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Departmental Staff

An official questions-paper heading. 907 questions (5 oral, 902 written), first 2025-01-22, latest 2026-07-28.

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Apr 202570
May 202529
Jun 202581
Jul 202562
Sep 202516
Oct 202512
Nov 202587
Dec 202514
Jan 202650
Feb 202633
Mar 2026110
Apr 202632
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Jun 202635
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Foreign 91
Health 64
Children 62
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Social 55
Transport 54
Education 54
Justice 53
Public Expenditure 51
Housing 49
Rural 42
Defence 40
Further and Higher Education 40
Taoiseach 36
Finance 36
Enterprise 34
Climate 33
Culture 23
Environment 15
Tourism 14

Debates under the same heading

Dáil debate sections whose official heading is exactly these words.

DateDebate section
2025-05-29 Departmental Staff
2025-02-18 Departmental Staff

The questions

Joe Cooney written 2026-07-28 · to Foreign
63. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of WTE quantity surveyors and senior quantity surveyors that are employed by her Department as of 16 July 2026, in tabular form. [56582/26]
Aidan Farrelly written 2026-07-28 · to Defence
277. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Defence the number of WTE IT specialists at the grade of Higher Executive Officer that are based within her Department as of 16 July 2026, in tabular form. [56915/26]
Aindrias Moynihan written 2026-07-28 · to Finance
724. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number and proportion of staff who have completed AI-related training programmes since January 2024; the levels of training, introductory or advanced use; to confirm the associated expenditure on each level of training provided, by his Department and public body; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55873/26]
Aindrias Moynihan written 2026-07-28 · to Public Expenditure
860. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the number and proportion of staff who have completed AI-related training programmes since January 2024; the levels of training, introductory or advanced use; to confirm the associated expenditure on each level of training provided, by his Department and public body; an…
Aidan Farrelly written 2026-07-28 · to Public Expenditure
894. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the number of WTE qualified legal advisers currently working within his Department, in tabular form. [56921/26]
Darren O'Rourke written 2026-07-28 · to Education
1177. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of WTE structural engineers employed within her Department as of 14 July 2026, in tabular form. [55619/26]
Donna McGettigan written 2026-07-16 · to Social
386. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of staff involved in the issuing or refusal of carer's allowance and disability allowance that have medical qualifications; the level of qualifications required for the positions; the ratio of medically qualified staff to non-medically qualified staff; if there are none, the way in which medically based decisions whic…
Thomas Gould written 2026-07-15 · to Housing
274. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of people employed in the vacant homes unit in his Department in each of the past five years, by grade. [54180/26]
Thomas Gould written 2026-07-15 · to Housing
276. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of persons employed in planning roles in his Department. [54184/26]
Donna McGettigan written 2026-07-07 · to Transport
224. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Transport the estimated costs in 2027 of doubling the number of personnel working within the air accident investigation unit and railway accident investigation unit of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51717/26]
Donna McGettigan written 2026-07-07 · to Public Expenditure
287. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the number of WTE operations and event executive personnel employed by OPW as of 26 June 2026, in tabular form. [51710/26]
Donna McGettigan written 2026-07-07 · to Agriculture
622. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of WTE qualified financial accountants currently working within his Department as of 29 June 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51719/26]
Gary Gannon written 2026-06-30 · to Justice
567. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of whole-time equivalent staff assigned to the International Protection Office and to immigration permission and registration functions respectively for each year from 1 January 2023 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48955/26]
Gary Gannon written 2026-06-30 · to Justice
568. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the details of any staff redeployments, temporary assignments or transfers from immigration registration, residence permission or Irish residence permit processing functions to the International Protection Office, the International Protection Accommodation Service, or any function related to the implementation of th…
Roderic O'Gorman written 2026-06-23 · to Foreign
103. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of WTE office manager posts filled at the Irish Embassy in Seoul in each of the years of 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [47418/26]
Roderic O'Gorman written 2026-06-23 · to Foreign
104. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of WTE driver posts filled at the Irish Embassy in Hanoi in each of the years 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [47419/26]
Eoin Hayes written 2026-06-23 · to Finance
259. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will share the list of members (by official title) of the executive board of the Department of Finance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47516/26]
Aindrias Moynihan written 2026-06-23 · to Social
478. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Social Protection for the up-to-date position on his Department's engagement with an organisation (details supplied) in relation to remuneration and related matters; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46858/26]
Cathal Crowe written 2026-06-23 · to Agriculture
581. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when he will appoint a Director of Appeals within his Department given the long delays for decisions in the appeal office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47318/26]
Joe Cooney written 2026-06-17 · to Justice
129. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the staffing levels at the visa office in Beijing and Abu Dhabi; and the number of applications that were received in each of those offices in 2025 and to-date in 2026, in tabular form. [46064/26]
John Connolly written 2026-06-11 · to Justice
253. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of retired staff with pension entitlement within his Department who have seen their pension subjected to pension abatement following re-entering employment in the public sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44801/26]
Cathy Bennett written 2026-06-09 · to Taoiseach
195. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Taoiseach the staff turnover rate in his Department in the years 2019 to date [42433/26]
Sorca Clarke written 2026-06-09 · to Foreign
206. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of WTE local employed staff by job title currently working at the Irish Embassies based in Bangkok and Lisbon, in tabular form. [41794/26]
Sorca Clarke written 2026-06-09 · to Foreign
207. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of WTE housekeeper posts filled at Irish Embassies based in Warsaw and Toronto, in tabular form. [41795/26]
Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh written 2026-06-09 · to Foreign
224. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of internships that were offered at Irish Embassy in Athens in 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [42345/26]
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