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Fire Service

90 questions from 47 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 6 October 2026.

90
questions
90 written, 0 oral
47
TDs have asked
9
parties and groups
Independents counted together
5
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 20254
March 20251
April 20255
May 20254
June 20254
July 20255
August 20250
September 20251
October 20250
November 20259
December 20253
January 20262
February 20265
March 20264
April 202619
May 202610
June 20265
July 20263
August 20260
September 20263
October 20262

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.

  • 100% RDR1 from 1 TD · 1 seat today
  • Aontú12 from 1 TD · 2 seats today
  • Fianna Fáil12 from 9 TDs · 48 seats today
  • Fine Gael12 from 7 TDs · 38 seats today
  • Independent4 from 3 TDs · 15 seats today
  • Labour Party8 from 3 TDs · 11 seats today
  • People Before Profit-Solidarity3 from 2 TDs · 3 seats today
  • Sinn Féin34 from 18 TDs · 39 seats today

The TDs who asked most

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

  1. 12
  2. 5
  3. 4
  4. 4
  5. 4
  6. 3
  7. 3
  8. 3

Asked of

Debated under the same heading

Debates whose official heading is exactly these words.

The questions

Martin Daly Written 27 May 2025 · to Housing
380. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the funding allocated to Roscommon County Council for its fire service in 2023 and 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [27160/25]
Claire Kerrane Written 20 May 2025 · to Housing
568. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of calls made for a fire brigade to CAMP west from County Roscommon in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [25955/25]
Claire Kerrane Written 20 May 2025 · to Housing
569. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of calls made for a fire brigade to CAMP west from Castlerea and surrounding areas in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [25956/25]
Johnny Mythen Written 20 May 2025 · to Housing
573. Deputy Johnny Mythen asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide details for all capital plans for the development of fire services in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26036/25]
Seán Ó Fearghaíl Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Defence
342. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he will address the concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied) about the provision of fire services in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19702/25]
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Housing
1169. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he intends to introduce a national standardised criteria to ensure all fire service authorities can deliver uniform operational capabilities across the country; if it his Department’s position that the 1999 Composite Agreement remains a valid and binding document; and if he can confirm that any new measures will not re…
Michael Cahill Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Housing
1239. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to consider arranging additional specific training for our fire and rescue personnel, in order that they can provide a supervisory role in a programme of annual controlled burning of gorse in support of landowners and for the continued safety of residents, wildlife and property; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19…
William Aird Written 3 Apr 2025 · to Housing
248. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount of capital funding his Department provided to Laois County Council for the purchase of fire applicants and or emergency equipment for Laois Fire Services in 2022, 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [16430/25]
John Brady Written 2 Apr 2025 · to Housing
174. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide details of any instructions issued by the National Directorate for Fire and Emergency Management to fire services operating two pumps—which require more than 12 firefighters to function—regarding the implementation of the Workplace Relations Commission Agreement of September 2023; and if he will make a statement on the mat…
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Housing
918. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the support and resources provided by both his Department and from central Government to local authorities across the State to help them implement the WRC agreement reached between a trade union (details supplied) the Government, an organisation and on the pay and working conditions of retained firefighters. [11892/25]
John Lahart Written 20 Feb 2025 · to Public Expenditure
184. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he plans to address the retention challenges in the fire services, specifically as they relate to pension reforms; if he is considering reinstating the supplementary pension scheme or providing alternatives to support the financial wellbeing of those in uniformed services; and if he will make a statemen…
Conor D McGuinness Written 20 Feb 2025 · to Housing
250. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of applications made by each local authority under the fire service capital programme for each year from 2014 to 2024, in tabular form. [6978/25]
Conor D McGuinness Written 20 Feb 2025 · to Housing
251. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the funding provided by his Government to each local authority under the fire service capital programme, for each year from 2014 to 2024, in tabular form. [6979/25]
Alan Kelly Written 6 Feb 2025 · to Housing
139. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of requests his Department received from Tipperary County Council seeking funding to purchase additional fire appliances and or emergency fire-fighting equipment for Tipperary Fire Service in the years of 2024 and to date in 2025; and of the number of requests received, the number that were approved or pending, in tabular …
Mark Ward Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Housing
719. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if Dublin Fire Brigade teams will start carrying naloxone with them; if they will replicate the training programme for Cork City Fire Brigade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46520/24]