417. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Transport to provide a direct regional Oireachtas point of contact for each transport body under the aegis of his Department that operates in the Louth constituency. [42106/26]
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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Asked of
Debated under the same heading
Debates whose official heading is exactly these words.
The questions
474. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide details of the number and location of water stations in train and bus stations; if there are plans to roll these out to every station; if he can provide a timeline for this roll out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42882/26]
478. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Transport the process in place for reporting a delayed or a no-show bus; the way these reports are tracked; if this data is available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43062/26]
570. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his views on the launch of a child investment account in Taiwan; his views that this would be of benefit in an Irish context; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43040/26]
593. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 269 on the 28 of May 2026, the number of individuals paying capital acquisition tax each year since 2014 of any category. [43315/26]
595. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 453 and 454 of 26 of May 2026, if he can confirm that there is no projected or target annual return on Future Ireland Fund (FIF) and the Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund (ICNF). [43317/26]
728. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of teachers with English as an additional language (EAL) employed by her Department in each of the past five years; the costs of an EAL teacher per school; the criteria for a school to be granted an EAL teacher; if the costs of these posts are fully covered by her Department; the projected increase in EAL posts required over the next two…
739. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth to list those subjects at second level where there are identified teacher shortages; and the way in which those shortages are quantified. [41488/26]
740. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth the measures in place to hire teachers in subject areas at second level where there are currently teacher shortages. [41489/26]
747. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding the number of Gaelscoileanna operating within the country, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41570/26]
748. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding the percentage of children attending Gaelscoileanna as a percentage of overall primary school children, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41571/26]
749. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding the percentage of children attending Gaelcholáistí as a percentage of overall primary school children, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41572/26]
798. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of available places in special schools for children aged 13 to 15 within the Cork city school planning area; the schools in which these places are available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42053/26]
799. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of available places in special schools for children aged 16 to 18 within the Cork city school planning area; the schools in which these places are available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42054/26]
800. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of general learning disability special classes in Cork city and county; her plans to expand the number of such classes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42055/26]
803. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of successful section 29 appeals since 2020 onwards, broken down by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42103/26]
812. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education and Youth the total amount sought from religious orders and associated trusts and organisations for statutory compensation schemes in respect of child abuse, including sexual abuse, in tabular form; the total amount pledged by religious orders and associated trusts and organisations; the total amount paid out by religious orders and associated trusts and organi…
813. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education and Youth the value of unpaid pledges by religious orders to statutory redress schemes in respect of child abuse, including sexual abuse. [42135/26]
814. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education and Youth the total State expenditure by her Department on compensation forming part of statutory redress schemes since records began, separated by scheme; the total State expenditure on compensation forming part of statutory redress schemes since records began, adjusted for inflation; and the total State expenditure on compensation forming part of statutory re…
815. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will supply a schedule of requests by her Department to religious orders for contribution to compensation and redress for survivors of institutional child sexual abuse; and the outcome of each request. [42143/26]
817. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of early intervention pre-school classes in County Galway; the number that were in place for each of the previous five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42145/26]
826. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education and Youth the average age of applicants for redress schemes relating to child sexual abuse, across statutory schemes, including in respect of schemes that have closed. [42204/26]
827. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of applicants for redress under a statutory scheme relating to institutional abuse and historic child sexual abuse within an institution who died prior to payment of compensation under that scheme, in tabular form. [42206/26]
828. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education and Youth the shortfall between State expenditure and institutional contributions to redress schemes operated under the auspices of her Department, in tabular form. [42209/26]
858. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of students studying each foreign language offered at Leaving Certificate level, in each year from 2020 to 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42648/26]