1375. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to urgently examine a matter (details supplied;); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39608/26]
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
1404. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department maintains a central register identifying healthcare pathways or services in which no unified national audit system, outcome-monitoring framework, or standardised national dataset currently exists; and if she will provide details. [39753/26]
1405. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the absence of national audit or outcome-monitoring systems in any healthcare pathway has been recorded on any Departmental or HSE risk register since 2020; and if she will provide details of any such entries. [39754/26]
1408. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any healthcare pathways have been identified by the Department or HSE as operating without complete national outcome datasets despite involving vulnerable patients, minors, safeguarding considerations or high-cost public expenditure; and if she will provide details. [39757/26]
1413. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the Department has identified any governance risks arising from fragmented or non-interoperable national healthcare datasets across different HSE divisions, regions or programmes. [39762/26]
1470. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Health the number of operations that were scheduled at Beaumont Hospital, the Mater Hospital, St. James's Hospital and CHI but were cancelled in the past five years. [40054/26]
1511. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of Irish nationals, as distinct from EU and non-EU students, currently enrolled in accredited pharmacy programmes across all higher education institutions; the proportion of Irish nationals expected within graduate output over the next five years; the way in which this aligns with national …
163. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of, and name of, each active investor-state dispute settlement case currently under way against Ireland, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38642/26]
390. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of non-EU student graduates from medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, physiotherapy and veterinary medicine programmes who left the State within five years of completing their studies. [38518/26]
391. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of non-EU student graduates from medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, physiotherapy and veterinary medicine programmes who left the State within ten years of completing their studies. [38519/26]
52. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 150 of 6 May 2026, to specify which specific provisions of the Standing Orders of Dáil Éireann he was referring to in his answer. [38056/26]
103. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he will provide a schedule of IT projects that the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer has directed be paused, put on hold, and stood down in the past five years to date to include project name description, budget and amount expended. [37976/26]
118. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the number of SMEs who have availed of the Energy Efficiency Grant by County and by sector in each of the years 2023 to 2025 and to-date in 2026, in tabular form; if there are any plans to amend the scheme to increase the level of grant aid or make it easier for SMEs to access given the rising cost of energy; and if he will make a …
149. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of pupils in primary and secondary schools who have Down's syndrome, in tabular form. [38162/26]
219. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the status of the National Equality Data Strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38030/26]
224. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the vacancy rates for each of the twelve CORU-regulated health and social care professions in the public health service in each of the past five years, noting that the April 2025 CDNT Workforce Report recorded a 21% vacancy rate for health and social care professionals in Children's Disability Network Teams; the progress that has …
228. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will confirm the specific plans that are in place to address the HSE Roadmap for Service Improvement Q2 2025 projection that approximately 23,903 assessments of need could be due for completion by the end of 2025, with 16,593 already overdue at the end of Quarter 2 2025; if she will outline whether sufficient resources are …
322. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Defence if any military personnel from either the Air Corps and or Naval Service went to France for specialist military training in each of the years 2024, 2025 and to-date in 2026; and if so, the name of such course and duration, in tabular form. [36902/26]
359. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport the total revenue generated from clamp release fees by local authorities in each of the past five years; the number of vehicles clamped annually over the same period; and whether his Department has assessed whether the increased fee of €125 has had a measurable impact on parking compliance. [37163/26]
360. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport the current charges applied for towing vehicles to car pounds and daily storage fees; whether the €250 tow-away charge has been reviewed or increased in recent years;and if any changes to these charges are under consideration. [37164/26]
361. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport the number of vehicles towed to car pounds due to non-payment of clamp release fees within 24 hours in each of the past five years; and whether his Department has assessed the proportionality of towing vehicles in such circumstances. [37165/26]
386. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 2480 of 6 May 2026, how an article released in the media referring to this Parliamentary Question, which appeared in multiple media outlets on 8 May 2026 referencing his reply to this Deputy when this Deputy was not issued with the PQ reply until 11 May 2026. [36883/26]
387. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 2480 of 6 May 2026, when he or his Department briefed a journalist regarding an article released in the media referring this Parliamentary Question. [36884/26]
388. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 2480 of 6 May 2026, whether his special advisers briefed a journalist regarding an article released in the media referring to this Parliamentary Question before 11 May 2026. [36885/26]
389. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his Departmental policy on media briefings relating to Parliamentary Questions. [36886/26]