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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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Colm Burke Written 7 May 2025 · to Justice
351. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Justice if he plans to use his powers outlined under Section 24 of the Civil Liability and Courts Act 2004 to set the real rate of return for medical negligence claims; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22759/25]
Colm Burke Written 7 May 2025 · to Justice
352. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Justice if he plans to change the index used to set the sum of periodic payment orders in relation to medical negligence claims; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22760/25]
Carol Nolan Written 7 May 2025 · to Justice
353. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 1506 of 29 April 2025, the number of those categorised as ‘Clandestine’ who subsequently applied for international protection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22765/25]
Ryan O'Meara Written 7 May 2025 · to Agriculture
354. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of applications were received for the Shannon Callows flood scheme 2023; the number of these were approved without appeal; the number of appeals taken against refusal for admission into the scheme; the number of appeals successfully awarded to applicants, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22123/…
Carol Nolan Written 7 May 2025 · to Agriculture
355. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to confirm that all Ministers of State within his Department have had their ministerial powers delegated to them; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22125/25]
Marie Sherlock Written 7 May 2025 · to Agriculture
356. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the estimated cost of abolishing the parental levy on the school milk scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22177/25]
Carol Nolan Written 7 May 2025 · to Agriculture
357. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures being taken to resolve the delays affecting ACRES payments; if he anticipates an increase in departmental payment processing staff to ensure such delays do not occur again; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22212/25]
Carol Nolan Written 7 May 2025 · to Agriculture
358. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if it is intended to bring forward a nitrates derogation action plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22213/25]
Carol Nolan Written 7 May 2025 · to Agriculture
359. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he accepts that there have been significant challenges with mapping relating to the BISS application process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22214/25]
Carol Nolan Written 7 May 2025 · to Agriculture
360. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will rule out any attempt to impose mandatory ploughing and drainage restrictions on the use of peaty soil with respect to GAEC-2; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22215/25]
Carol Nolan Written 7 May 2025 · to Agriculture
361. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will accede to the request from a farming organisation (details supplied) to discuss the need for a fully resourced TB scheme that will include dealing with infected wildlife in all counties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22216/25]
Carol Nolan Written 7 May 2025 · to Agriculture
362. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount drawn down to date under the compensation package relating to flooding on the Shannon Callows; if consideration will be given to disbursing the remaining amount to those who were initially refused compensation on the basis of a Department mapping assessment of their application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2…
Carol Nolan Written 7 May 2025 · to Agriculture
363. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if consideration will be given to increasing the grant amount available for slurry and septic tanks, given the increase in costs for the material relating to their construction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22218/25]
George Lawlor Written 7 May 2025 · to Agriculture
364. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the independent scientific assessment on the protection of the native Irish honey bee, carried out by NUIG, will be published; his views on the Protection of the Native Irish Honey Bee Bill 2021; if he has considered temporarily halting imports of honey bees as an interim measure to protect the Irish species until the study can be …
Seán Fleming Written 7 May 2025 · to Agriculture
365. Deputy Seán Fleming asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a revised test will be given for a farm inspection (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22264/25]
Cormac Devlin Written 7 May 2025 · to Agriculture
366. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of cycle to work scheme applications processed by his Department and its agencies, affiliated agencies or subordinate agencies, each year from 2020 to 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22315/25]
Michael Collins Written 7 May 2025 · to Agriculture
367. Deputy Michael Collins asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason SCEP payments are on hold; when payments will recommence; and the length of time before all 2024 payments are complete. [22360/25]
John McGuinness Written 7 May 2025 · to Agriculture
368. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reasons an ACRES payment has not been made to a person (details supplied). [22379/25]
Noel McCarthy Written 7 May 2025 · to Agriculture
369. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline the funding that has been made available by his Department, or any agency under the aegis of his Department, over the past five years towards the development of a bioethanol or a sugar processing plant in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22441/25]
Martin Kenny Written 7 May 2025 · to Agriculture
370. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of hectares of land that would fall under condition 63 of Ireland’s State aid approval letter from the commission in relation to afforestation, that is, sensitive habitats such as peat lands and wetlands, as well as areas of high ecological value including areas under high natural value farming are currently under forestry; th…
Martin Kenny Written 7 May 2025 · to Agriculture
371. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide an update on the forgotten famer scheme that was announced in Budget 2025, how the €5 million will be spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22550/25]
Michael Fitzmaurice Written 7 May 2025 · to Agriculture
372. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a tree felling licence will issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22638/25]
Peadar Tóibín Written 7 May 2025 · to Children
373. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if an independent review has commenced on the children’s disability network team service model; the nature of the review; who commissioned the review; the terms of reference for the review; the reason for the review; the date upon which the review commenced and is projected to be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matte…
Maurice Quinlivan Written 7 May 2025 · to Children
374. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality regarding the case of a person (details supplied), who having been referred to Enable Ireland Community Respite services over two years ago has yet to receive any communication regarding when this service will be offered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22077/25]
Darren O'Rourke Written 7 May 2025 · to Children
375. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to examine the case of ceased respite care for children (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22092/25]