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Drug Dealing

26 questions from 14 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 24 September 2026.

26
questions
25 written, 1 oral
14
TDs have asked
8
parties and groups
Independents counted together
1
departments asked

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 20251
March 20252
April 20251
May 20252
June 20250
July 20255
August 20250
September 20251
October 20252
November 20250
December 20250
January 20262
February 20260
March 20260
April 20260
May 20265
June 20260
July 20262
August 20260
September 20262
October 20260

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.

  • Aontú1 from 1 TD · 2 seats today
  • Fianna Fáil9 from 5 TDs · 48 seats today
  • Fine Gael1 from 1 TD · 38 seats today
  • Independent1 from 1 TD · 15 seats today
  • Independent Ireland2 from 1 TD · 4 seats today
  • Labour Party1 from 1 TD · 11 seats today
  • Sinn Féin10 from 3 TDs · 39 seats today

The TDs who asked most

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

  1. Brendan Smith
    4
  2. Ruairí Ó Murchú
    4
  3. Thomas Gould
    4
  4. Ken O'Flynn
    2
  5. Pa Daly
    2
  6. Pádraig O'Sullivan
    2
  7. Barry Heneghan
    1
  8. Cathal Crowe
    1

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Debated under the same heading

Debates whose official heading is exactly these words.

The questions

Pa Daly Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Justice
1036. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Justice for an update on the proposal contained within the draft Programme for Government to “review the sentences for those involved in the supply of drugs to ensure that the punishment imposed reflects the destruction and devastation that those in drugs in drugs impose on our communities”; if and how sentences will be increased and or decreased under this proposal; and if…