409. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation in order to better support people in receipt of jobseeker's payments trying hard to gain employment, if he would consider seeking the ring fencing of a portion of public sector jobs for those who are unemployed to assist them in returning to work; and if he will consider this proposal and eng…
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A subject heading for parliamentary questionsPublic Sector Staff
118 questions from 50 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 20 October 2026.
118
questions
117 written, 1 oral
50
TDs have asked
9
parties and groups
Independents counted together
16
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 | 1 |
| February 2025 | 11 |
| March 2025 | 10 |
| April 2025 | 1 |
| May 2025 | 19 |
| June 2025 | 2 |
| July 2025 | 5 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 5 |
| October 2025 | 1 |
| November 2025 | 3 |
| December 2025 | 13 |
| January 2026 | 1 |
| February 2026 | 9 |
| March 2026 | 1 |
| April 2026 | 12 |
| May 2026 | 13 |
| June 2026 | 4 |
| July 2026 | 5 |
| 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
412. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if his Department is examining the introduction of a cross-public service framework to recognise previous service, experience, training and qualifications for personnel moving between An Garda Síochána, the Defence Forces, Fire Services and other emergency response organisations; and if he will…
849. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation his plans to task the Public Service Transformation Delivery Unit with prioritising the 20% target for new recruits to be proficient in Irish; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54787/26]
193. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason her Department decided to withdraw from the local bargaining measures for special needs assistants which formed part of the Public Service Agreement 2024-2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53797/26]
225. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Youth the legal or contractual basis on which her Department has withdrawn the agreed local bargaining measures for SNAs; if her Department will identify the clause within the Public Service Agreement, Local Bargaining Agreement or other agreement that made the implementation of the local bargaining measures conditional upon acceptance of the Workplace Dev…
230. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason for the decision to withdraw the local bargaining agreement for special needs assistants; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54188/26]
237. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he will clarify if sanction was given by his Department for a deal balloted in 2025 (details supplied). [53371/26]
307. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health to provide a list of persons appointed and holding an appointment, under section 17(1)(c) of the Civil Registration Act 2004; if she will detail their roles and locations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44647/26]
189. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of staff currently employed by the International Protection Office and the International Protection Appeals Tribunal, by grade and by function, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44580/26]
190. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the current number of vacancies in each of the agencies involved in the end to-end asylum process, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44581/26]
191. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the current average duration of employment of staff in each of the agencies involved in the end-to-end asylum process, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44582/26]
498. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the number of settlement agreements sanctioned by his Department which would need to comply with Circular 09/2018, in the years 2020 to date; the number of which contained a confidentiality clause; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38929/26]
226. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the performance management and employee review frameworks currently in operation across the Civil Service, wider public service, semi-State bodies, commercial State bodies, non-commercial agencies and local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38648/26]
227. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation whether all public sector bodies are required to operate annual employee objective setting, interim review and end-of-year performance review processes; the bodies exempt from such requirements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38649/26]
228. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the number and percentage of employees in the Civil Service and wider public service who received an unsatisfactory or below standard performance outcome in each of the past five years, broken down by sector and organisation type; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38650/26]
229. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the number of employees across the Civil Service, public service bodies and semi-State organisations who were denied an increment, pay progression or performance related advancement on performance grounds in each of the past five years, broken down by organisation type; and if he will make a st…
230. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the number of formal performance improvement plans, capability procedures or equivalent underperformance processes initiated across the Civil Service and wider public service in each of the past five years, broken down by sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38652/26]
231. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation whether his Department has undertaken a review, benchmarking exercise or assessment of the effectiveness of employee performance management systems across the Civil Service and wider public service, including comparisons with other European Union member states or organisation for economic co-op…
232. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the extent to which employee objectives and performance review systems across the public service are linked to organisational business plans, project delivery targets, customer service standards, procurement outcomes, productivity measures and value for money objectives; and if he will make a s…
233. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if his Department maintains central oversight, reporting or data collection in relation to workforce performance, productivity and performance management outcomes across the wider public service and semi-State sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38655/26]
234. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if consideration is being given, as part of future public service pay negotiations, workforce planning reforms or public sector modernisation measures, to strengthening employee performance management frameworks, including measurable annual objectives, clearer managerial accountability, differe…
235. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the steps being taken to strengthen management capability, training and accountability in addressing underperformance and improving organisational delivery across the Civil Service and wider public service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38657/26]
351. Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of civil and public servants employed by his Department in each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [33955/26]
698. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason that applications for a public sector job (details supplied) are restricted to employees already working in the public sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33210/26]
308. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the position regarding the mechanisms in place to support agencies under his remit with the increased costs of employing staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31362/26]