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Departmental Inquiries

634 questions from 119 TDs, between 5 February 2025 and 15 October 2026.

634
questions
634 written, 0 oral
119
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 20250
February 20253
March 202538
April 202567
May 202520
June 202598
July 202535
August 20250
September 202519
October 202527
November 202531
December 202549
January 202642
February 202695
March 202624
April 202671
May 20269
June 20261
July 20261
August 20260
September 20261
October 20263

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
  • Aontú35 from 2 TDs · 2 seats today
  • Fianna Fáil168 from 32 TDs · 48 seats today
  • Fine Gael99 from 16 TDs · 38 seats today
  • Green Party7 from 1 TD · 1 seat today
  • Independent51 from 7 TDs · 15 seats today
  • Independent Ireland24 from 3 TDs · 4 seats today
  • Labour Party33 from 10 TDs · 11 seats today
  • People Before Profit-Solidarity24 from 3 TDs · 3 seats today
  • Sinn Féin140 from 32 TDs · 39 seats today

The TDs who asked most

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

  1. 41
  2. 28
  3. 22
  4. 22
  5. 21
  6. 20
  7. 16
  8. 15

The questions

Michael Healy-Rae Written 1 May 2025 · to Health
339. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if a statement of need can be provided to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21746/25]
Michael Cahill Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Finance
553. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Finance if assistance, financial or otherwise is available for a family in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18670/25]
Brian Brennan Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Finance
559. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the work of the interdepartmental government working group established to examine recommendations from a report (details supplied), including changes to pension contribution limits and taxation policies. [18772/25]
Roderic O'Gorman Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Finance
560. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Finance if his Department will be represented at political level at the Financing for Development summit in Seville this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18775/25]
Eoin Hayes Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Finance
573. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Finance the steps he is taking to ensure that high savings deposits in Ireland are being adequately utilised to generate capital investment in the domestic economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19087/25]
Matt Carthy Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Finance
600. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 58 of 9 April 2025, if ISIF risk profile and investment parameters include any consideration as to whether a company derives profit from their economic activity in territories illegally occupied under international law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20415/25]
Paul Donnelly Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Finance
607. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Finance if he or his predecessor have spoken formally with their Japanese counterpart since January 2024. [20913/25]
Cian O'Callaghan Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Finance
608. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Finance for an update on his Department’s plans to implement the recommendations made in chapter 7 of the Commission on Taxation and Welfare report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21037/25]
Ruth Coppinger Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Public Expenditure
619. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform when he intends to introduce a Ministers and Secretaries Bill to legislate for the planned changes to responsibilities of various Departments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21211/25]
Michael Cahill Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Public Expenditure
620. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to examine an appeal as a matter of extreme urgency, to a decision to disqualify a Skellig boat operator in County Kerry from renewing their licence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18654/25]
Michael Cahill Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Public Expenditure
621. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to review a decision to refuse a person in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18655/25]
Michael Cahill Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Public Expenditure
622. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to urgently review an appeal by a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18661/25]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Public Expenditure
623. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding possession of a building; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18741/25]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Public Expenditure
626. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if a lease will be signed (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18793/25]
Shay Brennan Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Public Expenditure
634. Deputy Shay Brennan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform whether the OPW Chair, senior officials, or the Minister have visited Explorium since it fully reopened in May 2024 in-person to assess its facilities in the context of OPW plans to build a second science centre 10km away from Explorium; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19328/25]
Shay Brennan Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Public Expenditure
635. Deputy Shay Brennan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform whether the value-for-money analysis on the National Children’s Science Centre has started yet; when he expects this analysis to be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19329/25]
Shay Brennan Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Public Expenditure
636. Deputy Shay Brennan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the Government Department responsible for funding future operational expenses of the National Children’s Science Centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19330/25]
Shay Brennan Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Public Expenditure
637. Deputy Shay Brennan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if the OPW has sought independent expert analysis to ensure the proposed new National Children’s Science Centre will not replicate exhibits already available at Explorium, as referenced by (details supplied);; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19331/25]
John Paul O'Shea Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Public Expenditure
663. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform for an update on an OPW minor works application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20465/25]
Sinéad Gibney Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Public Expenditure
683. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he or the Secretary General have visited Explorium to ensure they are fully informed of its facilities and offerings, in the context of OPW plans to build a second science centre 10km away; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21286/25]
Sinéad Gibney Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Public Expenditure
684. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to provide details on the timeline and terms of reference for the OPW’s value-for-money analysis of the National Children’s Science Centre project; the specific criteria being used to assess value for money, including comparative analysis with existing facilities; whether this review will consider operat…
Sinéad Gibney Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Public Expenditure
685. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if the value-for-money review on the proposed National Children’s Science Centre will evaluate the risk of duplicating services already provided by Explorium, given its proximity (10km) and existing capacity for 300,000 annual visitors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21288/25]
Máire Devine Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Enterprise
700. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if Enterprise Ireland intends to open an office in Auckland, New Zealand. [18967/25]
Máire Devine Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Enterprise
701. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the IDA intends to open an office in Dubai. [18968/25]
Niall Collins Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Enterprise
702. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is aware of proposed redundancies in a company (details supplied); if he can make any intervention to seek to avoid this; to detail any other communication he has had with the company, and any assistance he can provide to both the company and the workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18983/25]