134. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to provide the 2024 figures for participation in and cost of the Key Employee Engagement Programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50064/26]
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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Asked of
Debated under the same heading
Debates whose official heading is exactly these words.
The questions
138. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 238 of 23 June 2026, the estimated first and full year cost in 2027 of not proceeding with a schedule for carbon tax increases this year or next. [50232/26]
139. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 744, 745, 746, 747 of 29 July 2025, to provide updated figures in relation to the cost of abolishing local property tax excluding the LPT paid by local authorities and AHBs and all landlords (second and more properties). [50233/26]
150. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the estimated cost of increasing Enterprise Ireland funding by 5%, 10%, 20%, 25% and 50%, in tabular form. [50035/26]
151. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the estimated cost of increasing IDA Ireland funding by 5%, 10%, 20%, 25% and 50%, in tabular form. [50036/26]
152. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the estimated cost of increasing InterTrade Ireland funding by 5%, 10%, 20%, 25% and 50%, in tabular form. [50037/26]
153. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the estimated cost of increasing Local Enterprise Office funding by 5%, 10%, 20%, 25% and 50%, in tabular form. [50038/26]
154. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the estimated cost of increasing the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission funding by 5%, 10%, 20%, 25% and 50%, in tabular form. [50039/26]
155. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the estimated cost of increasing Fáilte Ireland funding by 5%, 10%, 20%, 25% and 50%, in tabular form. [50040/26]
156. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the estimated cost of increasing Tourism Ireland funding by 5%, 10%, 20%, 25% and 50%, in tabular form. [50041/26]
157. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the estimated cost of increasing the disruptive technology fund by 5%, 10%, 20%, 25% and 50%, in tabular form. [50042/26]
208. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of recipients of carers allowance who are providing care to a person aged 65 years and over, in each of the years 2021 to 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50067/26]
209. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of recipients of carers allowance who are providing care to a person aged 65 years and over, nationally and in County Cork, in each of the years 2021 to 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50069/26]
211. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of recipients of carer's allowance who are providing care to a person aged 65 years and over, nationwide and in County Cork, in each of the years 2021 to 2025, and to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50108/26]
214. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of recipients of carer's allowance who are providing care to a person aged 65 years and over, in each of the years 2021 to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50170/26]
215. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of recipients of carer's allowance who are providing care to a person aged 65 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. [50172/26]
229. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department will publish up-to-date figures on migration inflows, processing times, outcomes and outline the measures being taken to ensure the system remains fair, efficient and sustainable. [50276/26]
234. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children in residential disability services who are currently placed more than 50km and more than 100km from their family home, broken down by HSE Health Region, IHA and county of origin; whether the +100km cohort is included within, or counted separately from, the +50km cohort in each regional return; and if she will make …
236. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the plan that is in place to reduce the number of disabled children placed far from home in residential care; whether the HSE has identified the local residential, respite, behavioural support, therapy, home support and family support capacity required to keep children at home or close to home; whether targets and timelines have been set…
237. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children’s residential disability placements currently in place, broken down by provider type, including HSE direct provision, Section 38 providers, Section 39 providers, private for-profit providers, and any other provider category; the number and percentage of the total 300 children’s residential disability places represe…
238. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the longest distance from family home recorded for a child in residential disability services in each HSE Health Region and IHA; the county of origin and county of placement in each case; whether each placement is funded solely by disability services or co-funded with Tusla or mental health services; the length of time the child has been…
246. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to give a more detailed response in regard to Parliamentary Question No. 1091 of 28 April 2026 (details supplied); if the costing per child is in table one; and if the average costing per SEA is in table 2 or the overall amount spent for each of those years. [50074/26]
250. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of persons aged 65 years and over with an intellectual disability in receipt of a disability service funded by her Department or the Health Service Executive, in each of the years 2021 to 2025, and to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50105/26]
251. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of persons aged 65 years and over with a physical disability in receipt of a disability service funded by her Department or the Health Service Executive, in each of the years 2021 to 2025, and to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50106/26]
253. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of persons aged 65 years and over with an intellectual disability in receipt of a disability service funded by her Department or the Health Service Executive, nationally and in the Health Service Executive South West region, in each of the years 2021 to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on …