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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

Thomas Gould Written 16 Dec 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
1174. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of apprentices, by phase, in Cork, in tabular form. [72121/25]
Thomas Gould Written 16 Dec 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
1175. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the average time it took, from Phase 1 to completion, to complete each apprenticeship in Cork, by trade in 2025 to date, in tabular form. [72122/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 16 Dec 2025 · to Rural
1182. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the bilateral meetings he has had with his EU counterparts to date in 2025, in tabular form. [71703/25]
Pádraig Rice Written 16 Dec 2025 · to Rural
1184. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the grants or supports available for community centre roof replacements and repairs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71956/25]
Barry Heneghan Written 11 Dec 2025 · to Transport
311. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Transport the status of Ireland’s implementation of the EU secure repair and maintenance information SERMI framework under regulation EU 2018/858; the legislative changes required to allow a national conformity assessment body to receive Garda vetting results for the certification of independent repairers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71216/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 11 Dec 2025 · to Enterprise
383. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the work undertaken with the Central Statistics Office and the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage since 2022 to enable the publication of residential-specific productivity statistics, including GVA, hours worked and modern methods of construction output; if his Department has sought a Eurostat derogation to permit disa…
Ken O'Flynn Written 11 Dec 2025 · to Housing
439. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number and type of sanctions imposed by the Property Services Regulatory Authority on licensed property services providers following anti-money-laundering compliance audits in each of the past five years; the number of cautions, formal directions, financial penalties, licence suspensions, licence revocations and referrals to An …
Ken O'Flynn Written 11 Dec 2025 · to Housing
440. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to outline the escalation procedures the Property Services Regulatory Authority is required to follow where an audit identifies that a property sale completed without the customer due diligence or identity verification required under the Criminal Justice (Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing) Act 2010; whether the Department has…
Ken O'Flynn Written 11 Dec 2025 · to Housing
441. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the risk model used by the Property Services Regulatory Authority to select property services providers for anti-money-laundering audits; the proportion of high-risk licensees subject to more frequent inspections than the standard five-year cycle; and whether the current model aligns with the property sector risk profile in the Nati…
Ken O'Flynn Written 11 Dec 2025 · to Housing
442. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the staffing levels and specialist expertise available within the Property Services Regulatory Authority for anti-money-laundering supervision; the number of inspectors assigned to AML audit work in each year since 2021; the specialist AML training completed by those inspectors; and whether additional staffing or expert support will…
Ken O'Flynn Written 11 Dec 2025 · to Housing
443. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage how he reconciles the identification of only three non-compliant businesses out of 1,761 anti-money-laundering audits in the period 2021 to 2025 with the risk profile for the property sector set out in the National Risk Assessment for Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing; whether his Department has reviewed the PSRA’s audit meth…
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 11 Dec 2025 · to Housing
453. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 550 of 30 September 2025, to list the aspects of the Ballymun regeneration project were uncompleted as of the end of 2013, when the project was "largely completed," and those which remain incomplete today. [71223/25]
Eoghan Kenny Written 11 Dec 2025 · to Social
455. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Social Protection if his Department, and agencies under the Department’s remit, purchase data on the habits and activities of social media users and other platforms; if so, the reasons for purchasing such data; the amount spent in 2024 and 2025 year to date on such expenditure, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70872/25]
Eoghan Kenny Written 11 Dec 2025 · to Justice
461. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department, and agencies under the Department’s remit, purchase data on the habits and activities of social media users and other platforms; if so, the reasons for purchasing such data; the amount spent in 2024 and 2025 year to date on such expenditure, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70869/25]
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 11 Dec 2025 · to Justice
462. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the position regarding any deployment of Irish personnel (details supplied); the number of personnel, their roles, the duration of their deployment, and the locations of the operations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70898/25]
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 11 Dec 2025 · to Justice
463. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if any member of An Garda Síochána or other State staff have received or are scheduled to receive training at a location (details supplied); the details of the number of personnel, type of training, and dates training occurred or is planned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70900/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 11 Dec 2025 · to Justice
468. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the statistics on the number of penalty points issued for tailgating, by county, in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [70968/25]
Alan Kelly Written 11 Dec 2025 · to Justice
469. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the full details of all the payments made, for domestic utilities, waste collection, home maintenance, cleaning services, security and gardening services and any other contractual services paid for by the State at tax payers expense and provided to a person (details supplied) while they lived at Spa Lodge in the Phoenix Park between Sep…
Alan Kelly Written 11 Dec 2025 · to Justice
472. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of members of the Garda National Technical Bureau (GNTB) who are currently certified in the area of CBRNe; when such certification is due to expire; and the expiration dates of the CBRN suits/masks on issue to them. [71004/25]
Malcolm Byrne Written 11 Dec 2025 · to Justice
475. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of firearms/gun licences issued by the State for each year 2015 to 2024, and to date in 2025, broken down by new licences and renewals. [71035/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 11 Dec 2025 · to Justice
483. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to set out the governance framework applied to all national and EU-funded migration and integration schemes; the audit standards in force for each scheme; and the dates on which the most recent audits were completed and submitted to his Department. [71131/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 11 Dec 2025 · to Justice
484. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to outline the outcome indicators, performance metrics and evaluation methods used to assess projects funded under the National Integration Fund, Communities Integration Fund, International Protection Integration Fund and all AMIF-funded actions; and to confirm whether these indicators were met in each year since 2017 to date 2025. [71…
Ken O'Flynn Written 11 Dec 2025 · to Justice
485. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether his Department maintains a central register showing all organisations that receive funding from more than one national or EU-funded integration scheme; if not, to state why no such register exists; and if he will now establish one to ensure oversight and prevent duplication. [71133/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 11 Dec 2025 · to Justice
486. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if a value-for-money review has been carried out on the National Integration Fund, Communities Integration Fund, International Protection Integration Fund, AMIF-funded actions and ESF+ Integration and Employment measures; and to provide the findings, recommendations and implementation status of any such review. [71134/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 11 Dec 2025 · to Justice
487. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department intends to publish an annual consolidated report on all migration and integration funding streams, including total expenditure, list of funded organisations, outcomes achieved, audit results and year-on-year comparisons; and if not, to explain the policy basis for this decision. [71135/25]