891. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth the timeline for when the stage one report will be approved for a school (details supplied); and when the school will move onto stage two. [20534/26]
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
913. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware of the case of a school (details supplied); if her Department investigate the matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20829/26]
929. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the CEOs or equivalent he has formally met with from each State agency under the remit of the Department to date in 2026, in tabular form. [18683/26]
930. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 599 of 24 February 2026, to provide a breakdown of the 547 music recipients by their role or professional category within the music industry (details supplied); the number of recipients who were classified as full-time workers or part-time workers in the music industry; the number of applicants who d…
952. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the funding provided by Sport Ireland to the various water sports governed by Swim Ireland, by sport, in each of the years from 2020 to-date in 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19746/26]
959. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the current salary rate being paid to the chairperson and four commissioners of Coimisiún na Meán; the combined cost of these salaries since the commission was established, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20120/26]
1020. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount spent to date by his Department to facilitate Ireland’s participation in the Marché International des Professionels de l'Immoblier 2026 Conference in Cannes, by expenditure type, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18807/26]
1021. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the persons attending the Marché International des Professionels de l'Immoblier 2026 Conference in Cannes on behalf of the Irish Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18808/26]
1022. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide documentation, presentations and promotional material produced by the Irish government and/or his Department for the Marché International des Professionels de l'Immoblier 2026 Conference in Cannes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18809/26]
1023. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide the organisers of the Irish stand at the Marché International des Professionels de l'Immoblier 2026 Conference in Cannes; his Department’s involvement in same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18810/26]
1066. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 191 on the 4 of March 2026, if he could provide the value of the sponsorship in cash terms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19394/26]
1067. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the sponsor of Ireland's participation in Marché International des Professionnels de l'Immobilier (MIPIM) Conference last year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19399/26]
1252. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of community service orders issued in each of the past ten years; and to provide a county-by-county breakdown of the actual works carries out pursuant to these orders, in tabular form. [18495/26]
1282. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of naturalisation applications received each year to date since 2010; the number granted, refused, withdrawn and still decision pending; the country from which the applicants originated, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18926/26]
1284. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of applications for naturalisation received based on Irish descent and Irish associations (details supplied), in each of the years 2010 to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18928/26]
1285. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of applications received, granted, refused, still pending a decision and in dispute for the immigrant investor programme; the value in euro of each application; the number of persons who have received a status or permission to reside in Ireland arising from the IIP for each year since its inception and to date in 2026, in ta…
1390. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of family reunification applications that were granted in 2025; to provide a breakdown of those grants according to whether the sponsor was a person with refugee status or a person eligible for subsidiary protection; and the average number of family members granted permission per successful family reunification applicati…
1391. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of convictions for human trafficking within the State over the past ten years; the number of victims identified and the age of each of the victims identified over the past ten years, in tabular form. [20546/26]
1522. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the concerns of a person (details supplied) in relation to accessing their personal records related to their time in care of the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18955/26]
1597. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 764 of 30 September 2025, the number of foster carers that ceased foster caring in 2025 and to-date in 2026. [20134/26]
1779. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health the number of people suffering with long-Covid, broken down by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18934/26]
1921. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1120 of 17 February 2026, the reason cancellations are not recorded centrally; if it is possible to collect this data; if not, the reason; if so, the reason it is not collected; if she will request an assessment of this data; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19518/26]
1922. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1120 of 17 February 2026, the way in which health system planning can be properly informed without reference to data on the reason for hospital-initiated appointment cancellations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19519/26]
2047. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the approved workforce model, including the number of whole-time equivalent posts, required to safely operate the 19-bed dementia-specific unit at a nursing unit (details supplied); and whether funding has been approved for the full complement of staff. [20074/26]
259. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the market will be restored to new market in Dublin 8; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17290/26]