252. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Social Protection if his Department maintains a risk register; if so, if copies of the register since 2022 will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66071/26]
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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Debated under the same heading
Debates whose official heading is exactly these words.
The questions
289. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 239 of 26 November 2025, if he will confirm the current status of the office (details supplied). [66268/26]
81. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of passports that have been issued from the years 2020-2026 which included a gender marker that was not M (male) or F (female). [64971/26]
144. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the steps he is taking to prepare for COP 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65759/26]
146. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the additional measures for example, WAM he had planned to address Ireland’s emissions (details supplied); to provide a detailed breakdown of these measures; the timeline for delivery; the projected emissions savings; and the impact on overall sectoral ceilings, in tabular form. [65805/26]
147. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment when the climate action plan will be delivered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65807/26]
149. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to assure the people of East Clare that his Department will not issue prospecting licences in the local area for gold, silver and base metals; if he is aware of the potential impacts of mining and prospecting in relation to water quality and the proposed injection of chemicals into the land in some cases; to give an assurance that…
151. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will report on the demands data centres place on Ireland’s critical infrastructure; the plans to increase this demand; if he is satisfied with our infrastructure’s ability to withstand this increased demand; the way in which this will be paid; the contributions data centres have made to finance existing and increased demand; his view…
212. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Transport the details of all defects for national roads logged on to the TII defect management system in 2025 and to date in 2026 for each local authority; the details of whether those defects have been approved or refused for funding and the amount of funding allocated for each, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64523/26]
252. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport his views on correspondence (details supplied); if he is aware of these concerns; the measures he is taking to address this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64977/26]
328. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Transport the number of new buses that entered into Dublin Bus fleet in 2025 and to-date in 2026; the number of buses withdrawn from Dublin Bus fleet during same period, in tabular form. [65574/26]
349. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Transport if incidents of fainting on public transport are recorded; if so, the number of people who have fainted on public transport and details; if he is aware of commuters fainting on the morning Iarnród Éireann commuter rail service from Clondalkin & Fonthill to Dublin Connolly; the steps that are being taken to increase capacity on this line; and if he will outlin…
352. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Transport the number of persons that have used each Local-Link bus services within Louth in the years of 2024, 2025 and to-date in 2026, in tabular form. [65517/26]
557. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 526 of 28 April 2026, to provide a list of the frameworks of providers of digital devices recommended to schools. [65042/26]
561. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide the current enrolment, permanent building capacity, temporary accommodation capacity and projected enrolment for each primary and post-primary school serving County Louth; and to identify whether any schools are currently operating at or above their permanent capacity. [65095/26]
780. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of WTE staff by grade, working in each INTREO office within Wexford, in tabular form. [65588/26]
807. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Garda vetting applications received and completed in 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; the median processing time in each period; and the number of applications which took more than ten, 20 and 30 working days to complete, in tabular form. [64207/26]
808. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of people who were the subject of more than one Garda vetting application within a three-year period in 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; the number who underwent vetting twice, three times or more during that period; and the sectors in which these repeat applications arose, if available. [64208/26]
814. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of interventions made in Dublin, by area within Dublin, and by age in each of the years from 2015 to 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64132/26]
822. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of actioned Garda transfer requests (D19 applications) across the State in each of the past five years to date in 2026, in tabular form. [64304/26]
823. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Gardaí transferred into the Galway division in 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025; and the districts and stations these Gardaí were assigned to as part of these transfers, in tabular form. [64296/26]
824. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Gardaí transferred out of the Galway division in 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025; the districts and stations these Gardaí were removed from as part of these transfers; and the division they were transferred to, in tabular form. [64295/26]
990. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to detail the information technology system used to administer producer organisation operational programmes and claims; the extent to which the system relies on spreadsheets or manual processes; and whether his Department has examined procuring or adapting a dedicated system used by another European Union Member State. [65241/26]
991. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether officials from his Department attended the principal annual European conference for producer organisations in each year from 2022 to 2025 and to date in 2026; the number of officials attending in each year; and, where his Department was not represented, the reason for non-attendance, in tabular form. [65240/26]
992. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of producer organisation inspections completed in each year from 2022 to 2025 and to date in 2026; the number delayed beyond the scheduled date; the average delay; and whether such delays resulted in delayed payments to producer organisations or their members, in tabular form. [65239/26]