165. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to commit to rescheduling the meeting with an organisation (details supplied) at her earliest opportunity. [74693/26]
Topics / Departmental Meetings
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsDepartmental Meetings
311 questions from 71 TDs, between 5 February 2025 and 21 October 2026.
311
questions
309 written, 2 oral
71
TDs have asked
10
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 | 0 |
| February 2025 | 13 |
| March 2025 | 13 |
| April 2025 | 35 |
| May 2025 | 7 |
| June 2025 | 33 |
| July 2025 | 33 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 5 |
| October 2025 | 3 |
| November 2025 | 13 |
| December 2025 | 20 |
| January 2026 | 17 |
| February 2026 | 11 |
| March 2026 | 38 |
| April 2026 | 24 |
| May 2026 | 8 |
| June 2026 | 9 |
| July 2026 | 11 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 9 |
| October 2026 | 9 |
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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The questions
134. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the number of meetings he has held with an organisation (details supplied) on the funding plan for integration of codes. [73831/26]
540. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the number of meetings held by his Department, Coimisiún na Meán or agencies under his remit with technology companies where the subjects of misinformation, harmful content, content moderation or fact-checking were discussed since January 2023. [74255/26]
243. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment to provide a schedule of EU Presidency events being hosted by his Department broken down by name of the event, location, date, State agencies or other departments involved in the organising of the event; and cost or budgeted cost of same (including costs borne by state agencies under its aegis), in tabular form. [71402/26]
893. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science for an update on his recent visit to China. [71730/26]
894. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the engagement his Department or the HEA has had with China General Technology Research Institute. [71728/26]
490. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to list the number of engagements between his Department and the European Commission in relation to the next forestry programme. [70313/26]
7. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to report on her recent meeting with a company (details supplied) and its relevance to Ireland's foreign affairs and trade policy in relation to AI, digital deregulation and big tech. [69240/26]
42. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of times she has met with the Israeli Ambassador to Ireland in the past 12 months. [68493/26]
47. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the number of times officials from his Department have met with a committee (details supplied) in 2026; and the number of those meetings since the previous public sector pay deal expired on 30 June 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [69057/26]
48. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the number of times he has met with a committee (details supplied) as Minister; and the number of those meetings since the previous public sector pay deal expired on 30 June 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [69056/26]
102. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment further to the Commission for Regulation of Utilities' Decision Paper on the Sharing of Maximum Export Capacity behind a Single Connection Point (CRU202643), the engagement his Department has had, or intends to have, with the CRU and the system operators regarding the System Operator Implementation Roadmap for that decision; whether hi…
402. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will meet with an organisation following their request for an urgent meeting (details supplied). [66195/26]
107. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the engagement his Department has had with representatives of Irish micro and small businesses regarding the impact of packaging extended producer responsibility obligations on cross-border online trade within the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64487/26]
108. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment whether Ireland supports the establishment of an EU-wide packaging compliance registration system or one-stop-shop mechanism to replace multiple national registration requirements for businesses engaged in cross-border e-commerce; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64486/26]
126. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment his views on the difficulty small businesses are facing to comply with packaging obligations that differ in each EU member state they export to; if his Department is working on a meaningful exemption or simplified regime for micro and small businesses placing very small quantities of packaging on other EU markets; if he is aware o…
444. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation further to Parliamentary Question No. 61402/26, to provide an update on his meeting with the Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration on 19 July 2026 to discuss the new Garda station at Northern Cross; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65329/26]
52. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on the engagement with the British Government in relation to a case (details supplied). [59797/26]
51. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she met formally with the Saudi Arabian Crown Prince during her recent visit to the Gulf region. [55616/26]
100. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on her and other departments engagement with industry and employees in relation to the possibility of tariffs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59317/26]
455. Deputy Shay Brennan asked the Minister for Transport the position regarding his meeting with an organisation (details supplied). [56555/26]
48. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will commit to urgently re-engage with SNAs and their representatives in the wake of their rejection of workforce development plan proposals in order to reach resolution; the date on which this will take place; if she will immediately introduce those measures agreed as part of the local bargaining clause in the meantime; and if she will make…
410. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will meet with a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54418/26]
252. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the range of topics covered and the outcome of his discussions in Cork with Members of the European Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53917/26]
64. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of meetings of the Working Party on Tax Questions, including meetings dealing with indirect taxation, that are scheduled or expected to take place during the Irish Presidency of the Council of the European Union; whether the revision of the Tobacco Taxation Directive is expected to feature on the agenda of any such meeting; and if he will ma…