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TDs ask ministers questions to get answers on the record, most of them in writing. Here is every one asked in the 34th Dáil, by the department it went to and the subject heading it was filed under. How questions work

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Jen Cummins Written 25 Mar 2025 · to Education
414. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education for the number of National Educational Psychological Service assessments being made available for schools in Dublin South Central; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14127/25]
Jen Cummins Written 25 Mar 2025 · to Education
415. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education to provide details of plans to build primary and secondary schools in an area (details supplied). [14128/25]
Paul Nicholas Gogarty Written 25 Mar 2025 · to Education
416. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Education the current subvention paid to schools for transition year, per student; whether there is a cap on such subventions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14149/25]
Paul Nicholas Gogarty Written 25 Mar 2025 · to Education
417. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Education the deadline for schools to provide final numbers for transition year each year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14150/25]
Paul Nicholas Gogarty Written 25 Mar 2025 · to Education
418. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Education if a school has reached its quota for transition year places and has to create a lottery, whether the school can apply for supplemental supports from the Department in the event it decides in the best interests of students to facilitate additional numbers. [14151/25]
Paul Nicholas Gogarty Written 25 Mar 2025 · to Education
419. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Education whether it is possible for parents to be Garda vetted to assist second level schools in providing sufficient ratios of adults to children for school trips, including transition year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14152/25]
Darren O'Rourke Written 25 Mar 2025 · to Education
420. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education the number of schools referred to the Financial Support Services Unit due to concerns in relation to financial pressures, for each of the past three years, in tabular form, broken down by primary or secondary school, DEIS or non-DEIS, and county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14165/25]
Brian Brennan Written 25 Mar 2025 · to Education
421. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Education the steps being taken to develop ASD places in pre-school settings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14186/25]
Aindrias Moynihan Written 25 Mar 2025 · to Education
422. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Education for a review of the contracts for taxi drivers with Bus Éireann providing transport for children in special education, due to the age limit of 70 years of age restricting the number of drivers who can provide the service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14188/25]
Eamon Scanlon Written 25 Mar 2025 · to Education
423. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 416 of 5 February 2025, for an update on the status of an additional needs application from a school (details supplied) in County Sligo; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14189/25]
Cian O'Callaghan Written 25 Mar 2025 · to Education
424. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education if consideration will be given to provide mixed gender schools in the Raheny area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14192/25]
Mattie McGrath Written 25 Mar 2025 · to Education
425. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Education if she will direct the Teaching Council to introduce a primary teaching degree programme in autism, for the purpose or teaching in autism classes (details supplied); if, given the shortage of primary teachers with a special education qualification in Ireland, she will direct the Teaching Council to admit to the register teachers who have obtained an educatio…
John Brady Written 25 Mar 2025 · to Education
426. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Education the number of students enrolled in 4th, 5th and 6th class in primary schools in the Wicklow county districts (details provided), in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14226/25]
John Brady Written 25 Mar 2025 · to Education
427. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Education to confirm if there are any plans to develop a new secondary school in an area (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14227/25]
Willie O'Dea Written 25 Mar 2025 · to Education
428. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Education if there are any plans to review the policy which states that remote teaching and learning are not provided when schools are closed due to unforeseen circumstances, such as a severe weather event; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14234/25]
Albert Dolan Written 25 Mar 2025 · to Tourism
429. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to detail the total expenditure on public procurement by his Department and its agencies, including spending on goods, services and works acquired through public procurement processes, in each of the past five years, in tabular form. [13556/25]
Roderic O'Gorman Written 25 Mar 2025 · to Tourism
430. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to provide a list of regulatory, appeal or other bodies, either funded by or under the remit of his Department, which are quasi-judicial in nature. [13583/25]
Michael Cahill Written 25 Mar 2025 · to Tourism
431. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the plans in place to market the historic Valentia Cable Station in south Kerry as a tourist destination of high renown and historic interest; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13644/25]
Michael Cahill Written 25 Mar 2025 · to Tourism
432. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the supports being put in place for the Irish language in Gaeltacht areas, to halt rural decline and support housing and social and economic development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13646/25]
Paul Donnelly Written 25 Mar 2025 · to Tourism
433. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if he met with a person (details supplied) during his recent visit to the west coast of the United States. [13838/25]
Paul Donnelly Written 25 Mar 2025 · to Tourism
434. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the percentage of the 2024 capital budget allocated to Fáilte Ireland that was actually spent; and if any underspent capital budget funding of 2024 was transferred to the 2025 capital budget allocation. [13839/25]
Darren O'Rourke Written 25 Mar 2025 · to Tourism
435. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number of external consultant reports commissioned by his Department in 2024 and to date in 2025; the companies involved; and the title and publication date, by report, in tabular form. [13924/25]
Gary Gannon Written 25 Mar 2025 · to Tourism
436. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the percentage of social media video accessible, such as providing the information or activities posted on each of his Department’s social media accounts, or the social media accounts of public bodies and agencies that operate under its remit, including closed captioning and subtitling and Irish Sign Language translation…
Michael Healy-Rae Written 25 Mar 2025 · to Housing
437. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if works will be carried out at the Canal at Ross Castle (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13461/25]
Ged Nash Written 25 Mar 2025 · to Housing
438. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to clarify whether the allocation of €1 billion in additional capital investment to Uisce Éireann announced as part of budget 2025 on 1 October 2024 is additional funding or part of its existing funding requirements; his Department's understanding of how this funding is being allocated to non-domestic capital investment as outlined in …