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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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Joe Cooney Written 16 Oct 2025 · to Education
226. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide an update on the progress of a development at a secondary school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56102/25]
Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh Written 16 Oct 2025 · to Education
227. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she can provide an itemised list of all ongoing school building projects, broken down by stage of development and amount of funding drawn down to date, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56119/25]
Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh Written 16 Oct 2025 · to Education
228. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth the total number of pupils enrolled in primary and post-primary schools, by county over the past ten years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56123/25]
Darren O'Rourke Written 16 Oct 2025 · to Education
229. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware that a school (details supplied) in Cork has a critically low level of SNA support and has reduced the timetable of children in the school to three and four days a week, which will greatly upset their heavily relied upon routine; and the measures she will take to ensure there is adequate SNA support available for the school to run …
Naoise Ó Muirí Written 16 Oct 2025 · to Education
230. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the new build for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56140/25]
Niall Collins Written 16 Oct 2025 · to Education
231. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will address the case of a person and their daughter (details supplied); if she will intervene to assist in identifying a suitable school placement for this pupil in Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56143/25]
Mark Ward Written 16 Oct 2025 · to Education
232. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the number of special needs assistants in a school (details supplied); if a review can be carried out by her Department for the school to see if there is an adequate number of SNA staff in the school; if additional SNA staffing can be considered for the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56148/25]
Michael Cahill Written 16 Oct 2025 · to Education
233. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth to urgently review and allow an appeal by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56237/25]
Pa Daly Written 16 Oct 2025 · to Education
234. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Education and Youth the breakdown of the number of early intervention class places available broken down, by county in each of the years 2020-2025. [56255/25]
Robert O'Donoghue Written 16 Oct 2025 · to Education
235. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will support an initiative to include CPR and defibrillator awareness training as part of the school curriculum to equip children with essential life-saving skills; if she will support a proposal for a non-uniform day on 13 February, through which schools will raise funds for local defibrillators, as part of an initiative being developed …
Robert O'Donoghue Written 16 Oct 2025 · to Education
236. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the progress on a building project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56360/25]
Marie Sherlock Written 16 Oct 2025 · to Education
237. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Education and Youth the timeframe for when the contract for the completion of a project (details supplied) in Dublin 1 will go out to tender. [56389/25]
Marie Sherlock Written 16 Oct 2025 · to Education
238. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Education and Youth when she expects a school building project (details supplied) in Dublin 1 to be complete. [56390/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 16 Oct 2025 · to Education
239. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she has engaged with the industrial school survivors who are on hunger strike; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56394/25]
Carol Nolan Written 16 Oct 2025 · to Education
240. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth to address serious concerns around delays to a planning application by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56397/25]
Pearse Doherty Written 16 Oct 2025 · to Education
241. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Youth the EU funding opportunities that will be open for application for schemes under her Department and at agencies under her aegis in the next six months and in the next 12 months; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56447/25]
Paul Donnelly Written 16 Oct 2025 · to Culture
242. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the number of WTE staff, by grade and gender working in the major events unit of his Department as of 7 October 2025, in tabular form. [56067/25]
Conor Sheehan Written 16 Oct 2025 · to Culture
243. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport further to Budget 2026, if the player welfare grants available to inter-county players will be increased in line with inflation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56133/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 16 Oct 2025 · to Culture
244. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the number of prosecutions initiated, convictions secured and cases struck out for non-payment of the television licence for each year from 2015 to 2025; and if there has been any changes in policy that has affected enforcement activity.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56391/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 16 Oct 2025 · to Culture
245. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the contractual arrangements in place between his Department and An Post for the collection and enforcement of the television licence fee; the performance indicators and reporting obligations included in that contract; the details of any performance reviews or audits conducted since 2020; and if An Post has met or failed to meet its agre…
Ken O'Flynn Written 16 Oct 2025 · to Culture
246. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the estimated annual level of television licence revenue foregone as a result of non-payment and reduced enforcement activity in each of the years 2019 to 2025; if his Department has undertaken or commissioned any review into the adequacy of the current enforcement model; his plans for reform, including administrative penalties or altern…
Pearse Doherty Written 16 Oct 2025 · to Culture
247. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the EU funding opportunities that will be open for application for schemes under his Department and at agencies under his aegis in the next six months and in the next 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56445/25]
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn Written 16 Oct 2025 · to Culture
248. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport when funding will be announced for the next round of the Large Scale Sports Infrastructure Fund, as announced in Budget 2026; and if those applications which were unsuccessful in the last round will be prioritised. [56465/25]
Joe Cooney Written 16 Oct 2025 · to Housing
249. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider removing the working family payment from consideration on social housing income thresholds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56099/25]
Joe Cooney Written 16 Oct 2025 · to Housing
250. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if local authorities will be permitted to exercise limited discretion when the income threshold for social housing is marginally exceeded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56101/25]