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Departmental 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.

Jan 2025Oct 2026
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MonthQuestions
January 202534
February 202583
March 2025109
April 2025199
May 202570
June 2025294
July 2025286
August 20250
September 2025289
October 2025144
November 2025345
December 2025296
January 2026192
February 2026284
March 2026121
April 2026263
May 2026415
June 2026310
July 2026260
August 20260
September 2026124
October 2026118

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.

  • 100% RDR9 from 1 TD · 1 seat today
  • Aontú222 from 2 TDs · 2 seats today
  • Fianna Fáil647 from 34 TDs · 48 seats today
  • Fine Gael454 from 23 TDs · 38 seats today
  • Green Party29 from 1 TD · 1 seat today
  • Independent202 from 13 TDs · 15 seats today
  • Independent Ireland671 from 4 TDs · 4 seats today
  • Labour Party364 from 11 TDs · 11 seats today
  • People Before Profit-Solidarity83 from 3 TDs · 3 seats today
  • Sinn Féin1,203 from 38 TDs · 39 seats today

The TDs who asked most

Members of the Government answer questions rather than ask them. Each question counts once.

  1. 651
  2. 167
  3. 111
  4. 110
  5. 96
  6. 93
  7. 91
  8. 86

Asked of

Debated under the same heading

Debates whose official heading is exactly these words.

The questions

Tom Brabazon Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Justice
2040. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide a list of community service orders issued in the DMR North region. [24869/26]
Tom Brabazon Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Justice
2041. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if procedures will be put in place to ensure that a community service order is carried out. [24870/26]
Johnny Guirke Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Justice
2071. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of reported offences in County Meath, by town or village, for the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25334/26]
Johnny Guirke Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Justice
2075. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of successful prosecutions there have been in Trim Courthouse for the years 2020 to 2025 and to date 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25339/26]
Aidan Farrelly Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Justice
2160. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 205 of 25 February 2026, if the relevant information has been forwarded to him from Garda Authorities to answer the PQ. [26649/26]
Paul Lawless Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Agriculture
2210. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide a list of the NGOs that have received Government funding from his Department in the past five years. [24623/26]
Michael Fitzmaurice Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Agriculture
2261. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 338 of 5 February 2026, to disaggregate the 625 CHEDPs processed by his Department in 2025 for products of Brazilian origin at the border control post (BCP) of Dublin Port, terminal 10 by CN code/product type; including the gross tonnage of each; and if he will make a statement on the matter.…
Michael Fitzmaurice Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Agriculture
2262. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 338 of 5 February 2026, to disaggregate the 57 CHEDPs processed by his Department in 2026 for products of Brazilian origin at the border control post (BCP) of Dublin Port, terminal 10 by CN code/product type; including the gross tonnage of each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. …
Peadar Tóibín Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Agriculture
2266. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the quantity and cost of peat imported and exported in each of the past fifteen years, in tabular form. [25816/26]
Peadar Tóibín Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Agriculture
2267. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of live sheep imported to the State in each of the past ten years, by country of origin, in tabular form [25817/26]
Paul Lawless Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Agriculture
2281. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of non-Governmental organisations that have received State funding from his Department in each of the past five years; the number of such organisations currently registered in the State which have been funded by his Department; the number located outside the State that have received Irish public funds from his Department for …
Malcolm Byrne Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Agriculture
2301. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine 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 he will make a statement …
Michael Healy-Rae Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Children
2506. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the status of a referral for a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25461/26]
Emer Currie Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Children
2510. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to clarify an issue regarding a system for a service (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25596/26]
Cian O'Callaghan Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Children
2521. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reason her Department took over eighteen months to process a complaint, and subsequent appeal in relation to an organisation (details supplied); if her Department believes that this extended process has had any impact on the organisation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25782/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Health
2662. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to identify the body or bodies that currently hold national clinical governance responsibility for gender-related assessment and referral pathways for minors, pending completion of the model of care. [23736/26]
Aidan Farrelly Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Health
2855. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the value and duration of contracts and service provision arrangements her Department and all bodies under her aegis have or had with a company (details supplied) in the past ten years to date in 2026; if she will clarify whether her Department was the beneficiary of professional work or services from the company over that same period; and the nature and value…
Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Health
2860. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Health if there is any amnesty planned for asbestos building products, given that many HSE buildings contain this dangerous product; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24607/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Health
2874. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of beds that have been unavailable for use at Heather House Community Nursing Unit (Daisy Unit) in each month from February 2025 to date; and the number of residents displaced as a result in each month, in tabular form. [24692/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Health
2875. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the measures that have been put in place to offset the loss of 25 beds at Heather House Community Nursing Unit since February 2025; and whether additional capacity has been sourced externally, including through private or voluntary providers, as a direct consequence. [24693/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Health
2878. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of residents displaced from Daisy Unit, Heather House Community Nursing Unit, following its temporary closure for fire safety works in late February 2025; the location to which each resident was transferred; and whether any resident was transferred outside Heather House as a consequence of the closure. [24696/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Health
2879. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of admissions to Heather House Community Nursing Unit that could not proceed, were delayed, or were diverted elsewhere in each month since March 2025 due to the temporary closure of the 25-bed Daisy Unit for fire safety works. [24697/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Health
2880. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the temporary closure of the 25-bed Daisy Unit at Heather House Community Nursing Unit has resulted in a net reduction in operational bed capacity at the facility in each month since March 2025; and if she will provide the total number of operational beds available at the unit in each such month. [24698/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Health
2881. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the current project timetable for the fire safety works required to Daisy Unit, Heather House Community Nursing Unit; the date on which the works commenced; the current stage of completion; any interim milestones set; and the reason the works are now projected to continue until on or before the end of September 2026. [24699/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Health
2882. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the total cost estimated and incurred to date in respect of the fire safety works to Daisy Unit, Heather House Community Nursing Unit; and whether additional funding has been approved to complete the works. [24700/26]