190. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of medical assessors employed by his Department; if he can identify the average number of professional-opinion referrals received; the average time it takes a medical assessor to carry out a professional opinion; the average number of professional opinions completed in a day; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31053/25]
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
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| Month | Questions |
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| 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
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The questions
191. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of medical assessors employed by his Department; the number of professional opinion referrals on average that are received; the average time it takes a medical assessor to carry out a professional opinion; the average number of professional opinions completed in a day; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31092/25]
214. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of retired officials re-engaged by his Department on a consultancy basis in the past four years 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 services. [31279/25]
249. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of retired officials that were re-engaged by his Department on a consultancy basis in the past four years 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 services.…
262. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of retired officials that were re-engaged by his Department on a consultancy basis in the past four years 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 services. [3…
266. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of sanctioned posts and filled posts, by discipline and school, for therapists in Cork special schools. [30868/25]
268. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total number of individual psychologists, that are directly employed by the HSE, who conduct assessment of need processes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30954/25]
284. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of retired officials that were re-engaged by her Department on a consultancy basis in the past four years and to date in 2025; the reason for engaging them; the costs incurred in respect of their engagement; and if her Department requires consultants to declare conflicts of interest in advance of utilising their services. […
385. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the number of retired officials that were re-engaged by her Department on a consultancy basis in the past four years and to date in 2025; the reason for engaging them; the costs incurred in respect of their engagement; and if her Department requires consultants to declare conflicts of interest in advance of utilising their services. [31274/25]
391. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of retired officials that were re-engaged by his Department on a consultancy basis in the past four years 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 o…
399. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the number of retired officials that were re-engaged by his Department on a consultancy basis in the past four years 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 t…
166. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Taoiseach if he will outline the membership of the child poverty unit within his Department; and if he will provide an update on its work. [29099/25]
217. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if there are two Principal Officers working within the Inland Fisheries Division of the Department, with one Principal Officer dealing solely with legacy issues regarding fisheries legislation and the legality of inland fisheries bye-laws in Special Areas of Conservation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29021/25]
224. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of WTE accountants that are employed by his Department as of 27 May 2025; and if he will provide same figures as of 1 June 2022, in tabular form. [29362/25]
402. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Finance the current number of staff responsible for the collection of the vacant homes tax by grade level and the overall wage cost for the unit. [29529/25]
419. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the number of WTE qualified architects and quantity surveyors employed by his Department in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [28964/25]
555. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of staff members employed to support the school completion programme in Galway in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29561/25]
590. Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Education and Youth the current allocation of educational welfare officers in County Longford, noting that there is only one officer currently in situ; if and when an additional officer will be appointed to meet the demand in the area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29856/25]
597. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth when her Department will formally announce the reforms of how teachers get CID, changing from the current two consecutive years for CID to one year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29863/25]
630. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth the estimated first-, whole- and school-year cost of recruiting 15 additional educational psychologists. [29915/25]
644. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 188 of 7 May 2025, if the person is part of the public service pensions scheme; the actions that are required by the school for them to continue unemployment after their 70th birthday; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30085/25]
666. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth the estimated full year costs to recruit 50 additional WTE educational welfare officers. [30399/25]
674. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide a home school community liaison for a school (details supplied) which would greatly benefit from the role; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30511/25]
797. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of staff currently in the vacant homes unit in his Department. [29532/25]
866. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of WTE staff in his Department, by grade, at the end of May 2024 and 2025; the number of vacancies, by grade, at the end of May 2024 and 2025; the number of staff, by grade, on career break; the number of staff, by grade, on career break for more than five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30634/25]