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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

Emer Currie Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Education
470. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth the amount spent on Emergency Works through the EWS in a school (details supplied), broken down per application, since 2016, in tabular form. [73508/26]
Emer Currie Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Education
472. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth the amount spent on emergency works through the EWS in a school (details supplied), broken down per application since 2016, in tabular form. [73504/26]
Emer Currie Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Education
473. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth the amount spent on emergency works through the EWS in a school (details supplied), broken down per application since 2016, in tabular form. [73507/26]
Aindrias Moynihan Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Education
494. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of primary schools that have contacted her Department regarding a change of school ethos, language status, or co-educational/single-sex status since completion of the national survey on school patronage, including the current status of each request by county, in tabular form; to outline the process applicable to schools seeking such c…
Ann Graves Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Education
509. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Education and Youth the annual expenditure on superannuation and retirement lump sums for former primary and post-primary teaching and non-teaching staff, respectively, in each of the years 2023 to 2025, in total and per enrolled pupil; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74005/26]
Ann Graves Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Education
510. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Education and Youth the average annual current expenditure per pupil on primary and post-primary education, respectively, in each of the years 2023 to 2025, excluding superannuation and lump-sum payments to retired staff; the main categories of expenditure included in these figures, such as teacher pay, special needs assistant pay, school transport and Departmental admini…
Carol Nolan Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Culture
550. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the total number of public bodies, agencies, grant recipients and broadcasters under his remit that employ dedicated diversity and inclusion officers; and the cost of such posts in 2025 and 2026, by organisation. [74251/26]
Sean Fleming Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Housing
556. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of house completions in each of the years from 2022 to date; and the estimated number for 2026 in County Laois. [73481/26]
Eoin Ó Broin Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Housing
558. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of premature deaths of people experiencing homelessness recorded in each year from 2020 to 2025, either by the Dublin Region Homeless Executive or across all homeless regions; and the steps that have been taken on each of the ten recommendations of the interim report on mortality in single homeless population 2020. [7347…
Mark Wall Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Social
614. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of recipients who transferred from invalidity pension to State pension contributory and-or non-contributory for each of the last three years, in tabular form. [73364/26]
Mark Wall Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Social
615. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of recipients who transferred from Disability Allowance to State pension contributory and or non contributory for each of the past three years, in tabular form. [73362/26]
Sean Fleming Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Social
616. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Social Protection the total number of recipients of social protection payments; the total value of those payments in 2022; and best estimate for 2026 in County Laois. [73484/26]
Carol Nolan Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Social
636. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of social welfare recipients residing outside the State while continuing to receive payments from his Department, by payment type. [74286/26]
Carol Nolan Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Social
639. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Social Protection the breakdown of the number of social protection claimants who were found to be resident abroad when their claims were detected or determined to be fraudulent or illegitimate; and the breakdown of the countries where these people were resident from 2020 to date, in tabular form. [74227/26]
Grace Boland Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Justice
644. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department or Cuan collect data on the number of victims of domestic violence who leave their home; and if not, if there is a plan to collect this date in the future. [73473/26]
Grace Boland Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Justice
652. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the specific measures being undertaken by Cuan to support victim-survivors to remain safely in their homes following incidents of domestic violence; and if he will provide details of associated funding and programmes. [73427/26]
Grace Boland Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Justice
653. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether his Department has completed an assessment of legislative changes required to enable An Garda Síochána to immediately remove alleged perpetrators from a home in high-risk domestic violence situations and if he will provide details of that assessment. [73425/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Health
1009. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of outpatient appointments, inpatient procedures and day case procedures cancelled due to industrial action in the period 30 September 2026 to date, by hospital and HSE health region, including those cancelled in advance of the strike on 14 October 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74335/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Health
1056. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of fitness to practise complaints received by CORU in each of the years 2021 to 2025, broken down by source (member of the public, employer, another registrant, other body, or CORU’s own initiative) and by profession. [74039/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Health
1078. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of staff assigned to CORU’s registration function, including the assessment of international applications, and the average time taken to determine applications from applicants trained outside the State, by profession, in each of the years 2021 to 2025. [74043/26]
Rose Conway-Walsh Written 15 Oct 2026 · to Health
128. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Health the total number of scheduled operations and medical procedures cancelled at short notice across public hospitals to date in 2026; and the efforts being made to prevent such action. [72927/26]
Marie Sherlock Written 15 Oct 2026 · to Health
175. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the forecasted demand and separately the actual demand for symptomatic breast clinic services and lung clinic services in 2025 and to date in 2026. [72971/26]
Joe Cooney Written 15 Oct 2026 · to Health
184. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Health if the HSE records the number of persons diagnosed with functional neurological disorder, by county, CHO area or hospital group; if so, to provide the figures for each of the past five years; and if not, if she will consider collecting such data to inform future service planning. [72574/26]
Mark Ward Written 13 Oct 2026 · to Transport
101. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Transport the regulations that apply to rickshaws; the authority or department responsible for checking safety; and if this will be reviewed in the lifetime of this Government. [71757/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 13 Oct 2026 · to Transport
144. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Transport if his Department has received a copy of the governance review of the Port of Cork Company carried out by Governance Ireland between November 2024 and January 2025; if not, if his Department will request it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [72434/26]