1491. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the staff turnover rate in his Department in the years 2019 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42417/26]
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
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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.
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The questions
1583. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the staff turnover rate in her Department in the years 2019 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42418/26]
2022. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Health the staff turnover rate in her Department in the years 2019 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42427/26]
2487. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the staff turnover rate in his Department in the years 2019 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42426/26]
2517. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the staff turnover rate in his Department in the years 2019 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42431/26]
198. 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 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. [41…
261. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of WTE staff, by grade currently working in the Passport Service as of 15 May 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39381/26]
390. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Transport the number of females at administrative officer and above grades within his Department, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39380/26]
1071. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reason the chief social worker role within her Department no longer exists; if she will consider restoring this role given the huge challenges being faced by the State's care system, the reforms underway by Tusla and the concerns raised by same and given the importance of this role within her Department; and if she will make a st…
8. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of employees currently in her Department; the number of staff per year each year since 2015, by grade, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38028/26]
254. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Taoiseach the number of additional staff employed or that will be employed by his Department directly or under contract for the purposes of Ireland’s presidency of the Council of the European Union in 2026 [37461/26]
287. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of additional staff employed or that will be employed by her Department directly or under contract for the purposes of Ireland’s presidency of the Council of the European Union in 2026. [37453/26]
337. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Defence the number of additional staff employed or that will be employed by her Department directly or under contract for the purposes of Ireland’s presidency of the Council of the European Union in 2026. [37449/26]
340. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Transport the additional staffing, operational or administrative resources provided to the Bus Éireann Cork office following the acknowledged resourcing difficulties and delays experienced in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36527/26]
357. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Transport the rationale for limiting the recent extension of the retirement age for public service drivers to drivers employed by CIÉ companies only; whether consideration has been given to extending similar arrangements across the wider public and community transport sector; whether he recognises the potential benefits such a measure could have for local organisation…
371. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Transport the number of additional staff employed or that will be employed by his Department directly or under contract for the purposes of Ireland’s presidency of the Council of the European Union in 2026 [37462/26]
404. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of additional staff employed or that will be employed by his Department directly or under contract for the purposes of Ireland’s presidency of the Council of the European Union in 2026. [37452/26]
438. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the number of additional staff employed or that will be employed by his Department directly or under contract for the purposes of Ireland’s presidency of the Council of the European Union in 2026 [37458/26]
450. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the number of additional staff employed or that will be employed by his Department directly or under contract for the purposes of Ireland’s presidency of the Council of the European Union in 2026. [37451/26]
531. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of additional staff employed or that will be employed by her Department directly or under contract for the purposes of Ireland’s presidency of the Council of the European Union in 2026. [37450/26]
612. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of additional staff employed or that will be employed by his Department directly or under contract for the purposes of Ireland’s presidency of the Council of the European Union in 2026 [37456/26]
656. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of WTE staff, by grade and gender, currently answering telephone queries and processing free travel pass applications as of 11 May 2026, in tabular form. [36838/26]
702. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of additional staff employed or who will be employed by his Department directly or under contract for the purposes of Ireland’s presidency of the Council of the European Union in 2026. [37460/26]
737. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of additional staff employed or that will be employed by his Department directly or under contract for the purposes of Ireland’s presidency of the Council of the European Union in 2026 [37457/26]
785. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department plans to post an agricultural attaché to the Irish Embassy in Rome. [36899/26]