379. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to provide a breakdown of expenditure by his Department and bodies, agencies or organisations under his remit on paid verification services on a platform (details supplied) or any other verified account products, for each of the years 2023, 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; the number of verified accounts held under each category; the annual cost per a…
Topics / Departmental Expenditure
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsDepartmental Expenditure
1,121 questions from 103 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 22 October 2026.
1,121
questions
1,118 written, 3 oral
103
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 | 11 |
| February 2025 | 45 |
| March 2025 | 19 |
| April 2025 | 12 |
| May 2025 | 40 |
| June 2025 | 46 |
| July 2025 | 143 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 69 |
| October 2025 | 45 |
| November 2025 | 67 |
| December 2025 | 29 |
| January 2026 | 134 |
| February 2026 | 57 |
| March 2026 | 34 |
| April 2026 | 46 |
| May 2026 | 52 |
| June 2026 | 123 |
| July 2026 | 76 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 53 |
| October 2026 | 20 |
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
405. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the amount his Department has spent on legal fees for each of the years 2020-2025, in tabular form. [5542/26]
407. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to provide a breakdown of expenditure by his Department and bodies, agencies or organisations under his remit on paid verification services on a platform (details supplied) or any other verified account products, for each of the years 2023, 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; the number of verified …
423. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the amount his Department has spent on legal fees for each of the years 2020-2025, in tabular form. [5535/26]
425. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment to provide a breakdown of expenditure by his Department and bodies, agencies or organisations under his remit on paid verification services on a platform (details supplied) or any other verified account products, for each of the years 2023, 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; the number of verified accounts held under each category; the ann…
470. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth the amount her Department has spent on legal fees for each of the years 2020-2025, in tabular form. [5534/26]
479. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide a breakdown of expenditure by her Department and bodies, agencies or organisations under her remit on paid verification services on a platform (details supplied) or any other verified account products, for each of the years 2023, 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; the number of verified accounts held under each category; the annual cost per ac…
507. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education and Youth the total expenditure by the Government in getting a project ready and refurbished for opening in 2025 (details supplied); the total expenditure to date including recently announced investment extension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5931/26]
533. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the total expenditure allocated to new development measures in respect of youth affairs in each of the past six years and in 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6133/26]
580. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the amount his Department has spent on legal fees for each of the years 2020-2025, in tabular form. [5532/26]
581. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport to provide a breakdown of expenditure by his Department and bodies, agencies or organisations under his remit on paid verification services on a platform (details supplied) or any other verified account products, for each of the years 2023, 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; the number of verified accounts held under each category; the annu…
611. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount his Department has spent on legal fees for each of the years 2020-2025, in tabular form. [5540/26]
621. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a breakdown of expenditure by his Department and bodies, agencies or organisations under his remit on paid verification services on a platform (details supplied) or any other verified account products, for each of the years 2023, 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; the number of verified accounts held under each category; the…
685. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount his Department has spent on legal fees for each of the years 2020-2025, in tabular form. [5544/26]
688. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide a breakdown of expenditure by his Department and bodies, agencies or organisations under his/her remit on paid verification services on a platform (details supplied) or any other verified account products, for each of the years 2023, 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; the number of verified accounts held under each category; the annual cost per …
716. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the amount his Department has spent on legal fees for each of the years 2020-2025, in tabular form. [5541/26]
781. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount his Department has spent on legal fees for each of the years 2020-2025, in tabular form. [5529/26]
783. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide a breakdown of expenditure by his Department and bodies, agencies or organisations under his remit on paid verification services on a platform (details supplied) or any other verified account products, for each of the years 2023, 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; the number of verified accounts held under each category; the annua…
839. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the amount her Department has spent on legal fees for each of the years 2020-2025, in tabular form. [5530/26]
849. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide a breakdown of expenditure by her Department and bodies, agencies or organisations under her remit on paid verification services on a platform (details supplied) or any other verified account products, for each of the years 2023, 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; the number of verified accounts held under each category; the annu…
939. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Health the amount her Department has spent on legal fees for each of the years 2020-2025, in tabular form. [5539/26]
947. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of expenditure by her Department and bodies, agencies or organisations under her remit on paid verification services on a platform (details supplied) or any other verified account products, for each of the years 2023, 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; the number of verified accounts held under each category; the annual cost per account; the to…
1161. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the amount his Department has spent on legal fees for each of the years 2020-2025, in tabular form. [5538/26]
1162. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to provide a breakdown of expenditure by his Department and bodies, agencies or organisations under his remit on paid verification services on a platform (details supplied) or any other verified account products, for each of the years 2023, 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; the number of verified accounts held…
1173. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the amount his Department has spent on legal fees for each of the years 2020-2025, in tabular form. [5543/26]