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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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Pearse Doherty Written 30 Apr 2025 · to Finance
51. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 184 of 27 March 2025, the way in which the obligation to maintain taxpayer confidentiality is compatible in the case of heritage based exemptions given requirement for the public to be aware of and able to view the heritage item to avail of the tax exemption; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21496/25]
Darren O'Rourke Written 30 Apr 2025 · to Public Expenditure
52. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the number of WTE qualified horticulturists, by grade employed by OPW as of 22 April 2025; and if he will provide same figures as of 31 December 2022, in tabular form. [21318/25]
Alan Kelly Written 30 Apr 2025 · to Public Expenditure
53. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the percentage of the capital budget of the OPW that has been spent in the first four months of 2025; If he will provide the same figures for the corresponding period in the years of 2023 and 2024, in tabular form. [21461/25]
Roderic O'Gorman Written 30 Apr 2025 · to Public Expenditure
54. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to provide an update on the proposed walking and cycling bridge across the River Liffey from the War Memorial Gardens, Islandbridge to the Phoenix Park; the proposed timeline for works to commence; what funding is provided for this in 2025 and 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21669…
Roderic O'Gorman Written 30 Apr 2025 · to Public Expenditure
55. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform for an update on any plans to alter cycling facilities along Chesterfield Avenue in the Phoenix Park; the proposed timeline for any such works to commence; what funding is provided for this in 2025 and 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21670/25]
Roderic O'Gorman Written 30 Apr 2025 · to Public Expenditure
56. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the status of the Phoenix Park Transport and Mobility Options Study and his plans for its implementation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21671/25]
Pádraig O'Sullivan Written 30 Apr 2025 · to Enterprise
57. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the average wait time a work permit applicant must endure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21400/25]
Willie O'Dea Written 30 Apr 2025 · to Enterprise
58. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if a new mid-west regional enterprise plan will be published soon; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21428/25]
Willie O'Dea Written 30 Apr 2025 · to Enterprise
59. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of jobs in IDA supported companies in Limerick at the end of March 2025 and the number in Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21429/25]
Naoise Ó Cearúil Written 30 Apr 2025 · to Enterprise
60. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to outline the strategies being pursued to protect and strengthen Ireland's competitiveness, in light of escalating U.S. tariffs. [20972/25]
Pearse Doherty Written 30 Apr 2025 · to Enterprise
61. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to outline any plans to remove sub minimum wages and any economic impact assessment that has been carried; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21465/25]
Darren O'Rourke Written 30 Apr 2025 · to Education
62. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education whether or not there is currently a budgetary constraint or recruitment freeze affecting the allocation and deployment of SNAs for the 2024/2025 academic year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21313/25]
Darren O'Rourke Written 30 Apr 2025 · to Education
63. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education to clarify the role and remit of special educational needs organisers in the allocation of SNA hours/posts to schools, particularly in relation to recommendations for reduced timetables in the absence of appropriate supports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21314/25]
Barry Ward Written 30 Apr 2025 · to Education
64. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education if her attention has been drawn to the discrepancy between student/teacher ratio criteria in junior and senior primary schools with DEIS Band 1 status (details supplied); if her office has received correspondence from a school principal that highlights a specific case; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21315/25]
Darren O'Rourke Written 30 Apr 2025 · to Education
65. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education when her Department expects refurbishment works at a school (details supplied) to be completed. [21324/25]
Darren O'Rourke Written 30 Apr 2025 · to Education
66. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education when her Department expects refurbishment works at a school (details supplied) to be completed. [21325/25]
Darren O'Rourke Written 30 Apr 2025 · to Education
67. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education when her Department expects refurbishment works at a school (details supplied) to be completed. [21326/25]
Darren O'Rourke Written 30 Apr 2025 · to Education
68. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education when her Department expects refurbishment works at a school (details supplied) to be completed. [21327/25]
Duncan Smith Written 30 Apr 2025 · to Education
69. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education to provide assurances that an individual (details supplied) will receive an offer of a school place for September 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21340/25]
Roderic O'Gorman Written 30 Apr 2025 · to Education
70. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Education if a school (details supplied) has been provided with sufficient teaching resources to make transition year available for all students who wish to undertake it; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21363/25]
Cian O'Callaghan Written 30 Apr 2025 · to Education
71. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education the frequency with which the school planning areas reviewed; when the most recent review took place; the alterations, if any were made during that review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21384/25]
Cian O'Callaghan Written 30 Apr 2025 · to Education
72. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education when a school project will be delivered (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21393/25]
Willie O'Dea Written 30 Apr 2025 · to Education
73. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Education if she received correspondence (details supplied); when it is proposed to issue a response; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21399/25]
Séamus McGrath Written 30 Apr 2025 · to Education
74. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Education her plans to increase the number of visiting teachers to children who have significant hearing loss in primary schools in County Cork (details supplied). [21407/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 30 Apr 2025 · to Education
75. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education if she will apply some principle of proportionality so that the current cohort of Leaving Certificate students, to be examined in June 2025, are not unfairly disadvantaged due to the planned reduction in grade inflation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21434/25]