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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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Maeve O'Connell Written 12 Jun 2025 · to Children
476. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to report on her Department’s progress on publishing its new statement of strategy. [31663/25]
Maeve O'Connell Written 12 Jun 2025 · to Children
477. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when her Department’s statement of strategy is expected to be published. [31664/25]
Maeve O'Connell Written 12 Jun 2025 · to Children
478. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when her Department will release the National Disability Strategy. [31665/25]
Maeve O'Connell Written 12 Jun 2025 · to Children
479. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to report on her Department’s progress in developing a new national policy for personal assistance services. [31666/25]
Maeve O'Connell Written 12 Jun 2025 · to Children
480. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to report on her Department’s work in the development of a personalised budget demonstrator pilot. [31667/25]
Maeve O'Connell Written 12 Jun 2025 · to Children
481. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the targeted incentives that will be employed to improve recruitment and retention for children’s disability network teams. [31669/25]
Maeve O'Connell Written 12 Jun 2025 · to Children
482. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to report on her Department’s progress on the development of targeted legislation to bring the AON in line with the UNCRPD. [31670/25]
Maeve O'Connell Written 12 Jun 2025 · to Children
483. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to report on her Department’s work on a Neuro-Rehabilitation Strategy for specialist community-based services. [31671/25]
Maeve O'Connell Written 12 Jun 2025 · to Children
484. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality on her Department’s work to increase the provision of respite services. [31672/25]
Maeve O'Connell Written 12 Jun 2025 · to Children
485. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to set out a timeline for the release of the working paper on respite services. [31673/25]
Maeve O'Connell Written 12 Jun 2025 · to Children
486. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to report on the progress of implementing the actions set out in the autism innovation strategy. [31674/25]
Maeve O'Connell Written 12 Jun 2025 · to Children
487. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to report the budget for her Department’s disability, governance and performance unit. [31675/25]
Maeve O'Connell Written 12 Jun 2025 · to Children
488. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of special emergency arrangements used by Tusla since 2020. [31676/25]
Maeve O'Connell Written 12 Jun 2025 · to Children
489. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on her Department’s work to address Tusla's difficulties in hiring sufficient staff for special care units. [31677/25]
Maeve O'Connell Written 12 Jun 2025 · to Children
490. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when the external review of Tusla's special care will be released. [31678/25]
Maeve O'Connell Written 12 Jun 2025 · to Children
491. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to set out a timeline for the updating of the Childcare Act 1991. [31679/25]
Maeve O'Connell Written 12 Jun 2025 · to Children
492. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to report the number of facilities in Dublin that received Building Blocks capital funding. [31680/25]
Maeve O'Connell Written 12 Jun 2025 · to Children
493. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to report how funding from the Building Blocks capital scheme was allocated between the scheme’s four strands. [31681/25]
Mark Ward Written 12 Jun 2025 · to Health
494. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Health if HIQA has the ability to prosecute entities under its remit who act outside of regulations in a nursing home setting; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31343/25]
Michael Cahill Written 12 Jun 2025 · to Health
495. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to urgently address the long delay in treatment in respect of a child (details supplied); if a surgery appointment will be expedited; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31348/25]
Seán Canney Written 12 Jun 2025 · to Health
496. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health the reason the HSE makes enteral feeding syringes available free to patients in public nursing homes but not in private nursing homes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31357/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 12 Jun 2025 · to Health
497. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health 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. [31368/25]
James O'Connor Written 12 Jun 2025 · to Health
498. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health for an update on the implementation of the National Strategy on Genetics and Genomics, specifically the timeline for the establishment of the National Genomic Processing Service (NGPS); the current status of its development; the means by which the NGPS will support the retention and expansion of accredited genomic testing capacity within Ireland; and if she wil…
James O'Connor Written 12 Jun 2025 · to Health
499. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if the Prior Information Notice issued by the HSE’s National Genetics and Genomics Office for a National Genomic Processing Service was conducted as an open competition; whether it was accessible to both public and commercial laboratories in accordance with HSE procurement policy and EU competition law; if not, the reasons for the exclusion of any potential ten…
James O'Connor Written 12 Jun 2025 · to Health
500. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if the HSE’s National Genetics and Genomics Office ensured that the principles of fair and open competition were upheld in the issuance of the Prior Information Notice for a National Genomic Processing Service; whether the process aligns with the commitment to value for money and equal access by all suitably accredited providers; and if she will make a statemen…