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Legislative Reviews

90 questions from 41 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 13 October 2026.

90
questions
88 written, 2 oral
41
TDs have asked
9
parties and groups
Independents counted together
13
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 20252
February 20256
March 20255
April 202515
May 20253
June 20254
July 20259
August 20250
September 20250
October 20252
November 20253
December 20252
January 20266
February 202610
March 20264
April 20261
May 20267
June 20267
July 20261
August 20260
September 20261
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.

  • Fianna Fáil12 from 10 TDs · 48 seats today
  • Fine Gael11 from 7 TDs · 38 seats today
  • Green Party4 from 1 TD · 1 seat today
  • Independent19 from 3 TDs · 15 seats today
  • Independent Ireland5 from 1 TD · 4 seats today
  • Labour Party12 from 5 TDs · 11 seats today
  • People Before Profit-Solidarity3 from 2 TDs · 3 seats today
  • Sinn Féin16 from 8 TDs · 39 seats today

The TDs who asked most

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

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

Asked of

Debated under the same heading

Debates whose official heading is exactly these words.

The questions

Catherine Connolly Oral 3 Apr 2025 · to Public Expenditure
104. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 99 of 13 February 2025, for an update on plans to review and strengthen the ethics in public office legislation following the completion of the review of the statutory framework in December 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16248/25]
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 1 Apr 2025 · to Social
515. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection which Departments are involved in the interdepartmental working group tasked with assessing legislative impacts of non-binary gender marker inclusion on official documents, and what have been the findings from these working group meetings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15549/25]
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn Written 25 Mar 2025 · to Agriculture
599. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will commence an urgent review of the Sea Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Act 2006 and a consultation with the relevant stakeholders to ensure this legislation delivers reasonable and proportionate enforcement of EU and domestic laws and that we are fully harmonised with other EU member states in enforcing EU regulatio…
Catherine Connolly Written 20 Mar 2025 · to Justice
163. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice when the independent review of Part 4 of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017, announced in July 2020 and due for completion by end-2020, will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12809/25]
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Agriculture
1259. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will reverse the approach to the Island Fisheries (Heritage Licence) Bill 2017; if the Bill will be allowed to progress in 2025, if re-introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11128/25]
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn Written 4 Mar 2025 · to Housing
460. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he will bring forward an amendment to the Defective Concrete Blocks Act 2022, allowing the increase in the cap to be applied retrospectively to homeowners already participating in the defective concrete block grant scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9818/25]
Conor Sheehan Written 4 Mar 2025 · to Social
464. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Social Protection how he intends to progress the measures contained in the Industrial Relations (Provision in respect of Pension Entitlements of Retired Workers) Bill 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9177/25]
Robert O'Donoghue Written 27 Feb 2025 · to Justice
328. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Justice if there are still proposals to legislate for “Jennie’s Law”; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8732/25]
Catherine Connolly Written 27 Feb 2025 · to Justice
333. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice the status of the independent review of part 4 of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 2017, announced in July 2020 and due for completion by end-2020; if the report has been finalised; when the report will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8912/25]
Michael Cahill Written 25 Feb 2025 · to Justice
615. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Justice to review the Landlord and Tenant (Ground Rents) Act, 1967 (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7377/25]
Matt Carthy Written 11 Feb 2025 · to Justice
455. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice his plans to bring forward legislation in response to the Independent Review Group reports into the Offences Against the State Acts; the timeframe in which he intends to act in response to these reports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4681/25]
Pearse Doherty Written 5 Feb 2025 · to Finance
287. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance when he intends to consolidate the Central Bank Acts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3060/25]
Niamh Smyth Written 5 Feb 2025 · to Enterprise
375. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will consider amending the legislation to extend the definition of ‘casual trading’ to include the provision of services, alongside the sale of goods, as the current legislation restricts regulation under casual trading bye-laws to goods only, noting the increasing prevalence of services such as pop-up saunas and other temporary ser…
Louise O'Reilly Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Justice
994. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Justice if any review of the Courts of Justice Act 1924 will address the outdated language used in section 88(3)(d) of that Act; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1180/25]
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Children
1171. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department has undertaken a formal review of the operation of section 42 of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Act 2014; if so, the outcome of the review; and the actions he has taken to address the low rate of compliance by public bodies with the requirements of the Public Sector Equalit…