1730. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the reason agency staff who fill temporary vacancies owing to staff shortages and are in a position for longer than 12 months are not regarded as having a permanent post that should be filled internally; if each location received guidance regarding their agency dependence; the amount by which it has to be reduced/converted by; and if she will make a statemen…
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A subject heading for parliamentary questionsDepartmental Staff
940 questions from 87 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 20 October 2026.
940
questions
935 written, 5 oral
87
TDs have asked
11
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 |
|---|---|
| January 2025 | 67 |
| February 2025 | 82 |
| March 2025 | 60 |
| April 2025 | 70 |
| May 2025 | 29 |
| June 2025 | 81 |
| July 2025 | 62 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 16 |
| October 2025 | 12 |
| November 2025 | 87 |
| December 2025 | 14 |
| January 2026 | 50 |
| February 2026 | 33 |
| March 2026 | 110 |
| April 2026 | 32 |
| May 2026 | 55 |
| June 2026 | 35 |
| July 2026 | 12 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 12 |
| October 2026 | 21 |
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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The questions
1741. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Health the number of dietitians in the Dublin south, Kildare and west Wicklow area; if there are plans for the recruitment of dietitians in the coming months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58243/25]
1748. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE positions in each CHN, by position type; the number of each that is currently vacant; and if she considers if CHN teams have sufficient staffing levels to meet local population needs, in tabular form. [58276/25]
1771. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health the number of employees currently in her Department; the number of staff per year each year since 2015, by grade, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58495/25]
1777. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health if an interim radiographer has been identified or appointed to resume mammogram services in County Mayo; if not, the specific actions being taken to expedite recruitment and avoid further delays in diagnostic care for women in the region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58550/25]
1800. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Health the number of staff vacancies in community mental health teams in County Kildare for each year from 2022 to 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58605/25]
1805. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health if the advanced paramedic role for Roscommon was advertised externally; if so, to provide details of this advertisement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58652/25]
1815. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health the number of pathologists currently employed in the State; their location; the number of locum pathologists in employment and their location; the reason there are no locum pathologists being used in UHW; the efforts which have been made to recruit new pathologists/ locum pathologists in the south east; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58685/25…
1823. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the current staffing levels in each endometriosis hub by total WTE and filled WTE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58730/25]
2120. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of employees currently in his Department; the number of staff per year each year since 2015, by grade, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58494/25]
2176. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the number of employees currently in his Department; the number of staff per year each year since 2015, by grade, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58499/25]
438. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Youth the options in place for the provision of education to secondary school students where there is a shortage of teachers for a core curriculum subject; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57382/25]
476. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of the 60 positions for the National Parks and Wildlife Service, announced by the previous Minister on 4 May 2022 for the Strategic Action Plan, that have been filled. [57071/25]
518. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of appeals officers assigned to assessing both applications and appeals, respectively, for the State pension contributory. [56743/25]
899. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of WTE senior application specialist at the grade of higher executive officer level within the Department in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [56884/25]
242. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the number of WTE staff, by grade and gender working in the major events unit of his Department as of 7 October 2025, in tabular form. [56067/25]
410. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Education and Youth if there are plans to make provisions for teachers who currently remain on the supplementary redeployment panel each year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54609/25]
417. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her attention has been drawn to concerns related to the provision of full-time teacher roles (details supplied); the actions she will take to address these concerns; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54656/25]
450. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will review the staffing schedule at primary schools to ensure greater fairness and equity, especially for smaller schools in order to ensure equal access to quality education for every child; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54955/25]
800. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of Parkinson’s nurse specialists employed by the HSE, broken down by year from 2018 to 2024; the number of Parkinson’s nurse specialist positions advertised by the HSE in each of those years; the number of applications received for each of these positions, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54562/25]
184. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will review the staffing schedule for primary schools for the 2026/2027 school year to address the inequities in the appointment figures for certain categories of schools (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54257/25]
268. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the current average duration of employment of staff in each of the agencies involved in the end-to-end asylum process; and the current number of vacancies in each of the agencies involved in the end-to-end asylum process, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54360/25]
12. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of his Department’s staff using the Trinity Point building, the grades of those staff, the percentage of those staff using the building on a weekly basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52263/25]
120. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the WTE staff by job title working within the Geological Survey Division of his Department as of 10 September 2025; the number of WTE vacancies currently in this division, by job title; and when each of those vacancies will be filled, in tabular form. [49809/25]
122. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will confirm that there are two principal officers assigned to the Inland Fisheries Division, as stated by his Departments website on 12 April 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50212/25]