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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

Seán Ó Fearghaíl Written 16 Jun 2026 · to Enterprise
184. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment when he expects to receive a report from the Cost of Business Advisory Forum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45433/26]
Tom Brabazon Written 16 Jun 2026 · to Justice
691. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he has been provided with a post-enactment report on the Criminal Justice (Engagement of Children in Criminal Activity) Act 2024; and if same will be made publicly available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45552/26]
Michael Cahill Written 11 Jun 2026 · to Children
279. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide a detailed report on an issue (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44811/26]
Natasha Newsome Drennan Written 9 Jun 2026 · to Education
794. Deputy Natasha Newsome Drennan asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether her Department's attention has been drawn to a Tusla report which found that allegations of physical and emotional abuse by a teacher (details supplied) against a student were "founded"; and if she will clarify how this teacher was subsequently employed as a principal in a school in Dublin. [42038/26]
Thomas Gould Written 9 Jun 2026 · to Housing
1082. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage which recommendations of the Report of the Housing Commission relating to the funding, management and maintenance of social housing have been accepted by Government; and the timeline for their implementation. [42555/26]
Thomas Gould Written 9 Jun 2026 · to Housing
1083. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider the recommendation of the Housing Commission and of published academic research that local authority rental income be ring-fenced for the management and maintenance of social housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42556/26]
Thomas Gould Written 9 Jun 2026 · to Housing
1084. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if a review of the differential rents scheme is underway or planned; the terms of reference and timeline of any such review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42557/26]
Ged Nash Written 9 Jun 2026 · to Housing
1106. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he intends to publish the report from the local democracy task force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42957/26]
Grace Boland Written 26 May 2026 · to Foreign
263. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she has considered publishing departmental scorecards or dashboards outlining the status of European Union directive transposition deadlines, missed deadlines, infringement proceedings and associated costs to the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39463/26]
Barry Ward Written 19 May 2026 · to Agriculture
816. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding his Department's report commissioned in relation to the native Irish honey bee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37659/26]
Barry Ward Written 19 May 2026 · to Agriculture
817. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the interest groups and experts that have been engaged with in relation to his Department's report commissioned on the native Irish honey bee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37660/26]
Barry Ward Written 19 May 2026 · to Agriculture
818. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the timeline for publication of his Department's report in relation to the native Irish honey bee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37661/26]
Barry Ward Written 19 May 2026 · to Agriculture
819. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the basis for any delays in progressing his Department's report in relation to the native Irish honey bee commissioned in October 2023; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37662/26]
Barry Ward Written 19 May 2026 · to Agriculture
820. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the framework and basis of his Department's report in relation to the native Irish honey bee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37663/26]
Pádraig O'Sullivan Written 19 May 2026 · to Agriculture
821. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the independent scientific assessment of the threat to apis mellifera mellifera, commissioned by his Department under a 12-month research contract signed in October 2023 with University of Galway and delivered in December 2024, will be published in full; the reasons for the delay in its publication; and if he will make a state…
Pádraig O'Sullivan Written 19 May 2026 · to Agriculture
822. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his Department's position on the Protection of the Native Irish Honey Bee Bill 2021 (Bill No. 133 of 2021), which passed all Seanad stages in October 2024 and is currently awaiting Second Stage in Dáil Éireann; whether the Government intends to support, oppose or amend the Bill; the timeline for bringing the Bill to Second Stage in…
Pádraig O'Sullivan Written 19 May 2026 · to Agriculture
823. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the percentage of honey bee consignments entering the State that are physically inspected at the point of entry for the presence of Tropilaelaps mites, small hive beetle and other notifiable pests, including inspection of attendant workers, brood and packaging; whether his Department has put in place mandatory physical checks at Ir…
Pádraig O'Sullivan Written 19 May 2026 · to Agriculture
824. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has assessed the risk to the Irish honey bee populations from Tropilaelaps mercedesae, a parasitic mite now confirmed in parts of Eastern Europe including European Russia, Georgia and Ukraine, and described by international experts as, in every way conceivable, a worse pest than Varroa; whether he will consider im…
Paula Butterly Written 12 May 2026 · to Housing
709. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there is any update on the expected publication date of the Taskforce on Local Democracy report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34837/26]
Cian O'Callaghan Written 12 May 2026 · to Agriculture
869. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question 883 of 28 April 2026, the timeline for his Department's response and subsequent publication of the report commissioned by his Department in December 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34065/26]
Carol Nolan Written 12 May 2026 · to Further and Higher Education
1267. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science when the Department last published an annual NTF evaluation report including counterfactual modelling of programme impacts, as recommended in the Indecon Review and repeatedly called for by an organisation (details supplied) since 2022; the reason no such report has appeared since 2019; and the date on which…
Ken O'Flynn Written 6 May 2026 · to Health
978. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the date on which the HSE report examining the implications of the final Cass Review for gender healthcare services in Ireland was completed; the reason it has not yet been published; the expected publication date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32517/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 6 May 2026 · to Health
1025. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department received, reviewed, or was briefed on the 2022 Comptroller and Auditor General audit of the Treatment Abroad Scheme; the date on which any such briefing or report was received; and what follow-up actions were required by the Department. [32589/26]
Jen Cummins Written 28 Apr 2026 · to Education
520. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth when a full publication of the parents survey will be available. [29646/26]
Pa Daly Written 28 Apr 2026 · to Education
540. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Education and Youth the expected publication date of the updated progress report on the implementation of the recommendations of the Out of School Education Provision review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30019/26]