254. 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, 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 the m…
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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 |
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| 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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Debates whose official heading is exactly these words.
The questions
270. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 719 and 745 of 23 of June 2026, the precise key performance indicators and data metrics which are reported; and the measurements recorded in 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [49920/26]
95. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Taoiseach to provide data on the estimated total amount of private equity invested in Irish businesses in each of the years from 2015 to 2025, in tabular form. [49048/26]
138. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide a breakdown of all the revenue the Government has spent to facilitate and support community energy, by cap ex and op ex in each of the years 2020 to 2025, and to date in 2026, tabular form. [48921/26]
139. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the funding allocated to the community enabling framework, by cap and op ex; to provide a breakdown of the way in which the funding is directed at whether through staffing and / or grant supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48922/26]
233. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Transport if he will meet with an organisation (details supplied) to discuss their ongoing work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49569/26]
239. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Transport the engagement he has had with the Road Safety Authority regarding a unilateral driver’s licence agreement between states in the USA and Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49674/26]
240. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Transport if he will issue a directive to the Road Safety Authority to begin work on a unilateral drivers licence agreement with the USA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49675/26]
241. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Transport the engagement he has had with his Department officials regarding a unilateral licence agreement between Ireland and the USA; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49676/26]
297. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to provide an itemised list of the number of applications made to him by line departments for approval of an increase in salary for chief executives in commercial State agencies, under the proposals agreed by Government in April 2025, following the senior posts remuneration committee report, in tab…
298. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to provide the list of cases in which he has approved increases proposed by line departments for chief executives in commercial State companies/agencies, under proposals agreed by Government in April 2025 following the senior posts remuneration committee report, in tabular form; and if he will make…
343. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education and Youth to review a case (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49033/26]
519. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average cost per unit per year of the 697 social housing leases delivered in 2025; and the breakdown of these leases, by lease type. [49776/26]
522. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of properties in Somerton Park, Ballinlough, Cork (details supplied), broken down by year and the agreed purchase price of each transfer of title. [49782/26]
525. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of families who applied for the domiciliary care allowance for each of the years 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; the number of applications granted, refused; and the number of refusals that were subsequently overturned on appeal, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48754/26]
588. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of subject access requests received by his Department relating to immigration and international protection matters in each of the years from 2020 to 2025 and to date in 2026; the number completed within the statutory one-month timeframe; the number for which an extension was applied; the average processing time for completed…
594. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the percentage of speeding cases brought before the courts struck out for each of the past five years in each court district. [49419/26]
595. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the percentage of defendants of speeding cases brought before the courts that did not have a fixed charge penalty notices issued to them for each of the past five years in each court district. [49420/26]
596. Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of motorists caught exceeding the speed limit on a static camera at locations (details supplied), since 18 December 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49423/26]
598. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to the published strength of the Cork City Garda division, the number of Gardaí assigned to that division who are attached to national or regional specialist units rather than to divisional duties, by unit and rank, in tabular form; the number of newly attested Gardaí allocated to the Cork city and Cork county divisions …
599. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of drug seizures made in the Cork city and Cork county Garda divisions in each of the years 2021 to 2025 and to date in 2026, by drug type, by division, in tabular form; the quantity seized of each drug type in each of those years; the estimated value of the drugs seized; and if he will make a statement on the matter.…
600. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of visit (tourist) visas issued 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. [49499/26]
601. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of study visas issued 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. [49500/26]
602. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of employment visas issued 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. [49501/26]
603. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of join family visas issued 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. [49502/26]