340. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport if he will meet with an organisation (details supplied). [29629/26]
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
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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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Debates whose official heading is exactly these words.
The questions
63. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the purpose of his attendance at the Bilderberg conference; the matters discussed there; if an official report of the conclusions of the conference is available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28852/26]
459. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation for an update on the scheduling of a meeting (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28319/26]
89. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he or his senior officials have had any meetings with National Waste Collection Permit Office since March 2025; if so, the issues discussed at any such meeting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26717/26]
259. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach the other officials that were present on his recent trip to China from 4-8 of January 2026. [24767/26]
309. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on the chairing of the Nordic+ group of development agencies since Ireland assumed chairing in May 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25617/26]
319. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she plans to invite the minority leader of the US house of representatives to Dublin for a bilateral meeting. [25934/26]
364. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will report on the National Energy Affordability Taskforce; the breakdown of all of the times the taskforce met since its inception; the dates these meetings took place, in tabular form; who was in attendance at each meeting and what was discussed; when the next meeting is planned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2372…
474. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide a list of all bodies, organisations, civil society groups and individuals with which the Energy Affordability Taskforce has met; the dates on which each meeting took place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25686/26]
578. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Defence to provide a list of all meetings of the Ukraine Contact Defence Group that Ireland has been represented at; who has represented Ireland at these meetings; and the location in which these meetings took place. [26303/26]
812. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport for an update on the first meeting of the National Working Group on geographical zones; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26312/26]
852. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Transport when he last met formally with the CEO of Dublin Port Company; and the topics discussed. [26680/26]
875. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport the dates and attendees of all meeting he or his Department have had with an association (details supplied) since he took office. [27288/26]
963. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the names and organisations that have met with him or his officials on the issue of domestic residential exempted development regulations in the last six months; and the dates on which these meetings occurred and the officials in attendance. [26132/26]
1015. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the dates and attendees of all meeting he or his Department have had with an association (details supplied) since he took office. [27289/26]
1534. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding a meeting request from the principal to discuss outstanding remedial works (details supplied); the details of the meetings which have taken place with both schools and their patron bodies in 2026, since receiving correspondence in relation to remedial works for the schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27…
1785. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the names and organisations that have met with him, his political advisors or his Departmental officials on the issue of domestic residential exempted development regulations in the past six months; and the dates on which these meetings occurred and the officials in attendance. [26133/26]
2268. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will confirm when his Department last met with an organisation (details supplied); if he will commit to an immediate meeting in light of the escalating diesel price crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25820/26]
2269. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will formally recognise agricultural and forestry contractors as essential service providers within the national food production system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25821/26]
2270. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has assessed the risk to national fodder and food production arising from the escalating diesel costs faced by agricultural contractors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25822/26]
373. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the date on which he met officially and unofficially with the PSNI chief constable and the Northern Irish Justice Minister; and if he will summarise the nature of those engagements. [23281/26]
328. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Transport the number of heads of government, heads of state, ministers, governors, mayors or other senior elected officials he and Ministers of State in his Department met for the St. Patrick's Day engagements overseas this year. [21911/26]
329. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Transport the number of Irish diaspora groups, including but not limited to sporting and cultural organisations, as well as emigrant organisations he and Ministers of State in his Department met for the St. Patrick's Day engagements overseas this year. [21929/26]
330. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Transport the number of businesses and business representative organisations he and State Ministers of State in his Department met for the St. Patrick's Day engagements overseas this year. [21947/26]
331. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Transport the value of trade and tourism respectively, between Ireland and the states visited by him and by Ministers of State in his Department for the St Patrick's Day engagements overseas this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21965/26]