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Trade Data

61 questions from 24 TDs, between 6 February 2025 and 29 September 2026.

61
questions
61 written, 0 oral
24
TDs have asked
8
parties and groups
Independents counted together
7
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 20251
March 20254
April 20253
May 20250
June 20257
July 20256
August 20250
September 20254
October 20251
November 20250
December 202510
January 20264
February 20264
March 20262
April 20260
May 20264
June 20264
July 20260
August 20260
September 20267
October 20260

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.

  • Fianna Fáil10 from 5 TDs · 48 seats today
  • Fine Gael16 from 4 TDs · 38 seats today
  • Green Party3 from 1 TD · 1 seat today
  • Independent8 from 3 TDs · 15 seats today
  • Independent Ireland10 from 1 TD · 4 seats today
  • Labour Party3 from 2 TDs · 11 seats today
  • Sinn Féin8 from 6 TDs · 39 seats today

The TDs who asked most

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

  1. 11
  2. 10
  3. 6
  4. 4
  5. 3
  6. 2
  7. 2
  8. 2

The questions

Barry Ward Written 17 Dec 2025 · to Taoiseach
1. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Taoiseach the position regarding the top international trade partners for Ireland for each of the years 2021 to 2024 and to date in 2025. [72663/25]
Barry Ward Written 17 Dec 2025 · to Taoiseach
2. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Taoiseach if she will outline all recorded trade with Israel for each of the years 2021 to 2024 and to date in 2025. [72664/25]
Barry Ward Written 17 Dec 2025 · to Taoiseach
3. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Taoiseach the extent and value of trade between Ireland and Israel in each direction. [72665/25]
Barry Ward Written 17 Dec 2025 · to Taoiseach
4. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Taoiseach the basis on which trade with Israel is calculated; which trade statistics apply to Israel; and the way in which a particular trade stream with Israel is determined. [72666/25]
Barry Ward Written 17 Dec 2025 · to Taoiseach
5. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Taoiseach the value of trade with the occupied Palestinian territories for each of the years 2021 to 2024 and to date in 2025. [72667/25]
Barry Ward Written 17 Dec 2025 · to Taoiseach
6. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Taoiseach the categories which trade takes place between Ireland and Israel, including the occupied Palestinian territories. [72670/25]
Barry Ward Written 17 Dec 2025 · to Foreign
24. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the trade that takes places between Ireland and illegal Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territories; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72668/25]
Barry Ward Written 17 Dec 2025 · to Foreign
25. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the categories in which trade takes place between Ireland and illegal Israeli settlements within the occupied Palestinian territories; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72669/25]
Seán Ó Fearghaíl Written 17 Dec 2025 · to Enterprise
205. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the key measures taken in the area of trade and investment during 2025; his priorities for 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73148/25]
Emer Currie Written 3 Dec 2025 · to Foreign
85. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide data on trade and investment between Ireland and the Arab states in the Middle East and North Africa; and the measures being taken by Government to enhance Ireland's trade and investment relationship with these states. [68292/25]
Malcolm Byrne Written 21 Oct 2025 · to Taoiseach
174. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Taoiseach the total value and volume of flour imported into Ireland; the total value and volume produced within the State, for each of the years 2015 to 2024 [57307/25]
Naoise Ó Muirí Written 23 Sep 2025 · to Foreign
104. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the communications he has had with the European Commission to date in 2025, in respect of the impact of tariffs on the pharmaceutical and medtech sectors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50338/25]
Naoise Ó Cearúil Written 23 Sep 2025 · to Foreign
107. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline communications he has had with the European Commission to date in respect of the impact of tariffs on the pharmaceutical and medtech sectors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50350/25]
Barry Heneghan Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Taoiseach
1. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Taoiseach the level of trade between Indonesia and Ireland in the first seven months of 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46905/25]
Barry Heneghan Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Taoiseach
2. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Taoiseach the level of trade between Bahrain and Ireland in the first seven months of 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46906/25]
Aindrias Moynihan Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Enterprise
873. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the level of exports to the US by Enterprise Ireland-backed companies in 2024; the expected level of exports to the US by Enterprise Ireland-backed companies for 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40941/25]
Carol Nolan Written 15 Jul 2025 · to Taoiseach
169. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Taoiseach further to Parliamentary Question No. 117 of 1 July 2025, the reason confidentiality must apply to the 114 countries mentioned from which Ireland imported less than €1 million worth of goods in 2024; the number of these countries which exported less than €600,000 worth of goods to Ireland in 2024; and the total number of countries from which Ireland imported goods in 2024. …
Malcolm Byrne Written 8 Jul 2025 · to Taoiseach
172. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Taoiseach the total value of trade in goods and services between Ireland and Russia in each of the years 2020 to 2024, inclusive; the major sectors for that trade; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36982/25]
Catherine Connolly Written 8 Jul 2025 · to Taoiseach
181. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Taoiseach the value of both imports and exports of trade in both goods and services between Ireland and the occupied Palestinian territories in each of the years 2021 to 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37493/25]
Carol Nolan Written 1 Jul 2025 · to Taoiseach
117. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Taoiseach to list the twenty countries which Ireland received the least imports from by value in 2024; the amounts imported in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35915/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 1 Jul 2025 · to Taoiseach
118. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Taoiseach the value of Irish goods exports in each year from 2020 to 2024 inclusive and the proportion of those exports accounted for by FDI companies and the proportion owing to indigenous enterprises, in tabular form.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36128/25]
Donna McGettigan Written 19 Jun 2025 · to Enterprise
17. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if he is aware that according to the UN trade database Comtrade, Ireland imported €2.89 billion worth of goods from Israel in 2024, making us their largest trading partner in Europe (details supplied); and what measures he will undertake to reduce this level of trade with Israel. [32228/25]
Catherine Connolly Written 19 Jun 2025 · to Enterprise
45. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the number and value of dual-use export licence applications, in respect of end-users in Israel, approved by his Department by quarter in 2022, 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; the number refused in each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32970/25]
Rose Conway-Walsh Written 19 Jun 2025 · to Enterprise
267. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the value of imports of all goods and services to Ireland from Israel in the past year; the value of all goods and services from illegal Israeli settlements in occupied Palestinian territory included in the above figure; the value of goods and services exported from Ireland to Israel in the same year; if the IDA employs, or has un…
Holly Cairns Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Finance
392. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide details on the volume and value of whiskey exports to the United States in 2023 and 2024; if his department has calculated the impact of possible 30% tariffs on tax revenue, and if so, if he would provide detail on this. [29240/25]