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
2025-06-12 · to Education ·
Departmental Budgets
349. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the estimated cost of increasing teacher numbers by 1,850, 2,000 and 3,000, in tabular form. [31573/25]
Darren O'Rourke
written
2025-06-12 · to Education ·
Departmental Budgets
350. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the estimated cost of extending DEIS supports to an additional 50 schools. [31574/25]
Darren O'Rourke
written
2025-06-12 · to Education ·
Departmental Funding
351. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the funding being provided to Traveller/Roma/refugee supports in schools. [31576/25]
Darren O'Rourke
written
2025-06-12 · to Education ·
Departmental Funding
352. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the amount of funding provided, per pupil, for technological devices for school use in DEIS schools across the State. [31577/25]
Darren O'Rourke
written
2025-06-12 · to Education ·
Departmental Funding
353. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the funding provided for the HSCL scheme to schools currently and the estimated cost of a 5%, 10% and 20% increase in this funding, in tabular form. [31578/25]
Darren O'Rourke
written
2025-06-12 · to Education ·
Scoileanna DEIS
354. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the estimated cost of providing trauma-informed care training to teachers in DEIS schools and then an overall cost for all teachers. [31579/25]
Darren O'Rourke
written
2025-06-12 · to Education ·
Departmental Data
355. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of nurture rooms open and active in schools across the State. [31580/25]
Darren O'Rourke
written
2025-06-12 · to Education ·
Departmental Policies
356. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she has any intention to remove the Irish language requirement for SET’s, particularly when some SET teachers are already working in a classroom without the Irish language for a year or two before they are required to return to studies to meet the Irish language criteria. [31605/25]
Pádraig O'Sullivan
written
2025-06-12 · to Education ·
Special Educational Needs
357. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will consider undertaking a feasibility study into the establishment of a new secondary school in Cork for students with complex needs, who do not have an intellectual disability and would be academically capable of completing the Junior Certificate and the Leaving Certificate; and if she will make a statement on the …
Mattie McGrath
written
2025-06-12 · to Education ·
Departmental Projects
358. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Youth the up-to-date position regarding a project (details supplied); the likely timeline for this project to proceed to the next stage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31627/25]
Mattie McGrath
written
2025-06-12 · to Education ·
School Transport
359. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide an update on the school transport review; in a case in which a student that attends an all girls primary school and wants to continue her secondary education in an all girls secondary school but there is no all girls school in her closest town will she be granted a bus ticket to travel to her nearest single s…
Brendan Smith
written
2025-06-12 · to Education ·
Special Educational Needs
360. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Youth if the system of approving supports for children with additional needs will be amended to ensure more timely provision of such supports (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31648/25]
Darren O'Rourke
written
2025-06-12 · to Education ·
Departmental Reviews
361. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the estimated cost of a full review of the PME. [31649/25]
Darren O'Rourke
written
2025-06-12 · to Education ·
Citizens' Assembly
362. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the cost of holding a citizens’ assembly on education. [31650/25]
Brendan Smith
written
2025-06-12 · to Education ·
Departmental Projects
363. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Youth when a project will proceed to the next stage (details supplied) in view of the urgent need to provide additional accommodation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31652/25]
Colm Burke
written
2025-06-12 · to Education ·
School Facilities
364. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the current status of a school’s (details supplied) application for improved toilet facilities under the emergency works scheme, as a formerly single-sex school that has transitioned to a co-educational environment, the current toilet provisions are inadequate and do not meet the needs of all students; whether serious consideration …
Pa Daly
written
2025-06-12 · to Education ·
Departmental Funding
365. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Education and Youth the funding allocated to safe routes to school in each of the years 2020 – 2025, by year. [31731/25]
Pa Daly
written
2025-06-12 · to Education ·
Departmental Funding
366. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Education and Youth the funding allocated to school transport school in each of the years 2020 – 2025, by year. [31733/25]
Pa Daly
written
2025-06-12 · to Education ·
Departmental Funding
367. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Education and Youth the cost of an additional 1000 school transport places. [31734/25]
Alan Kelly
written
2025-06-12 · to Education ·
Special Educational Needs
368. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth when the SNA allocations will be released for the 2025/2026 school year. [31746/25]
Brendan Smith
written
2025-06-12 · to Education ·
Departmental Projects
369. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Youth when a project (details supplied) will proceed to the next stage in view of the urgent need to provide additional accommodation at this school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31766/25]
Pearse Doherty
written
2025-06-11 · to Education ·
Bus Services
114. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Youth if it is a requirement that in order for a private school bus operator to obtain a PSV permit they must have a contract with Bus Éireann; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30763/25]
Barry Ward
written
2025-06-11 · to Education ·
Schools Building Projects
115. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether she has plans to facilitate the expansion of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30747/25]
Holly Cairns
written
2025-06-11 · to Education ·
Departmental Data
116. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an updated list of all email and phone lines for use of Oireachtas members within her Department, including all subsidiary bodies, in tabular form. [30922/25]
Mairéad Farrell
written
2025-06-11 · to Education ·
Departmental Contracts
117. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide the list of capital projects for IT services, by her Department or bodies under its aegis, which had contracts valued in excess of €1million that failed to reach completion; the value that was written off, for the years 2022, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30…