194. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details of all arms transferred through Shannon Airport or Irish airspace by any nation for use by the Israeli army; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27351/25]
Topics / National Security
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsNational Security
148 questions from 48 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 22 October 2026.
148
questions
111 written, 37 oral
48
TDs have asked
9
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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| Month | Questions |
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| January 2025 | 2 |
| February 2025 | 1 |
| March 2025 | 1 |
| April 2025 | 15 |
| May 2025 | 4 |
| June 2025 | 13 |
| July 2025 | 6 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 8 |
| October 2025 | 14 |
| November 2025 | 14 |
| December 2025 | 22 |
| January 2026 | 14 |
| February 2026 | 5 |
| March 2026 | 2 |
| April 2026 | 1 |
| May 2026 | 5 |
| June 2026 | 12 |
| July 2026 | 7 |
| 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
71. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the progress of the national security strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18074/25]
186. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the progress of the national security strategy. [25320/25]
238. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if there is a hierarchy of undersea cable infrastructure in terms of protection; to outline the State's plans to protect the undersea networks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17132/25]
171. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Taoiseach to provide an update on the examination of national security structures as promised in the Programme for Government; the agencies and Departments involved in that review; if there will be external participation in the review; if expertise will be sought from outside the State; and the timeframe envisioned. [19051/25]
337. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the specific actions that have been taken over the past five years to protect undersea cables in the Irish seas from attack by negative actors or countries; and if he will provide list of those actions. [18659/25]
340. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence further to his comments on protection of subsea cables in Irish waters (details supplied), the estimated cost of such protection given the challenges protecting same in the Baltic Sea; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19327/25]
14. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Taoiseach how he intends to increase the co-ordination role of his Department in national security; and when the new national security committee will be established. [4525/25]
15. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Taoiseach how he intends to increase the co-ordination role of his Department in national security; and when the new national security committee will be established. [4535/25]
16. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach how he intends to increase the coordination role of his Department in national security. [12374/25]
17. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach how he intends to increase the coordination role of his Department in national security. [12377/25]
18. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Taoiseach the way he plans to increase the co-ordination role of his Department in relation to national security; and when the new national security committee will be established. [13485/25]
19. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Taoiseach how he intends to increase the co-ordination role of his Department in national security; and when the new national security committee will be established. [13704/25]
20. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Taoiseach the way he plans to increase the co-ordination role of his Department in national security; and when the new national security committee will be established. [13730/25]
21. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Taoiseach the way he plans to increase the co-ordination role of his Department in national security; and when the new national security committee will be established. [13731/25]
22. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach how he intends to increase the coordination role of his Department in national security. [13743/25]
23. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Taoiseach how he intends to increase the co-ordination role of his Department in national security; and when the new national security committee will be established. [13752/25]
24. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Taoiseach how he intends to increase the coordination role of his Department in national security. [13819/25]
212. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade this Government’s plans to deal with the vulnerability of Ireland’s undersea cables; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15826/25]
154. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of section 41 reports the Garda Commissioner has sent to him or previous Ministers between 2016 and 20 March 2025. [14432/25]
170. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach to report on the status of the development of a national security strategy. [7363/25]
126. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he, or any officials in his Department, have received any official reports or briefings from agencies of the State since 2015, outlining concerns about any members or former members of the Oireachtas being engaged in espionage or activities that could be deemed to compromise the security of the State; and if he will make a statement on the matte…
1027. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Justice if she, or any officials in her Department, have received any official reports or briefings from agencies of the State since 2015 outlining concerns about any members or former members of the Oireachtas being engaged in espionage or activities that could be deemed to compromise the security of the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1660/25…