Departmental Staff
An official questions-paper heading. 907 questions (5 oral, 902 written), first 2025-01-22, latest 2026-07-28.
Questions under this heading, per month
Jan 2025Jul 2026
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| Month | Questions |
|---|---|
| Jan 2025 | 67 |
| Feb 2025 | 82 |
| Mar 2025 | 60 |
| Apr 2025 | 70 |
| May 2025 | 29 |
| Jun 2025 | 81 |
| Jul 2025 | 62 |
| Sep 2025 | 16 |
| Oct 2025 | 12 |
| Nov 2025 | 87 |
| Dec 2025 | 14 |
| Jan 2026 | 50 |
| Feb 2026 | 33 |
| Mar 2026 | 110 |
| Apr 2026 | 32 |
| May 2026 | 55 |
| Jun 2026 | 35 |
| Jul 2026 | 12 |
Addressed to
| Department | Questions |
|---|---|
| Foreign | 91 |
| Health | 64 |
| Children | 62 |
| Agriculture | 61 |
| 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.
| Date | Debate section |
|---|---|
| 2025-05-29 | Departmental Staff |
| 2025-02-18 | Departmental Staff |
The questions
Peadar Tóibín
written
2025-04-08 · to Housing
627. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a list with the job titles and salaries of all Ministerial staff, and Department private secretaries. [17058/25]
Eoin Ó Broin
written
2025-04-08 · to Housing
628. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of advisors he has appointed, their names, responsibilities and a brief biography of their professional and employment experience. [17238/25]
Alan Kelly
written
2025-04-08 · to Social
670. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of WTE forensic accountants directly employed by his Department in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [16877/25]
Peadar Tóibín
written
2025-04-08 · to Social
675. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide a list with the job titles and salaries of all Ministerial staff, and Department private secretaries. [17062/25]
Alan Kelly
written
2025-04-08 · to Justice
702. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of posts of detective inspector within the Dublin Metropolitan Region that are currently filled; and the number of these positions at these ranks that are currently vacant, in tabular form. [16866/25]
Peadar Tóibín
written
2025-04-08 · to Justice
715. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice to provide a list with the job titles and salaries of all Ministerial staff, and Department private secretaries. [17059/25]
Peadar Tóibín
written
2025-04-08 · to Justice
716. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of civilian clerks working in each Garda division for the last 10 years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17092/25]
Peadar Tóibín
written
2025-04-08 · to Agriculture
748. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of technical staff grades of technical agricultural officer supervisory agricultural officer and district superintendent that retired or transferred out from agricultural environmental schemes division in 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [16515/25]
Peadar Tóibín
written
2025-04-08 · to Agriculture
749. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of technical grade positions for all the grades (technical agricultural officer, supervisory agricultural officer and district superintendent) that have been advertised and subsequently filled for each of these grades; and the number of positions that are currently vacant in the agricultural environmental …
Peadar Tóibín
written
2025-04-08 · to Agriculture
774. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide a list with the job titles and salaries of all Ministerial staff, and Department private secretaries. [17084/25]
Peadar Tóibín
written
2025-04-08 · to Agriculture
775. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an update on the resourcing of the pesticides control division in his Department including by number of staff members, annual budget, and any increases or decreases in resourcing levels, broken down by year between 2017 and 2024, in tabular form. [17093/25]
Tom Brabazon
written
2025-04-08 · to Children
822. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of WTE vacancies, by job title currently at Clontarf, Kilbarrack and Coolock children's disability network teams; when each of those vacancies will be filled, in tabular form. [16996/25]
Peadar Tóibín
written
2025-04-08 · to Children
824. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide a list with the job titles and salaries of all Ministerial staff, and Department private secretaries. [17049/25]
Paul Nicholas Gogarty
written
2025-04-08 · to Children
828. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of WTE physiotherapists and social workers based at Clondalkin Children's Disability Network Team in the years of 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [17248/25]
Paul Nicholas Gogarty
written
2025-04-08 · to Children
829. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of WTE speech and language therapists based at Rossecourt Children's Disability, Network Team in the years of 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [17249/25]
Paul Nicholas Gogarty
written
2025-04-08 · to Children
830. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of WTE psychologists based at Palmerstown Children's Disability Network Team in the years of 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [17250/25]
Louis O'Hara
written
2025-04-08 · to Children
835. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of WTE dietitians working in Galway CDNTs in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [17394/25]
John Connolly
written
2025-04-08 · to Children
843. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the staffing cohort at the CDNT at the west Galway children’s disability network team; if the service is currently operating with a full cohort of staff; what roles within the west Galway CDNT are currently vacant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17525/25]
Peadar Tóibín
written
2025-04-08 · to Health
962. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health to provide a list with the job titles and salaries of all Ministerial staff, and Department private secretaries. [17057/25]
Alan Kelly
written
2025-04-08 · to Further and Higher Education
1061. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of vacancies at each grade of higher executive officer and above currently within his Department; and the estimated timeframe to fill each of those vacancies, in tabular form. [16864/25]
Alan Kelly
written
2025-04-08 · to Rural
1091. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of vacancies at each grade of higher executive officer and above currently within his Department; and the estimated timeframe to fill each of those vacancies, in tabular form. [16865/25]
Peadar Tóibín
written
2025-04-08 · to Rural
1093. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development to provide a list with the job titles and salaries of all Ministerial staff, and Department private secretaries. [17061/25]
Mark Ward
written
2025-04-01 · to Children
640. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will confirm that any pay deal in regard to section 39 workers will cover all section 39 workers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15276/25]
Pearse Doherty
written
2025-03-27 · to Public Expenditure
194. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 273 of 20 March 2025, to provide the total cost to the Department of the secondment, the Civil Service grade or equivalent of the secondment, the procedure for advertising and procuring a secondment and the rationale for using a secondment rather…
Pearse Doherty
written
2025-03-25 · to Taoiseach
167. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Taoiseach the details of any secondments from consulting firms to his Department since 2020; the consulting firm involved; the purpose of the secondment; the durations of the secondments; and who paid the salary of the individual seconded. [13697/25]