224. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if guidance exists for his Department, and public bodies under the aegis of his Department, on responding to parliamentary questions where the information sought is held on individual case files rather than in a centrally collated format; and whether the existence of information on individual …
Topics / Parliamentary Questions
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsParliamentary Questions
16 questions from 11 TDs, between 4 March 2025 and 13 October 2026.
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16 written, 0 oral
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TDs have asked
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parties and groups
Independents counted together
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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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| January 2025 | 0 |
| February 2025 | 0 |
| March 2025 | 1 |
| April 2025 | 2 |
| May 2025 | 0 |
| June 2025 | 1 |
| July 2025 | 2 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 0 |
| October 2025 | 0 |
| November 2025 | 1 |
| December 2025 | 0 |
| January 2026 | 0 |
| February 2026 | 2 |
| March 2026 | 0 |
| April 2026 | 0 |
| May 2026 | 2 |
| June 2026 | 3 |
| July 2026 | 0 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 1 |
| October 2026 | 1 |
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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The questions
314. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Transport the number of Parliamentary Questions referred to the National Transport Authority for direct reply during 2026 that remain outstanding beyond the 15 working day standard set out in Circular 25/2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65444/26]
683. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Health to provide details of the length of time taken by the HSE to reply to Deputies following the submission of parliamentary questions to a Minister (details supplied); if this information can be provided in respect of to date in 2026; the percentage of replies issued in less than two weeks, between two-four weeks, between four-six weeks, between six-eight weeks and …
395. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if he has an any way to identify which Parliamentary Questions are AI generated; and the amount it costs, on average, to answer a Parliamentary Question. [45368/26]
551. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he has an any way to identify which Parliamentary Questions are AI generated; and the amount it costs, on average, to answer a Parliamentary Question. [45365/26]
1407. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department has conducted any review examining the extent to which Parliamentary Questions relating to governance, safeguarding, audit or patient-safety matters are routinely classified as "service matters" and referred to the HSE for direct reply. [39756/26]
1411. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any internal Departmental guidance exists governing when issues categorised as "service matters" nonetheless require direct Ministerial oversight due to governance, safeguarding or expenditure concerns. [39760/26]
92. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation further to Parliamentary Question No. 442 of 20 January 2026, which provided data on passenger kilometres travelled for work-related travel by public servants, if data is available for the total number of individual journeys undertaken using private road vehicles for work-related purposes in the …
93. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation further to Parliamentary Question No. 442 of 20 January 2026, the average cost per kilometre to the Exchequer of work-related travel undertaken by public sector staff; the total aggregate cost of such mileage in the most recent year available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10523…
674. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 748 of 18 November 2025, if he will clarify his response (details supplied). [65934/25]
2542. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Health to address the significant delays in parliamentary question responses from the HSE (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40776/25]
714. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 983 on 10 June 2025, if the necessary information has been supplied to him in order for this PQ to be answered. [39178/25]
424. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the expected wait-time for parliamentary questions replies to be returned by the HSE to TDs. [33453/25]
959. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 653 of 19 March 2025, if an update on a SENO review could be provided to parents (details supplied). [20043/25]
1046. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 304 of 18 February 2025, if she will provide an update on the matter; if the group has reported; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20893/25]
539. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of Parliamentary Questions his Department has not answered fully and have had to change the reply to, subsequently, since the new Government was formed; and if he will publish same. [9779/25]