334. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the percentage of staff in her Department working from home for at least two days per week, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26548/25]
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 |
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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
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
376. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health the percentage of staff in her Department working from home for at least two days per week, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26556/25]
395. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the percentage of staff in his Department working from home for at least two days per week, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26555/25]
406. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the percentage of staff in his Department working from home for at least two days per week, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26560/25]
596. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full-year costs to recruit one additional WTE medical examiner for his Department. [25358/25]
287. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of WTE housekeepers/executive assistants working in each Irish Embassy and Consulate General Office, as of 5 May 2025, by gender, in tabular form. [24285/25]
490. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to provide a comprehensive breakdown of the number of staff employed across all Government Departments, agencies, and State bodies whose primary or designated function relates to diversity, equity and inclusion; to outline the number of such roles per Department and body; to specify the grade or pay scale …
349. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide data on the number of people earning more than €100,000 per year from employment in the public sector including departments, agencies, State owned companies and semi-State companies, broken down by their employing public sector body and the value of the salaries. [23740/25]
128. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of violent incidents and threats reported by social protection staff in 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21419/25]
268. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage of the number of staff approval requests made by Galway City Council in 2024; the number of staff approval requests made by Galway City Council in the current year to the end of March 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21947/25]
344. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE emergency medicine registrars based at Naas General Hospital in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [21795/25]
17. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport the number of WTE staff, by job title currently within air accident investigation unit of his Department; the number of vacant WTE staff, by job title currently within this unit; and when each of those vacancies be filled, in tabular form. [21320/25]
26. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport the number of WTE ship surveyors employed by his Department in the years of 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [21450/25]
95. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of WTE senior mapping managers and superintendent of mappings that are employed by his Department in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [21442/25]
100. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of WTE staff, by grade based in Department's central debt recovery unit as of 23 April 2025, in tabular form. [21457/25]
101. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of WTE community welfare officers employed by the Department as of 24 April 2025; and if he will provide same figures as of 30 April 2022, in tabular form. [21500/25]
212. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide a breakdown, by Department or office, of the percentage of employees who have disclosed a disability for the past ten years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20010/25]
233. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when his Department expects to fill the culture officer post in Toronto. [20928/25]
288. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide a breakdown, by Department or office, of the percentage of employees who have disclosed a disability for the past ten years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20012/25]
292. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of WTE principal geologists and geologists currently employed by his Department in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [20254/25]
345. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he will provide a breakdown, by Department or office, of the percentage of employees who have disclosed a disability for the past ten years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20011/25]
456. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide a breakdown, by Department or office, of the percentage of employees who have disclosed a disability for the past ten years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20008/25]
591. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown, by Department or office, of the percentage of employees who have disclosed a disability for the past ten years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20015/25]
642. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the specific measures being taken to ensure the civil service meets the new 6% disability employment target set in 2024, particularly in Departments currently below this threshold; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19449/25]
643. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will provide a breakdown, by Department or office, of the percentage of employees who have disclosed a disability for the past ten years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19450/25]