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Freedom of Information

52 questions from 18 TDs, between 5 February 2025 and 7 September 2026.

52
questions
51 written, 1 oral
18
TDs have asked
7
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 20250
February 20257
March 20250
April 20252
May 202518
June 20256
July 20250
August 20250
September 20251
October 20252
November 20253
December 20250
January 20261
February 20261
March 20260
April 20260
May 20261
June 20261
July 20262
August 20260
September 20267
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.

  • Aontú3 from 2 TDs · 2 seats today
  • Fianna Fáil4 from 2 TDs · 48 seats today
  • Independent1 from 1 TD · 15 seats today
  • Labour Party2 from 2 TDs · 11 seats today
  • People Before Profit-Solidarity5 from 1 TD · 3 seats today
  • Sinn Féin33 from 7 TDs · 39 seats today

The TDs who asked most

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

  1. Pearse Doherty
    20
  2. Matt Carthy
    6
  3. Paul Murphy
    5
  4. Albert Dolan
    3
  5. Ann Graves
    2
  6. Mairéad Farrell
    2
  7. Pádraig Rice
    2
  8. Peadar Tóibín
    2

Asked of

Debated under the same heading

Debates whose official heading is exactly these words.

The questions

Pearse Doherty Written 6 Feb 2025 · to Agriculture
203. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount Coillte has paid each year since 2020 on external legal fees contesting appeals made to the Office of the Commissioner for Environmental Information and Information Commissioner in relation to freedom of information and access to information on the environment regulations requests, in tabular form; and if he will make a stat…
Denise Mitchell Written 5 Feb 2025 · to Public Expenditure
323. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if there are any plans that housing organisations which are listed on the approved housing bodies register be prescribed as bodies which are subject to the Freedom of Information Act 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2676/25]