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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 3 Mar 2026 · to Children
770. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of WTE senior work practitioner posts that was filled at Kilbarrack children's disability network team as of 23 February 2026, in tabular form. [17232/26]
Tom Brabazon Written 3 Mar 2026 · to Children
771. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of WTE senior work practitioner posts that were filled at Coolock children's disability network team as of 23 February 2026, in tabular form. [17233/26]
Paul Lawless Written 3 Mar 2026 · to Health
781. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health the number of doctors who qualified in each of the years 2024 and 2025; the number of those graduates who subsequently entered employment within the Irish Health Service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16236/26]
Roderic O'Gorman Written 3 Mar 2026 · to Health
795. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE staff, by job title, working in each perinatal mental health team; and the number of vacancies, by job title, currently in each perinatal mental health team, in tabular form. [16341/26]
Roderic O'Gorman Written 3 Mar 2026 · to Health
796. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health the number of consultant neurosurgeons, neurosurgeon registrars and senior house officers in neurosurgery that were on call between the hours of 8pm-8am at Beaumont Hospital for each night of the week commencing 16 February 2026, in tabular form. [16343/26]
David Cullinane Written 3 Mar 2026 · to Health
800. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of doctors working for Children’s Health Ireland at consultant level who are not registered on the Medical Council’s specialist division register, by specialty, in tabular form. [16352/26]
David Cullinane Written 3 Mar 2026 · to Health
801. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of doctors working for Children’s Health Ireland at consultant level who are not registered on the Medical Council’s specialist division register, by location, in tabular form. [16353/26]
David Cullinane Written 3 Mar 2026 · to Health
802. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of doctors working for HSE statutory hospitals at consultant level who are not registered on the Medical Council’s specialist division register, by specialty, in tabular form. [16354/26]
David Cullinane Written 3 Mar 2026 · to Health
803. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of doctors working for public voluntary hospitals, to be requested from each, at consultant level who are not registered on the Medical Council’s specialist division register, by specialty, in tabular form. [16355/26]
David Cullinane Written 3 Mar 2026 · to Health
807. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health following the findings of an audit (details supplied), the steps she is taking to ensure that all consultants practicing across the HSE, voluntary groups, and Children’s Health Ireland are appropriately registered with the Irish Medical Council; if she will conduct an audit of the unaudited Health Regions, and of Children’s Health Ireland, for compliance with …
Albert Dolan Written 3 Mar 2026 · to Further and Higher Education
984. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science 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 va…
Ken O'Flynn Written 26 Feb 2026 · to Foreign
210. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No.189 of 19 February 2026, and reply that her Department has “no affiliation with the referenced website” includes confirmation that, since 1 January 2015, her Department has not received or responded to correspondence from any entity operating under the name ‘Diplomat.ie’; her Department has not held meetings,…
Ken O'Flynn Written 26 Feb 2026 · to Public Expenditure
302. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation whether, following the removal of ministerial approval at Approval Gate 2 under the revised Infrastructure Guidelines, his Department has introduced or will introduce enhanced reporting requirements to Ministers or to Dáil Éireann in respect of material scope changes, procurement strategy altera…
Ken O'Flynn Written 26 Feb 2026 · to Public Expenditure
303. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation whether his Department conducted any analysis of cost escalation occurring between Approval Gate 2 and Approval Gate 3 under the previous approval framework; the average percentage increase in estimated project costs at that stage over the past five years; and whether that analysis informed the …
Ken O'Flynn Written 26 Feb 2026 · to Public Expenditure
304. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation whether the advice provided by the Major Projects Advisory Group in 2025 concerning the removal of ministerial approval at Approval Gate 2 will be published; and if not, the reason for that decision. [15910/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 26 Feb 2026 · to Public Expenditure
305. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation whether his Department has conducted any time-based analysis of the duration between, submission of major infrastructure project proposals to a Minister or Cabinet committee and, formal ministerial or Cabinet decision; if so, to provide the average, median and range of decision intervals for the…
Ken O'Flynn Written 26 Feb 2026 · to Public Expenditure
306. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation whether the July 2025 Stakeholder Engagement and Emerging Themes Report or any related departmental analysis included quantitative modelling attributing proportions of overall project delay to, statutory planning processes, judicial review, procurement procedures, departmental appraisal and appr…
Ken O'Flynn Written 26 Feb 2026 · to Public Expenditure
307. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the average duration of each stage of the Public Spending Code appraisal and approval process for major capital projects exceeding €100 million for the years 2022 to 2025 inclusive; and to indicate which stage accounted for the longest cumulative delay across projects during that period. [15913/…
Ken O'Flynn Written 26 Feb 2026 · to Public Expenditure
308. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation whether his Department has assessed the impact of Cabinet committee scheduling frequency on the progression of major infrastructure projects requiring political approval; whether any backlog or queuing analysis has been undertaken; and if he will provide details of such analysis. [15914/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 26 Feb 2026 · to Public Expenditure
309. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the number of major infrastructure projects which had completed statutory planning consent were, at any point during 2022 to 2025 inclusive, awaiting ministerial or Cabinet approval for funding or progression; and to provide the average duration of such waiting periods. [15915/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 26 Feb 2026 · to Public Expenditure
310. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation whether his Department has benchmarked Ireland’s ministerial and central approval timelines for major infrastructure projects against comparable EU member states; and to provide the findings of any such benchmarking. [15916/26]
Eoin Ó Broin Written 26 Feb 2026 · to Housing
373. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the lead authority performance reports for Quarter 3 and Quarter 4 2025 will be published; and to give a commitment to include new child presentations into homelessness in these reports including a cumulative figure for the period from 2016 to Quarter 4 2025. [15733/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 26 Feb 2026 · to Social
409. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of clients classified as beneficiaries of temporary protection who were referred to the National Employment Service and Local Area Employment Services in each of the years 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; the number of such clients who secured employment; the number who sustained employment for at least 6 months and 12 months respe…
Ken O'Flynn Written 26 Feb 2026 · to Social
410. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Social Protection the total actual expenditure incurred in respect of all clients referred to the National Employment Service and Local Area Employment Services in each of the years 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; and the proportion of that expenditure attributable to beneficiaries of temporary protection in each year [15834/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 26 Feb 2026 · to Social
411. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Social Protection the average actual cost per client referred to the National Employment Service and Local Area Employment Services in each of the years 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; the average cost per client classified as a beneficiary of temporary protection; and the average cost per client not so classified. [15835/26]