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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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Rory Hearne Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Housing
326. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to outline when the CAS acquisition figures for Q2 and Q3 2025 will be available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53878/25]
Rory Hearne Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Housing
327. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to outline when the HAP figures for Q2 and Q3 2025 will be available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53879/25]
Rory Hearne Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Housing
328. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to outline when the social and affordable housing delivery data for Q2 and Q3 2025 will be available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53880/25]
Edward Timmins Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Housing
329. Deputy Edward Timmins asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will simplify the calculation on the way in which local authorities retain property tax collected in their county. [39988/25]
Edward Timmins Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Housing
330. Deputy Edward Timmins asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will simplify the calculation on the way in which local authorities retain property tax collected in their county. [39541/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Social
331. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Social Protection if the Government has a unified position on whether the retirement age will be raised in this Dáil [53107/25]
Pádraig Rice Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Social
332. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will commit to introducing legal recognition for those who identify as non-binary, including an ‘X’ marker option on passports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53797/25]
Niamh Smyth Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Social
333. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide a breakdown of the means test in the case of a person (details supplied) who was refused the State pension (non-contributory) on the basis that the household means exceed the statutory limit by €148; if he will clarify whether this amount refers to a weekly or monthly calculation; if consideration will be given to reviewing or increas…
Louis O'Hara Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Social
334. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 141 of 25 September 2025, if he will review the details of a particular case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52939/25]
Barry Ward Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Social
335. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding the increase in income disregards carer's allowance as committed to in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52972/25]
Barry Ward Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Social
336. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Social Protection his views on the merits of eliminating the means test for the carer's allowance; the research his Department has carried out into this proposal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52973/25]
Paul McAuliffe Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Social
337. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide an update on the carers grant application for a person (details supplied). [52995/25]
Michael Cahill Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Social
338. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Social Protection to examine a guardian's payment application for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53034/25]
Mattie McGrath Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Social
339. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Social Protection the full cost of providing hot school meals at primary and secondary level; if he has carried out a review of the levels of waste involved in this scheme, including food waste and non recyclable waste; if he has examined more cost efficient and environmentally friendly ways of providing hot meals; if a review has been carried out on the quality of th…
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Social
340. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Social Protection the financial supports available to cross-Border workers who live in this jurisdiction but are employed in the north of Ireland in the situation where they now no longer qualify for the working family payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53059/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Social
341. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Social Protection whether he intends to increase the State pension age in response to recent comments by the Governor of the Central Bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53100/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Social
342. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Social Protection if his Department has conducted any assessment of the impact of raising the retirement age on workers in physically demanding occupations, such as construction, healthcare, and agriculture and if he will publish those findings. [53101/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Social
343. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Social Protection the projected fiscal position of the social insurance fund over the next 20 years on the basis of no change to the State pension age; and if he will provide comparable figures in the event of an increase to 67 or 68. [53102/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Social
344. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Social Protection if she accepts that life expectancy and healthy life expectancy vary significantly between income groups; and if so, how his Department proposes to ensure that raising the pension age would not disproportionately penalise those with shorter life spans. [53103/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Social
345. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Social Protection to outline the alternative fiscal strategies available to address long-term pension costs without raising the retirement age, such as increasing PRSI contributions or broadening the contribution base. [53105/25]
Michael Cahill Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Social
346. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Social Protection to expedite a carer's allowance application for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53162/25]
Ryan O'Meara Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Social
347. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Social Protection his plan to reform the fuel allowance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53192/25]
Brian Stanley Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Social
348. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Social Protection to consider increasing the number of hours an applicant can work, and retain payment on carers allowance, from 18.5, to help those who are providing full-time care on lower incomes and lower hourly pay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53195/25]
Brian Stanley Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Social
349. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will abolish the means test assessment requirement for carers allowance in Budget 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53196/25]
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Social
350. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection for a summary of all recent changes to means tests for the disability allowance, including any changes to income disregards and maximum working hours. [53220/25]