57. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his attendance at the annual World Economic Forum meeting in Davos. [16477/26]
Topics / Official Engagements
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsOfficial Engagements
220 questions from 65 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 15 July 2026.
220
questions
203 written, 17 oral
65
TDs have asked
10
parties and groups
Independents counted together
20
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.
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| Month | Questions |
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| January 2025 | 2 |
| February 2025 | 20 |
| March 2025 | 26 |
| April 2025 | 24 |
| May 2025 | 20 |
| June 2025 | 8 |
| July 2025 | 11 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 11 |
| October 2025 | 10 |
| November 2025 | 14 |
| December 2025 | 16 |
| January 2026 | 9 |
| February 2026 | 6 |
| March 2026 | 17 |
| April 2026 | 9 |
| May 2026 | 10 |
| June 2026 | 5 |
| July 2026 | 2 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 0 |
| October 2026 | 0 |
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
Members of the Government answer questions rather than ask them. Each question counts once.
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Debated under the same heading
Debates whose official heading is exactly these words.
The questions
155. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for a report on the recent meeting with the President of Moldova, Maia Sandu. [22516/26]
191. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Taoiseach if he will provide details of his discussions with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer at the recent UK-Ireland Summit in Cork. [21348/26]
199. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Taoiseach if he will provide a schedule of the gifts that he and his officials received from the US President and his staff and officials on his visit to the White House on 17 March 2026; and if he will provide a further schedule of items he and his officials received as gifts over the course of the mission to the United States in March 2026 [22259/26]
436. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the number of heads of government, heads of state, ministers, governors, mayors or other senior elected officials he and Ministers of State in his Department met for the St. Patrick's Day engagements overseas this year. [21900/26]
437. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the number of Irish diaspora groups, including but not limited to sporting and cultural organisations, as well as emigrant organisations he and Ministers of State in his Department met for the St. Patrick's Day engagements overseas this year. [21918/26]
438. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the number of businesses and business representative organisations he and State Ministers of State in his Department met for the St. Patrick's Day engagements overseas this year. [21936/26]
936. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Health the number of Heads of Government, Heads of State, Ministers, governors, mayors or other senior elected officials she and Ministers of State in her Department met for the St. Patrick's Day engagements overseas this year. [21904/26]
937. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Health the number of Irish diaspora groups, including but not limited to sporting and cultural organisations, as well as emigrant organisations, she and Ministers of State in her Department met for the St. Patrick's Day engagements overseas this year. [21922/26]
938. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Health the number of businesses and business representative organisations she and Ministers of State in her Department met for the St. Patrick's Day engagements overseas this year. [21940/26]
1047. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of heads of government, heads of state, ministers, governors, mayors or other senior elected officials he and Ministers of State in his Department met for the St. Patrick's Day engagements overseas this year. [21903/26]
1048. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of Irish diaspora groups, including but not limited to sporting and cultural organisations, as well as emigrant organisations he and Ministers of State in his Department met for the St. Patrick's Day engagements overseas this year. [21921/26]
1049. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of businesses and business representative organisations he and State Ministers of State in his Department met for the St. Patrick's Day engagements overseas this year. [21939/26]
1063. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the number of heads of government, heads of state, ministers, governors, mayors or other senior elected officials he and Ministers of State in his Department met for the St. Patrick's Day engagements overseas this year. [21908/26]
1064. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the number of Irish diaspora groups, including but not limited to sporting and cultural organisations, as well as emigrant organisations he and Ministers of State in his Department met for the St. Patrick's Day engagements overseas this year. [21926/26]
1065. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the number of businesses and business representative organisations he and State Ministers of State in his Department met for the St. Patrick's Day engagements overseas this year. [21944/26]
971. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Health if she has visited St. Joseph's Hospital, Raheny, Dublin 5 since her appointment; and if so, the purpose of each visit, in tabular form. [17227/26]
973. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Health if she has visited Clontarf Orthopaedic Hospital since her appointment; and if so, the purpose of each visit, in tabular form. [17229/26]
1260. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he has visited Dublin City University to-date in 2026; if so, the purpose of each visit, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12237/26]
83. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will consider restricting Saint Patrick’s Day engagements with the Trump administration in light of the execution of protesters, kidnapping of a head of state and threats towards Greenland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8702/26]
101. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide an update on recent engagements of her Department, and of the Government, with the government of the United States; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8652/26]
112. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she has had any meetings or engagements with the United States government, or multinational corporations, regarding the Government’s promise to introduce the Israeli Settlements (Prohibition of Importation of Goods) Bill 2025; her views on the legislation; if she is planning any further meetings with the US Government or multinationa…
123. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she has had any engagement with her Danish counterpart in relation to Greenland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8286/26]
132. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline Ireland’s current diplomatic, political and economic engagement with the United States; the way in which Ireland is advancing its foreign policy priorities and values within that relationship, including on international law and conflict prevention; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8757/26]
181. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to report on his attendance at the North Sea Summit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7317/26]