488. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to detail the compliance checks required before releasing funds under each scheme; the financial reporting obligations placed on grantees; the percentage of grantees that submitted complete and timely accounts in each year since 2017; and the number of cases where payments were reduced, suspended or recovered. [71136/25]
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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Debated under the same heading
Debates whose official heading is exactly these words.
The questions
489. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide the evaluation reports submitted to the European Commission for all AMIF and ESF+ integration actions; and to confirm whether any recommendations on financial controls, performance measurement or risk management were issued by the Commission to Ireland. [71137/25]
490. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to specify how multi-year grants under migration and integration schemes are monitored over time; the checkpoints used; the criteria for continuation or termination; and the number of projects that were discontinued or amended due to performance concerns since 2017. [71138/25]
491. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether his Department has completed an assessment on the potential consolidation of overlapping migration and integration funding schemes; and to outline the policy analysis undertaken on cost savings, administrative efficiency and improved oversight. [71139/25]
492. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to outline the strengthened spending controls that will be applied to future rounds of the National Integration Fund, Communities Integration Fund, International Protection Integration Fund and EU-backed measures; and to provide the timeline for implementing these controls. [71140/25]
497. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of unresolved cases that have been referred for peer review since 2022 to date in 2025; the number completed; the number reopened; and the number in which new investigative actions were taken. [71275/25]
498. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Gardai, by rank attached to the Garda band as of 5 December 2025, in tabular form. [71289/25]
499. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the amount spent on purchasing new Garda public order equipment in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [71290/25]
500. Deputy Keira Keogh asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Gardaí in the Westport district of Mayo, including the areas of Achill, Louisburgh and Newport, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71300/25]
501. Deputy Keira Keogh asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Gardaí in the Westport district of Mayo who have left the district either through resignations, retirements, promotions, transfers, including the areas of Achill, Louisburgh and Newport, the number of cases in which the departure of these Gardaí has resulted in their replacement, in tabular form; and if he will make a sta…
503. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine 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. [70857/25]
524. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her 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 she will make a statement on the matter. [70858/25]
525. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the current recruitment campaigns for occupational therapy; and the number of posts offered versus filled in each health region over the past 12 months. [70950/25]
530. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will provide a schedule in respect of media training, presentation training and general preparedness of Tusla officials relating to appearances Oireachtas committees; and the costs and companies engaged to deliver the training in 2025. [71060/25]
531. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the whole-time equivalent number of HSE-funded occupational therapist posts in Cork city and county in each of the years 2022, 2023 and 2024, and to date in 2025; the number of posts vacant in each of those years; the number of staff who left HSE occupational therapy posts and the number appointed in each year; the resulting vacancy and …
532. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children and adults on waiting lists for occupational therapy in Cork city and county in each quarter from Q1 2022 to the most recent quarter, broken down by service area (primary care, disability services, older persons, and mental health); the median and longest waiting times in each category; and the assessment of her De…
536. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an updated timeline to ratify the second optional protocol of the UNCRC; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71192/25]
539. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children in Longford waiting for an assessment of need. [71278/25]
540. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Health the status of section 39 pay restoration for organisations funded by her Department; the reason workers in a team (details supplied) funded by her Department have received only one round of restoration while HSE-funded colleagues have received full restoration and scheduled increases; her plans to ensure full parity of pay and eliminate the resulting disparity amon…
542. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of people currently awaiting a first-time occupational therapy assessments in each county of the HSE west and north-west region; the number waiting over 12 months; the proportion this represents of the total waiting list; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70944/25]
543. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Health the longest current waiting time for an occupational therapy assessment in the HSE west and north-west; and the actions being taken to reduce excessive delays. [70945/25]
544. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Health the average waiting time for paediatric occupational therapy assessments in Roscommon and Galway; and the measures being prioritised to improve timely access. [70946/25]
545. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of occupational therapy posts currently vacant in each CHO area; the number of posts temporarily or permanently unfilled due to the pay and numbers strategy; and her plans to reinstate these posts. [70947/25]
546. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of occupational therapy posts frozen or not permitted to be recruited due to the HSE pay and numbers strategy in 2023 and 2024. [70948/25]
550. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Health the number of clinical specialist occupational therapist posts currently funded and filled; the number unfilled; and if additional posts will be created to address service demand.
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