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
2025-07-15 · to Education ·
Departmental Expenditure
440. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the amount of capital funding her Department provided to a school (details supplied) in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [38668/25]
Darren O'Rourke
written
2025-07-15 · to Education ·
Special Educational Needs
441. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the estimated full-year cost to increase the number of SNAs to 24,200. [38669/25]
Darren O'Rourke
written
2025-07-15 · to Education ·
School Transport
442. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of school transport applications submitted in County Monaghan from 2022 to 2025, including the number of applications approved during this period, in tabular form. [38670/25]
Darren O'Rourke
written
2025-07-15 · to Education ·
Schools Building Projects
443. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the capital works projects her Department funded at a school (details supplied) in 2024 and to date in 2025; to list out capital works funding projects applications that are being considered by the Department, as of 4 July 2025. [38671/25]
Darren O'Rourke
written
2025-07-15 · to Education ·
School Funding
444. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth 524. the number of ICT grants awarded to post primary schools in County Louth during the 2024-2025 school term. [38672/25]
James Geoghegan
written
2025-07-15 · to Education ·
Closed-Circuit Television Systems
445. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will detail the total number of CCTV cameras owned by her Department; the specific video file format used in the recording and dissemination of the recorded footage; the total number of CCTV cameras owned by bodies under the aegis of her Department; the specific video file format used in the recording and dissemination o…
Barry Ward
written
2025-07-15 · to Education ·
School Accommodation
446. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding any plans to increase the provision of primary school places in Cherrywood, County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38707/25]
Barry Ward
written
2025-07-15 · to Education ·
School Accommodation
447. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding plans for the provision of secondary school places in Cherrywood, County Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38708/25]
Barry Ward
written
2025-07-15 · to Education ·
School Accommodation
448. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her attention has been drawn to the shortage of school places at a school (details supplied); the actions she will take to address this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38709/25]
Louis O'Hara
written
2025-07-15 · to Education ·
National Educational Psychological Service
449. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of vacant educational psychologists with National Educational Psychology Services, as of July 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38716/25]
Donna McGettigan
written
2025-07-15 · to Education ·
Special Educational Needs
450. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason a requested exceptional review of the SNA allocation of a school (details supplied) was cancelled; if there is a freeze on SNA allocations to schools; if so, if this is the case; the measures she will take to reverse this freeze; if she will ensure the review of SNAs in the school takes place and the required SNAs a…
Cathal Crowe
written
2025-07-15 · to Education ·
Departmental Policies
451. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Youth the main policy achievements of her Department since 23 January 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38752/25]
James Geoghegan
written
2025-07-15 · to Education ·
Schools Building Projects
452. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will outline her Department’s plans in respect of a site (details supplied) which was included in the total site purchased in 2018 for the two new schools on the site; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38785/25]
Grace Boland
written
2025-07-15 · to Education ·
School Funding
453. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide the steps she has taken to deliver on the commitment in the Programme for Government to increase the primary capitation grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38806/25]
Grace Boland
written
2025-07-15 · to Education ·
School Accommodation
454. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth the steps she has taken to deliver on the commitment in the Programme for Government to reduce primary school classes to 19 pupils; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38807/25]
Grace Boland
written
2025-07-15 · to Education ·
Education Policy
455. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth the steps she has taken to deliver on the commitment in the Programme for Government to establish a new national small schools project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38808/25]
Grace Boland
written
2025-07-15 · to Education ·
Special Educational Needs
456. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth the steps she has taken to deliver on the commitment in the Programme for Government to create special educational needs coordinators; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38809/25]
Grace Boland
written
2025-07-15 · to Education ·
Special Educational Needs
457. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth if pupils with a diagnosis of dyslexia will be allowed additional time to complete their State exams in 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38869/25]
Paula Butterly
written
2025-07-15 · to Education ·
School Textbooks
458. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Education and Youth to respond to correspondence received (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38891/25]
John McGuinness
written
2025-07-15 · to Education ·
Schools Building Projects
459. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth if an application under the summer works scheme (details supplied) will be expedited and approved. [38892/25]
Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh
written
2025-07-15 · to Education ·
Special Educational Needs
460. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth her rationale for limiting eligibility for entry into DLD/SSD special classes Circular 00024/25 to students with conditions of an unknown origin when students with similar symptoms with a known cause would also benefit from the targeted support provided in such classes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38…
Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh
written
2025-07-15 · to Education ·
Special Educational Needs
461. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to develop alternative educational supports and classes for children with SSD of known origin to make up for the gap in provision created by circulars determining access criteria for DLD/SSD classes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38914/25]
Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh
written
2025-07-15 · to Education ·
Special Educational Needs
462. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth the details of the contractual deployment of speech and language therapists in the DLD/SSD special classes and how duties are split between her Department and the Department of Health; the number of such posts vacant at the moment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38915/25]
Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh
written
2025-07-15 · to Education ·
Special Educational Needs
463. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of concessionary places that are occupied in DLD/SSD special classes at the moment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38916/25]
Seán Ó Fearghaíl
written
2025-07-15 · to Education ·
School Accommodation
464. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will consider documentation (details supplied) requiring completion of a deed of surrender for a school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38928/25]