Topics

What the Dáil asks about

The Oireachtas files every parliamentary question under a subject heading. These are those headings, as the record prints them, with how many questions each has carried and how that has changed over time.

All topics

1,236 headings, most questions first.

HeadingQuestionsShareSince January 2025
Hospital Appointments Status 531
Social Welfare Eligibility 524
Visa Applications 522
Early Childhood Care and Education 521
Hospital Waiting Lists 500
Prison Service 493
Social Welfare Schemes 492
Local Authorities 485
Passport Services 483
Departmental Reports 471
Healthcare Infrastructure Provision 466
Defective Building Materials 463
Hospital Facilities 459
School Funding 457
Renewable Energy Generation 451
Education Policy 449
Departmental Strategies 448
General Practitioner Services 445
Public Procurement Contracts 439
Tax Data 435
Planning Issues 434
Electric Vehicles 415
Further and Higher Education 415
Sports Funding 405
Child and Family Agency 399
Medical Cards 399
Cancer Services 394
Energy Policy 391
Office of Public Works 390
Animal Welfare 386
Rental Sector 378
Middle East 369
Health Strategies 359
School Meals Programme 359
Children in Care 358
Departmental Properties 358
Departmental Projects 355
Grant Payments 354
Departmental Programmes 351
Vacant Properties 351
Driver Licences 350
Apprenticeship Programmes 347
Tax Reliefs 345
Flood Relief Schemes 342
Primary Care Centres 342
Rural Schemes 336
Road Network 330
Nursing Homes 326
Forestry Sector 319
Citizenship Applications 313