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Official Travel

69 questions from 18 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 6 May 2026.

69
questions
69 written, 0 oral
18
TDs have asked
8
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.

Jan 2025Oct 2026
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MonthQuestions
January 202518
February 20251
March 20250
April 20254
May 20252
June 20251
July 20250
August 20250
September 20250
October 20252
November 20256
December 20256
January 20260
February 20262
March 202625
April 20261
May 20261
June 20260
July 20260
August 20260
September 20260
October 20260

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.

  • Aontú17 from 1 TD · 2 seats today
  • Fianna Fáil8 from 3 TDs · 48 seats today
  • Fine Gael3 from 3 TDs · 38 seats today
  • Independent9 from 2 TDs · 15 seats today
  • Independent Ireland6 from 1 TD · 4 seats today
  • Labour Party4 from 4 TDs · 11 seats today
  • Sinn Féin4 from 3 TDs · 39 seats today

The TDs who asked most

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

  1. 18
  2. 17
  3. 8
  4. 6
  5. 5
  6. 2
  7. 2
  8. 1

The questions

Ged Nash Written 5 Feb 2025 · to Agriculture
881. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total value of the annual mileage claims for each Ministers of State assigned to his Department in 2023 and 2024 respectively; to provide a breakdown for each year of the individual claims; the annual cost of overnight allowances related to the civilian drivers of each relevant Minister of State in 2023 and 2024; and if he will make a st…
Aidan Farrelly Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Taoiseach
12. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Taoiseach to provide a schedule of all foreign travel undertaken by him and his accompanying officials in 2023 and 2024, including flight, hotel, transfers and other miscellaneous costs. [1869/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Foreign
62. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to provide a schedule of all foreign travel undertaken by him and his accompanying officials in 2023 and 2024, including flight, hotel, transfers and other miscellaneous costs. [1861/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Environment
105. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to provide a schedule of all foreign travel undertaken by him and his accompanying officials in 2023 and 2024, including flight, hotel, transfers and other miscellaneous costs. [1859/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Defence
130. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to provide a schedule of all foreign travel undertaken by him and his accompanying officials in 2023 and 2024, including flight, hotel, transfers and other miscellaneous costs. [1856/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Transport
299. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Transport to provide a schedule of all foreign travel undertaken by him and their accompanying officials in 2023 and 2024, including flight, hotel, transfers and other miscellaneous costs. [1871/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Finance
348. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Finance to provide a schedule of all foreign travel undertaken by him and his accompanying officials in 2023 and 2024, including flight, hotel, transfers and other miscellaneous costs. [1860/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Public Expenditure
406. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to provide a schedule of all foreign travel undertaken by him and accompanying officials in 2023 and 2024, including flight, hotel, transfers and other miscellaneous costs. [1866/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Enterprise
457. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide a schedule of all foreign travel undertaken by him and his accompanying officials in 2023 and 2024, including flight, hotel, transfers and other miscellaneous costs. [1858/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Education
649. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Education to provide a schedule of all foreign travel undertaken by her and her accompanying officials in 2023 and 2024, including flight, hotel, transfers and other miscellaneous costs. [1857/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Tourism
701. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to provide a schedule of all foreign travel undertaken by her and their accompanying officials in 2023 and 2024, including flight, hotel, transfers and other miscellaneous costs. [1870/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Housing
813. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a schedule of all foreign travel undertaken by him and their accompanying officials in 2023 and 2024, including flight, hotel, transfers and other miscellaneous costs. [1864/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Social
905. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide a schedule of all foreign travel undertaken by her and her accompanying officials in 2023 and 2024, including flight, hotel, transfers and other miscellaneous costs. [1868/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Justice
1045. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice to provide a schedule of all foreign travel undertaken by her and her accompanying officials in 2023 and 2024, including flight, hotel, transfers and other miscellaneous costs. [1865/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Agriculture
1117. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide a schedule of all foreign travel undertaken by him and his accompanying officials in 2023 and 2024, including flight, hotel, transfers and other miscellaneous costs. [1854/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Children
1280. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide a schedule of all foreign travel undertaken by him and his accompanying officials in 2023 and 2024, including flight, hotel, transfers and other miscellaneous costs. [1855/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Health
1627. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health to provide a schedule of all foreign travel undertaken by him and their accompanying officials in 2023 and 2024, including flight, hotel, transfers and other miscellaneous costs. [1863/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
1730. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to provide a schedule of all foreign travel undertaken by him and her accompanying officials in 2023 and 2024, including flight, hotel, transfers and other miscellaneous costs. [1862/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Rural
1756. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development to provide a schedule of all foreign travel undertaken by her and their accompanying officials in 2023 and 2024, including flight, hotel, transfers and other miscellaneous costs. [1867/25]