413. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the average processing time for applications under Transfer of Business relief involving tools of the trade; the documentation most commonly outstanding or queried by Revenue; and whether any guidance has been issued to streamline applications for returning Irish citizens. [10004/26]
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 |
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| 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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Debates whose official heading is exactly these words.
The questions
414. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if consideration has been given to extending relief from Customs Duty and VAT on tools of the trade to returning Irish citizens employed in the construction sector who do not meet the sole-trader criteria for Transfer of Business relief; and if not, the reason for this position. [10005/26]
415. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the amounts of payment fraud in Ireland in 2022, 2023 and 2024, broken down by payment instrument; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10034/26]
418. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the point at which it becomes a matter for the Houses of the Oireachtas when a statutory tribunal confirms an accountability gap that only the executive has the power to fix (details supplied);; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10038/26]
423. Deputy William Aird asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will consider broadening the scope of professions included in the guidelines for flat-rate expenses for self-supplied uniforms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10109/26]
427. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to provide details of all active interdepartmental, interagency, and department-agency working groups organised under his remit. [10154/26]
429. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the average value of businesses that have been inherited in each of the past ten years. [10195/26]
430. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the average value of farms that have been inherited in each of the past ten years. [10196/26]
533. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Education and Youth to outline all summer works approved for schools in Cork for 2025 and thus far in 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9180/26]
571. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will review the case of a person (details supplied) in relation to an incremental credit application for teaching service; the reasons for the decision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9607/26]
607. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Education and Youth his views on a matter (details supplied). [10019/26]
634. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children currently enrolled in each NCSE supported special school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10283/26]
641. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children who have presented to the NCSE requiring a letter of eligibility after the 1 October deadline, introduced in 2025, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10334/26]
642. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Education and Youth to list each of the project managers for each of the schools effected by construction defects which were constructed by a company (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10337/26]
647. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of students attending schools (details supplied) who reside in the Tyrrelstown-Mulhuddart SPA, broken down per school year group, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10359/26]
652. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of early intervention classes in special schools, in each of the years 2014 to 2016, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10394/26]
681. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the number of persons that attended each of the National Culture Institutions under the remit of his Department in 2025; if he will provide the corresponding figures for 2024, in tabular form. [10305/26]
748. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide details of the percentage of women that have their salary topped up by their employer on maternity leave; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9598/26]
758. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for maternity benefit that were successful in each year from 2020 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9898/26]
761. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide details of all active interdepartmental, interagency, and department-agency working groups organised under his remit. [10162/26]
765. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in each county or Dáil constituency in receipt of the old age pension. [10363/26]
766. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in each county or Dáil constituency in receipt of jobseeker’s allowance. [10364/26]
767. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in each county or Dáil constituency in receipt of jobseeker’s benefit. [10365/26]
821. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of new Garda recruits to the training college in the years 2024 and 2025, by intake and the number that attested; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9975/26]
823. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of intakes which are projected to Templemore for new Garda training in 2026; the expected dates of those; the number currently in training; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9977/26]