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 | 8,210 | 117 | 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 | 3,602 | 99 | 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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Noel McCarthy
written
2025-04-08 · to Education ·
Special Educational Needs
542. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on a request for the establishment of a special class and an SET increase at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17460/25]
Liam Quaide
written
2025-04-08 · to Education ·
Public Sector Pensions
543. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Education her plans to provide school caretakers with access to the single public service pension scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17462/25]
Aisling Dempsey
written
2025-04-08 · to Education ·
Schools Building Projects
544. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Education if she is aware of delays in relation to the construction of a new school campus (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17463/25]
Aisling Dempsey
written
2025-04-08 · to Education ·
Schools Building Projects
545. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Education the timeline for the construction of a new school campus (details supplied). [17464/25]
Aisling Dempsey
written
2025-04-08 · to Education ·
Schools Building Projects
546. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Education the reason for the delays in the granting of planning permission for a new school campus (details supplied); and the steps being taken to resolve them. [17465/25]
Conor D McGuinness
written
2025-04-08 · to Education ·
Insurance Coverage
547. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education how she will remedy the issue of rising insurance premiums for schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17466/25]
Conor D McGuinness
written
2025-04-08 · to Education ·
Schools Building Projects
548. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education when her Department will make a determination regarding plans for the new school building at a school (details supplied) which have been with her Department since 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17467/25]
Conor D McGuinness
written
2025-04-08 · to Education ·
Schools Building Projects
549. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education when her Department will reply to a school (details supplied) which wants to confirm a timeline with her Department with respect to a planned school extension which is urgently required, and to which it has not received a response since February 2025. [17469/25]
Joanna Byrne
written
2025-04-08 · to Education ·
Special Educational Needs
550. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Education the additional demand for special class and special school places for September 2025 that has now been identified at primary and secondary school level in Drogheda, following new measures set out to support the forward planning of special education provision in Circular 0080/2024; the measures that are now being taken to ensure the necessar…
Sinéad Gibney
written
2025-04-08 · to Education ·
Vacant Properties
551. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Education if her Department has any vacant or derelict buildings in Dublin-Rathdown; to provide the addresses of these buildings and details on the length of time they have been derelict, in tabular form; and her plans to bring any vacant or derelict buildings back into use. [17474/25]
Claire Kerrane
written
2025-04-08 · to Education ·
School Transport
552. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education the options available for a child (details supplied) to get to school where there is no Bus Éireann school service available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17491/25]
Joanna Byrne
written
2025-04-08 · to Education ·
Education Policy
553. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Education if she will provide a breakdown of current DEIS schools within the Drogheda school planning area (including the location and name of school). [17495/25]
Joanna Byrne
written
2025-04-08 · to Education ·
Education Policy
554. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Education if she will provide a breakdown of current primary and secondary schools within the Drogheda school planning area (including the location and name of school). [17496/25]
Joanna Byrne
written
2025-04-08 · to Education ·
Education Policy
555. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Education if she will provide a breakdown of the total number of primary and secondary school students currently enrolled in schools within the Drogheda school planning area (including the location and name of school). [17497/25]
Joanna Byrne
written
2025-04-08 · to Education ·
Education Policy
556. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Education if there are plans to review the Drogheda school planning area, noting the population increases and further projected population increases, which is potentially impacting students’ ability to secure a nearest primary/secondary school placement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17498/25]
Joanna Byrne
written
2025-04-08 · to Education ·
Education Policy
557. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on plans to provide additional primary and secondary school places within the Drogheda school planning area, noting the projected population increases in the area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17499/25]
Joanna Byrne
written
2025-04-08 · to Education ·
Education Policy
558. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on primary projects planned within the Drogheda school planning area (details supplied). [17502/25]
Joanna Byrne
written
2025-04-08 · to Education ·
Education Policy
559. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on post primary projects planned within the Drogheda school planning area (details supplied). [17503/25]
Joanna Byrne
written
2025-04-08 · to Education ·
Education Policy
560. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on post primary school projects underway within the Drogheda school planning area. [17504/25]
Pádraig Rice
written
2025-04-08 · to Education ·
State Examinations
561. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Education the steps her Department is taking to ensure that this year’s Leaving Certificate students are not at a disadvantage as a result of her Department’s move to reduce grade inflation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17505/25]
Shane Moynihan
written
2025-04-08 · to Education ·
School Accommodation
562. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Education when a derelict and unsafe prefab at a school (details supplied) will be removed as it has become unsafe and is no longer fit for purpose. [17518/25]
Richard Boyd Barrett
written
2025-04-08 · to Education ·
Departmental Meetings
563. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education if she has been in communication with the Department for Social Protection as part of the interdepartmental working group tasked with assessing the impact of a new, non-binary, category of gender on existing legislation; when she is planning the next meeting with the representatives from the Department for Social Protection to inves…
Cathal Crowe
written
2025-04-08 · to Education ·
School Staff
564. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education if she will intervene in the staffing appeal case lodged by a school in County Clare (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17559/25]
Colm Burke
written
2025-04-08 · to Education ·
Special Educational Needs
565. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Education when a school place for a child (details supplied) with additional needs be made available for the school year 2025/2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17580/25]
Mattie McGrath
written
2025-04-08 · to Education ·
Special Educational Needs
566. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Education the reason there is a minimum number of students required in a school to meet her Department criteria to open a new special class; what is the minimum number of students required to open a new special class in a mainstream school; if she will review this criteria as small rural schools are an ideal setting to meet the needs of children wi…