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 | 3,614 | 177 | 3,437 | |
| 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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Paul Lawless
written
2025-02-25 · to Taoiseach ·
Departmental Functions
83. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Taoiseach if he will list the days on which his Department was closed due to weather warnings over the past year. [4495/25]
Paul Lawless
written
2025-02-25 · to Taoiseach ·
Weather Events
84. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Taoiseach if he will outline the engagements he had with the National Emergency Coordination Group in the days before, during and after storm Éowyn. [4496/25]
Rory Hearne
written
2025-02-25 · to Taoiseach ·
Child Poverty
90. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Taoiseach to report on the work of the child poverty and well-being programme in his Department. [4622/25]
Darren O'Rourke
written
2025-02-25 · to Taoiseach ·
Cabinet Committees
94. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee dealing with transport will meet next. [4797/25]
Cian O'Callaghan
written
2025-02-25 · to Taoiseach ·
Legislative Programme
106. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Taoiseach for an update on the legislative programme. [2959/25]
Ivana Bacik
written
2025-02-25 · to Taoiseach ·
Official Engagements
168. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach to report on his attendance at the informal EU leaders meeting in February. [5759/25]
Mary Lou McDonald
written
2025-02-25 · to Taoiseach ·
Legislative Programme
169. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the legislative programme. [7558/25]
Ivana Bacik
written
2025-02-25 · to Taoiseach ·
National Security
170. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach to report on the status of the development of a national security strategy. [7363/25]
Mary Lou McDonald
written
2025-02-25 · to Taoiseach ·
Cabinet Committees
171. Deputy Mary Lou McDonald asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Northern Ireland will meet next. [7557/25]
Alan Kelly
written
2025-02-25 · to Taoiseach ·
Departmental Data
172. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Taoiseach if when he was Tánaiste between 29 November 2024 and 22 January 2024, any agreements or lists have been made or exchanged with independent TDs who now support the Government to include projects in their constituencies in the future National Development plan and or the HSE Capital plan; and if so, if there any documents, notes and messages of any kind that…
Aidan Farrelly
written
2025-02-25 · to Taoiseach ·
Departmental Consultations
173. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Taoiseach if he will provide a schedule of all external legal consultation that he engaged in, in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; the general nature of the engagement; if the external consultation resulted in a report and or recommendations; and the cost of each consultant and or company engaged. in tabular form. [7443/25]
Albert Dolan
written
2025-02-25 · to Taoiseach ·
Departmental Consultations
174. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Taoiseach to provide data on the final cost of public procurement tenders where his Department or agencies under the aegis of his Department acted as the contracting authority in each of the past five years, indicating the number of tenders where the final cost was under, on, or over the contract award value at the time of tendering, in tabular form. [7514/25]
Albert Dolan
written
2025-02-25 · to Taoiseach ·
Departmental Consultations
175. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Taoiseach the total amount spent in excess of the contract award value for all public procurement tenders within his Department and agencies under the aegis his Department of in each of the past five years. [7532/25]
Pa Daly
written
2025-02-25 · to Taoiseach ·
Cabinet Committees
176. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Environment and Climate Change will next meet. [7578/25]
Pa Daly
written
2025-02-25 · to Taoiseach ·
Legislative Programme
177. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the legislative programme. [7579/25]
Conor Sheehan
written
2025-02-25 · to Taoiseach ·
Vacant Properties
178. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Taoiseach the progress made by the Central Statistics Office in developing an indicator of vacant properties in the country; if the ESB has provided them with consumption data; the reason the number of vacant properties are not being accurately centrally tracked; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7652/25]
Ivana Bacik
written
2025-02-25 · to Taoiseach ·
Ministerial Responsibilities
179. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach for a digital copy of the Ministerial briefing document provided by his Department on taking office, along with copies of Ministerial briefs provided to Ministers of State of his Department; and to outline the duties he intends to delegate by statutory instrument to his Minister of State. [7758/25]
Ivana Bacik
written
2025-02-19 · to Taoiseach ·
State Bodies
1. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Taoiseach if he is aware of any overspends exceeding €500,000 on projects undertaken or commissioned by his Department or by any State or semi-State body under the aegis of his Department in each of the past five years; if so, the number and extent of any such overspends, in tabular form; to outline the plans to ascertain levels of such overspends; and the further p…
Ged Nash
written
2025-02-19 · to Taoiseach ·
Departmental Staff
2. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Taoiseach if he will provide details of any planned changes to remote working arrangements applying to staff in his Department. [6699/25]
Pádraig O'Sullivan
oral
2025-02-18 · to Taoiseach ·
Regeneration Projects
1. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Taoiseach when the Cork city task force will be established. [1680/25]
Séamus McGrath
oral
2025-02-18 · to Taoiseach ·
Regeneration Projects
2. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Taoiseach when the Cork city task force will be established. [2221/25]
Paul McAuliffe
oral
2025-02-18 · to Taoiseach ·
Regeneration Projects
3. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the implementation of the Dublin city task force recommendations through his Department. [4432/25]
Paul McAuliffe
oral
2025-02-18 · to Taoiseach ·
Regeneration Projects
4. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Taoiseach if he will report on plans to apply the Dublin city task force model to other cities, towns and regions in need of revitalisation. [4433/25]
James Geoghegan
oral
2025-02-18 · to Taoiseach ·
Regeneration Projects
5. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Taoiseach when he expects the interdepartmental group on the Dublin city task force report to submit its report to the Government. [4439/25]
James Geoghegan
oral
2025-02-18 · to Taoiseach ·
Regeneration Projects
6. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Taoiseach when he expects the interdepartmental group on the Dublin city task force report to submit its report to the Government. [4799/25]