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National Library

7 questions from 4 TDs, between 1 April 2025 and 6 May 2026.

7
questions
7 written, 0 oral
4
TDs have asked
3
parties and groups
Independents counted together
2
departments asked

Questions per month

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

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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 Fáil1 from 1 TD · 48 seats today
  • Labour Party3 from 2 TDs · 11 seats today
  • Sinn Féin3 from 1 TD · 39 seats today

The TDs who asked most

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

  1. Joanna Byrne
    3
  2. Conor Sheehan
    2
  3. Malcolm Byrne
    1
  4. Robert O'Donoghue
    1

Asked of

The questions

Robert O'Donoghue Written 6 May 2026 · to Culture
470. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he is satisfied that the National Library is fulfilling its stated mission 'to make accessible the recorded memory of Ireland' by declining to actually physically exhibit a limited number of original pleading letters (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32005/26]
Conor Sheehan Written 28 Apr 2026 · to Culture
654. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he will ensure that the National Library exhibits the letters from Freemantle prison in Western Australia (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30231/26]
Conor Sheehan Written 17 Feb 2026 · to Culture
741. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he is in favour of the National Library exhibiting letters (details supplied) and loaning same to county museums; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12449/26]
Malcolm Byrne Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Culture
617. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport to provide an update on the redevelopment of the National Library. [49032/25]
Joanna Byrne Written 1 Apr 2025 · to Tourism
440. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if he has been advised by the Board of the National Library of Ireland of the reason that the Office of the Chief Herald of Ireland has been unable to accept applications from the public and members of the Irish diaspora for the provision of heraldic services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15197/25]
Joanna Byrne Written 1 Apr 2025 · to Tourism
441. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the measures his Department will take to ensure that the Board of the National Library of Ireland has sufficient resources to provide the State's heraldic services in accordance with sections 12 and 13 of the National Cultural Institutions Act 1997; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15198/25]
Joanna Byrne Written 1 Apr 2025 · to Tourism
442. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media his plans to bring forward amending legislation to provide for the regularisation and confirmation of the legislative status of the grants of arms made by the Chief Herald's of Ireland between 1 April 1943 and 3 May 2005 when the National Cultural Institutions Act 1997 was commenced, and during which period the State ha…