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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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Eoghan Kenny Written 20 Jan 2026 · to Further and Higher Education
1064. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science when full PEL details will be published; if he will provide the details of the cost structure for schools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4430/26]
Eoghan Kenny Written 20 Jan 2026 · to Further and Higher Education
1065. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if further TrustEd rounds will be paused until all remaining regulatory elements are fully finalised and transparent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4431/26]
Eoghan Kenny Written 20 Jan 2026 · to Further and Higher Education
1066. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the way in which ongoing TrustEd staffing ratios will be verified between inspections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4507/26]
Eoghan Kenny Written 20 Jan 2026 · to Further and Higher Education
1067. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if TrustEd includes restrictions or checks on employing Stamp 2 English-language students as teachers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4510/26]
Eoghan Kenny Written 20 Jan 2026 · to Further and Higher Education
1068. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the checks that exist to ensure ELT schools employ suitably qualified staff and do not rely on student-visa holders to undercut wages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4511/26]
Jen Cummins Written 20 Jan 2026 · to Further and Higher Education
1073. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science for a list of all capital projects underway; the campus and the timelines in each case, in tabular form. [3718/26]
Jen Cummins Written 20 Jan 2026 · to Further and Higher Education
1075. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science how effective PATH and other programmes have been in improving participation among under-represented groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3720/26]
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 20 Jan 2026 · to Further and Higher Education
1077. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science whether he will legislate to ensure that personal assistants in third level institutes and education training boards are given permanent contracts for their services to disabled students. [3818/26]
Donna McGettigan Written 20 Jan 2026 · to Further and Higher Education
1080. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans for capital investment in further education facilities in Kildare in each of the years 2026 and 2027, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3844/26]
John Paul O'Shea Written 20 Jan 2026 · to Further and Higher Education
1084. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science whether his Department’s current systems can identify the number of students enrolled in each individual English language education provider at present; if so, whether it can be published in an anonymised format (details supplied) to avoid identifying individual organisations and to ensure that no comme…
Michael Cahill Written 20 Jan 2026 · to Further and Higher Education
1085. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to urgently intervene in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4188/26]
Jen Cummins Written 20 Jan 2026 · to Further and Higher Education
1086. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the reason there is no 2026 springboard courses available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4216/26]
Jen Cummins Written 20 Jan 2026 · to Further and Higher Education
1087. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the supports available for students undertaking part time higher and further education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4219/26]
Eoin Ó Broin Written 20 Jan 2026 · to Further and Higher Education
1088. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of Irish-based community media and community-led media organisations that have been successful applicants under the Erasmus+ and Horizon Europe programmes in each of the years 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025; the total value of funding awarded to such organisations under each programme in each of those…
Ruairí Ó Murchú Written 17 Dec 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
445. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans to encourage greater participation by Australian students in third level institutions and continuing educational opportunities in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [72837/25]
Conor Sheehan Written 16 Dec 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
1153. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the financial supports available to students from Gaza who are accepted into programmes in Irish universities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71333/25]
Donna McGettigan Oral 11 Dec 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
200. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the steps his Department is taking in relation to the reports that a €17 million business school at University College Cork has been permanently shelved; and for an update on the status of the matter. [67912/25]
Colm Burke Oral 11 Dec 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
210. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the action that will be taken to increase the percentage of places available on the dental training course in UCC given that less than half are currently occupied by Irish students given the need for more dentists to reduce public waiting list in the south-west region; and if he will make a statement on the ma…
Edward Timmins Oral 11 Dec 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
212. Deputy Edward Timmins asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if there are plans to vary, expand or deepen the Erasmus programme for third level students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67790/25]
Ruairí Ó Murchú Oral 11 Dec 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
213. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide an outline of the engagement there has been with his Department, Dundalk IT and Queen's University Belfast about their recent partnership to create Dundalk university college; the plans for the future development and enhancement of the partnership; and if he will make a statement on the…
Cathal Crowe Written 11 Dec 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
243. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the planned additional course provision in high demand areas such as medicine, pharmacy and nursing. [67598/25]
Peadar Tóibín Written 11 Dec 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
251. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of persons who did not take up their CEO offer of a university course in each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67804/25]
Ruairí Ó Murchú Oral 11 Dec 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
254. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide an update on the progress of the review of personal assistance services funded from the fund for students with disabilities across tertiary education settings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67773/25]
Thomas Gould Written 11 Dec 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
257. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science whether he has met with UCC and MTU and discussed the need for a northside university campus in Cork city. [67566/25]
Colm Burke Written 11 Dec 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
263. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if the necessary funding will be provided to the dental school in UCC, which has submitted a proposal to the Department for the expansion of their training programme, which would involve the development of a new hub in which additional students could be trained and practice; and if he will make a statement on …