1244. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of meetings which have taken place between him or officials in his Department and an organisation (details supplied) or bodies which are members of the organization in 2025; to provide a list of those meetings; the dates on which they took place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18354/26]
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
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The questions
1678. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health the number of meetings which have taken place between her or officials in her Department and an organisation (details supplied) or bodies which are members of the organization in 2025; to provide a list of those meetings; the dates on which they took place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18351/26]
388. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will report on the most recent meeting of the National Emergency Co-ordination Group. [12487/26]
196. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will report on the engagement of his Department with the project (details supplied) aimed at strengthening the role of civil society organisations which provide access to information, advice and active help (free legal aid) services to citizens with regards to their rights, with a view to creating a European network of citizens advice organisat…
197. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will report on the engagement of his Department, or the engagement of any agency under the aegis of his Department with the European Foundation for Quality Management (EFQM) accreditation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17336/26]
201. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the most recent meeting of the Coalition of the Willing in support of Ukraine. [16350/26]
219. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the dates in 2025, and to-date in 2026, where the Irish ambassador based in Washington DC met formally with the United States secretary of homeland security, in tabular form. [16342/26]
985. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of times he met with student unions since taking office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16616/26]
20. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of meetings and correspondence that he and his Department have had with the Department of Finance following the announcement in January of this year that information of those in receipt of carer’s allowance would be shared with Revenue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15026/26]
275. 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. [16096/26]
276. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport whether local authorities will be involved in the National Working Group on Geographical Zones, specifically Fingal County Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16097/26]
291. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Transport the details of his engagements to date with CIÉ, the Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Services, Reform and Digitalisation, the Pensions Authority and NewEra financial advisors regarding the 5% pension increase for retired CIÉ workers; to provide an update on the Statutory Instrument required to give effect to the increase; and if he wil…
385. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage how many times he, or officials in his Department met with representatives of the CIF since the last general election, and to list those organisations and the dates on which meetings took place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15802/26]
386. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage how many times government ministers, or their Department representatives met with representatives of IBEC, or any employer representative body since the general election, and to list those organizations and the dates the meetings were held; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15803/26]
432. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will meet with a person (details supplied) who has contacted his office with regard to his search for truth and justice in relation to a murder of his mother; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13492/26]
273. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she plans to meet with any religious groups that have raised specific concerns into how the image of St. Bridget was used in an advert produced by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12329/26]
1261. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science when he last met the Dean of the University of Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12238/26]
29. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he will report on the first meeting of the Joint Utilities and Transport Clearing House to Accelerate Infrastructure Delivery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10567/26]
463. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to provide details of all active interdepartmental, interagency, and department-agency working groups organised under his remit. [10160/26]
176. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the dates when the NEAT taskforce met; to provide a list of attendees at each meeting, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7067/26]
307. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Transport for a detailed list of the meetings and external stakeholders engaged with as part of the ongoing work of the ORE ports facilitation division within his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5736/26]
344. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport the dates he or his officials met with an organisation (details supplied) or bodies representing that organisation between 2020 and 2026, in tabular form. [6495/26]
345. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport to provide the dates he or his officials met with an organisation (details supplied) or bodies representing that organisation between 2020 and 2026, in tabular form. [6496/26]
346. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport to provide the dates he or his officials met with taxi drivers or bodies representing taxi drivers between 2020 and 2026, in tabular form. [6497/26]
583. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport when he last met the Chief Executive Officer of the National Concert Hall; the issues discussed; and when he is next scheduled to meet the CEO. [5752/26]