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Gender Balance

11 questions from 9 TDs, between 18 February 2025 and 14 April 2026.

11
questions
11 written, 0 oral
9
TDs have asked
6
parties and groups
Independents counted together
6
departments asked

Questions per month

The record holds no questions for August, when the Dáil does not sit.

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December 20250
January 20260
February 20262
March 20260
April 20263
May 20260
June 20260
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August 20260
September 20260
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.

  • Fianna Fáil3 from 2 TDs · 48 seats today
  • Fine Gael2 from 1 TD · 38 seats today
  • Green Party1 from 1 TD · 1 seat today
  • Independent1 from 1 TD · 15 seats today
  • Labour Party1 from 1 TD · 11 seats today
  • Sinn Féin3 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. 2
  2. 2
  3. 1
  4. 1
  5. 1
  6. 1
  7. 1
  8. 1

The questions

Sorca Clarke Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Children
2423. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide a list of all the companies that are reporting on the gender pay gap. [24523/26]
Naoise Ó Cearúil Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Children
2524. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department has examined recent labour-market research indicating a 17% gap in salary expectations between men and women entering the workforce; the implications this may have for long-term gender pay disparities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25835/26]
Naoise Ó Cearúil Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Children
2525. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department has assessed the finding that average pay increases for men (6.%) exceeded those for women (5.4%) in 2025; whether further measures are being considered to support equitable pay progression; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25836/26]
Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh Written 25 Feb 2026 · to Enterprise
109. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the number of female WTE accounts executive and senior accounts executive posts employed by Enterprise Ireland as of 17 February 2026, in tabular form. [15341/26]
Barry Heneghan Written 18 Feb 2026 · to Public Expenditure
53. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to outline the current level of compliance by State boards with the Government’s long-standing target of achieving a minimum of 40% representation of women on all State boards; the measures the Minister has taken to improve gender balance where boards have not met this target; the steps in pla…
Roderic O'Gorman Written 20 Nov 2025 · to Housing
493. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department will give consideration to the introduction of gender quotas for political parties in local elections, in advance of the 2029 local elections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64940/25]
Grace Boland Written 16 Oct 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
33. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department is working with the Department of Education and Youth to improve gender balance in STEM subject uptake at second level, with a view to influencing third-level course choices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54977/25]
Grace Boland Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Enterprise
930. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the means by which the delivery of the “Balance for Better Business” initiative will be delivered; if there is a timeframe for the delivery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43049/25]
Malcolm Byrne Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Agriculture
2151. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the decline in gender balance on national call research review panels over the period 2022-2024 and for the decline in the number of female participants in ACORNS over the same period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40757/25]
Donna McGettigan Written 17 Jun 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
966. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the reason there is still only an output target of just one female research professor since 2023 under his Department’s equality budgeting indicator; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32535/25]
Ivana Bacik Written 18 Feb 2025 · to Housing
439. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the gender breakdown of his Department in respect of principal officers, assistant secretaries and secretaries general, respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5856/25]