026 · to Justice
22. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of new Gardaí who have graduated to date in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48935/26]
Niamh Smyth Written 1 Jul 2026 · to Foreign
80. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to review an application (details supplied); if an update will be provided on this matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49904/26]
Aengus Ó Snodaigh Written 1 Jul 2026 · to Foreign
85. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the Registrar of the International Court of Justice notified the Irish Government of the proceedings in the case of Nicaragua v Germany in relation to Alleged Breaches of Certain International Obligations in respect of the Occupied Palestinian Territory; the action that has been taken by the Government in response to this notification; a…