331. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if all frontline health staff, carrying out the same work as their colleagues, are in receipt of the same pay and conditions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49342/25]
Topics / Departmental Staff
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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Debated under the same heading
Debates whose official heading is exactly these words.
The questions
391. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the gender breakdown of secretary generals and assistant secretaries across all Government Departments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48892/25]
741. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of WTE qualified legal advisors working in his Department in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [48211/25]
942. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No.333 of 27 March 2025, with regard to the four vacancies in the driving training school in a college (details supplied), if these posts have been filled; if not the reason; when is it intended that these posts be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49266/25]
997. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the unfilled positions, by CDNT team; the plans to fill these; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47562/25]
998. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide an update on the progress being made in workforce planning for staffing CDNTs and disability services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47563/25]
1001. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will provide an update on the positions and teams unfilled for community neuro rehabilitation teams, by region; the plans to address this, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47566/25]
1002. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plans, the timeline and the estimated cost to deliver 222 extra posts in adult multidisciplinary therapies as promised in the action plan for disabilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47567/25]
1324. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if she will ensure that the position of HSE clinical lead on foetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) prevention will continue to be funded and filled, pending the retirement of the current clinical lead on FASD prevention; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48914/25]
1093. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the full-year cost to recruit two additional full-time keeper of manuscripts for his Department, in tabular form. [46720/25]
1140. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the details of the officials seconded to the new strategic housing activation office within his Department; the length of time the secondments are expected to last; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45013/25]
1362. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of whole time equivalent network cyber security ICT specialists at the grade of executive officer working within his Department as of 18 August 2025, in tabular form. [45527/25]
1798. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of WTE qualified entomologist working within the Department in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [46726/25]
2596. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health if she will provide a copy of staffing levels, by job title at a centre (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46903/25]
29. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Taoiseach the number of full-time equivalents directly employed by his Department, broken down by grade, in tabular form. [43668/25]
124. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of full-time equivalents directly employed by his Department, broken down by grade, in tabular form. [43660/25]
273. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of retired officials that were re-engaged by his Department on a consultancy basis in each of the years 2015 to 2024 and to date in 2025; the reason for engaging them; the costs incurred in respect of their engagement; and if his Department requires consultants to declare conflicts of interest in advance of utilising their servi…
296. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of full-time equivalents directly employed by his Department, broken down by grade, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43654/25]
372. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of full time equivalents directly employed by his Department, broken down by grade, in tabular form. [43656/25]
582. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Transport the number of full-time equivalents directly employed by his Department, broken down by grade, in tabular form. [43669/25]
712. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Finance the number of full time equivalents directly employed by his Department, broken down by grade, in tabular form. [43659/25]
824. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to provide a breakdown of staff seconded from State or semi-State bodies as part of the NDP review; if these staff will remain seconded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43308/25]
837. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the number of full-time equivalents directly employed by his Department, broken down by grade, in tabular form. [43665/25]
1235. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of full time equivalents directly employed by her Department, broken down by grade, in tabular form. [43657/25]
1381. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the number of full time equivalents directly employed by his Department, broken down by grade, in tabular form. [43655/25]