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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

Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Justice
1094. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Justice the total cost for the fixed speed camera on the R772 to date, providing a full breakdown of costs including installation fee, materials, and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10690/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Children
1395. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the annual amount claimed by special advisers attached to her or her Department outside of their regular salary, since 1 March 2020 to date in 2025, by mileage claim and amount, subsistence, other vouched expenses and unvouched expenses; and if the travel episode and or journey related to same will be included in …
Pa Daly Written 6 Mar 2025 · to Transport
211. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport about any underspend in his capital allocation in each year from 2019 to date in 2025, by sub-headings, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10240/25]
Paul Murphy Written 5 Mar 2025 · to Agriculture
134. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of grant funding an organisation (details supplied) received for their inspections each year since 2019. [9923/25]
Paul Murphy Written 5 Mar 2025 · to Agriculture
135. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount awarded by his Department to an organisation (details supplied) for linear profiling training since 2019. [9924/25]
Paul Murphy Written 5 Mar 2025 · to Agriculture
136. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of grand funding for marketing awarded by his Department to an organisation (details supplied) each year since 2023. [9925/25]
Robert O'Donoghue Written 5 Mar 2025 · to Agriculture
138. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total amount of funding provided to an organisation (details supplied), nationally and locally, in each of the years 2020 to 2024, inclusive; if audited accounts were provided for inspection in advance in each of these years; the total breakdown of the chief executive's compensation package; if any conditions were attached to gr…
Robert O'Donoghue Written 5 Mar 2025 · to Agriculture
139. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason by August of 2024 that an organisation (details supplied) needed an emergency grant advance to prevent an overdraft; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10008/25]
Robert O'Donoghue Written 5 Mar 2025 · to Agriculture
140. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if any conditions were attached to a payment to an organisation (details supplied) regarding bonuses or pay rises; if he pre-approved it; if all criteria approving the early payment were met; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10009/25]
Robert O'Donoghue Written 5 Mar 2025 · to Agriculture
141. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if any funding provided to an organisation (details supplied) in 2020-2025 was used for the purposes of paying of staff on administrative leave, settling claims by staff in relation to workplace disputes, making payments in respect of non-disclosure agreements with staff, board members, volunteers or contractors; and if he will make…
Maurice Quinlivan Written 4 Mar 2025 · to Social
463. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Social Protection if he is satisfied that the correct decision was made in revoking carer’s allowance from person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9110/25]
Paul Donnelly Written 4 Mar 2025 · to Social
472. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide the total amount paid in cash, the total amount paid directly to a bank account and the amount lodged directly to an account at a post office in respect of each category of welfare payment administered by his Department in 2024. [9594/25]
Carol Nolan Written 4 Mar 2025 · to Agriculture
551. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures he is taking to address the delays in processing ACRES payments; the number of applications to ACRES from County Offaly in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9043/25]
Pearse Doherty Written 4 Mar 2025 · to Agriculture
564. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a 2024 ACRES payment will issue for a person (details supplied); the reason for the delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9224/25]
Mairéad Farrell Written 4 Mar 2025 · to Children
625. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will outline available funding streams from her Department to support recreational activities and social spaces for children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9649/25]
Paul Murphy Written 27 Feb 2025 · to Housing
273. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total spend to date in implementing the Youth Homelessness Strategy 2023-2025; to provide for cost for each measure that has been implemented, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8762/25]
Paul Murphy Written 27 Feb 2025 · to Housing
275. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the estimated total cost of full implementation of the Youth Homelessness Strategy 2023-2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8770/25]
Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh Written 27 Feb 2025 · to Children
349. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if her Department provides monetary supports to an organisation (details supplied); and if she is aware of their implementation process following on from the Shannon Report. [8710/25]
Marie Sherlock Written 25 Feb 2025 · to Education
391. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Education to publish a breakdown of the sources of expenditure for both primary level and second level schools, funded by capitation grants (capital works, cleaning, speakers, and so on) for the years 2023 and 2024, in tabular form. [7203/25]
Jennifer Whitmore Written 20 Feb 2025 · to Environment
134. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the reason Ireland did not submit a new nationally determined contributions to the UN on 10 February 2025, as required under the Paris Agreement; when Ireland will be submitting these nationally determined contributions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7035/25]
Ivana Bacik Written 19 Feb 2025 · to Foreign
7. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he is aware of any overspends exceeding €500,000 on projects undertaken or commissioned by his Department or by any State or semi-State body under the aegis of his Department in each of the past five years; if so, the number and extent of any such overspends, in tabular form; to outline the plans to ascertain levels of such overspends; the f…
Ivana Bacik Written 19 Feb 2025 · to Environment
15. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he is aware of any overspends exceeding €500,000 on projects undertaken or commissioned by his Department or by any State or semi-State body under the aegis of his Department in each of the past five years; if so, the number and extent of any such overspends, in tabular form; to outline the plans to ascertain levels of such o…
Ivana Bacik Written 19 Feb 2025 · to Defence
30. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he is aware of any overspends exceeding €500,000 on projects undertaken or commissioned by his Department or by any State or semi-State body under the aegis of his Department in each of the past five years; if so, the number and extent of any such overspends, in tabular form; to outline the plans to ascertain levels of such overspends; the further …
Ivana Bacik Written 19 Feb 2025 · to Transport
39. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Transport if he is aware of any overspends exceeding €500,000 on projects undertaken or commissioned by his Department or by any State or semi-State body under the aegis of his Department in each of the past five years; if so, the number and extent of any such overspends, in tabular form; to outline the plans to ascertain levels of such overspends; the further plans to en…
Ivana Bacik Written 19 Feb 2025 · to Finance
62. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Finance if he is aware of any overspends exceeding €500,000 on projects undertaken or commissioned by his Department or by any State or semi-State body under the aegis of his Department in each of the past five years; if so, the number and extent of any such overspends, in tabular form; to outline the plans to ascertain levels of such overspends; the further plans to ensu…