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Departmental Legal Services

76 questions from 8 TDs, between 10 June 2025 and 28 July 2026.

76
questions
76 written, 0 oral
8
TDs have asked
5
parties and groups
Independents counted together
15
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 20250
March 20250
April 20250
May 20250
June 20251
July 202570
August 20250
September 20250
October 20250
November 20250
December 20251
January 20262
February 20261
March 20260
April 20260
May 20260
June 20260
July 20261
August 20260
September 20260
October 20260

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.

  • Fianna Fáil2 from 2 TDs · 48 seats today
  • Fine Gael70 from 2 TDs · 38 seats today
  • People Before Profit-Solidarity1 from 1 TD · 3 seats today
  • Sinn Féin2 from 2 TDs · 39 seats today

The TDs who asked most

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

  1. 69
  2. 1
  3. 1
  4. 1
  5. 1
  6. 1
  7. 1
  8. 1

The questions

Peter 'Chap' Cleere Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Social
931. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 122 of 14 May 2025, if being six months pregnant at the time of death is covered under the statement "the definition in the 2010 Act provides for a couple to become qualified cohabitants where they have lived together in an intimate and committed relationship for a period of two years or more where there are…