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Departmental 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.

Jan 2025Oct 2026
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MonthQuestions
January 202511
February 202545
March 202519
April 202512
May 202540
June 202546
July 2025143
August 20250
September 202569
October 202545
November 202567
December 202529
January 2026134
February 202657
March 202634
April 202646
May 202652
June 2026123
July 202676
August 20260
September 202653
October 202620

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% RDR1 from 1 TD · 1 seat today
  • Aontú72 from 2 TDs · 2 seats today
  • Fianna Fáil210 from 22 TDs · 48 seats today
  • Fine Gael113 from 18 TDs · 38 seats today
  • Green Party5 from 1 TD · 1 seat today
  • Independent33 from 6 TDs · 15 seats today
  • Independent Ireland83 from 2 TDs · 4 seats today
  • Labour Party143 from 10 TDs · 11 seats today
  • People Before Profit-Solidarity25 from 2 TDs · 3 seats today
  • Sinn Féin267 from 28 TDs · 39 seats today

The TDs who asked most

Members of the Government answer questions rather than ask them. Each question counts once.

  1. 116
  2. 81
  3. 79
  4. 69
  5. 54
  6. 52
  7. 52
  8. 36

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Debated under the same heading

Debates whose official heading is exactly these words.

The questions

Erin McGreehan Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Health
2488. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the total funding allocated to County Louth under this Department from 2023 to date, per year in tabular form. [46353/25]
Erin McGreehan Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
2723. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to provide an update on the total funding allocated to County Louth under this Department from 2023 to date, per year in tabular form. [46349/25]
Cormac Devlin Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
2741. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science for an update on the Ulster University Derry campus expansion supported under the Shared Island Fund, including scope, capital profile, co-funders and delivery timeline; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47401/25]
Erin McGreehan Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Rural
2763. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht to provide an update on the total funding allocated to County Louth under this Department from 2023 to date, per year in tabular form. [46350/25]
Cormac Devlin Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Rural
2778. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the plans to build an all weather pier at Roonagh, County Mayo (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47520/25]
Conor Sheehan Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Taoiseach
21. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Taoiseach the amount spent by his Department and State bodies under its aegis on travel and subsistence in 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [42473/25]
Conor Sheehan Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Foreign
47. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount spent by his Department on food and alcohol at receptions in Iveagh House between 2014 and 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41017/25]
Conor Sheehan Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Foreign
91. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount spent by his Department and State bodies under its aegis on travel and subsistence in 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42465/25]
Conor Sheehan Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Climate
213. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the amount spent by his Department and State bodies under its aegis on travel and subsistence in 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42459/25]
Pa Daly Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Climate
275. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment his Department's expenditure on consultancy; to provide a breakdown of all consultants engaged by his Department; the dates of their engagement, the nature of their work and the costs associated with their services in each of the years 2015 to 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [43305/25]
Conor Sheehan Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Defence
347. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the amount spent by his Department and State bodies under its aegis on travel and subsistence in 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42461/25]
Conor Sheehan Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Transport
479. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Transport the amount spent by his Department and State bodies under its aegis on travel and subsistence in 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42474/25]
Conor Sheehan Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Finance
681. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Finance the amount spent by his Department and State bodies under its aegis on travel and subsistence in 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42464/25]
Conor Sheehan Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Enterprise
922. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the amount spent by his Department and State bodies under its aegis on travel and subsistence in 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42463/25]
Conor Sheehan Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Housing
1555. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount spent by his Department and State bodies under its aegis on travel and subsistence in 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42468/25]
Conor Sheehan Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Social
1832. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount spent by his Department and State bodies under its aegis on travel and subsistence in 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42472/25]
Conor Sheehan Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Justice
2063. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the amount spent by his Department and State bodies under its aegis on travel and subsistence in 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42469/25]
Conor Sheehan Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Agriculture
2201. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount spent by his Department and State bodies under its aegis on travel and subsistence in 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42457/25]
Conor Sheehan Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Children
2405. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the amount spent by her Department and State bodies under its aegis on travel and subsistence in 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42458/25]
Grace Boland Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
2557. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health the total spend by her Department on external legal services in each of the past three years; the main areas of legal activity for which external advice was sought; if she will provide a breakdown by case or category; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40838/25]
Carol Nolan Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
2577. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the reason new payment arrangements have yet to be made to section 39 workers despite the fact that there is an agreement in place and approved by Government to do so; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40974/25]
Carol Nolan Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
2578. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health the reason incremental increases have not been paid to section 39 workers at all for 2025; the reasons for this delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40975/25]
Aindrias Moynihan Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
2864. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Health the total expenditure on contracting out radiotherapy treatment for public patients to private providers in CH04 for each of the years 2023 to 2024, and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42439/25]
Conor Sheehan Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Health
2870. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health the amount spent by her Department and State bodies under its aegis on travel and subsistence in 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42467/25]
Conor Sheehan Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
3377. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the amount spent by his Department and State bodies under its aegis on travel and subsistence in 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42466/25]