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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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Eoin Ó Broin Written 27 May 2026 · to Education
101. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Youth if further funding will be made available to a school (details supplied) at the earliest opportunity for the provision of much needed SEN classrooms; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40708/26]
William Aird Written 27 May 2026 · to Education
102. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Education and Youth if the climate action summer works scheme is being extended; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40709/26]
Eamon Scanlon Written 27 May 2026 · to Education
103. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of the sanctioned additional accommodation scheme project at a school (details supplied) in County Sligo; the projected completion timeline for this project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40778/26]
Eamon Scanlon Written 27 May 2026 · to Education
104. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of the sanctioned additional accommodation scheme project at a school (details supplied) in County Sligo; the projected completion timeline for this project;; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40779/26]
Eamon Scanlon Written 27 May 2026 · to Education
105. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of the sanctioned additional accommodation scheme project at a school (details supplied) in County Sligo; the projected completion timeline for this project;; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40780/26]
Eamon Scanlon Written 27 May 2026 · to Education
106. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of the sanctioned additional accommodation scheme project at a school (details supplied) in County Leitrim; the projected completion timeline for this project;; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40781/26]
Eamon Scanlon Written 27 May 2026 · to Education
107. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of the sanctioned additional accommodation scheme project at a school (details supplied) in County Leitrim; the projected completion timeline for this project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40782/26]
Eamon Scanlon Written 27 May 2026 · to Education
108. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of the sanctioned additional accommodation scheme project at a school (details supplied) in County Leitrim; the projected completion timeline for this project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40783/26]
Eamon Scanlon Written 27 May 2026 · to Education
109. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding plans for additional accommodation at a post-primary school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40784/26]
Liam Quaide Written 27 May 2026 · to Culture
110. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the events in development as part of the presidency cultural programme associated with Ireland's presidency of the Council of the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40393/26]
Aidan Farrelly Written 27 May 2026 · to Culture
111. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if a schedule of contracts will be provided that his Department and bodies under his aegis have had with an organisation (details supplied) and/or its subsidiaries; the value of each; the type and/or name of each project; if any project has been abandoned, paused, put on hold and completed; if any projects over ran on cost and deliver…
Carol Nolan Written 27 May 2026 · to Culture
112. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he will outline all additional powers and functions being given to Coimisiún na Meán under the provisions of the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40552/26]
Carol Nolan Written 27 May 2026 · to Culture
113. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport to clarify if Coimisiún na Meán have or will have powers to conduct three-yearly appraisals of the funding needs of RTÉ and TG4; to set performance targets for these organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40553/26]
Carol Nolan Written 27 May 2026 · to Culture
114. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the estimated annual cost to the Exchequer or to licence fee payers of the new three-yearly public service content reviews and the operation of funding schemes under Ciste na Meán; the number of additional staff Coimisiún na Meán expects to recruit for these new functions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40554/26]
Carol Nolan Written 27 May 2026 · to Culture
115. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he will provide the criteria that Coimisiún na Meán use to define “public service content”; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40555/26]
Carol Nolan Written 27 May 2026 · to Culture
116. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he will confirm that Coimisiún na Meán will be responsible for selecting members of the audience councils for both RTÉ and TG4; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40556/26]
Carol Nolan Written 27 May 2026 · to Culture
117. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport to clarify if he intends to increase the scope of information-gathering powers for Coimisiún na Meán particularly as they relate to the Digital Services (Levy) Act 2024, media service codes and the Terrorist Content Online Regulation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40557/26]
Carol Nolan Written 27 May 2026 · to Culture
118. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he will confirm whether Coimisiún na Meán will have the power, subject to Ministerial approval, to increase the mandatory percentage that RTÉ must pay into the independent programmes account above 25% of its public funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40558/26]
Carol Nolan Written 27 May 2026 · to Culture
119. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he will provide a full list of the existing powers and functions of Coimisiún na Meán and detail any additional powers and functions he intends providing to the Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40559/26]
Carol Nolan Written 27 May 2026 · to Culture
120. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the total number of regulatory functions Coimisiún na Meán will hold once the Broadcasting (Amendment) Bill 2026 is enacted, including functions relating to funding, content, online safety and public service media oversight; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40560/26]
Carol Nolan Written 27 May 2026 · to Culture
121. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he will confirm if any proposals around three-yearly reports and funding recommendations produced by Coimisiún na Meán will be laid before the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40561/26]
Sinéad Gibney Written 27 May 2026 · to Culture
122. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if his Department will confirm if his engagements with media commissioners in Coimisiún na Meán were minuted; and if he will publish any existing minutes relating to this engagement in the wake of the April fuel protests. [40697/26]
Sinéad Gibney Written 27 May 2026 · to Culture
123. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he made further contact with Coimisiún na Meán to seek investigations relating to the April fuel protests (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40698/26]
Sinéad Gibney Written 27 May 2026 · to Culture
124. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if his Department was involved in the decision to label the note of his engagement with Coimisiún na Meán as ‘confidential’; and if so, if he will comment on the justification of the decision. [40699/26]
Sinéad Gibney Written 27 May 2026 · to Culture
125. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he will release the answers he received from his query (details supplied) on the possibility of investigations on reporting surrounding April's fuel protests; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40700/26]