What the Dáil said, and what it did.
Every debate, parliamentary question and vote in Dáil Éireann since December 2024. Search it, see who is asking about what, and find out how it all works. Straight from the official record.
The Dáil is sitting today.
First up: Topical Issues
The Dáil usually sits Tuesday to Thursday. What happens in a sitting week
Tuesday 3 November 2026
378 contributions from 84 speakers, and 43 parliamentary questions answered.
- Topical Issue Matters
- National Minimum Wage (Inclusion of Construction and Construction-related Craft Apprentices) Bill 2026: First Stage
- Finance (No. 2) Bill 2026: Financial Resolutions
- Message from Select Committee
- Our Rural Future: Statements
- Hospital Overcrowding: Motion [Private Members]
Also: Topical Issue Debate, Leaders' Questions, Order of Business, Questions.
- Order of Business Carried
What's being asked about
All topicsThe subjects TDs have asked most questions about lately, using the headings the Oireachtas itself gives each question.
Used far more than in the months before. Counted across the whole chamber.
Discover
All insightsWho is asking, who is speaking, and which subjects every party asks about. Counts from the record, with the context that explains them.
Who asks the most questions
- Ken O'Flynn9,005
- Barry Ward3,718
- Michael Cahill3,207
Ministers answer questions rather than ask them. Written questions are one way of working among many.
Who speaks the most
- Pearse Doherty225,045 words
- Michael Collins216,285 words
- Paul Murphy205,769 words
Speaking as a TD, in the Dáil chamber. Party leaders have fixed slots, and ministers are counted separately.
What every party asks about
- Special Educational Needs
- Health Services
- Disability Services
- Schools Building Projects
- Health Services Staff
- An Garda Síochána
59 subject headings have drawn questions from TDs of every party and from independents.
The debate with the most speakers
Financial Resolution No. 5: General: 112 TDs spoke, from 11 parties and groups.
The closest vote
Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) (Amendment) Bill 2023: Restoration to Order Paper (Resumed)
Lost by 2 votes, 71 to 73
Most questions on one subject
32% of Charles Ward's questions were filed under Defective Building Materials.
Among TDs with at least 100 questions.
The Dáil at a glance
174 TDs, 43 constituencies, and who does what in the chamber.
How a bill becomes law
Five stages in the Dáil, five in the Seanad, then the President.
How votes work
From "the question is" to the electronic vote, and what Yes and No mean.
How questions work
Oral and written questions, Leaders' Questions and Topical Issues.
Find your TDs
Pick a constituency to see the TDs it elected and what they have been asking about.
Straight from the official record
Everything here comes from the official record of the Houses of the Oireachtas. Every speech, question and vote links to the document it came from, so you can always check it. We add context and counts, never verdicts.