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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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Rose Conway-Walsh Oral 10 Dec 2025 · to Taoiseach
26. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on infrastructure will next meet. [69659/25]
Barry Heneghan Oral 10 Dec 2025 · to Taoiseach
27. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on infrastructure will meet next. [69690/25]
Conor D McGuinness Oral 10 Dec 2025 · to Taoiseach
28. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on infrastructure will next meet. [69835/25]
Ivana Bacik Written 10 Dec 2025 · to Taoiseach
31. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will next meet. [65264/25]
Mark Ward Written 10 Dec 2025 · to Taoiseach
32. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Taoiseach when the next meeting of the Cabinet committee on housing will take place. [65417/25]
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 10 Dec 2025 · to Taoiseach
33. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will next meet. [65780/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 10 Dec 2025 · to Taoiseach
87. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Taoiseach the main policy achievements of his Department since 22 January 2025. [70532/25]
Cathy Bennett Written 10 Dec 2025 · to Foreign
88. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide a breakdown of all consultants engaged with his Department; the costs associated with their services, by year, and name of consultant, in each of the years 2012 to 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70438/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 10 Dec 2025 · to Foreign
89. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the main policy achievements of her Department since 22 January 2025 [70524/25]
Naoise Ó Muirí Written 10 Dec 2025 · to Foreign
90. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a person (details supplied) who applied to the foreign birth register will have their application processed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70641/25]
Conor D McGuinness Written 10 Dec 2025 · to Foreign
91. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 145 of 4 December 2025, the areas of legal uncertainty she is referring to as to whether the inclusion of services is permissible under EU law. [70842/25]
Cathy Bennett Written 10 Dec 2025 · to Climate
92. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide a breakdown of all consultants engaged with his Department; the costs associated with their services, by year, and name of consultant, in each of the years 2012 to 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70432/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 10 Dec 2025 · to Climate
93. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he is aware that the SEAI solar PV for medically vulnerable households scheme, administered by Electric Ireland, is effectively unavailable to the majority of medically vulnerable customers despite being publicly promoted; the rationale for operating a scheme on a random-selection basis rather than on clinical or vulnerability need; …
Ryan O'Meara Written 10 Dec 2025 · to Climate
94. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the total number of staff employed by the EPA; the percentage of its staff working directly on processing licences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70461/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 10 Dec 2025 · to Climate
95. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the main policy achievements of his Department since 22 January 2025 [70518/25]
Pa Daly Written 10 Dec 2025 · to Climate
96. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment further to Parliamentary Questions Nos 45 andn46 of 2 December 2025,, if there has been a change in the Government commitment in the Programme for Government to "provide investment in sorting technology in Ireland's materials recovery facility (MRF) network to improve recycling processes and rates" (pg. 55); if he intends to provide any inv…
Pa Daly Written 10 Dec 2025 · to Climate
97. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the planned investment and Programme for Government commitment to "provide investment in sorting technology in Ireland's materials recovery facility (MRF) network to improve recycling processes and rates" (pg. 55); the timeline for delivery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70554/25]
Barry Ward Written 10 Dec 2025 · to Climate
98. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment for an update regarding the 2021 Government policy statement on the importation of fracked gas (details supplied); if he agrees that the previously identified requirements to ensure security of fossil gas supply have been addressed via the development of a strategic national gas reserve facility; if his attention has been drawn to multip…
Eoghan Kenny Written 10 Dec 2025 · to Climate
99. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if an external investigation into Inland Fisheries Ireland took place over the period 2021 to 2025; if so, when it concluded; the findings of the report; the actions that have taken place as a result of an investigation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70841/25]
Cathy Bennett Written 10 Dec 2025 · to Defence
100. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Defence to provide a breakdown of all consultants engaged with her Department; the costs associated with their services, by year, and name of consultant, in each of the years 2012 to 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70434/25]
Cathal Crowe Written 10 Dec 2025 · to Defence
101. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Defence the main policy achievements of her Department since 22 January 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70520/25]
Emer Currie Written 10 Dec 2025 · to Transport
102. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the efforts underway within the local government sector to promote shared mobility transport options for local-authority employees, including steps to reduce reliance on private vehicles for commuting and work-related travel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70512/25]
Emer Currie Written 10 Dec 2025 · to Transport
103. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport if his Department or local authorities would consider working with or partnering with commercial shared-mobility operators to expand shared transport options for local-government employees, and to help build the level of shared-mobility capacity required to support Ireland's transport decarbonisation targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7051…
Roderic O'Gorman Written 10 Dec 2025 · to Transport
104. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Transport his views on the status and future of the proposed pedestrian and cycle bridge over the river Corrib in Galway given the NTA's recent indication to Galway City Council that it no longer supports the project, despite €5.5 million in URDF funding having been allocated five years ago; if his Department will support the project and recommend alternative source…
Ken O'Flynn Written 10 Dec 2025 · to Transport
105. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Transport to set out the policy direction powers available to him under the Roads Act 1993 to the Roads Act 2015 in relation to Transport Infrastructure Ireland; and to confirm whether these powers permit him to issue a direction to review or amend national toll exemption policy for disability service providers. [70386/25]