545. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to provide a schedule of special advisers attached to him, as of 29 January 2025; and the official grade and or title held by that special adviser. [3007/25]
Topics / Ministerial Staff
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsMinisterial Staff
32 questions from 5 TDs, between 5 February 2025 and 20 October 2026.
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32 written, 0 oral
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TDs have asked
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Independents counted together
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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
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| January 2025 | 0 |
| February 2025 | 19 |
| March 2025 | 7 |
| April 2025 | 1 |
| May 2025 | 0 |
| June 2025 | 1 |
| July 2025 | 0 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 2 |
| October 2025 | 0 |
| November 2025 | 0 |
| December 2025 | 0 |
| January 2026 | 0 |
| February 2026 | 0 |
| March 2026 | 0 |
| April 2026 | 0 |
| May 2026 | 0 |
| June 2026 | 0 |
| July 2026 | 0 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 0 |
| October 2026 | 2 |
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.
The TDs who asked most
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The questions
608. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a schedule of special advisers attached to him, as of 29 January 2025; and the official grade and or title held by that special adviser. [3001/25]
690. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide a schedule of special advisors attached to him, as of 29 January 2025; and the official grade and or title held by that special advisor. [3005/25]
878. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide a schedule of special advisers attached to him, as of 29 January 2025; and the official grade and or title held by that special adviser. [2991/25]
986. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide a schedule of special advisors attached to her, as of 29 January 2025; and the official grade and or title held by that special advisor. [2992/25]
993. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to list the composition of her private office, inclusive of the grade and increment of each civil servant assigned to their office; whether they are located in the private or constituency office; the value of any allowance paid to those individuals and the purpose of each allowance; and if she will make a statement on th…
1237. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health to provide a schedule of special advisors attached to her, as of 29 January 2025; and the official grade and or title held by that special advisor. [3000/25]