Parliamentary questions

Questions

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

Browse the questions

Clear

410 questions match, newest first.

Michael Healy-Rae Written 10 Jul 2025 · to Children
302. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when a day care service will be offered to a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38378/25]
James O'Connor Written 10 Jul 2025 · to Children
303. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide an update on the timeline and process for the transposition of the EU Pay Transparency Directive; to outline how "employee representatives", as set out in the Directive, will be defined in Irish law; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38390/25]
Mark Ward Written 10 Jul 2025 · to Children
304. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the options available to parents whose children do not have a crèche place; the efforts being made to increase availability of places; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38456/25]
Louis O'Hara Written 10 Jul 2025 · to Children
305. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if children with an ASD diagnosis can be refused access to pre-schools due to their diagnosis; to outline if children have a right to pre-school education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38518/25]
Eoin Ó Broin Written 10 Jul 2025 · to Children
306. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the options, if any, for parents who cannot secure a childcare placement in their locality and surrounds but require childcare in order to remain employed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38530/25]
Michael Cahill Written 10 Jul 2025 · to Children
307. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to urgently respond to correspondence regarding survivors of institutional abuse (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38536/25]
Paul Murphy Written 10 Jul 2025 · to Children
308. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the details for the past three years and the current year funding allocated or paid out for Departmental employees for legal study programmes including EU law in the past three years, detailing the course title, the course provider, the course fees, grade of employee supported, whether course was in person or online and name of the schem…
Sorca Clarke Written 10 Jul 2025 · to Children
309. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the specific and tailored mental health supports available to people living with foetal alcohol spectrum disorder, in line with international best practice; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38572/25]
George Lawlor Written 10 Jul 2025 · to Children
310. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to list the children's disability network teams within CHO5 that currently have vacant psychologist and social workers posts, by location, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38577/25]
Niamh Smyth Written 10 Jul 2025 · to Children
311. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to review a referral for an autism assessment (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38606/25]
Sinéad Gibney Written 10 Jul 2025 · to Children
312. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide an update on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in her Department; the AI technologies the Department uses, the purpose and function of said technology in the context of the work of the Department, and the associated costs of the licensing or use of AI by the Department in the past 12 months, in tabular form. [38611/25]
James Geoghegan Written 10 Jul 2025 · to Children
313. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 309, 310 and 311 of 26 June 2025, when replies will issue from the HSE; that they will be answered within the timeframe required under Standing Order 52; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38628/25]
Pearse Doherty Written 10 Jul 2025 · to Children
314. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 631 of July 2025, whether any official in her Department was made aware of the former Minister of State’s commitment to a disability services provider (details supplied) after the commitment was publicly made, if so, the date on which this commitment was communicated to them; and if she will make …
Aidan Farrelly Written 10 Jul 2025 · to Health
315. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health if he will outline the way in which compliance with laws in respect of the supply and sales of vape products to persons under the age of 18 is being enforced; if he will provide a schedule of the number of sanctions imposed on retailers that have breached the law since enactment to date. [38588/25]
Darren O'Rourke Written 10 Jul 2025 · to Health
316. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health the number of psychiatric wards or units there are in Meath. [38328/25]
Darren O'Rourke Written 10 Jul 2025 · to Health
317. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health the number of psychiatric wards or units there are in Leinster. [38329/25]
Darren O'Rourke Written 10 Jul 2025 · to Health
318. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health the number of new psychiatric wards or units opening in County Meath within the next five years. [38330/25]
Ruth Coppinger Written 10 Jul 2025 · to Health
319. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health if the HSE payroll section can be directed to honour the terms of a circular issued in January 2018 currently being denied to craft workers in Mullingar Hospital concerning a standardised formula for calculating holiday premia for employees (details supplied). [38332/25]
Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh Written 10 Jul 2025 · to Health
320. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Health if there are plans to allow foster children to be included in the dental scheme beyond primary school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38337/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 10 Jul 2025 · to Health
321. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant psychiatrists based in the Kerry mental health team in the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [38345/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 10 Jul 2025 · to Health
322. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE dietitians, by grade, based at Monksland Primary Care Centre, Athlone, in the years of 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [38346/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 10 Jul 2025 · to Health
323. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on new capital investments and major new equipment purposes and new healthcare initiatives that will be rolled out in County Longford across 2025. [38347/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 10 Jul 2025 · to Health
324. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant psychiatrists based in the Mayo mental health team in the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [38348/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 10 Jul 2025 · to Health
325. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE physiotherapists, by grade, based at Mullingar Primary Care Centre in the years of 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [38349/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 10 Jul 2025 · to Health
326. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the locations within CHO9 where Jigsaw youth mental health services are located, in tabular form. [38350/25]