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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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Matt Carthy Written 17 Jun 2025 · to Children
119. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her proposals to address waiting lists to access CDNT services in County Monaghan. [32458/25]
Naoise Ó Muirí Written 17 Jun 2025 · to Children
120. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the steps being taken to fulfil the Programme for Government commitment to place an autism innovation strategy on a statutory footing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32105/25]
Peadar Tóibín Written 17 Jun 2025 · to Children
121. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will list the occasions on which she has met with or corresponded with the CEO of Tusla since she took office. [32441/25]
Peadar Tóibín Written 17 Jun 2025 · to Children
122. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children who have died while either under the care of Tusla, or while known to child protection services since 2011; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32444/25]
Matt Carthy Written 17 Jun 2025 · to Children
123. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her proposals to provide overnight respite care for children with disabilities in County Monaghan. [32457/25]
Claire Kerrane Written 17 Jun 2025 · to Children
124. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to advise when the promised review of core funding will take place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32390/25]
Maurice Quinlivan Written 17 Jun 2025 · to Children
125. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her views on the lengthy Children’s Disability Network Team waitlists arising from increased caseloads; the steps being taken to shorten these caseloads; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31957/25]
Erin McGreehan Written 17 Jun 2025 · to Children
126. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the steps she is taking to ensure pay increases for childcare workers and an increase in core funding to match this. [32393/25]
James Geoghegan Written 17 Jun 2025 · to Children
127. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plans to reduce the number of childcare providers leaving the core funding model; the means by which she plans to protect parents and children affected; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32281/25]
Mairéad Farrell Written 17 Jun 2025 · to Children
128. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality regarding the recent refusal of a block extension grant for a school (details supplied), if she has plans to review the qualifying criteria when it comes to the issue of lands being held in trust; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31961/25]
Cathy Bennett Written 17 Jun 2025 · to Children
129. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the timeframe in which she intends to cap childcare costs at €200 per month. [32459/25]
Barry Heneghan Written 17 Jun 2025 · to Children
130. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will outline the role of her Department in monitoring and supporting the implementation of the national disability strategy across Government; and how progress is being tracked to ensure real outcomes for people with disabilities. [30320/25]
Marie Sherlock Written 17 Jun 2025 · to Children
131. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when her Department will introduce and fund a community neurorehabilitation team for Dublin Central and Dublin North City and East; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24018/25]
Naoise Ó Muirí Written 17 Jun 2025 · to Children
132. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children anticipated to benefit from the expansion of the maximum fee cap for childcare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32106/25]
Aindrias Moynihan Written 17 Jun 2025 · to Children
133. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the measures being taken to address the shortage of childcare places for the mid-Cork region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32413/25]
Louis O'Hara Written 17 Jun 2025 · to Children
134. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to outline her Department’s efforts to improve accessibility in rural towns and villages. [32258/25]
James Geoghegan Written 17 Jun 2025 · to Children
135. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will outline her plans to expand the access and inclusion model to support children below the current age of eligibility, which is two years and 8 months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32282/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 17 Jun 2025 · to Taoiseach
137. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Taoiseach 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, indicating for which Oireachtas committee…
Ken O'Flynn Written 17 Jun 2025 · to Taoiseach
138. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Taoiseach the total estimated cost to the Exchequer associated with the recent renaming and rebranding of his 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. [31950/25]
Rose Conway-Walsh Written 17 Jun 2025 · to Taoiseach
139. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Taoiseach the number of employees in the State earning minimum wage; the number of employees in the State earning €1 over minimum wage; the number of employees in the State earning €2 over minimum wage; and the number of employees in the State earning €4 over minimum wage. [31767/25]
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 17 Jun 2025 · to Taoiseach
140. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach for an update on the work of the housing and infrastructure unit within his Department. [32520/25]
Emer Currie Written 17 Jun 2025 · to Taoiseach
141. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Taoiseach if the Carlingford Lough Commission is being considered for the shared island fund. [32616/25]
Mairéad Farrell Written 17 Jun 2025 · to Taoiseach
142. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Taoiseach the costs incurred by his Department and bodies under its aegis from contracts awarded to communications and PR firms in 2024; the name of the contractor and a description of the work undertaken in each case. [32648/25]
Ivana Bacik Written 17 Jun 2025 · to Taoiseach
143. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach the number of judicial review cases his Department has defended in each of the past ten years; the number in relation to which proceedings are pending or continuing; the number of cases which were lost and won, respectively, in the same period; the number of cases that settled in the past ten years. [32850/25]