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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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Pat Buckley Written 12 Jun 2025 · to Agriculture
451. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to list the organisations included in the dog control stakeholder group; and how this group intends to engage with dog welfare stakeholders. [31436/25]
Michael Cahill Written 12 Jun 2025 · to Agriculture
452. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to expedite the processing of a licence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31470/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 12 Jun 2025 · to Agriculture
453. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide a schedule of the amount expended by his Department, and bodies under his aegis, on external training, simulations and advice in advance relating to appearances as witnesses at Oireachtas committees, from 2021 to date in 2025; if the supplier of services will also be provided, with a brief outline of services provided, indic…
Michael Cahill Written 12 Jun 2025 · to Agriculture
454. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will carry out an ACRES commonage score review as a matter of urgency (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31507/25]
Michael Cahill Written 12 Jun 2025 · to Agriculture
455. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he and his officials will meet with a group (details supplied) or their agents from County Kerry as a matter of priority with a view to addressing a long outstanding issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31508/25]
Michael Cahill Written 12 Jun 2025 · to Agriculture
456. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will urgently intervene in regard to the classification and score results reported for Alohert commonage assessment (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31514/25]
Maeve O'Connell Written 12 Jun 2025 · to Agriculture
457. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to report on his Department’s work in collaboration with the Department of Defence in the protection of fisheries. [31657/25]
Maeve O'Connell Written 12 Jun 2025 · to Agriculture
458. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an update on the work of the Dog Control Stakeholder Group as the Group announced an intention to produce an interim report in Q1 2025 before producing a final report in Q4 2025. [31658/25]
Maeve O'Connell Written 12 Jun 2025 · to Agriculture
459. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he intends to review the penalties for breaching the Dog Breeding Establishments Act 2010 in the proposed new Control of Dogs (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024 and improve the overall regulation of this business to the benefit of public safety and the welfare of dogs. [31659/25]
Maeve O'Connell Written 12 Jun 2025 · to Agriculture
460. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to report on the Department’s progress on publishing its new Statement of Strategy. [31660/25]
Maeve O'Connell Written 12 Jun 2025 · to Agriculture
461. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of calls or reports to the dedicated e-mail address and helpline in place for reporting suspected cases of animal welfare (details supplied). [31661/25]
Darren O'Rourke Written 12 Jun 2025 · to Children
462. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the estimated cost of providing enough staff to reduce assessment of need waiting times to six months. [31575/25]
Colm Burke Written 12 Jun 2025 · to Children
463. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department will consider introducing miscarriage leave for those who have experienced a miscarriage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31609/25]
Colm Burke Written 12 Jun 2025 · to Children
464. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department will consider introducing miscarriage leave for those who have experienced a pregnancy, miscarriage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31610/25]
Emer Currie Written 12 Jun 2025 · to Children
465. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the detailed breakdown of the number of early learning and childcare providers that have received financial support under the Sustainability Funding strand of the Core Funding programme from 2023 to date; the individual amounts allocated to each provider, broken down by local authority area, in tabular form; and if she will make a statem…
Ken O'Flynn Written 12 Jun 2025 · to Children
466. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total estimated cost to the Exchequer associated with the recent renaming and rebranding of her Department including but not limited to cost categories (details supplied); the breakdown of the incurred or projected costs; and if a cost-benefit analysis or any assessment of public value was carried out prior to approving these changes…
Conor D McGuinness Written 12 Jun 2025 · to Children
467. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to consider extending the speech and language therapy, occupational therapy, and physiotherapy services schemes and provide opportunities, which are not currently available to all children under the remit of disability within the Department, as outlined in the Roadmap for Service Improvement 2023-2026 Disability Services for Chil…
James O'Connor Written 12 Jun 2025 · to Children
468. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if matters raised in correspondence (details supplied) in relation to the childcare fee cap will be considered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31381/25]
John Connolly Written 12 Jun 2025 · to Children
469. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number and details of applicants who were unsuccessful in the applications for funding under the building blocks extension scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31483/25]
John Connolly Written 12 Jun 2025 · to Children
470. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children awaiting an assessment of need in each of the children’s disability network teams in County Galway, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31484/25]
John Connolly Written 12 Jun 2025 · to Children
471. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number and details of childcare facilities in County Galway providing the access and inclusion model support to children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31485/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 12 Jun 2025 · to Children
472. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide a schedule of the amount expended by her Department, and bodies under her aegis, on external training, simulations and advice in advance relating to appearances as witnesses at Oireachtas committees, from 2021 to date in 2025; if the supplier of services will also be provided, with a brief outline of services provided, indi…
Michael Cahill Written 12 Jun 2025 · to Children
473. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the measures that are being taken to address the issue of missing children (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31510/25]
Malcolm Byrne Written 12 Jun 2025 · to Children
474. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of new service providers that are private companies that were contracted by the State in the disability sector during 2024; the monetary value of such contracts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31623/25]
Maeve O'Connell Written 12 Jun 2025 · to Children
475. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to report on the work of her Department in addressing the acknowledged acute shortage of childcare places for under fives in Dublin Rathdown along with to provide additional after school care places; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31662/25]