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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

Michael Murphy Written 27 Nov 2025 · to Justice
433. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide a full breakdown of the allocation of newly attested Garda members from the Garda College, Templemore, in each of the graduations held in 2025; the number allocated to each Garda division and each Garda station; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67148/25]
Michael Murphy Written 27 Nov 2025 · to Justice
434. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of new Garda members allocated from Templemore to the Clare/Tipperary division in 2025; the number allocated to each individual station in South Tipperary, including Clonmel, Cahir, Cashel, Tipperary Town and Carrick-on-Suir; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67149/25]
Michael Murphy Written 27 Nov 2025 · to Justice
435. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of new Garda members allocated from Templemore to the South Tipperary division in each of the years 2022, 2023 and 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67150/25]
Michael Murphy Written 27 Nov 2025 · to Justice
436. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to list, for each attestation class in 2025, the number of Garda members attested; the number of those allocated to the Clare Tipperary Division; and to each individual station in South Tipperary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67153/25]
Michael Murphy Written 27 Nov 2025 · to Justice
438. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide a breakdown of new personnel assigned to the South Tipperary division in 2025, showing new probationers from Templemore; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67155/25]
Niall Collins Written 26 Nov 2025 · to Foreign
93. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66392/25]
Michael Cahill Written 26 Nov 2025 · to Finance
148. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to examine issues with determining employment status (details supplied) and the implications on small builders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66530/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 26 Nov 2025 · to Public Expenditure
153. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the number of instances in the past five years in which a Minister, Minister of State or senior official was required to recuse themselves from policy development or decision-making due to a declared conflict of interest involving a family member with financial interests in pharmaceutical or hea…
Ken O'Flynn Written 26 Nov 2025 · to Public Expenditure
154. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if her Department has issued any guidance, circulars or instructions to Government Departments since January 2020 on the management of conflicts of interest in emerging medical or technological policy areas, including puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones and other gender-affirming treatments for…
Shane Moynihan Written 26 Nov 2025 · to Social
220. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Social Protection his response to a proposal (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66617/25]
John Clendennen Written 26 Nov 2025 · to Justice
239. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his attention has been drawn to the case of a school (details supplied); her views on whether on the appropriateness of same; if action can be taken in the short-to-medium term to mitigate this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66552/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 26 Nov 2025 · to Justice
240. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of unresolved or historic cases that have been referred for peer review since 2018; the number completed; the number reopened; and the number in which new investigative actions were taken. [66588/25]
Robert O'Donoghue Written 26 Nov 2025 · to Health
324. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Health if her Department holds up-to-date figures on the number of people living with dementia in each county; if so, to provide the most recent breakdown; and if not, to state whether a national dementia register exists or is planned, and the timeline for its establishment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66559/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 25 Nov 2025 · to Taoiseach
134. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Taoiseach if his Department will publish annual residential construction productivity data, separate from overall construction-sector productivity, beginning in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65726/25]
Peadar Tóibín Written 25 Nov 2025 · to Taoiseach
135. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach if his Department collated statistics on the number of tourists to visit Ireland in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64066/25]
Emer Currie Written 25 Nov 2025 · to Transport
249. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport to provide clarity on a set of data (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66181/25]
Niall Collins Written 25 Nov 2025 · to Education
357. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on an application for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65289/25]
Brian Brennan Written 25 Nov 2025 · to Education
436. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason for the delay in issuing payment to a person (details supplied) under the home-based summer programme; when payment can be expected; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65984/25]
Peadar Tóibín Written 25 Nov 2025 · to Housing
501. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the breakdown of funding for the All-Ireland Pollinator Plan as part of the Shared Ireland Initiative, including any funding that can be applied for by local authorities, beekeeping groups or individual beekeepers. [66163/25]
Joe Cooney Written 25 Nov 2025 · to Housing
505. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of applications, and the number of approvals, for the local authority purchase and renovate loan applications, by county, by year to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65135/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 25 Nov 2025 · to Housing
506. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of new cost rental and affordable housing units currently planned, funded and expected to commence construction before the end of 2025 in Longford and Westmeath. [65192/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 25 Nov 2025 · to Housing
512. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide a list of all local authority areas currently active in the cost rental tenant-in-situ scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65249/25]
Rory Hearne Written 25 Nov 2025 · to Housing
536. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of Part V obligations that have been satisfied through land transfer offsite in 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65915/25]
Thomas Gould Written 25 Nov 2025 · to Social
609. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications made for domiciliary care allowance in Cork to date in 2025; the number refused; and the number subsequently approved on appeal. [66233/25]
Thomas Gould Written 25 Nov 2025 · to Social
610. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for carer’s allowance in Cork in 2025 refused because of income above the means test threshold. [66234/25]