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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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Barry Ward Written 13 Nov 2025 · to Finance
226. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Finance the position regarding the review of inheritance tax within his Department; the parameters for this review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62349/25]
Barry Ward Written 13 Nov 2025 · to Finance
227. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Finance the position regarding a timeline for the publication of his review into inheritance tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62350/25]
Louise O'Reilly Written 13 Nov 2025 · to Finance
228. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Finance the provisions that have been made to ensure that agencies, organisations and charities funded by his Department will be able to meet their obligations under the new AE scheme. [62454/25]
Paul Lawless Written 13 Nov 2025 · to Finance
229. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Finance the number of vacant and derelict buildings in County Mayo owned by his Department that are vacant or rented, by the region/towns location of the buildings, in tabular form.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62671/25]
Mairéad Farrell Written 13 Nov 2025 · to Public Expenditure
230. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to outline the work that has been done to ensure tetra access in Connemara in the event of a storm, given that there was no access to 999 calls during Storm Éowyn; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62511/25]
John Brady Written 13 Nov 2025 · to Public Expenditure
231. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the details of plans to upgrade the Garda station in Greystones; when work is due to commence; the timeframe for delivery; the cost of the project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62565/25]
Mairéad Farrell Written 13 Nov 2025 · to Public Expenditure
232. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the work which is being done on Dún Chonchúir on Inis Meáin since the wall has fallen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62322/25]
Louise O'Reilly Written 13 Nov 2025 · to Public Expenditure
233. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the provisions which have been made to ensure that agencies, organisations, and charities funded by his Department will meet their obligations under the new AE scheme. [62478/25]
Louise O'Reilly Written 13 Nov 2025 · to Public Expenditure
234. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation for a breakdown of every agency, not-for-profit organisation, charity or service provider directly funded by his Department; and the details of each specific directly funded post in each body. [62481/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 13 Nov 2025 · to Public Expenditure
235. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the number of commercial State bodies that have sought or received approval to increase senior executive remuneration following the senior posts remuneration committee review completed in 2024; and the rationale provided by each board for proposed upward revision. [62570/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 13 Nov 2025 · to Public Expenditure
236. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the estimated additional cost to the Exchequer or to the relevant State bodies arising from the implementation of revised remuneration bands for chief executives and senior management, by organisation, in tabular form. [62571/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 13 Nov 2025 · to Public Expenditure
237. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the mechanisms used by his Department to assess whether remuneration adjustments at commercial State bodies are linked to measurable improvements in performance, governance, and value for money to the taxpayer. [62572/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 13 Nov 2025 · to Public Expenditure
238. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the steps being taken to ensure that executive pay levels within commercial State bodies remain proportionate to public-service standards and consistent with the wider cost-of-living pressures faced by citizens. [62573/25]
Albert Dolan Written 13 Nov 2025 · to Public Expenditure
239. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he is aware that due to the lack of maintenance of Headford River, County Galway, OPW channel 2, adjoining agricultural land belonging to a person (details supplied) has been subjected to severe and repeated flooding for the past 15 years; if he will outline when maintenance works will be ca…
Paul Lawless Written 13 Nov 2025 · to Public Expenditure
240. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the number of vacant and derelict buildings in County Mayo owned by his Department that are vacant or rented, by the region/towns location of the buildings, in tabular form. [62677/25]
John Clendennen Written 13 Nov 2025 · to Enterprise
241. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the anticipated engagement and support mechanisms his Department intends to provide for Irish enterprises and innovators participating in the forthcoming AI regulatory sandbox; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62584/25]
Michael Cahill Written 13 Nov 2025 · to Enterprise
242. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if he will lend his support to the Killarney Innovation Centre new build project (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62401/25]
George Lawlor Written 13 Nov 2025 · to Enterprise
243. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment given the heavy reliance in previous consultations with online travel agent platforms, and the limited engagement with the grassroots micro-businesses who will be most impacted, if he will commit to structured, meaningful and time-bound consultation with representative short-term letting host groups; and if he will make a statement on…
Ken O'Flynn Written 13 Nov 2025 · to Enterprise
244. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment given the Irish Times’ assertion that Ireland remains structurally exposed to the risks of de-globalisation and weakening export-momentum, if he could set out the contingency scenario-planning that has been undertaken for Ireland’s FDI/export model; the role regional centres such as Cork play in diversification plans; and how the Govern…
Malcolm Byrne Written 13 Nov 2025 · to Enterprise
245. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if his Department has considered the recently delivered judgment of the English High Court in the case of Getty Images v Stability AI; and to outline the implications for Irish copyright law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62520/25]
Paul Lawless Written 13 Nov 2025 · to Enterprise
246. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the number of vacant and derelict buildings in County Mayo owned by his Department that are vacant or rented, by the region/towns location of the buildings, in tabular form. [62670/25]
Peadar Tóibín Written 13 Nov 2025 · to Education
247. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth the measures in place to stop an individual, or group of individuals, from undertaking the Primary School Survey multiple times by inserting a different Eircode each time; and the systems in place to prevent a group of ideologically motivated individuals from skewing the survey. [62298/25]
Peadar Tóibín Written 13 Nov 2025 · to Education
248. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware of the flaws in the Primary School Survey (details supplied). [62299/25]
Peadar Tóibín Written 13 Nov 2025 · to Education
249. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she aware that the framing of a survey question can significantly change the answer that will be given by the person completing the survey (details supplied). [62300/25]
Pat the Cope Gallagher Written 13 Nov 2025 · to Education
250. Deputy Pat the Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding the progression to stage 2 to provide two special education teacher rooms at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62304/25]