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
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
written
2025-03-05 · to Transport
25. D'fhiafraigh Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh den Minister for Transport cad é líon foirne a Roinne agus cé mhéad díobh sin atá inniúlach sa Ghaeilge; agus cad iad na bearta atá á ndéanamh aige agus ag a Roinn chun an céatadán Gaeilgeoirí sin a ardú. [9970/25]
Carol Nolan
written
2025-03-04 · to Taoiseach
179. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Taoiseach the powers he has to promote, demote or dismiss permanent civil service staff within his Department, to transfer such staff to other Departments, or to make external appointments from outside the civil service to civil service positions, other than his special advisers and staff of his private office. [8978/25]
Mairéad Farrell
written
2025-03-04 · to Environment
220. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the date the principal officer with responsibility for the inland fisheries division/unit of his Department was appointed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9760/25]
Carol Nolan
written
2025-03-04 · to Public Expenditure
331. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he is aware of concerns that professional and technical grades are not currently included in the civil service mobility scheme; if he will amend this deficiency as a matter of urgency and provide the rationale for the exclusion of professional and technical grades from the scheme; an…
Marie Sherlock
written
2025-03-04 · to Social
469. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) is being pursued for overpayment of half-rate of pay and for overpayment of the temporary rehabilitation payment when none of the fault for the overpayments lies with the member of staff and all the blame for these overpayments arises from a “delay in processing” and internal failures by her …
Alan Kelly
written
2025-03-04 · to Justice
487. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the additional resources as of 1 January 2025 that will be added to the staffing compliment of his Department and or related agencies in order to deal with the predicted increase in deportations from the State. [9017/25]
Joe Cooney
written
2025-03-04 · to Agriculture
563. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of WTE staff, by job title from his Department that are based at Shannon Airport as of 20 February 2025; and if he will provide same figures as of 20 February 2022, in tabular form. [9182/25]
Ryan O'Meara
written
2025-03-04 · to Agriculture
591. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when his Department plans to re-open recruitment and establish a new agricultural officer technical panel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9812/25]
Barry Heneghan
written
2025-02-27 · to Children
360. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the measures being taken to urgently address the shortage of clinical staff resources at the assessment of need office in the integrated health area for Dublin north city where at present there is an insufficient amount of both staff and other resources to cope with the extensive demand and high…
Thomas Gould
written
2025-02-25 · to Housing
494. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of people currently employed as graduate planner, assistant planner, executive planner and senior planner respectively, in his Department, in tabular form. [7248/25]
Ged Nash
written
2025-02-19 · to Taoiseach
2. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Taoiseach if he will provide details of any planned changes to remote working arrangements applying to staff in his Department. [6699/25]
Brendan Smith
oral
2025-02-18 · to Taoiseach
20. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Taoiseach the plans in place to increase staffing levels in the shared island unit within his Department. [1683/25]
Erin McGreehan
oral
2025-02-18 · to Taoiseach
21. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Taoiseach the plans to increase staffing levels in the shared island unit within his Department. [4237/25]
Ruairí Ó Murchú
oral
2025-02-18 · to Taoiseach
22. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Taoiseach for an update on the work being done by the shared island unit in his Department. [4795/25]
Rose Conway-Walsh
oral
2025-02-18 · to Taoiseach
23. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the work of the shared island unit. [6038/25]
Ivana Bacik
written
2025-02-18 · to Taoiseach
116. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach the gender breakdown of his Department in respect of principal officers, assistant secretaries and secretaries general, respectively. [5861/25]
Ivana Bacik
written
2025-02-18 · to Foreign
127. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the gender breakdown of his Department in respect of principal officers, assistant secretaries and secretaries general, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5853/25]
Ivana Bacik
written
2025-02-18 · to Environment
149. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the gender breakdown of his Department in respect of principal officers, assistant secretaries and secretaries general, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5851/25]
Alan Kelly
written
2025-02-18 · to Environment
163. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of WTE legal advisors employed by his Department in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [6275/25]
Ivana Bacik
written
2025-02-18 · to Defence
181. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the gender breakdown of his Department in respect of principal officers, assistant secretaries and secretaries general, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5848/25]
Ivana Bacik
written
2025-02-18 · to Transport
217. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Transport the gender breakdown of his Department in respect of principal officers, assistant secretaries and secretaries general, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5863/25]
Ivana Bacik
written
2025-02-18 · to Finance
259. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Finance the gender breakdown of his Department in respect of principal officers, assistant secretaries and secretaries general, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5852/25]
Ivana Bacik
written
2025-02-18 · to Public Expenditure
282. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the gender breakdown of his Department in respect of principal officers, assistant secretaries and secretaries general, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5858/25]
Ivana Bacik
written
2025-02-18 · to Enterprise
290. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the gender breakdown of his Department in respect of principal officers, assistant secretaries and secretaries general, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5850/25]
Ivana Bacik
written
2025-02-18 · to Education
346. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education the gender breakdown of her Department in respect of principal officers, assistant secretaries and secretaries general, respectively; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5849/25]