185. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he met with the US House of Representatives Minority Leader during his visit to New York for St. Patrick's Day events. [13866/25]
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
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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
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Debated under the same heading
Debates whose official heading is exactly these words.
The questions
186. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he has met with the Malaysian ambassador to Ireland to date in 2025. [13926/25]
187. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the level of engagement between his Department and the Government of Qatar in 2024 and to date in 2025. [13927/25]
201. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he met with the mayor of Miami during the recent Saint Patrick's Day events. [13846/25]
255. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Transport if the Minister of State at his Department, Deputy Buttimer, met with the New Zealand Prime Minister during the recent Saint Patrick's Day events. [13853/25]
261. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport if he has spoken with his UK counterpart since his appointment. [13921/25]
299. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if Minister of State Higgins met with the Governor of Western Australia during her visit there for Saint Patrick's Day events. [13867/25]
373. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Education if she met with her Australian counterpart during her recent visit to Australia for St. Patrick's Day events. [13871/25]
433. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if he met with a person (details supplied) during his recent visit to the west coast of the United States. [13838/25]
464. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he met with the Chinese foreign minister during his visit there for St. Patrick's Day events. [13870/25]
486. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will report on his visit to Atlanta and Savannah in the United States of America for St. Patrick's Day; the meetings he attended, the issues that were discussed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13399/25]
516. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Social Protection if he engaged with a person (details supplied) during his visit to Atlanta for St. Patrick's Day events. [13872/25]
558. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice if the Minister of State at his Department, Deputy Niall Collins, met with the Mexican President during the recent St. Patrick's Day events. [13842/25]
623. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the Minister of State at his Department, Deputy Dooley, met with the Canadian foreign minister during the recent St. Patrick's Day events. [13851/25]
624. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has spoken with his UK counterpart since his appointment. [13925/25]
646. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will report on her visit to London for St. Patrick's Day; the meetings she attended, the issues that were discussed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13401/25]
647. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will report on the visit of the Minister of State with responsibility for Disability to Japan for St. Patrick's Day; the meetings she attended, the issues that were discussed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13402/25]
714. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health if she will report on the visit of the Minister of State with responsibility for mental health to Denmark and Sweden for St. Patrick's Day; the meetings she attended, the issues that were discussed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13403/25]
784. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health if she visited any medical facility during her visit to New York for St. Patrick's Day events. [13862/25]
880. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he visited the University of Delhi during his visit to India for St. Patrick's Day events. [13848/25]
889. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will report on the visit of the Minister of State with special responsibility for community development, charities, the Gaeltacht and the islands to New Zealand for St. Patrick's Day; the meetings he attended, the issues that were discussed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13400/25]
132. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the correspondence or discussions he has had with representatives of the Republic of Lithuania in relation to that country’s formal withdrawal from the Convention on Cluster Munitions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12479/25]
191. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if he plans to invite his Australian counterpart to Dublin for a bilateral meeting later this year. [9575/25]
74. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach to report on his attendance at the informal EU leaders' retreat on 3 February. [4507/25]
75. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach to report on his attendance at the informal EU leaders' retreat on 3 February. [4510/25]