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Social Welfare Payments

822 questions from 114 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 21 October 2026.

822
questions
801 written, 21 oral
114
TDs have asked
10
parties and groups
Independents counted together
10
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 20253
February 202594
March 202513
April 202540
May 202536
June 202543
July 202540
August 20250
September 202520
October 20258
November 202594
December 202528
January 202675
February 202642
March 202625
April 202669
May 202638
June 202662
July 202630
August 20260
September 202648
October 202614

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.

  • Aontú28 from 2 TDs · 2 seats today
  • Fianna Fáil201 from 30 TDs · 48 seats today
  • Fine Gael135 from 20 TDs · 38 seats today
  • Green Party5 from 1 TD · 1 seat today
  • Independent55 from 9 TDs · 15 seats today
  • Independent Ireland51 from 3 TDs · 4 seats today
  • Labour Party57 from 10 TDs · 11 seats today
  • People Before Profit-Solidarity42 from 3 TDs · 3 seats today
  • Sinn Féin222 from 29 TDs · 39 seats today

The TDs who asked most

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

  1. 66
  2. 48
  3. 36
  4. 35
  5. 29
  6. 27
  7. 26
  8. 25

Asked of

Debated under the same heading

Debates whose official heading is exactly these words.

The questions

Donna McGettigan Written 5 Feb 2025 · to Social
741. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of people in receipt of fish assist in County Clare for each of the years 2020 to 2024 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3353/25]
Donna McGettigan Written 5 Feb 2025 · to Social
742. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of people in receipt of jobseeker’s allowance in County Clare for each of the years 2020 to 2024 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3354/25]
Donna McGettigan Written 5 Feb 2025 · to Social
743. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of people in receipt of jobseeker’s benefit in County Clare for each of the years 2020 to 2024 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3355/25]
Donna McGettigan Written 5 Feb 2025 · to Social
744. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of people in receipt of jobseeker’s benefit for the self-employed in County Clare for each of the years 2020 to 2024 inclusive; and if' he will make a statement on the matter. [3356/25]
Donna McGettigan Written 5 Feb 2025 · to Social
745. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of people in receipt of jobseeker’s transitional payment in County Clare for each of the years 2020 to 2024 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3357/25]
Donna McGettigan Written 5 Feb 2025 · to Social
746. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of people in receipt of professional artists on jobseeker’s allowance in the State, and in County Clare for each of the years 2020 to 2024 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3358/25]
Donna McGettigan Written 5 Feb 2025 · to Social
747. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of people who received a supplementary welfare allowance payment in County Clare for each of the years 2020 to 2024 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3360/25]
Donna McGettigan Written 5 Feb 2025 · to Social
748. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of people in receipt of the blind pension in County Clare for each of the years 2020 to 2024 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3362/25]
Donna McGettigan Written 5 Feb 2025 · to Social
749. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of people in receipt of carer’s allowance in County Clare for each of the years 2020 to 2024 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3363/25]
Donna McGettigan Written 5 Feb 2025 · to Social
750. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of people in receipt of carer’s benefit in County Clare for each of the years 2020 to 2024 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3364/25]
Donna McGettigan Written 5 Feb 2025 · to Social
751. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of people in receipt of constant attendance allowance in County Clare for each of the years 2020 to 2024 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3365/25]
Donna McGettigan Written 5 Feb 2025 · to Social
752. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of people in receipt of disability allowance in County Clare for each of the years 2020 to 2024 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3366/25]
Donna McGettigan Written 5 Feb 2025 · to Social
753. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of people in receipt of invalidity pension in County Clare for each of the years 2020 to 2024 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3367/25]
Donna McGettigan Written 5 Feb 2025 · to Social
754. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of people who received an urgent needs payment in County Clare for each of the years 2020 to 2024 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3368/25]
Donna McGettigan Written 5 Feb 2025 · to Social
755. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of people in receipt of the wager subsidy scheme in County Clare for each of the years 2020 to 2024 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3369/25]
Donna McGettigan Written 5 Feb 2025 · to Social
756. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of people in receipt of the back-to-education allowance in County Clare for each of the years 2020 to 2024 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3370/25]
Donna McGettigan Written 5 Feb 2025 · to Social
757. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of people in receipt of the State pension (contributory) in County Clare for each of the years 2020 to 2024 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3371/25]
Donna McGettigan Written 5 Feb 2025 · to Social
759. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of people in receipt of rent supplement in County Clare for each of the years 2020 to 2024 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3373/25]
Michael Healy-Rae Written 5 Feb 2025 · to Social
763. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Social Protection to examine the case of back payments to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3516/25]
Darren O'Rourke Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Social
849. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of recipients of disability allowance and State pension (contributory) as of November 2024; and the total spent on each payment in November 2024. [46417/24]
Mairéad Farrell Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Social
867. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Social Protection if her Department has in place a time limit for the carrying out of investigations into overpayments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46888/24]
Pa Daly Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Social
906. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of persons in each county in receipt of the carer’s support grant in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1930/25]