Parliamentary questions
Every parliamentary question asked in the 34th Dáil within the archive window, browsable by the department it was addressed to. Department names appear as printed in the official record. Questions also carry the questions paper's own subject heading. Browse those on the Topics page.
Questions by department
| Addressed to | Questions | Oral | Written | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health | 25,558 | 130 | 25,428 | |
| Education | 12,997 | 131 | 12,866 | |
| Transport | 10,233 | 127 | 10,106 | |
| Justice | 9,003 | 122 | 8,881 | |
| Housing | 8,661 | 147 | 8,514 | |
| Children | 8,209 | 116 | 8,093 | |
| Finance | 5,489 | 139 | 5,350 | |
| Social | 5,425 | 121 | 5,304 | |
| Agriculture | 4,588 | 123 | 4,465 | |
| Foreign | 3,683 | 177 | 3,506 | |
| Enterprise | 3,667 | 126 | 3,541 | |
| Climate | 3,601 | 98 | 3,503 | |
| Public Expenditure | 3,420 | 151 | 3,269 | |
| Further and Higher Education | 3,269 | 127 | 3,142 | |
| Taoiseach | 2,476 | 1,354 | 1,122 | |
| Defence | 2,455 | 162 | 2,293 | |
| Culture | 2,221 | 131 | 2,090 | |
| Rural | 2,199 | 121 | 2,078 | |
| Environment | 1,029 | 26 | 1,003 | |
| Tourism | 703 | 31 | 672 |
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Darren O'Rourke
written
2025-09-23 · to Education ·
Disabilities Assessments
297. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the way in which it is acceptable that a child (details supplied), red-flagged for developmental concerns since the age of two, whose family had to go to court to secure access to therapy and an educational report, was left waiting almost two years for a cognitive assessment only to be informed too late to apply for a special c…
Mark Wall
written
2025-09-23 · to Education ·
School Transport
298. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Education and Youth to outline when a school bus ticket and route will be issued for a child (details supplied). [49974/25]
Eoghan Kenny
written
2025-09-23 · to Education ·
School Management
299. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth for a detailed update on the proposed lease agreement between schools (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49981/25]
Eoghan Kenny
written
2025-09-23 · to Education ·
Departmental Correspondence
300. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide details of all correspondence between her Department and a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49982/25]
Eoghan Kenny
written
2025-09-23 · to Education ·
School Accommodation
301. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth to outline her Departments plans to provide adequate accommodation to a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49983/25]
Emer Currie
written
2025-09-23 · to Education ·
School Accommodation
302. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the permanent extension for a school (details supplied), and timings for completion of the project, as it will be required to support September 2027 enrolment numbers. [49993/25]
Rory Hearne
written
2025-09-23 · to Education ·
School Staff
303. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason an SNA resource for a school (details supplied) previously deemed necessary was subsequently deemed unnecessary following an SNA review, and the resource has been removed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49995/25]
Darren O'Rourke
written
2025-09-23 · to Education ·
Schools Building Projects
304. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the extension of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50006/25]
Darren O'Rourke
written
2025-09-23 · to Education ·
School Accommodation
305. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth when funding will be made available for repairs to prefabs at a school (details supplied) while they wait for their new extension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50007/25]
Joe Cooney
written
2025-09-23 · to Education ·
Youth Services
306. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Education and Youth the budget allocation for the local youth club grant scheme in 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form. [50017/25]
Emer Currie
written
2025-09-23 · to Education ·
School Transport
307. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will consider the application of a person (details supplied) to become a taxi driver under the school transport scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50038/25]
Albert Dolan
written
2025-09-23 · to Education ·
School Facilities
308. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the current status of the proposed services (details supplied); the progress made to date; the expected timeline for delivery; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50041/25]
Pádraig Rice
written
2025-09-23 · to Education ·
Schools Building Projects
309. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the proposed building works at a school to provide appropriate and urgently needed teaching space for children with additional needs (details supplied); if she is aware of the length of the delays associated with the project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50099/25]
Marie Sherlock
written
2025-09-23 · to Education ·
Teaching Qualifications
310. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason teachers with a further education qualification and currently working in the primary and secondary school system are discriminated against in terms of admission to masters in education programmes sanctioned by her Department.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50129/25]
Marie Sherlock
written
2025-09-23 · to Education ·
Teaching Qualifications
311. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason teachers with a further education qualification and currently working in the primary and secondary school system are discriminated against in terms of accessing a contract of indefinite duration within schools. [50130/25]
Marie Sherlock
written
2025-09-23 · to Education ·
Teaching Qualifications
312. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason teachers with a further education qualification and currently working in the primary and secondary school system are discriminated against in terms of admission to route 4 within special needs education. [50131/25]
Noel McCarthy
written
2025-09-23 · to Education ·
School Funding
313. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on a climate action summer works scheme application for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50236/25]
Thomas Gould
written
2025-09-23 · to Education ·
School Transport
314. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children in special schools in Cork who are sanctioned transport provision, but for whom a contract has not yet issued. [50238/25]
Thomas Gould
written
2025-09-23 · to Education ·
School Transport
315. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children who previously had a contract for school transport in Cork for whom a contract is no longer available. [50239/25]
Thomas Gould
written
2025-09-23 · to Education ·
School Transport
316. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of school transport contracts not renewed this year. [50240/25]
Thomas Gould
written
2025-09-23 · to Education ·
School Transport
317. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Education and Youth when all children who need school transport in Cork will have access to same. [50241/25]
Johnny Mythen
written
2025-09-23 · to Education ·
Teaching Qualifications
318. Deputy Johnny Mythen asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide the date for signing the timebound provision instrument; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50242/25]
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
written
2025-09-23 · to Education ·
Child Abuse
319. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth the schemes currently in place for survivors of sexual abuse at Christian Brothers schools; to provide details separate to any schemes for industrial schools; the supports in place for survivors of this horrific abuse; the supports in place for those who wish to pursue a legal case but are faced with the situation that there …
John Connolly
written
2025-09-23 · to Education ·
School Accommodation
320. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Education and Youth the steps being taken to progress the application for a new school building for a school (details supplied); if her attention has been drawn to the urgent need for this new school building due to the current overcrowding and the ageing infrastructure currently accommodating students and staff at the school that is not fit for pur…
John Connolly
written
2025-09-23 · to Education ·
School Accommodation
321. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department has any proposals to provide a secondary school in Moycullen, County Galway, taking account of the increase in secondary school aged children residing in this area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50268/25]