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Social Welfare Benefits

681 questions from 119 TDs, between 5 February 2025 and 6 October 2026.

681
questions
667 written, 14 oral
119
TDs have asked
10
parties and groups
Independents counted together
6
departments asked

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 20250
February 202545
March 202526
April 202519
May 202539
June 202583
July 202546
August 20250
September 202588
October 202539
November 202539
December 202527
January 202621
February 202650
March 202619
April 202610
May 202622
June 202660
July 202612
August 20260
September 202633
October 20263

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.

  • Aontú24 from 2 TDs · 2 seats today
  • Fianna Fáil191 from 31 TDs · 48 seats today
  • Fine Gael175 from 22 TDs · 38 seats today
  • Green Party4 from 1 TD · 1 seat today
  • Independent49 from 9 TDs · 15 seats today
  • Independent Ireland6 from 4 TDs · 4 seats today
  • Labour Party45 from 9 TDs · 11 seats today
  • People Before Profit-Solidarity16 from 3 TDs · 3 seats today
  • Sinn Féin136 from 30 TDs · 39 seats today

The TDs who asked most

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

  1. Louise O'Reilly
    37
  2. John Paul O'Shea
    34
  3. Barry Ward
    22
  4. Michael Cahill
    20
  5. Willie O'Dea
    19
  6. Mark Wall
    18
  7. Brian Brennan
    17
  8. John McGuinness
    17

Asked of

Debated under the same heading

Debates whose official heading is exactly these words.

The questions

John McGuinness Written 12 Feb 2025 · to Social
202. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection if carer’s allowance will be approved for a person (details supplied). [5049/25]
Eamon Scanlon Written 11 Feb 2025 · to Social
395. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Social Protection the compensation and additional supports that will be provided to employees of companies currently involved in stocking and servicing self-service tobacco and vaping vending machines, who are at risk of losing their jobs when the ban under the Public Health (Tobacco and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Bill 2024 takes effect on 31 August 2025; and if he wi…
Brian Brennan Written 11 Feb 2025 · to Social
405. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of the application for domiciliary care allowance for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4218/25]
Willie O'Dea Written 11 Feb 2025 · to Social
411. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Social Protection when a decision will be made in relation to a working family payment application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4354/25]
Donna McGettigan Written 5 Feb 2025 · to Social
737. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of people in receipt of the working family payment in County Clare for each of the years 2020 to 2024, inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3348/25]
James Geoghegan Written 5 Feb 2025 · to Social
760. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Social Protection to detail, for 2020 inclusive to date in 2025, in tabular form, the total number of applications for the domiciliary care allowance; the total number of domiciliary care allowance applications that were granted; the total number of applications for the domiciliary care allowance that were refused; the total number of refusals for the domiciliary car…