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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

Pa Daly Written 17 Dec 2025 · to Health
436. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of people on physiotherapy waiting lists in Kerry, by area and by length of time, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73156/25]
Pa Daly Written 17 Dec 2025 · to Health
437. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of vacancies that exist within CAMHS in County Kerry, by area, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73157/25]
Albert Dolan Written 17 Dec 2025 · to Health
438. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Health the administrative cost to the Health Service of a missed appointment; if the HSE has carried out any assessments or calculations on same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73186/25]
Pa Daly Written 17 Dec 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
446. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to provide an update on the one legacy action due, as outlined in the Q1 2025 progress report (details supplied); to outline which actions they are; the reason for the delay; the state of the progress to date; and a timeline for completion, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [72940/25…
Joe Cooney Written 17 Dec 2025 · to Rural
452. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the number of WTE qualified architect and structural engineers employed by his Department in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [72773/25]
Joe Cooney Written 17 Dec 2025 · to Rural
453. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the number of applications for the CLÁR funding under measures 1 and measure 2 in 2025, in each county; the number of successful applications under each measure, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [72774/25]
John Paul O'Shea Written 17 Dec 2025 · to Rural
461. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the number of category one RRDF projects which have been announced to date; the number of these projects which have been fully completed; the steps the Minister is taking to expedite delivery of large capital projects in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73099/25]
John Paul O'Shea Written 17 Dec 2025 · to Rural
462. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the position regarding the implementation of Embracing Ireland’s Outdoors; the estimated value of the outdoor recreation sector to the Irish economy; if the Minister has data on visitor numbers to some of the flagship outdoor recreation projects his Department has supported; and if he will make a statement on the mat…
Duncan Smith Written 16 Dec 2025 · to Defence
244. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Defence if her Department will release footage of the drone activity during the visit of President Zelenskyy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72288/25]
Barry Heneghan Written 16 Dec 2025 · to Education
426. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department collects centralised comparative data on levels of student need across post primary schools; if so, if she will provide these data in tabular form; and if not, the rationale for requiring schools to determine need in the absence of national benchmarks given delays for professional assessments; and if she will make a statement on t…
Thomas Gould Written 16 Dec 2025 · to Education
480. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Education and Youth the current number of teachers on the substitute supply panel in Cork; and the number in 2020. [72123/25]
Thomas Gould Written 16 Dec 2025 · to Education
481. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of home-school liaison support workers in Cork in 2020, 2024 and the number in 2025. [72124/25]
Rose Conway-Walsh Written 16 Dec 2025 · to Culture
538. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the number of WTE manuscripts that are currently employed by the Department to date in 2025. [72222/25]
Thomas Gould Written 16 Dec 2025 · to Housing
589. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the latest data on the amounts levied, collected, owed and cumulatively owed; the number of sites on each register for the vacant sites levy and the residential zoned land tax, by local authority, in tabular form. [72140/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 16 Dec 2025 · to Housing
605. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the date on which his Department last received an update from the Building Control Management System on the validation of Modern Methods of Construction data; the expected completion date for this validation; and the internal deadline his Department has set for publishing the first tranche of MMC statistics. [72306/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 16 Dec 2025 · to Social
624. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of asset profilers in his Department as of 5 December 2025, in tabular form. [71698/25]
John Paul O'Shea Written 16 Dec 2025 · to Social
635. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of people who have applied for and availed of pay related benefit, by county to date; the average payment rate under the scheme to dater; the average duration of claims to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71740/25]
John Paul O'Shea Written 16 Dec 2025 · to Social
643. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of people who have availed of parents benefit; the breakdown of the number of mothers and the number of fathers who have availed of parent’s benefit; his views on whether further steps can be taken to encourage greater uptake of parent’s benefit; the position in relation to pay related parents benefit in each of the years 2022 to 2024 an…
Thomas Gould Written 16 Dec 2025 · to Social
654. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of people who have availed of an additional needs payment in the last quarter of this year and the same period in 2020 and 2024 respectively, in Cork city, by category of payment, in tabular form. [72114/25]
Thomas Gould Written 16 Dec 2025 · to Social
655. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of claims refused by payment in Cork; and the number accepted on appeal. [72115/25]
Mark Wall Written 16 Dec 2025 · to Social
661. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of heat supplement payments awarded for each county, for each of the past three years; the average time this payment remains in payment, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [72418/25]
Mark Wall Written 16 Dec 2025 · to Social
662. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of domiciliary care applications for each of the last three years; the number granted; the number of those turned down that were appealed; the number of those appeals that were successful; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [72419/25]
Donna McGettigan Written 16 Dec 2025 · to Justice
673. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the amount spent on vehicle recovery services within Clare-Tipperary division in 2023 to-date in 2025, by year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71393/25]
Paul Lawless Written 16 Dec 2025 · to Justice
742. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number and percentage of persons who have been prosecuted for the offence of illegal entry to the State, in each of the past five years. [72212/25]
Paul Lawless Written 16 Dec 2025 · to Justice
743. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of persons currently in custody who are non-Irish nationals; the length of sentence being served by each; the offence category for which they were convicted; and the length of time each individual had been a resident in the State prior to committing the offence, for each of the past 5 years, in tabular form. [72213/25]