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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Donna McGettigan
written
2025-02-05 · to Social ·
Social Welfare Payments
741. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of people in receipt of fish assist in County Clare for each of the years 2020 to 2024 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3353/25]
Donna McGettigan
written
2025-02-05 · to Social ·
Social Welfare Payments
742. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of people in receipt of jobseeker’s allowance in County Clare for each of the years 2020 to 2024 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3354/25]
Donna McGettigan
written
2025-02-05 · to Social ·
Social Welfare Payments
743. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of people in receipt of jobseeker’s benefit in County Clare for each of the years 2020 to 2024 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3355/25]
Donna McGettigan
written
2025-02-05 · to Social ·
Social Welfare Payments
744. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of people in receipt of jobseeker’s benefit for the self-employed in County Clare for each of the years 2020 to 2024 inclusive; and if' he will make a statement on the matter. [3356/25]
Donna McGettigan
written
2025-02-05 · to Social ·
Social Welfare Payments
745. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of people in receipt of jobseeker’s transitional payment in County Clare for each of the years 2020 to 2024 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3357/25]
Donna McGettigan
written
2025-02-05 · to Social ·
Social Welfare Payments
746. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of people in receipt of professional artists on jobseeker’s allowance in the State, and in County Clare for each of the years 2020 to 2024 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3358/25]
Donna McGettigan
written
2025-02-05 · to Social ·
Social Welfare Payments
747. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of people who received a supplementary welfare allowance payment in County Clare for each of the years 2020 to 2024 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3360/25]
Donna McGettigan
written
2025-02-05 · to Social ·
Social Welfare Payments
748. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of people in receipt of the blind pension in County Clare for each of the years 2020 to 2024 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3362/25]
Donna McGettigan
written
2025-02-05 · to Social ·
Social Welfare Payments
749. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of people in receipt of carer’s allowance in County Clare for each of the years 2020 to 2024 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3363/25]
Donna McGettigan
written
2025-02-05 · to Social ·
Social Welfare Payments
750. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of people in receipt of carer’s benefit in County Clare for each of the years 2020 to 2024 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3364/25]
Donna McGettigan
written
2025-02-05 · to Social ·
Social Welfare Payments
751. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of people in receipt of constant attendance allowance in County Clare for each of the years 2020 to 2024 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3365/25]
Donna McGettigan
written
2025-02-05 · to Social ·
Social Welfare Payments
752. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of people in receipt of disability allowance in County Clare for each of the years 2020 to 2024 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3366/25]
Donna McGettigan
written
2025-02-05 · to Social ·
Social Welfare Payments
753. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of people in receipt of invalidity pension in County Clare for each of the years 2020 to 2024 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3367/25]
Donna McGettigan
written
2025-02-05 · to Social ·
Social Welfare Payments
754. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of people who received an urgent needs payment in County Clare for each of the years 2020 to 2024 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3368/25]
Donna McGettigan
written
2025-02-05 · to Social ·
Social Welfare Payments
755. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of people in receipt of the wager subsidy scheme in County Clare for each of the years 2020 to 2024 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3369/25]
Donna McGettigan
written
2025-02-05 · to Social ·
Social Welfare Payments
756. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of people in receipt of the back-to-education allowance in County Clare for each of the years 2020 to 2024 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3370/25]
Donna McGettigan
written
2025-02-05 · to Social ·
Social Welfare Payments
757. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of people in receipt of the State pension (contributory) in County Clare for each of the years 2020 to 2024 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3371/25]
Donna McGettigan
written
2025-02-05 · to Social ·
State Pensions
758. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of people in receipt of the State pension, non-contributory, in County Clare for each of the years 2020 to 2024, inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3372/25]
Donna McGettigan
written
2025-02-05 · to Social ·
Social Welfare Payments
759. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of people in receipt of rent supplement in County Clare for each of the years 2020 to 2024 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3373/25]
James Geoghegan
written
2025-02-05 · to Social ·
Social Welfare Benefits
760. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Social Protection to detail, for 2020 inclusive to date in 2025, in tabular form, the total number of applications for the domiciliary care allowance; the total number of domiciliary care allowance applications that were granted; the total number of applications for the domiciliary care allowance that were refused; the total number of refusals for…
Brendan Smith
written
2025-02-05 · to Social ·
Social Welfare Code
761. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will bring forward to the earliest possible date the timeline for the abolition of the means test for the carer’s allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3498/25]
Cathy Bennett
written
2025-02-05 · to Social ·
Social Welfare Eligibility
762. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Social Protection if the purchase of diesel for the purpose of running a generator falls within the scope of the humanitarian assistance scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3510/25]
Michael Healy-Rae
written
2025-02-05 · to Social ·
Social Welfare Payments
763. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Social Protection to examine the case of back payments to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3516/25]
Barry Heneghan
written
2025-02-05 · to Social ·
State Pensions
764. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Social Protection the status of an application for a State pension which has been declined due to insufficient contributions; if an application can be made if the rest of the contributions are paid off (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3577/25]
Barry Heneghan
written
2025-02-05 · to Social ·
Social Welfare Rates
765. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Social Protection if a second-tier child benefit payment will be introduced for low-income families in response to the high levels of child poverty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3591/25]