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A subject heading for parliamentary questions

Departmental Strategies

448 questions from 95 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 20 October 2026.

448
questions
422 written, 26 oral
95
TDs have asked
10
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.

Jan 2025Oct 2026
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MonthQuestions
January 20251
February 20259
March 202520
April 202517
May 202525
June 202530
July 202545
August 20250
September 202536
October 202513
November 202532
December 202520
January 202624
February 202624
March 202663
April 202619
May 202626
June 202613
July 202620
August 20260
September 20267
October 20264

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.

  • Aontú5 from 2 TDs · 2 seats today
  • Fianna Fáil147 from 26 TDs · 48 seats today
  • Fine Gael107 from 19 TDs · 38 seats today
  • Green Party12 from 1 TD · 1 seat today
  • Independent13 from 3 TDs · 15 seats today
  • Independent Ireland13 from 2 TDs · 4 seats today
  • Labour Party20 from 10 TDs · 11 seats today
  • People Before Profit-Solidarity18 from 3 TDs · 3 seats today
  • Sinn Féin79 from 21 TDs · 39 seats today

The TDs who asked most

Members of the Government answer questions rather than ask them. Each question counts once.

  1. 28
  2. 15
  3. 14
  4. 13
  5. 13
  6. 12
  7. 11
  8. 11

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Debated under the same heading

Debates whose official heading is exactly these words.

The questions

Liam Quaide Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Children
1404. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her plans to provide for a period of paid leave consequent upon miscarriage or for the purposes of availing of reproductive healthcare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11923/25]
Mairéad Farrell Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Health
1491. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health when she expects the National Cardiovascular Health Strategy to be published; the timeline in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10687/25]
Cian O'Callaghan Oral 4 Mar 2025 · to Taoiseach
1. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Taoiseach to report on the implementation of the well-being framework launched by his Department. [6307/25]
Richard Boyd Barrett Oral 4 Mar 2025 · to Taoiseach
2. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach to report on the implementation of the well-being framework launched by his Department. [6429/25]
Paul Murphy Oral 4 Mar 2025 · to Taoiseach
3. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach to report on the implementation of the well-being framework launched by his Department. [6432/25]
Ivana Bacik Oral 4 Mar 2025 · to Taoiseach
4. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach to report on the implementation of the well-being framework launched by his Department. [7362/25]
Aindrias Moynihan Oral 4 Mar 2025 · to Taoiseach
5. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Taoiseach to report on the implementation of the well-being framework launched by his Department. [9169/25]
Ruairí Ó Murchú Oral 4 Mar 2025 · to Taoiseach
6. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Taoiseach to report on the implementation of the well-being framework launched by his Department. [9300/25]
Ruth Coppinger Oral 4 Mar 2025 · to Taoiseach
7. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Taoiseach to report on the implementation of the well-being framework launched by his Department. [9485/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 4 Mar 2025 · to Taoiseach
63. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Taoiseach for an update in respect of the Programme Plan for Child Well-being 2023-2025. [4927/25]
Rose Conway-Walsh Written 4 Mar 2025 · to Tourism
413. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if a new food and tourism strategy will be introduced; if the Taste the Island initiative, which was discontinued during the Covid-19 pandemic, will be reinstated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9132/25]
Rose Conway-Walsh Written 4 Mar 2025 · to Tourism
415. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the details of funding and timelines regarding the commitment on page 22 of the Programme for Government (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9134/25]
Pádraig Rice Written 4 Mar 2025 · to Health
657. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the status of each recommendation in the National Maternity Strategy 2016-2026, in tabular form. [9116/25]
Richard O'Donoghue Written 27 Feb 2025 · to Agriculture
342. Deputy Richard O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine regarding the development of the National Biomethane Strategy, its progress to date; if there are any revised timelines that may now exist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8735/25]
Emer Currie Written 26 Feb 2025 · to Enterprise
115. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the current status of the Life Sciences Strategy; if stakeholder engagement is planned; which Department will be responsible for overseeing its execution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8204/25]
Joanna Byrne Written 25 Feb 2025 · to Tourism
467. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the measures put in place to ensure that output performance measures, key performance indicators or targets will be applied to the eight of his Department’s 14 high-level strategies that did not previously have corresponding output performance measures or targets in the revised estimates; and if he will make a statement…
Robert O'Donoghue Written 25 Feb 2025 · to Agriculture
708. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will report on the development of the National Biomethane Strategy; the progress to date; if a revised timelines exists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7692/25]
Roderic O'Gorman Written 25 Feb 2025 · to Children
781. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth her plans to progress the creation of the new National Strategy for Migrant Integration; with which Department and Minister the responsibility for this strategy will lie; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7837/25]
John Paul O'Shea Written 20 Feb 2025 · to Environment
131. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the guidelines in place for community engagement when a biomethane plant is proposed in an area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6971/25]
Conor D McGuinness Written 20 Feb 2025 · to Rural
391. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development his plan to develop a successor to the Strategy for the Community and Voluntary Sector 2019-2024, and to resourcing that strategy to deliver on commitments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6960/25]
James Geoghegan Written 5 Feb 2025 · to Agriculture
884. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of meetings the high-level implementation committee has held monitoring the implementation of the Food Vision 2030 Strategy; if he will assess the success of the strategy to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3476/25]
Pádraig Rice Written 5 Feb 2025 · to Children
971. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the development of the next national strategy for women and girls; the timeline she is working towards in finalising and publishing this strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2775/25]
Paul Murphy Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Health
1418. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health in relation to the lack of official recognition for babies who do not meet the criteria of a stillbirth as set out in the Civil Registration Act 2004, if the Minister is aware that this lack of recognition has significant consequences for affected families, both in terms of emotional and practical support; his views on the introduction of a "Certificate of Life" …