Departmental Data
An official questions-paper heading. 3,994 questions (3 oral, 3,991 written), first 2025-01-22, latest 2026-07-28.
Questions under this heading, per month
Jan 2025Jul 2026
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| Month | Questions |
|---|---|
| Jan 2025 | 34 |
| Feb 2025 | 83 |
| Mar 2025 | 109 |
| Apr 2025 | 199 |
| May 2025 | 70 |
| Jun 2025 | 294 |
| Jul 2025 | 286 |
| Sep 2025 | 289 |
| Oct 2025 | 144 |
| Nov 2025 | 345 |
| Dec 2025 | 296 |
| Jan 2026 | 192 |
| Feb 2026 | 284 |
| Mar 2026 | 121 |
| Apr 2026 | 263 |
| May 2026 | 415 |
| Jun 2026 | 310 |
| Jul 2026 | 260 |
Addressed to
| Department | Questions |
|---|---|
| Health | 1,016 |
| Justice | 451 |
| Education | 387 |
| Finance | 318 |
| Housing | 299 |
| Children | 283 |
| Social | 255 |
| Agriculture | 145 |
| Transport | 140 |
| Further and Higher Education | 128 |
| Public Expenditure | 128 |
| Enterprise | 105 |
| Climate | 79 |
| Rural | 71 |
| Foreign | 56 |
| Defence | 51 |
| Culture | 33 |
| Taoiseach | 33 |
| Tourism | 13 |
| Environment | 3 |
Debates under the same heading
Dáil debate sections whose official heading is exactly these words.
| Date | Debate section |
|---|---|
| 2026-07-09 | Departmental Data |
| 2025-11-20 | Departmental Data |
| 2025-11-12 | Departmental Data |
The questions
Aidan Farrelly
written
2026-04-14 · to Education
1505. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of WTE senior quantity surveyor grade 1 that is employed within the Department as of 7 April 2026, in tabular form. [26652/26]
David Cullinane
written
2026-04-14 · to Education
1544. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Education and Youth the level of capital funding provided to primary and post-primary schools in County Waterford in each of the years 2016-2025, by school, in tabular form. [27318/26]
David Cullinane
written
2026-04-14 · to Education
1545. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Education and Youth the level of capital funding provided to primary and post-primary schools in each of the years 2016-2025, by county, in tabular form. [27319/26]
Aidan Farrelly
written
2026-04-14 · to Culture
1558. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the value and duration of contracts and service provision arrangements his Department and all bodies under his aegis have or had with a company (details supplied) in the past ten years to date in 2026; if he will clarify whether his Department was the beneficiary of professional work or services from the company o…
Paul Donnelly
written
2026-04-14 · to Culture
1604. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the funding provided by Sport Ireland to Tennis Ireland in each of the years of 2024, 2025 and 2026, in tabular form. [26673/26]
Malcolm Byrne
written
2026-04-14 · to Culture
1611. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport to provide an estimate of the total volume of data currently stored by or on behalf of the State by her Department in data centres in Ireland, data centres outside of Ireland but within the European Union, data centres outside of the European Union and data storage facilities within his own Department; and if he wi…
Paul McAuliffe
written
2026-04-14 · to Housing
1621. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage given that a housing form/application is required to request a long-term residential place for an adult with an intellectual disability, the number of people in this category; the number of people on such a list in each county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27143/26]
Keira Keogh
written
2026-04-14 · to Housing
1639. Deputy Keira Keogh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount of CPO completions in each local authority in the State for the last three years; and the average time taken to complete these CPOs, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23714/26]
Keira Keogh
written
2026-04-14 · to Housing
1640. Deputy Keira Keogh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage how long it takes, on average, for a local authority to make a decision on an application for social housing in each local authority in the State, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23716/26]
John Brady
written
2026-04-14 · to Housing
1645. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide details of all periodic critical reviews that have been conducted by the National Directorate for Fire and Emergency Management (NDFEM) since 2009, in accordance with section 8.14 of the code of practice for the governance of State bodies. [23853/26]
Rory Hearne
written
2026-04-14 · to Housing
1646. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount of funding which had been allocated to the PPP bundles, by bundle, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23924/26]
Jennifer Whitmore
written
2026-04-14 · to Housing
1653. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of supported housing units in Wicklow at the moment; and the number that are planned up to 2050; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23996/26]
Michael Cahill
written
2026-04-14 · to Housing
1674. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his views on issues raised (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24382/26]
Peadar Tóibín
written
2026-04-14 · to Housing
1693. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the work his Department is undertaking to address the low uptake of social housing and independent living supports by people with intellectual disabilities. [24758/26]
Pat Buckley
written
2026-04-14 · to Housing
1708. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of supported housing units in east Cork; and the number of supported housing units that are planned. [24942/26]
Thomas Gould
written
2026-04-14 · to Housing
1719. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to publish the data used to create charts (details supplied). [25078/26]
Malcolm Byrne
written
2026-04-14 · to Housing
1820. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an estimate of the total volume of data currently stored by or on behalf of the State by his Department in data centres in Ireland, data centres outside of Ireland but within the European Union, data centres outside of the European Union and data storage facilities within his own Department; and if …
John Brady
written
2026-04-14 · to Social
1842. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of cases that have been initiated under the Social Welfare Act since 2015 for systemic PRSI misclassification; to provide a breakdown of the outcome of these cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23871/26]
Erin McGreehan
written
2026-04-14 · to Social
1847. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Social Protection if his Department has identified any trends in uptake of parent’s leave and paternity leave in recent years; the projections that have been made for future demand and associated costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23978/26]
Mark Wall
written
2026-04-14 · to Social
1848. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide the number of people who are in receipt of carer’s allowance and also in receipt of fuel allowance to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24017/26]
Mark Wall
written
2026-04-14 · to Social
1849. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide the number of people who are in receipt of the working family payment and also in receipt of fuel allowance to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24018/26]
Claire Kerrane
written
2026-04-14 · to Social
1869. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the total number of people who participated in JobBridge [24837/26]
Michael Fitzmaurice
written
2026-04-14 · to Social
1884. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Social Protection the initial estimated allocation compared to the actual outturn for the period of carbon tax to his Department, disaggregated by the programme or measure funded, for each of the years 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25274/26]
Marie Sherlock
written
2026-04-14 · to Social
1886. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Social Protection Please also include the number of applications for this area and in which geographical area they were in. [25320/26]
Michael Fitzmaurice
written
2026-04-14 · to Social
1887. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount of allocated carbon tax funding that remained unspent at year end; the amount surrendered back to the Exchequer via the Central Fund; the amount carried over via formal arrangements for deferred surrender; and whether amounts carried over were retained for the specific programme/measure originally allocated or tra…