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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

Aindrias Moynihan Written 10 Feb 2026 · to Finance
228. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the up-to-date position on publication of a national financial literacy strategy to support improved financial knowledge and understanding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10061/26]
Mairéad Farrell Written 27 Jan 2026 · to Public Expenditure
406. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if there will be further public consultation on his Departments’ national public procurement strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5606/26]
Naoise Ó Cearúil Written 20 Jan 2026 · to Culture
167. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport to detail how principle D of the National Counter Disinformation Strategy, which focuses on corporate accountability and regulatory enforcement, will be implemented in respect of AI-driven platforms (details supplied)t; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4054/26]
Roderic O'Gorman Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Transport
643. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Transport when the 'Moving Together' strategy will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1053/26]
Roderic O'Gorman Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Transport
647. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Transport when work will commence on a successor strategy to the Connecting Ireland Rural Mobility Plan 2022-26; when the successor plan will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1057/26]
Cathy Bennett Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Enterprise
1006. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if he could provide a breakdown of his Department’s €4.7 billion capital investment strategy, ‘Start Up Ireland’, for the next five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1905/26]
John Clendennen Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Enterprise
1028. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment for an update on the progress of the Retail Crime Strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2479/26]
Emer Currie Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Education
1045. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth when her Department will formally announce the reforms to the way in which teachers get CID, changing from the current two consecutive years for CID to one year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74250/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Justice
1766. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the position regarding his Department’s work to develop a single unique identifier and standardising data categorisation across the justice sector which intends on facilitating better collation and sharing of data to support policy research and inform Domestic, Sexual, and Gender-Based Violence service development; and if he will mak…
Cathal Crowe Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Health
2113. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health with the launch of the HSE Climate Action Strategy 2023 to 2025, if there are plans in place to mitigate the environmental impact of dialysis by improved water treatments systems and use of renewable energies; if no such plans in place, when these plans will be put in place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74173/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Health
2119. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if she plans to appoint a clinical GP lead for renal disease in primary care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74179/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Health
2122. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health given that dialysis provision and related inpatient stays currently costs €125,000 per year per patient, the plans that are in place, or for the future, to prevent patients progressing to end stage kidney failure; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74182/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Health
2128. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health given the increasing frequency of storm related utility outages, the plans that are in place to protect vulnerable patients who are dependent on utilities for life saving treatments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74190/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Health
2129. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health given that Donegal patients who were travelling to Northern Ireland or Beaumont hospital for treatment are now being sent to Galway, the reason treatment in Northern Ireland is no longer available, forcing patients to travel longer distances; whether accommodation costs for such patients will be covered given they could previously avail of free accommodation in …
Cathal Crowe Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Health
2130. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if a reimbursement case has been made for the use of drugs (details supplied) in Ireland to the relevant authority; if so, the stage the drug approval is at; when a decision is likely to be taken on whether such drugs will or will not be reimbursed; whether supply of these drugs is currently being reimbursed by any Irish hospital; and if she will make a statemen…
Conor D McGuinness Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Health
2143. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if her Department is examining the expansion of the approved appliances and drugs under the long-term illness scheme in light of ongoing difficulties with the approval request process for pharmacies; the impact these difficulties are having on people with disabilities and other long-term illness card holders who are being required to pay upfront for neces…
Erin McGreehan Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Health
2151. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the HSE’s plans for the expansion of the Live Attenuated Influenza Vaccine (LAIV) schools programme in 2026; the measures that will be taken to increase uptake and encourage schools at primary and secondary level to opt in; whether the HSE has considered deploying school-based HSE vaccination teams to deliver the programme; and if she w…
Claire Kerrane Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Health
2158. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health her plans to include relugolix in the drugs payment scheme; and if so, the timeline for same. [74370/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Health
2172. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if the current number of whole-time equivalent consultants delivering chronic pain services meets any recognised international guideline, standard, or comparator used by her Department; and if not, the actions planned, with timelines, to align consultant capacity with population need. [74403/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Health
2188. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if she will consider adding Jorveza (Budesonide) to the drugs payment scheme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74512/25]
Malcolm Byrne Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Health
2543. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Health based on her Department’s strategy statement 2023-2025, the internal process improvements and cost-efficiency measures have been rolled out since 2023; the savings or performance enhancements that have been realised; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2349/26]
Malcolm Byrne Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Health
2544. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Health if an independent evaluation of the implementation of goals and commitments set out in her Department’s strategy statement 2023 to 2025 has been carried out; if this has been or will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2350/26]
John Clendennen Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Health
2557. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Health for an update on the establishment of the Strategic Collaboration Group as outlined in the Community Pharmacy Agreement 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2404/26]
William Aird Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Further and Higher Education
2566. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the way in which the €35 million ringfenced skills package announced in Budget 2026 will be allocated to meet the most acute needs of employers in the midlands; if governance reforms to the National Training Fund will be introduced to give employers a stronger role in directing expenditure towards industry’…
Mark Wall Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Further and Higher Education
2581. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science when the new student housing strategy will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [74235/25]