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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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12 questions match, newest first.

Johnny Guirke Written 12 May 2026 · to Children
966. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plans to increase the provision of Irish-medium early years services in County Meath; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34474/26]
Barry Ward Written 21 Apr 2026 · to Children
698. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the position regarding any assessment of demand for Irish language pre-schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28526/26]
Barry Ward Written 21 Apr 2026 · to Children
699. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the position regarding the number of Irish language pre-schools in operation, broken down by county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28527/26]
Barry Ward Written 21 Apr 2026 · to Children
700. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the position regarding any systems in place to support the increased provision of Irish language pre-schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28528/26]
Barry Ward Written 21 Apr 2026 · to Children
701. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the position regarding any assessment carried out at a pre-school level into the potential demand for Irish language medium primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28529/26]
Mairéad Farrell Written 18 Dec 2025 · to Children
48. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the way in which her Department intends to support and develop Irish language naíonraí, particularly those in the Gaeltacht; if she plans to develop a new recognition scheme for Irish language naíonraí; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73193/25]
Shane Moynihan Written 19 Nov 2025 · to Children
330. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when the draft strategy for early years Irish-medium education is to be published. [64284/25]
Ruairí Ó Murchú Written 21 Oct 2025 · to Children
709. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she is aware that, 100 years after the foundation of the State, there is still no statutory provision for childcare services through the medium of Irish, outside of the Gaeltacht; if she accepts that this represents a significant gap in the State's commitment to the Irish language; and the steps she intends to take to ensure that …
Seán Ó Fearghaíl Oral 23 Sep 2025 · to Children
16. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on the supports she is providing for naoínraí. [49985/25]
Maeve O'Connell Written 24 Jun 2025 · to Children
736. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when the national plan for the Irish language in ELC / SAC will be complete. [34388/25]
Ivana Bacik Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Children
1844. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if her Department has commissioned any research on the efficacy of public assessments of need for children who are being educated through Irish, or whose first language is Irish; and if she will make a statement on children whose diagnosis and interventions are being delayed due to the nonprovision of assessments in …
Sinéad Gibney Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Children
1892. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if all IT systems used by her Department can utilise the síneadh fada; where this is not the case, to provide the list of systems which do not accept or facilitate the use of the fada, in tabular form; the steps being taken to address this issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20295/25]