Irish Parliamentary Questions (Oireachtas)
oireachtas/questions
Parliamentary questions put to Irish ministers in the Dáil: the question text with its number and reference, who asked it, the department it went to, the date and house. Filter by oral or written, date range or asking member. Source: Houses of the Oireachtas, https://www.oireachtas.ie, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) through the Oireachtas (Open Data) PSI Licence. Passed through unmodified and served by Eden Engine; not an official Houses of the Oireachtas product.
Price
$0.0026 per call
You pay the price shown. If a call turns out to cost more than its quote, you pay the actual price, capped at twice the quote. No monthly minimum. Top-ups start at $0.50.
Data source
Contains Irish Parliament data from the Houses of the Oireachtas, https://www.oireachtas.ie, made available under the Oireachtas (Open Data) PSI Licence, which incorporates the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Passed through unmodified and served by Eden Engine; this is not an official Houses of the Oireachtas product, and the Houses of the Oireachtas do not endorse it.
Use it
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// 1. search: find the tool
omnial_search({ query: "what you need" })
// 2. inspect: price and input schema
omnial_inspect({ tool: "oireachtas/questions" })
// 3. learn: read the usage guide at runtime
omnial_learn({ tool: "oireachtas/questions" })
// 4. run: price the exact call first, then run it
omnial_execute({ tool: "oireachtas/questions", input: { /* see input_schema */ }, dry_run: true })
omnial_execute({ tool: "oireachtas/questions", input: { /* ... */ } })
// 5. settle: the call is charged when it finishes, nothing to doNot connected yet? Point your MCP client at https://mcp.eden-engine.com/mcp, then copy a config for your client.
Pricing
Every charge this tool can incur.
| Charge | Price |
|---|---|
Per call | $0.0026 |
- Updated
- Oct 26, 2026
Input and output schemas
Input schema
{
"type": "object",
"anyOf": [
{
"required": [
"qtype"
]
},
{
"required": [
"date_start"
]
},
{
"required": [
"date_end"
]
},
{
"required": [
"member_id"
]
}
],
"required": [],
"properties": {
"skip": {
"type": "integer",
"default": 0,
"maximum": 10000,
"minimum": 0,
"description": "Records to skip, for paging, default 0."
},
"limit": {
"type": "integer",
"default": 10,
"maximum": 50,
"minimum": 1,
"description": "How many records to return, 1 to 50, default 10."
},
"qtype": {
"enum": [
"oral",
"written"
],
"type": "string",
"description": "Optional question type."
},
"date_end": {
"type": "string",
"format": "date",
"pattern": "^(19|20)[0-9]{2}-(0[1-9]|1[0-2])-(0[1-9]|[12][0-9]|3[01])$",
"description": "Optional latest question date, YYYY-MM-DD."
},
"member_id": {
"type": "string",
"pattern": "^/ie/oireachtas/member/id/[^\\s?#&=]{3,150}$",
"description": "Member id path, /ie/oireachtas/member/id/<code>, for example /ie/oireachtas/member/id/Mairéad-Farrell.D.2020-02-08. The code is in the memberCode field of the members tool."
},
"date_start": {
"type": "string",
"format": "date",
"pattern": "^(19|20)[0-9]{2}-(0[1-9]|1[0-2])-(0[1-9]|[12][0-9]|3[01])$",
"description": "Optional earliest question date, YYYY-MM-DD."
}
},
"additionalProperties": false
}Output schema
{
"type": "object",
"required": [
"head",
"results"
],
"properties": {
"head": {
"type": "object",
"required": [
"counts"
],
"properties": {
"counts": {
"type": "object",
"description": "The number of records matching the filters, not the number returned. Capped at 10000: a value of 10000 means 10,000 or more.",
"additionalProperties": true
}
},
"description": "Match counts.",
"additionalProperties": true
},
"results": {
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "object",
"required": [
"question"
],
"properties": {
"question": {
"type": "object",
"required": [
"showAs",
"date"
],
"properties": {
"by": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"uri": {
"type": [
"string",
"null"
],
"description": "Identifier URI."
},
"showAs": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Name."
},
"memberCode": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Member code."
}
},
"description": "Who asked it.",
"additionalProperties": true
},
"to": {
"type": "object",
"description": "The minister or department it was put to.",
"additionalProperties": true
},
"uri": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Identifier URI."
},
"date": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Date asked, YYYY-MM-DD."
},
"house": {
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"uri": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Identifier URI."
},
"showAs": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Name, for example 34th Dáil."
},
"houseNo": {
"type": "string",
"description": "House number."
},
"houseCode": {
"type": "string",
"description": "dail or seanad."
},
"chamberType": {
"type": "string",
"description": "house or committee."
}
},
"description": "The house or committee.",
"additionalProperties": true
},
"showAs": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The question text with its number and reference."
},
"questionType": {
"type": "string",
"description": "oral or written."
},
"debateSection": {
"type": [
"object",
"null"
],
"description": "Where it was taken.",
"additionalProperties": true
},
"questionNumber": {
"type": "integer",
"description": "Number within the day."
}
},
"description": "The record.",
"additionalProperties": true
}
},
"description": "A result.",
"additionalProperties": true
},
"description": "Questions, newest first."
}
},
"additionalProperties": true
}