741. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of cattle slaughtered from factory controlled feedlots or related proxy therefore, by quarter, in each of the years 2024 to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66255/25]
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 |
|---|---|
| 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
746. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of people under the age of 65 currently residing in nursing homes, in tabular form; the primary medical or support needs associated with these individuals; the average cost of providing their care in these settings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65295/25]
749. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children currently awaiting first appointment by CDNT; and the waiting time in Cork. [66232/25]
751. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of childminders who have registered in County Clare to the end of October 2025; the number of people in County Clare who have completed the Children First E-Learning Programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65136/25]
753. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide all claims managed by the State Claims Agency for which her Department is liable for the years 2020 to 2025, including the number of claims, the category of claim, the total cost per category, the number of active claims, the number of settled claims and the median payout per category. [65240/25]
872. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Health the number of midwifery-led clinics operational in Galway currently; and the WTE staff levels in each clinic; and hours each clinic is operational for, in tabular form. [65656/25]
909. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the amount that has been received from the cumulative savings through reduced medicine reimbursements and pharmacy fee remuneration since 2009; the way in which those funds have been allocated within the health budget; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65953/25]
84. Deputy Edward Timmins asked the Minister for Health the number of operations completed for complex laparoscopy for severe endometriosis to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64607/25]
257. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his Department has examined the governance and lending practices of Finance Ireland, given reports in March 2024 that the institution advanced a loan of approximately €10 million to a company associated with a developer who benefited financially from a separate decision of An Bord Pleanála (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the…
258. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he considers it appropriate for the State-owned Permanent TSB to pursue the acquisition of a financial institution engaged in lending practices of the type reported in relation to a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64745/25]
259. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if any due diligence conducted by his Department or by Permanent TSB in respect of a company (details supplied) has considered the reputational or regulatory risks associated with its previous lending arrangements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64746/25]
261. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he or his officials have met representatives of a company (details supplied) since January 2023; if he will provide details of the dates and subjects of any such meetings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64748/25]
262. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if any Irish-regulated banks or financial institutions have, since 2015, operated off-balance-sheet or hidden credit lines that involve direct or contingent exposure for the State or taxpayers; and if so, will he detail the institutions involved, the size and nature of those exposures, his Department's risk-assessment procedures; and the most recent …
263. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to the concerns raised in a report (details supplied) report regarding undisclosed credit commitments in banking systems, if his Department has carried out any independent review in the past five years of off-balance-sheet or standby credit facilities within the Irish financial sector that could give rise to State or taxpayer liability; the c…
264. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance in view of the findings of the report "Hidden Credit Lines - The Largest Fraud Anywhere Ever", if Department has identified any Irish-regulated financial institution that entered into off-balance-sheet or standby credit-line commitments that give rise to direct or contingent State or taxpayer exposure; and if so, will he detail the institution involv…
265. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the criteria used by his Department to classify a credit-facility, loan-commitment or standby line as a contingent liability for inclusion in the Government's contingent-liabilities register; to state whether these criteria have been updated in the past five years; and to confirm whether any credit-line exposures are known to the Department but remai…
266. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance To set out the oversight and monitoring mechanisms in place within his Department and the Central Bank of Ireland to detect hidden or off-balance-sheet credit lines in regulated banks, including whether account-level audits, stress tests or reverse-engineering of financial statements are conducted to identify unreported contingent exposures. [64768/2…
267. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance To detail how many regulated lenders operating in Ireland have transferred or securitised credit-line exposures, standby facilities or similar commitments since 2015; how many of these transferred exposures remain under scrutiny by his Department or the Central Bank; and whether any supervisory or enforcement action has been taken relating to such tr…
268. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance To confirm whether his Department requires regulated lenders to publish account-level disclosures of standby credit lines or other contingent commitments that may affect borrower entitlements; and if not, whether he will introduce mandatory disclosure requirements covering all credit-line commitments that involve potential State or taxpayer exposure.…
269. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance To set out whether his Department will publish a regional breakdown of any identified hidden-credit-line exposures, including figures for Munster and Cork; to provide the number of lenders involved, the approximate scale of exposures, and the estimated taxpayer risk; and to outline how borrowers in Cork city and county will be notified where relevant…
270. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance To state whether his Department or the Central Bank has commissioned any independent external review to examine the hidden-credit-line exposures referenced in the report; whether such a review includes analysis of any overlap with tracker-mortgage account failures; and whether he will commit to publishing the full findings. [64772/25]
271. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance To specify the deadlines his Department has imposed on regulated lenders for completing reconciliation and account-level verification of all standby or credit-line exposures that may involve State backing; to outline the current level of compliance; and to set out the sanctions for institutions that fail to meet those deadlines. [64773/25]
272. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance To confirm whether the hidden-credit-line phenomenon identified in the recent report was considered during the Department's modelling of borrower redress under the tracker-mortgage framework; to state whether any borrowers may be adversely affected by hidden credit-line exposures, including through loan transfers or securitisations; and to outline ho…
273. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his Department's most recent estimate of total taxpayer-contingent exposure arising from hidden or off-balance-sheet credit lines within the Irish financial system; the assumptions underpinning that estimate; to state when it was last reviewed; and to confirm whether he will commit to regular publication and parliamentary scrutiny of such figures. [6…
274. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether his Department has examined historic balance-sheet restatements by regulated lenders since 2008 to determine whether any concealed or misclassified credit-line exposures were subsequently corrected; to provide the number of restatements identified; and to indicate whether any of these involved previously undisclosed contingent liabilities now…