Departmental Data
An official questions-paper heading. 3,994 questions (3 oral, 3,991 written), first 2025-01-22, latest 2026-07-28.
Questions under this heading, per month
Jan 2025Jul 2026
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| Month | Questions |
|---|---|
| Jan 2025 | 34 |
| Feb 2025 | 83 |
| Mar 2025 | 109 |
| Apr 2025 | 199 |
| May 2025 | 70 |
| Jun 2025 | 294 |
| Jul 2025 | 286 |
| Sep 2025 | 289 |
| Oct 2025 | 144 |
| Nov 2025 | 345 |
| Dec 2025 | 296 |
| Jan 2026 | 192 |
| Feb 2026 | 284 |
| Mar 2026 | 121 |
| Apr 2026 | 263 |
| May 2026 | 415 |
| Jun 2026 | 310 |
| Jul 2026 | 260 |
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| Department | Questions |
|---|---|
| Health | 1,016 |
| Justice | 451 |
| Education | 387 |
| Finance | 318 |
| Housing | 299 |
| Children | 283 |
| Social | 255 |
| Agriculture | 145 |
| Transport | 140 |
| Further and Higher Education | 128 |
| Public Expenditure | 128 |
| Enterprise | 105 |
| Climate | 79 |
| Rural | 71 |
| Foreign | 56 |
| Defence | 51 |
| Culture | 33 |
| Taoiseach | 33 |
| Tourism | 13 |
| Environment | 3 |
Debates under the same heading
Dáil debate sections whose official heading is exactly these words.
| Date | Debate section |
|---|---|
| 2026-07-09 | Departmental Data |
| 2025-11-20 | Departmental Data |
| 2025-11-12 | Departmental Data |
The questions
Aidan Farrelly
written
2025-11-04 · to Education
728. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth the amount allocated in youth funding for each county in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58482/25]
Johnny Guirke
written
2025-11-04 · to Housing
1041. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for a breakdown of the distribution of the local property tax funding to each local authority for the past four years, in tabular form. [58614/25]
Johnny Guirke
written
2025-11-04 · to Housing
1042. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to outline the benefits the increased local property tax will have for each local authority; if each local authority will receive additional funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58616/25]
Carol Nolan
written
2025-11-04 · to Housing
1059. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of housing assistance payment applications/claimants with Somalian nationality from 2021 to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58862/25]
Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin
written
2025-11-04 · to Housing
1085. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of housing units that have been realised in the past five years from projects that availed of the vacant homes refurbishment grant in County Wicklow and County Wexford, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59171/25]
Ken O'Flynn
written
2025-11-04 · to Housing
1092. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether his Department has conducted a comparative analysis of Ireland’s housing stock per capita versus other EU countries, in view of recent commentary highlighting that Ireland has among the lowest housing availability per person in Europe; and if he will publish this data annually. [59221/25]
Mattie McGrath
written
2025-11-04 · to Justice
1270. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of accused and convicted offenders in Irish courts who are legal and illegal immigrants, respectively in comparison to the number of Irish-born such accused and offenders from 2015 to 2024 and to date in 2025, per capita percentage for each category. in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on…
Carol Nolan
written
2025-11-04 · to Justice
1297. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of persons with Somalian nationality that entered emergency accommodation from 2021 to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58861/25]
Ken O'Flynn
written
2025-11-04 · to Justice
1320. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration given recent reports of serious disturbances outside asylum accommodation in the Dublin region, and criticism of Ireland’s implementation of immigration and asylum-policy controls, if he will provide the number of incidents recorded in 2024-25 where asylum-accommodation centres experienced public order disturbances…
Johnny Guirke
written
2025-11-04 · to Justice
1384. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of safe homes in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60097/25]
Barry Ward
written
2025-11-04 · to Children
1466. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the position regarding the proposal to create a €1,000 savings account for newborns (details supplied); if this is under review within her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57744/25]
Barry Ward
written
2025-11-04 · to Children
1467. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her views on whether the proposal to create a €1,000 savings account for newborns (details supplied) would require new legislation; if this is under review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57745/25]
Jen Cummins
written
2025-11-04 · to Children
1472. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of social workers in Dublin south central. [57948/25]
Jen Cummins
written
2025-11-04 · to Children
1473. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of vacancies for social workers in Dublin south central. [57949/25]
Marie Sherlock
written
2025-11-04 · to Health
1629. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of individuals in Ireland estimated to be living with chronic intestinal failure; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57769/25]
Barry Heneghan
written
2025-11-04 · to Health
1700. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health the number of asthma-related deaths and hospital admissions recorded in each of the past five years, in tabular form; the steps being taken to bring Ireland's rates in line with the EU average; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58086/25]
Marie Sherlock
written
2025-11-04 · to Health
1716. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the breakdown of costs of legal cases by providers of legal services to the HSE, in order of highest to lowest from 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58116/25]
Sean Fleming
written
2025-11-04 · to Health
1739. Deputy Seán Fleming asked the Minister for Health the number of people who were admitted to the Central Mental Hospital for 2024; the number who were discharged; and the number of people in the Central Mental Hospital at the end of 2024; the average length of stay of people in the hospital in 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58208/25]
Pádraig Rice
written
2025-11-04 · to Health
1765. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of patients of Children's Health Ireland who received spinal surgeries through outsourcing arrangements in a private hospital (details supplied), each year since 2019, by the public hospital from which they were referred, in tabular form.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58376/25]
Naoise Ó Muirí
written
2025-11-04 · to Health
1799. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Health the proposed location of the new HSE primary care centre in Belmayne/Clongriffin; the services that will be delivered through this centre; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58604/25]
Brendan Smith
written
2025-11-04 · to Health
1803. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Health the total cost of unused PPE from the Covid-19 pandemic; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58620/25]
Marie Sherlock
written
2025-11-04 · to Health
1822. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the average wait time for a person to receive an initial appointment in each of the endometriosis hubs following a referral to the hub, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58729/25]
Cormac Devlin
written
2025-11-04 · to Health
1840. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health the number and proportion of students in eligible schools immunisation cohort who received dose 1; completed the HPV vaccination course in each of the academic years 2019-2020 to 2024-2025; the figures in by sex (male/female), county, and CHO, including denominators used for coverage calculations, in tabular form; and if she will make a stat…
Cormac Devlin
written
2025-11-04 · to Health
1841. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health the estimated number and proportion of the eligible school cohort with no HPV vaccination recorded in each of the academic years 2019-2020 to 2024-2025; the reasons recorded for non-vaccination (no consent, absent on day, contraindication, deferred, other); the actions being taken to reduce the non-vaccinated proportion in 2025-2026; and if …
Cormac Devlin
written
2025-11-04 · to Health
1842. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health the number of catch-up HPV vaccinations administered outside the school programme since 1 January 2019 by age band (15-19, 20-26, 27-45 years), sex, CHO, and provider setting (GP, pharmacy, HSE clinic); the number completing full schedules; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58796/25]