16. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if, having regard to the expeditious manner in which he and his Department dispersed earlier encampments this year on the Curragh Plains, his Department will move with equal alacrity to seek the removal of the current very large illegal encampment now relocated to the Rathbride Road, including a number of vehicles, caravans, and campervans with F…
Topics / Departmental Projects
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsDepartmental Projects
355 questions from 81 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 22 October 2026.
355
questions
354 written, 1 oral
81
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 | 4 |
| February 2025 | 15 |
| March 2025 | 8 |
| April 2025 | 25 |
| May 2025 | 22 |
| June 2025 | 34 |
| July 2025 | 21 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 27 |
| October 2025 | 7 |
| November 2025 | 6 |
| December 2025 | 33 |
| January 2026 | 25 |
| February 2026 | 20 |
| March 2026 | 20 |
| April 2026 | 10 |
| May 2026 | 49 |
| June 2026 | 8 |
| July 2026 | 13 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 4 |
| October 2026 | 4 |
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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Debated under the same heading
Debates whose official heading is exactly these words.
The questions
17. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the total cost incurred by his Department from 2020 in clean-ups of the Curagh Plains following illegal encampments; any legal costs incurred; for an indication of the man hours required to deal with the situation on the part of employees of the Department of Defence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34606/25]
190. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach the infrastructure projects being built or commissioned by his Department that are currently late in their delivery; and the infrastructure projects currently over budget. [34100/25]
204. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the infrastructure projects being built or commissioned by his Department that are currently late in their delivery; and the infrastructure projects currently over budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34092/25]
227. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the infrastructure projects being built or commissioned by his Department that are currently late in their delivery; and the infrastructure projects currently over budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34086/25]
239. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the infrastructure projects being built or commissioned by his Department that are currently late in their delivery; and the infrastructure projects currently over budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34088/25]
262. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport the infrastructure projects being built or commissioned by his Department that are currently late in their delivery; and the infrastructure projects currently over budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34101/25]
308. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Finance the infrastructure projects being built or commissioned by his Department that are currently late in their delivery; and the infrastructure projects currently over budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34091/25]
343. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the infrastructure projects being built or commissioned by his Department that are currently late in their delivery; and the infrastructure projects currently over budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34097/25]
362. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the infrastructure projects being built or commissioned by his Department that are currently late in their delivery; and the infrastructure projects currently over budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34090/25]
425. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth the infrastructure projects being built or commissioned by her Department that are currently late in their delivery; and the infrastructure projects currently over budget; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34089/25]
476. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the infrastructure projects being built or commissioned by his Department that are currently late in their delivery; and the infrastructure projects currently over budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34087/25]
530. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the infrastructure projects being built or commissioned by his Department that are currently late in their delivery; and the infrastructure projects currently over budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34095/25]
586. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the infrastructure projects being built or commissioned by his Department that are currently late in their delivery; and the infrastructure projects currently over budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34099/25]
637. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the infrastructure projects being built or commissioned by his Department that are currently late in their delivery; and the infrastructure projects currently over budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34096/25]
687. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has considered the possibility of cleaning or dredging a harbour at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33777/25]
692. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the infrastructure projects being built or commissioned by his Department that are currently late in their delivery; and the infrastructure projects currently over budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34084/25]
723. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the infrastructure projects being built or commissioned by her Department that are currently late in their delivery; and the infrastructure projects currently over budget; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34085/25]
725. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the status of the baby bundle project that was trialled in 2023; the amount of families that benefited; the net cost of the scheme to date, in tabular form; if it is intended to proceed with a pilot expansion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34120/25]
755. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Health the reason a number of projects submitted by a service (details supplied) for the HSE national lottery grant scheme were unsuccessful; whether this decision can be appealed by the service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33585/25]
774. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on a building project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33771/25]
775. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on a building project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33772/25]
776. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on a building project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33773/25]
824. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the infrastructure projects being built or commissioned by her Department that are currently late in their delivery; and the infrastructure projects currently over budget; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34094/25]
945. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the infrastructure projects being built or commissioned by his Department that are currently late in their delivery; and the infrastructure projects currently over budget; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34093/25]