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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

Eoin Ó Broin Written 5 Mar 2026 · to Housing
392. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number of applications for housing delivery office infrastructure which were received by close of deadline on 27 February 2026; the breakdown of those applications by local authority area, amount of funding requested in each application, and total number of housing units that would be activated by each application. [17921…
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 5 Mar 2026 · to Children
476. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality in respect of her Department’s pre-2022 responsibility for disability services, to provide the total number of individual service users who have been relocated from congregated settings to community settings for all relevant years following the publication of the Time to Move on from Congregated Settings policy in 2011, in tabul…
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 5 Mar 2026 · to Children
480. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality , in respect of her Department’s pre-2022 responsibility for disability services, the number of total service users which have been in place in congregated disability service settings, for all relevant years following the publication of the Time to Move on from Congregated Settings policy in 2011, in tabular form. [18197/26]
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 5 Mar 2026 · to Children
482. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total funding spent by her Department, and agencies under its remit, in pursuit of the decongregation policy for disability residential services for all years following the publication of the Time to Move on from Congregated Settings policy in 2011, in tabular form. [17975/26]
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 5 Mar 2026 · to Children
483. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total number of individual service users who have been relocated from congregated settings to community settings for all years following the publication of the Time to Move on from Congregated Settings policy in 2011, in tabular form. [17976/26]
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 5 Mar 2026 · to Children
484. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of places in congregated settings which have been suppressed following the death of a service user, or for any reason other than relocation to a community setting, for all years following the publication of the Time to Move on from Congregated Settings policy in 2011, in tabular form. [17977/26]
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 5 Mar 2026 · to Children
485. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of total service users which have been in place in congregated disability service settings, for all years following the publication of the Time to Move on from Congregated Settings policy in 2011, in tabular form. [17978/26]
Michael Cahill Written 5 Mar 2026 · to Health
562. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of people currently awaiting a dementia specific bed at Killarney Community Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18033/26]
Jen Cummins Written 4 Mar 2026 · to Education
147. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth the breakdown of boys and girls from the Killester Raheny Clontarf school planning area who leave the area for secondary schooling each year from 2015 to 2025, in tabular form, inclusive. [17459/26]
Johnny Mythen Written 4 Mar 2026 · to Education
151. Deputy Johnny Mythen asked the Minister for Education and Youth for a list of all primary schools in County Wexford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17693/26]
Johnny Mythen Written 4 Mar 2026 · to Education
152. Deputy Johnny Mythen asked the Minister for Education and Youth for a list of all secondary schools in County Wexford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17694/26]
Conor D McGuinness Written 4 Mar 2026 · to Housing
179. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the allocation per local authority for the Disability Adaptation to Housing Stock for each year from 2015-2025 and for 2026, in tabular form. [17710/26]
Pádraig O'Sullivan Written 4 Mar 2026 · to Housing
188. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average length of time it takes to process first registrations in each of the years 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17840/26]
Pádraig O'Sullivan Written 4 Mar 2026 · to Housing
189. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number of applications made to Tailte Éireann for first registration in each of the years 2023, 2024 and 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17841/26]
Pádraig O'Sullivan Written 4 Mar 2026 · to Housing
190. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number of property registrations processed by Tailte Éireann for each of the years 2023, 2024 and 2025. in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17842/26]
Pearse Doherty Written 4 Mar 2026 · to Housing
191. 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; the value of the sponsorship; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17859/26]
Ryan O'Meara Written 4 Mar 2026 · to Health
259. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Health the number of adults listed for eating disorder services in north Tipperary; the number of children listed for eating disorder services in north Tipperary; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17340/26]
Albert Dolan Written 3 Mar 2026 · to Climate
244. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to list all schemes, funding programmes, capital funds, grant streams or other expenditure headings administered by his Department in 2025 and 2026 which result in allocations, awards, or spending that can be identified with a specific geographical location including county, district, town, or project site, to group these by funding s…
Albert Dolan Written 3 Mar 2026 · to Climate
245. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide the web link to his Department’s Q4 2025 published report of purchase orders/payments over €20,000, in line with the FOI model publication scheme requirements; the date on which this report was published; and if it has not yet been published, the planned publication date. [16563/26]
Albert Dolan Written 3 Mar 2026 · to Climate
246. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to confirm, in respect of his Department’s published quarterly reports of procurement-related payments or purchase orders over €20,000 (details supplied), where such reports are published in PDF format but originate from an Excel or similar spreadsheet file, that the underlying data was fully expanded and validated prior to conversion…
Albert Dolan Written 3 Mar 2026 · to Defence
261. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Defence to list all schemes, funding programmes, capital funds, grant streams or other expenditure headings administered by her Department in 2025 and 2026 which result in allocations, awards, or spending that can be identified with a specific geographical location including county, district, town, or project site, to group these by funding stream or programme heading; …
Michael Cahill Written 3 Mar 2026 · to Transport
285. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Transport to issue a permit at the earliest possible date in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16337/26]
Albert Dolan Written 3 Mar 2026 · to Finance
345. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to list all schemes, funding programmes, capital funds, grant streams or other expenditure headings administered by his Department in 2025 and 2026 which result in allocations, awards, or spending that can be identified with a specific geographical location including county, district, town, or project site, to group these by funding stream or progra…
Albert Dolan Written 3 Mar 2026 · to Public Expenditure
365. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to list all schemes, funding programmes, capital funds, grant streams or other expenditure headings administered by his Department in 2025 and 2026 which result in allocations, awards, or spending that can be identified with a specific geographical location including county, district, town, or …
Albert Dolan Written 3 Mar 2026 · to Enterprise
389. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment to list all schemes, funding programmes, capital funds, grant streams or other expenditure headings administered by his Department in 2025 and 2026 which result in allocations, awards, or spending that can be identified with a specific geographical location including county, district, town, or project site, to group these by funding st…