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Departmental Reports

471 questions from 90 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 22 October 2026.

471
questions
435 written, 36 oral
90
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 20253
February 20258
March 20253
April 202515
May 20255
June 202538
July 202524
August 20250
September 20259
October 202543
November 202522
December 202549
January 202623
February 202626
March 202651
April 202679
May 202615
June 202616
July 202626
August 20260
September 20265
October 202611

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.

  • Aontú23 from 2 TDs · 2 seats today
  • Fianna Fáil121 from 24 TDs · 48 seats today
  • Fine Gael31 from 11 TDs · 38 seats today
  • Green Party21 from 1 TD · 1 seat today
  • Independent30 from 5 TDs · 15 seats today
  • Independent Ireland37 from 1 TD · 4 seats today
  • Labour Party13 from 7 TDs · 11 seats today
  • People Before Profit-Solidarity37 from 3 TDs · 3 seats today
  • Sinn Féin95 from 27 TDs · 39 seats today

The TDs who asked most

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

  1. 66
  2. 37
  3. 36
  4. 25
  5. 22
  6. 21
  7. 20
  8. 18

Asked of

Debated under the same heading

Debates whose official heading is exactly these words.

The questions

Matt Carthy Written 10 Apr 2025 · to Children
343. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 427 of 20 March 2025, in which she stated that her Department had not sought or received reports or analysis on impacts that the accommodation recognition payment may be having on the private rental sector, if her Department was aware of any other Department or agency carrying out…
Matt Carthy Written 10 Apr 2025 · to Children
344. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 427 of 20 March 2025, if her Department has since carried out, sought or received reports or analysis on impacts that the accommodation recognition payment may be having on the private rental sector; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18176/25]
David Cullinane Written 10 Apr 2025 · to Health
414. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the publication date of the national endometriosis framework, the working group established to feed into the framework; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18317/25]
David Cullinane Written 10 Apr 2025 · to Health
415. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the rollout of supra-regional centres specific to the disease, the treatment options they provide; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18318/25]
Liam Quaide Written 8 Apr 2025 · to Children
826. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will provide an update on the report submitted to her Department in relation to talks with Catholic bodies and the Church of Ireland concerning their contribution towards financial redress for mother-and-baby home survivors; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17116/25]
Claire Kerrane Written 8 Apr 2025 · to Children
839. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth when she plans to publish the report on the negotiations with religious organisations regarding the mother and baby institutions payment scheme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17409/25]
Albert Dolan Written 8 Apr 2025 · to Health
910. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 722 of 25 March 2025, if the total value of payments reported for the period (details supplied) is accurate; his views on the drivers behind this figure, which appears significantly larger than usual, given that from an analysis of prior prompt payment reports published on his Department’s website, no single quarter has ever …
Shane Moynihan Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Transport
261. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Transport to provide an update on the implementation of the recommendations of the Shannon Estuary Economic Taskforce Report, specifically the recommendation to "Undertake a feasibility study and develop a concept proposal for the development of a National Logistics Hub in the Shannon Estuary, as an input into the preparation of a ‘Regional Freight Strategy‘ for the L…
Martin Kenny Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Health
1872. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health if a serious incident report been completed in relation to the death of a person (details supplied); and when the report will be given to the family involved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12564/25]
Paul Donnelly Written 4 Mar 2025 · to Justice
531. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice when he expects to publish the Policing Authority report on serious riots which occurred in Dublin city centre in November 2023. [9601/25]
Paul Lawless Written 26 Feb 2025 · to Health
285. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health to provide a copy of the report produced as a result of the review of the operation of the revised model of care for termination of pregnancy services undertaken by the HSE's National Women and Infants Health Programme. [8356/25]
Jennifer Whitmore Written 20 Feb 2025 · to Environment
133. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if the Liquefied Natural Gas Report previously commissioned by the previous Minister for Environment; Climate and Communications has been finalised; when it will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7034/25]
Conor D McGuinness Written 20 Feb 2025 · to Tourism
226. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if he has received the Interim Report of the Advisory Committee on Restitution and Repatriation of Cultural Heritage; if not, when he expects to receive this report; if he will publish the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6980/25]
Carol Nolan Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Justice
541. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice for an update on the research commissioned by his Department entitled "Ethnic Monitoring in the Criminal Justice System”; if he will publish the report as soon as possible; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5772/25]
Emer Currie Written 12 Feb 2025 · to Transport
108. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the cost of the Phoenix Park Transport and Mobility Options Study (details supplied). [5055/25]
Darren O'Rourke Written 6 Feb 2025 · to Finance
66. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Finance when the report ‘Funds Sector 2030: A Framework for Open, Resilient & Developing Markets’ will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3806/25]
James Geoghegan Written 5 Feb 2025 · to Taoiseach
22. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Taoiseach if the interdepartmental group on the Dublin City Taskforce has considered the proposed funding mechanism contained within the Dublin City Taskforce report of lifting the derogation for rates on State buildings. [3465/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 5 Feb 2025 · to Public Expenditure
333. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will publish, when completed, the full report by the ecological consultant, as appointed on 5 June 2024 to carry out a high-level environmental study to consider the potential positive and negative ecological impacts of the proposed works on the River Shannon between Athlone and Meelick (details sup…
Marie Sherlock Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Taoiseach
4. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Taoiseach if he will publish the report of the interdepartmental group established to examine the Dublin City Taskforce’s recommendations. [46610/24]
Marie Sherlock Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Taoiseach
5. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Taoiseach to set out the date of the first meeting of the interdepartmental group established to examine the Dublin City Taskforce’s recommendations; the number of meetings the group has conducted; and the details of its membership. [46611/24]
Eoin Ó Broin Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Housing
712. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the Q3 social and affordable housing delivery report will be published. [46343/24]