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Departmental 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.

Jan 2025Oct 2026
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MonthQuestions
January 20254
February 202515
March 20258
April 202525
May 202522
June 202534
July 202521
August 20250
September 202527
October 20257
November 20256
December 202533
January 202625
February 202620
March 202620
April 202610
May 202649
June 20268
July 202613
August 20260
September 20264
October 20264

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.

  • Aontú30 from 1 TD · 2 seats today
  • Fianna Fáil78 from 18 TDs · 48 seats today
  • Fine Gael107 from 18 TDs · 38 seats today
  • Green Party10 from 1 TD · 1 seat today
  • Independent12 from 5 TDs · 15 seats today
  • Independent Ireland13 from 3 TDs · 4 seats today
  • Labour Party12 from 7 TDs · 11 seats today
  • People Before Profit-Solidarity3 from 2 TDs · 3 seats today
  • Sinn Féin59 from 19 TDs · 39 seats today

The TDs who asked most

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

  1. 30
  2. 17
  3. 16
  4. 14
  5. 13
  6. 12
  7. 12
  8. 11

Asked of

Debated under the same heading

Debates whose official heading is exactly these words.

The questions

Maeve O'Connell Written 8 Apr 2025 · to Health
984. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Health for an update on the progress of her Department's plans towards the full digitisation of Irish healthcare records and information systems. [17304/25]
Pádraig Rice Written 8 Apr 2025 · to Health
1017. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the integrated financial management system project; the timeline she is working towards for completion and operation of the new system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17511/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 8 Apr 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
1058. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide a schedule of all capital projects being delivered or which have been completed by his Department and organisations under the aegis of his Department since 1 January 2020; and the total project cost of projects in excess of €500,000, or of any other capital projects below this that have…
Seán Ó Fearghaíl Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Defence
256. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he is aware that illegal encampments on the Curragh Plains have resumed; the measures that his Department is taking to bring this situation to a halt; the steps that have been taken to implement the Programme for Government commitment to provide for a new management system for the Curragh Plains; when he intends this management system / body …
Catherine Connolly Written 6 Mar 2025 · to Tourism
61. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Catherine Connolly den Aire Turasóireachta, Cultúir, Ealaíon, Gaeltachta, Spóirt agus Meán an ndéanfaidh sé soiléiriú a thabhairt ar stádas forbartha Choláiste Lurgan i gContae na Gaillimhe; agus an ndéanfaidh sé ráiteas ina thaobh. [9638/25]
Pa Daly Written 6 Mar 2025 · to Transport
221. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide an update for all projects under the remit of his Department contained within the revised National Development Plan, broken down by whether they are complete, in progress, or yet to be progressed and estimated timeline for delivery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10409/25]
Pa Daly Written 6 Mar 2025 · to Transport
231. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide the details of costings provided to the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform, in the context of the National Development Plan 2021-2030 review conducted earlier in 2025; and if he will provide a breakdown of each project and its projected cost in each of the years 2025 to 2030. [10429/25]
Mark Ward Written 4 Mar 2025 · to Justice
483. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice for an update on the pilot project for a mental health crisis de-escalation team in operation in Limerick; the length of time the pilot will be running for; the funding provided to the pilot project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9010/25]
Alan Kelly Written 4 Mar 2025 · to Justice
512. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the timeline for the roll-out of the community safety partnerships across the country. [9322/25]
Malcolm Byrne Written 4 Mar 2025 · to Justice
516. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Justice the number of projects, currently under construction or stalled in construction, which are part or wholly funded through the international investor programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9351/25]
Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin Written 4 Mar 2025 · to Agriculture
543. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the expected timeframe for completed works on Spike Bridge, Courtown Woods, County Wexford; the cost of these works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9726/25]
Grace Boland Written 27 Feb 2025 · to Health
396. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the elective hospital planned for the Connolly Hospital campus; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8813/25]
Grace Boland Written 27 Feb 2025 · to Health
397. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health the plans her Department is working on for the expansion of the paediatric services offered in Connolly Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8814/25]
Grace Boland Written 27 Feb 2025 · to Health
398. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Health her plans for the investment in women’s health for 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8815/25]
Holly Cairns Written 27 Feb 2025 · to Rural
432. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development for an update in regards to planned works at Rosscarbery playground, County Cork (details supplied); when it is expected to receive a decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8756/25]
Roderic O'Gorman Written 20 Feb 2025 · to Transport
151. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Transport if the safe routes to school project will re-open later this year for new applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6850/25]
Noel McCarthy Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Health
835. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the development of a building (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6371/25]
Ged Nash Oral 13 Feb 2025 · to Public Expenditure
62. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform how he plans to ensure that the OPW and its structures deliver best value for money outcomes on all projects; the timeline for the completion of any proposed reforms in this area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5404/25]
Peadar Tóibín Written 5 Feb 2025 · to Public Expenditure
335. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform how long the wall on the Hill of Tara has been under construction, the quantities involved and the cost to date. [3112/25]
Peadar Tóibín Written 5 Feb 2025 · to Public Expenditure
336. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to break down the individual costs contained in the €82,200 quoted for ancillary costs on the wall that was built around the WRC office. [3113/25]
Peadar Tóibín Written 5 Feb 2025 · to Public Expenditure
337. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to break down all the individual costs detailed in the initial quote for the €213,000 cost for the construction of the wall at the WRC office in Ballsbridge; if this figure included any car parking facilities for staff discommoded by the construction project. [3114/25]
Peadar Tóibín Written 5 Feb 2025 · to Public Expenditure
338. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform was the high-voltage live electricity cable, which delayed the works at the wall at the WRC office in Ballsbridge, contained in any ESB or other utility maps in the area. [3115/25]
Peadar Tóibín Written 5 Feb 2025 · to Public Expenditure
339. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to break down the €61,500 Dublin City Council costs. [3116/25]
Peadar Tóibín Written 5 Feb 2025 · to Public Expenditure
340. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform whether the construction of the wall at the offices of the WRC was tendered for directly by the OPW, or whether the service provider (details supplied) tendered for the job; the name of the company that won the tender and that delivered the job; the quantity surveyor that signed off on the job; whether t…
Peadar Tóibín Written 5 Feb 2025 · to Public Expenditure
341. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to give a detailed breakdown of the services provided by the ESB for the €54,000 charged to the OPW. [3118/25]