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Exchequer Deficit

2 questions from 2 TDs, between 11 June 2025 and 13 May 2026.

2
questions
2 written, 0 oral
2
TDs have asked
2
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.

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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.

  • Independent1 from 1 TD · 15 seats today

The TDs who asked most

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

  1. Carol Nolan
    1
  2. Cian O'Callaghan
    1

Asked of

The questions

Cian O'Callaghan Written 13 May 2026 · to Finance
28. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to set out the rationale for running an exchequer deficit in the years 2026 to 2030, primarily to finance transfers to the Future Ireland Fund and the Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund, as set out in Table 12 of the Annual Progress Report 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35425/26]
Carol Nolan Written 11 Jun 2025 · to Finance
81. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Finance to provide the annual cost of interest payments on the State’s national debt for each year during the period 2000 to date; the total interest payments made during that period, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31052/25]