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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

Mark Wall Written 9 Dec 2025 · to Housing
504. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of one off rural housing applications received by each local authority over the past three years; the number of one off rural housing applications refused by each local authority over those three years, by each local authority, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [69774/25]
Thomas Gould Written 9 Dec 2025 · to Housing
507. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average processing time by his Department for capital approval of rightsizing acquisitions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [69924/25]
Gary Gannon Written 9 Dec 2025 · to Housing
508. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to the recommendation included in the European Commission's 2025 Rule of Law Report for Ireland (details supplied), the steps taken to address this recommendation; the expected timeline for the completion of same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [69990/25]
Charles Ward Written 9 Dec 2025 · to Housing
510. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total capital and operational payments made by the State to Uisce Éireann, broken down by year. [70005/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 9 Dec 2025 · to Social
534. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Social Protection the net change in income in 2026 compared with 2025 for a single adult on disability allowance living alone, taking account of the withdrawal of once off supports in Budget 2025 including the €400 disability cost-of-living payment, the €300 fuel lump sum, the €300 living alone lump sum, the €200 electricity credits and the double week bonuses, and the p…
Ken O'Flynn Written 9 Dec 2025 · to Social
540. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of restoring all once off supports paid to disabled people in 2025 for one further year, itemised by each support including the disability cost-of-living payment, the fuel lump sum, the living alone lump sum, electricity credits and double week bonuses. [69177/25]
Barry Ward Written 9 Dec 2025 · to Social
573. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding any actions he is taking to reduce energy poverty for older people; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70140/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 9 Dec 2025 · to Justice
581. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the oversight framework used by his Department for all national and EU co-funded migration and integration grants; the audit requirements imposed on NGOs; the number of compliance checks carried out in each of the past five years; the breaches identified; and the sanctions or repayment orders issued. [69057/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 9 Dec 2025 · to Justice
582. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the criteria used by his Department to award national and EU co-funded migration and integration funding; the value-for-money tests applied before grants approved; and the process used to verify outcomes once funding has been spent. [69058/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 9 Dec 2025 · to Justice
583. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the performance indicators his Department uses to measure the impact of Exchequer and EU funding allocated to NGOs for immigration, asylum and integration initiatives; to confirm whether annual performance reports are required; and to provide the results of these indicators for each year since 2021. [69059/25]
Cormac Devlin Written 9 Dec 2025 · to Justice
598. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for a breakdown, by year, of the number of individuals removed from the State under the European Communities (Free Movement of Persons) Regulations 2015, which transpose the free movement directive; the reasons for removal in each case; the date on which each order was made and implemented; whether a ten-year ban was applied in each …
Matt Carthy Written 9 Dec 2025 · to Justice
611. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the amount spent on interpreters by An Garda Síochána in each of the past five years; the name of each company used; the breakdown of the amount paid to each company used, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [69359/25]
Matt Carthy Written 9 Dec 2025 · to Justice
614. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of times an interpreter has been used for interviews by An Garda Síochána in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [69363/25]
Peadar Tóibín Written 9 Dec 2025 · to Justice
660. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of burglaries reported in each county, in each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [69721/25]
Alan Kelly Written 9 Dec 2025 · to Justice
713. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the total costs of the additional security features implemented on a property prior to the occupancy and during the occupancy of a person (details supplied) in each of the years 2017 to 2025, in tabular form. [70195/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 9 Dec 2025 · to Justice
714. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the current pathway of services and supports available to women in Ireland who are experiencing DSGBV; and the mechanisms in place to ensure coordinated access across emergency, health, legal and refuge supports. [70207/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 9 Dec 2025 · to Justice
715. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration her Department’s plans to establish a dedicated and specially trained national Garda unit for responding to DSGBV, to ensure that victims seeking help receive an equal and consistent standard of response regardless of where in the country they present; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70208/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 9 Dec 2025 · to Justice
716. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the current average waiting time for individuals who have lodged an appeal or request for revocation of a deportation order; the measures being taken to reduce delays; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70211/25]
Colm Burke Written 9 Dec 2025 · to Justice
717. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the reason a full-time student (details supplied) who was born in Ireland and is required to apply for an Irish residency permit was only issued with a permit for a period of six months, which expires on the 6 March 2026,; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70232/25]
John Lahart Written 9 Dec 2025 · to Justice
727. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide details of new migration arrangements (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70353/25]
Robert Troy Written 9 Dec 2025 · to Justice
728. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if the minimum funding level of €200,000 for the Stepping Out Programme Athlone will be increased for 2026 and for each year thereafter (details supplied). [70383/25]
Robert Troy Written 9 Dec 2025 · to Justice
729. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide an update on negotiations to provide additional funding to Stepping Out for the 2025 period (details supplied). [70384/25]
Barry Ward Written 9 Dec 2025 · to Agriculture
730. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the proposals to implement a positive messaging strategy and campaign to inform farmers about the importance and benefit of Ireland’s carbon emissions reduction targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70110/25]
Eamon Scanlon Written 9 Dec 2025 · to Agriculture
731. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding available for the upgrading of slaughterhouses and boning halls; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [69008/25]
Aindrias Moynihan Written 9 Dec 2025 · to Agriculture
732. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the breakdown by county of the total amounts paid under the BISS, CRISS, ANC and complementary income support for young farmers in 2025, in tabular form. [69461/25]