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 | 9,871 | 127 | 9,744 | |
| Justice | 9,003 | 122 | 8,881 | |
| Housing | 8,661 | 147 | 8,514 | |
| Children | 8,209 | 116 | 8,093 | |
| Social | 5,425 | 121 | 5,304 | |
| Finance | 5,250 | 139 | 5,111 | |
| Agriculture | 4,588 | 123 | 4,465 | |
| Enterprise | 3,667 | 126 | 3,541 | |
| Foreign | 3,610 | 177 | 3,433 | |
| Climate | 3,477 | 98 | 3,379 | |
| Public Expenditure | 3,404 | 151 | 3,253 | |
| Further and Higher Education | 3,269 | 127 | 3,142 | |
| Taoiseach | 2,460 | 1,354 | 1,106 | |
| Defence | 2,410 | 162 | 2,248 | |
| 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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Louise O'Reilly
written
2026-06-18 · to Social ·
Pension Provisions
390. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the first year and full year cost of increasing the pension by €5. [46759/26]
Louise O'Reilly
written
2026-06-18 · to Social ·
Social Welfare Benefits
391. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the first year and full year cost of increasing jobseeker's pay-related benefit, jobseeker's benefit, jobseeker's allowance and jobseeker's self-employed by €5. [46760/26]
Louise O'Reilly
written
2026-06-18 · to Social ·
Social Welfare Benefits
392. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the first year and full year cost of equalising 18-24 years-of-age rates of jobseeker's benefit and allowance with the standard rates. [46761/26]
Louise O'Reilly
written
2026-06-18 · to Social ·
Social Welfare Benefits
393. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the first year and full year cost of increasing all working age social welfare payments including foster care allowance by €5. [46762/26]
Louise O'Reilly
written
2026-06-18 · to Social ·
Social Welfare Benefits
394. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the first year and full year cost of increasing carer's allowance by €5. [46763/26]
Louise O'Reilly
written
2026-06-18 · to Social ·
Social Welfare Benefits
395. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the first year and full year costs of increasing the working family payment, one parent family payment and jobseeker's transitional by €5.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46764/26]
Louise O'Reilly
written
2026-06-18 · to Social ·
Social Welfare Benefits
396. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the first year and full year cost of increasing all disability-contingent payments by €5. [46765/26]
Louise O'Reilly
written
2026-06-18 · to Social ·
Social Welfare Benefits
397. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the first year and full year cost of increasing the child support payment for under 12 years-of-age by €5. [46766/26]
Louise O'Reilly
written
2026-06-18 · to Social ·
Social Welfare Benefits
398. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the first year and full year cost of restoring the right to retire to 65 years-of-age. [46767/26]
Louise O'Reilly
written
2026-06-18 · to Social ·
Social Welfare Benefits
399. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the first year and full year costs of the working family payment, jobseeker's transitional, one parent family payment and the existing child support payments; and the number of respective recipients, in tabular form. [46768/26]
Louise O'Reilly
written
2026-06-18 · to Social ·
Departmental Data
400. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of qualified children associated with recipients of the working family payment, one-parent family payment, jobseeker’s transitional payment, and child support payments, in tabular form. [46769/26]
Louise O'Reilly
written
2026-06-18 · to Social ·
Departmental Data
401. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide the most recent data on the number of recipient households of working family payment, one-parent family payment, jobseeker’s transitional payment, and the child support payment, by the number of qualified children in the household, in tabular form. [46770/26]
Louise O'Reilly
written
2026-06-18 · to Social ·
Departmental Data
402. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide the most recent data on the number of children in respect of whom child benefit is paid where the parent or guardian is also in receipt of working family payment, one-parent family payment, jobseeker’s transitional payment and the child support payment, in tabular form. [46771/26]
Louise O'Reilly
written
2026-06-18 · to Social ·
Departmental Data
403. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the gross expenditure in the most recent full year available on working family payment, one-parent family payment, jobseeker’s transitional payment and the child support payment, in tabular form. [46772/26]
Louise O'Reilly
written
2026-06-18 · to Social ·
Departmental Data
404. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the average annual amount received per recipient household under working family payment, one-parent family payment, jobseeker’s transitional payment, and the child support payment, in tabular form. [46773/26]
Louise O'Reilly
written
2026-06-18 · to Social ·
Departmental Data
405. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the distribution of payments received under working family payment, one-parent family payment, jobseeker’s transitional payment; and the child support payment, by number of qualified children and payment band, in tabular form. [46774/26]
Louise O'Reilly
written
2026-06-18 · to Social ·
Departmental Data
406. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the maximum annual amount received by any household under working family payment, one-parent family payment, jobseeker’s transitional payment, and the child support payment, in tabular form. [46775/26]
George Lawlor
written
2026-06-17 · to Social ·
Employment Support Services
120. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Social Protection if he intends any specific short-term financial and career-transition supports; if the Department is putting any in place for workers affected by recent tech-sector layoffs; and the way in which he plans to ensure that these supports are accessible without excessive [46176/26]
Brian Stanley
written
2026-06-17 · to Social ·
Social Welfare Benefits
121. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Social Protection the work his Department is doing to reduce the delays in processing jobseeker’s benefit claims for those who are early years educators during the summer holiday months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46144/26]
Carol Nolan
written
2026-06-17 · to Social ·
Departmental Data
122. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Social Protection the latest statistics on the breakdown of the various social welfare payments, including unemployment benefit and unemployment assistance among 'broad nationality groups’; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46210/26]
Brendan Smith
written
2026-06-17 · to Social ·
Social Welfare Benefits
123. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection the scale of payments under the back-to-school clothing and footwear allowance; the equivalent figures for each county in 2020; the expected further increase in the numbers of recipients; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46220/26]
Carol Nolan
written
2026-06-17 · to Social ·
Social Welfare Benefits
124. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Social Protection to confirm, excluding child benefit, the number of foreign-born nationals and their adult dependents currently in receipt of a weekly, means tested social welfare payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46384/26]
Carol Nolan
written
2026-06-17 · to Social ·
Social Welfare Benefits
125. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of foreign-born parents currently claiming child benefit; the number of children who are the beneficiaries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46385/26]
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
written
2026-06-16 · to Social ·
Work Permits
605. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Social Protection to clarify if Ukrainian refugees here can continue to participate in State employment schemes under the temporary protection transition scheme. [45687/26]
Michael Cahill
written
2026-06-16 · to Social ·
Social Welfare Benefits
606. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Social Protection to urgently review a disability allowance appeal in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44976/26]