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State Bodies

254 questions from 66 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 22 October 2026.

254
questions
251 written, 3 oral
66
TDs have asked
11
parties and groups
Independents counted together
20
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 20254
February 202553
March 202514
April 20257
May 202517
June 202518
July 20259
August 20250
September 202514
October 202520
November 202514
December 202510
January 20266
February 202616
March 202611
April 20267
May 20264
June 202619
July 20263
August 20260
September 20260
October 20268

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.

  • 100% RDR1 from 1 TD · 1 seat today
  • Aontú19 from 2 TDs · 2 seats today
  • Fianna Fáil29 from 10 TDs · 48 seats today
  • Fine Gael26 from 11 TDs · 38 seats today
  • Green Party7 from 1 TD · 1 seat today
  • Independent11 from 4 TDs · 15 seats today
  • Independent Ireland16 from 3 TDs · 4 seats today
  • Labour Party16 from 6 TDs · 11 seats today
  • People Before Profit-Solidarity4 from 3 TDs · 3 seats today
  • Sinn Féin100 from 19 TDs · 39 seats today

The TDs who asked most

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

  1. 46
  2. 17
  3. 15
  4. 14
  5. 12
  6. 9
  7. 7
  8. 7

Asked of

Debated under the same heading

Debates whose official heading is exactly these words.

The questions

Tony McCormack Written 1 May 2025 · to Enterprise
19. Deputy Tony McCormack asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on the status of IDA land bank acquisitions in County Offaly, particularly in light of his recent visit to the county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21571/25]
Maeve O'Connell Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Housing
1340. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Housing; Local Government and Heritage to report on any instructions given or planned, for the appointment criteria to be considered in the upcoming appointment of new members to the board of the HFA, to ensure that board appointments include candidates that can enable the agency to adapt to the changing global economic environment and its local impacts. [20816/25]
Aengus Ó Snodaigh Written 9 Apr 2025 · to Health
267. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of the business transformation project being undertaken by an organisation (details supplied) which, according to the published council minutes, appears to be stalled in year four of what was meant to be a three year project; will she make a statement on the cost overrun, if any, in this instance; if her Department provides any support to bod…
John Brady Written 2 Apr 2025 · to Finance
91. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Finance the details of any engagement with Irish Strategic Investment Fund (ISIF) or hackman capital partners that he or his Department had relating to the Greystones media campus which ISIF has invested in; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15990/25]
John Brady Written 2 Apr 2025 · to Finance
92. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Finance the details of any shares, including their value that the Irish Strategic Investment Fund have in businesses listed on the UN database of business enterprises involved in activities in the occupied Palestinian territories; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15991/25]
John Brady Written 2 Apr 2025 · to Finance
93. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Finance the detail of shares that Irish Strategic Investment Fund have divested from in 2023 to date in 2025 in businesses listed on the UN database of business enterprises involved in activities in the occupied Palestinian territories; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15992/25]
Matt Carthy Written 2 Apr 2025 · to Finance
98. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Finance further to the remarks of the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment that the Irish Strategic Investment Fund (ISIF) had divested from Israel, if he will outline when ISIF fully divested itself from all companies which derive profit from their activities in illegal Israeli settlements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16220/25]
John Paul O'Shea Written 2 Apr 2025 · to Enterprise
107. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the location and size of available IDA lands in Cork, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15864/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Foreign
124. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs if his attention has been drawn to other State agencies and if his own Government Department have used any of the same IT services providers as the Arts Council (details supplied) and have experienced cost overruns or encountered delays or other issues with them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11939/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Defence
246. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if his attention has been drawn to other State agencies and if his own Government Department have used any of the same IT services providers as the Arts Council (details supplied) and have experienced cost overruns or encountered delays or other issues with them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11936/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Finance
421. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Finance if his attention has been drawn to other State agencies and if his own Government Department have used any of the same IT services providers as the Arts Council (details supplied) and have experienced cost overruns or encountered delays or other issues with them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11932/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Public Expenditure
470. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if his attention has been drawn to other State agencies and if his own Government Department have used any of the same IT services providers as the Arts Council (details supplied) and have experienced cost overruns or encountered delays or other issues with them; and if he will make a statement on the …
Aidan Farrelly Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Enterprise
539. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his attention has been drawn to other State agencies and if his own Government Department have used any of the same IT services providers as the Arts Council (details supplied) and have experienced cost overruns or encountered delays or other issues with them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11934/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Housing
923. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his attention has been drawn to other State agencies and if his own Government Department have used any of the same IT services providers as the Arts Council (details supplied) and have experienced cost overruns or encountered delays or other issues with them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11935/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Justice
1175. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice if his attention has been drawn to other State agencies and if his own Government Department have used any of the same IT services providers as the Arts Council (details supplied) and have experienced cost overruns or encountered delays or other issues (details supplied) with them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12052/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Agriculture
1280. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to other State agencies and if his own Government Department have used any of the same IT services providers as the Arts Council (details supplied) and have experienced cost overruns or encountered delays or other issues with them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11940/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Children
1438. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to other State agencies and if his own Department have used any of the same IT services providers as the Arts Council (details supplied) and has experienced cost overruns or encountered delays or other issues with them; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12404/25]
Aidan Farrelly Oral 6 Mar 2025 · to Tourism
2. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if he will provide further details in respect of his plans to review spending by bodies under his remit and-or aegis. [9994/25]
Barry Heneghan Written 5 Mar 2025 · to Transport
20. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Transport to examine whether people with disabilities are being adequately represented on the board of management of State transport companies, disability advocates are still concerned that these regulations are still not being enforced and therefore many companies are breaking the rules which clearly state that people with disabilities must be fairly represented. [101…
Barry Heneghan Written 5 Mar 2025 · to Transport
29. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Transport to examine the representation of people with disabilities on the boards of management of State transport companies; to provide a list of what companies are following the Department of Transport’s own regulations on this specific issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10167/25]
Barry Heneghan Written 5 Mar 2025 · to Transport
30. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Transport the measures he is taking to enforce regulations which aims to have adequate representation for people with disabilities on the boards of management of State transport companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10168/25]
James Geoghegan Written 5 Mar 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
218. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the breakdown of funding utilised by the Higher Education Authority from the National Training Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9935/25]
Conor Sheehan Written 25 Feb 2025 · to Housing
522. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the creation of the Building Standards Regulatory Authority; the role and powers of the authority; if it will be part of An Bord Pleanála; when the legislation will be scheduled for debate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7645/25]
Ivana Bacik Written 19 Feb 2025 · to Taoiseach
1. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach if he is aware of any overspends exceeding €500,000 on projects undertaken or commissioned by his Department or by any State or semi-State body under the aegis of his Department in each of the past five years; if so, the number and extent of any such overspends, in tabular form; to outline the plans to ascertain levels of such overspends; and the further plans to ensure that …
Aengus Ó Snodaigh Written 19 Feb 2025 · to Foreign
3. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs to provide a list of the spend over the past five years by each public body on the procurement of services to develop or maintain digital and IT systems, in tabular form (details supplied). [6448/25]