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
Malcolm Byrne
written
2026-07-08 · to Agriculture
168. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide the amounts by which his Department or agencies within the aegis of his Department that has been defrauded as a result of a cyberattack; and the total amount which has been recovered for each of the years 2021 to 2025, and to date in 2026. [51976/26]
Ryan O'Meara
written
2026-07-08 · to Agriculture
172. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the prices paid by licensed approved meat processing facilities on a weekly basis for TB reactors are reported to his Department and included in the prices reported on a weekly basis with non TB reactors; if so, his views that this distorts the accuracy of prices reported as TB reactors slaughtered in licensed appr…
Grace Boland
written
2026-07-07 · to Public Expenditure
69. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the work underway to ensure Departments are measured on outcomes delivered for citizens rather than expenditure incurred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51519/26]
Aindrias Moynihan
written
2026-07-07 · to Public Expenditure
70. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to provide an update on issuing a Section 50 for a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51208/26]
Naoise Ó Cearúil
written
2026-07-07 · to Public Expenditure
76. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the measures used to assess progress under the “Digital and Innovation at Scale” pillar of the Better Public Services Transformation Showcase 2025-2026, including the extent to which citizen uptake and engagement with digital services are taken into account; and if he wil…
Eoin Hayes
written
2026-07-07 · to Taoiseach
87. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Taoiseach the total cost of engagement with a company (details supplied) in each of the years 2020 to 2025, across his Department, by project, year and value. [51775/26]
Eoin Hayes
written
2026-07-07 · to Taoiseach
88. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Taoiseach the total cost of engagement with a company (details supplied) in each of the years 2020 to 2025, across his Department, by project, year and value. [51793/26]
Eoin Hayes
written
2026-07-07 · to Taoiseach
89. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Taoiseach the total cost of engagement with a company (details supplied) in each of the years 2020 to 2025, across his Department, by project, year and value. [51811/26]
Roderic O'Gorman
written
2026-07-07 · to Foreign
112. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide an update on efforts to reach a target of 0.7% of gross national income in overseas development aid; when her Department hopes to meet that target; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51632/26]
Malcolm Byrne
written
2026-07-07 · to Foreign
119. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide an update on the implementation of EU sanctions against the Russian shadow fleet. [51747/26]
Eoin Hayes
written
2026-07-07 · to Foreign
120. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total cost of engagement with a company (details supplied) in each of the years 2020 to 2025, across her Department, by project, year and value; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51767/26]
Eoin Hayes
written
2026-07-07 · to Foreign
121. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total cost of engagement with a company (details supplied) in each of the years 2020 to 2025, across her Department, by project, year and value; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51785/26]
Eoin Hayes
written
2026-07-07 · to Foreign
122. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total cost of engagement with a company (details supplied) in each of the years 2020 to 2025, across her Department, by project, year and value; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51803/26]
Ciarán Ahern
written
2026-07-07 · to Defence
152. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Defence to advise on a case (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50897/26]
Niamh Smyth
written
2026-07-07 · to Transport
180. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Transport if he will review correspondence (details supplied); if he will provide a response to the queries raised therein; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50858/26]
Joanna Byrne
written
2026-07-07 · to Transport
184. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Transport the efforts being made to increase enforcement against dangerous driving of scramblers and of the prohibition of scrambler use in public places in County Louth. [50903/26]
Joanna Byrne
written
2026-07-07 · to Transport
185. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Transport the engagement he has undertaken with the Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration and An Garda Síochána on powers of seizure and detention in relation to the new regulations; and whether he has undertaken any direct engagement with Gardaí in County Louth on the matter. [50904/26]
Aidan Farrelly
written
2026-07-07 · to Transport
207. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide an update in respect of IT projects (details supplied) to include delivering and or development third party; the amount expended to date in respect of consultancy and project management fees; if he will indicate the timeline to rollout of each project; if he will clarify whether each project is currently within budget a…
Albert Dolan
written
2026-07-07 · to Public Expenditure
286. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation having regard to the definition of “machine-readable format” in S.I. No. 376/2021 and to Government Open Data Policy, to state the file formats which his Department recognises as machine-readable for the publication of tabular public-sector datasets. [51574/26]
Ged Nash
written
2026-07-07 · to Public Expenditure
292. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to provide the list of cases in which he has rejected increases proposed by line departments for chief executives in commercial State companies/agencies, under proposals agreed by Government in April 2025 following the senior posts remuneration committee report, in tabular form;…
Shane Moynihan
written
2026-07-07 · to Education
327. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the main policy achievements of her Department since 22 January 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50799/26]
Joanna Byrne
written
2026-07-07 · to Culture
412. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the number of TV licences that were purchased, per month, from January 2020 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51215/26]
Joanna Byrne
written
2026-07-07 · to Culture
413. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the evasion rate for those avoiding purchasing a TV licence, per month, from January 2020 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51216/26]
Joanna Byrne
written
2026-07-07 · to Culture
414. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the number of households nationally that should be purchasing a TV licence, per month, from January 2020 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51217/26]
Joanna Byrne
written
2026-07-07 · to Culture
415. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the number of TV licence notices that were issued; the number of court prosecutions that were initiated; the number of convictions for evading/non-payment of the TV licence and associated fines per month, from January 2020 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51219/26]