Parliamentary questions

Questions

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

Which departments get asked most

Department names as the record prints them. Some changed in June 2025.

  • Health 27,764
  • Education 14,148
  • Transport 11,178
  • Justice 9,962
  • Housing 9,139
  • Children 8,691
  • Social 5,914
  • Finance 5,884
  • Climate 3,915
  • Foreign 3,868
All 20 departments
DepartmentQuestionsOralWritten
Health 27,76414527,619
Education 14,14814514,003
Transport 11,17813911,039
Justice 9,9621359,827
Housing 9,1391608,979
Children 8,6911428,549
Social 5,9141355,779
Finance 5,8841535,731
Agriculture 4,8941364,758
Enterprise 3,9421393,803
Climate 3,9151303,785
Foreign 3,8681903,678
Public Expenditure 3,7371673,570
Further and Higher Education 3,4371403,297
Taoiseach 2,6831,5131,170
Defence 2,5991792,420
Culture 2,4921472,345
Rural 2,3611402,221
Environment 1,029261,003
Tourism 70331672

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Grace Boland Written 26 May 2026 · to Justice
789. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of inspectors and superintendents currently serving in Y district;; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38835/26]
Carol Nolan Written 26 May 2026 · to Justice
790. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of failed international protection applicants currently remaining in the State with appeals or judicial reviews pending; the annual cost of accommodation and supports for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38958/26]
Carol Nolan Written 26 May 2026 · to Justice
791. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of deportations carried out in the first four months of 2026 against the number of new international protection applications received in the same period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38959/26]
Carol Nolan Written 26 May 2026 · to Justice
792. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department has conducted an assessment of the impact of large-scale direct provision centres on local Garda resources and community cohesion in rural towns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38960/26]
Carol Nolan Written 26 May 2026 · to Justice
793. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the estimated annual cost to the Exchequer of supports and accommodations for international protection applicants in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38961/26]
Carol Nolan Written 26 May 2026 · to Justice
794. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will outline the value-for-money assessment carried out before allocating funds to non-governmental organisations involved in migrant integration programmes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38962/26]
Barry Ward Written 26 May 2026 · to Justice
795. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the composition of prison visiting committees for each of the prisons in the State; the name of each committee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38976/26]
Barry Ward Written 26 May 2026 · to Justice
796. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the position regarding the process for appointing a person to a prison visiting committee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38977/26]
Barry Ward Written 26 May 2026 · to Justice
797. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of applications he has received in respect of membership of prison visiting committees for 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38978/26]
Paul Lawless Written 26 May 2026 · to Justice
798. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the steps being taken to address ongoing difficulties in the enforcement of court ordered maintenance arrangements, particularly in cases where repeated non-payment occurs but arrears are cleared immediately prior to court hearings, resulting in matters being struck-out without judicial consideration of the pattern of breaches. [39310…
Paul Lawless Written 26 May 2026 · to Justice
799. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether consideration is being given to reforms that would allow courts to examine patterns of repeated non-compliance with maintenance orders, even where arrears have been discharged shortly before a hearing, in order to prevent the system being used to avoid accountability. [39311/26]
Paul Lawless Written 26 May 2026 · to Justice
800. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the measures in place to protect individuals from incurring significant legal costs in pursuing enforcement of maintenance orders, particularly where proceedings repeatedly collapse due to last minute payments; and whether reforms are being considered in this area. [39312/26]
Paul Lawless Written 26 May 2026 · to Justice
801. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the average time taken to bring enforcement proceedings for maintenance arrears before the courts; and whether delays in progressing such cases are being examined as part of broader justice system reform. [39313/26]
Paul Lawless Written 26 May 2026 · to Justice
802. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the supports available for lay litigants in family law proceedings, particularly those seeking to enforce maintenance orders without legal representation; and whether additional measures are planned to ensure they are afforded fair access and adequate time before the courts. [39314/26]
Paul Lawless Written 26 May 2026 · to Justice
803. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the frequency with which attachment of earnings orders are granted in maintenance cases; and whether the threshold for granting such orders is being reviewed in light of repeated non-compliance scenarios. [39315/26]
Paul Lawless Written 26 May 2026 · to Justice
804. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether any assessment has been carried out into whether individuals with higher incomes or professional standing are better able to delay or avoid enforcement of maintenance obligations; and the safeguards that exist to ensure equality before the law in such cases. [39316/26]
Paul Lawless Written 26 May 2026 · to Justice
805. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether the Department has examined the broader social and emotional impact on parents and children arising from prolonged enforcement disputes in family law; and the supports that are available to affected families. [39318/26]
Paul Lawless Written 26 May 2026 · to Justice
806. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether consideration is being given to the establishment of a more robust, centralised system for the collection and enforcement of maintenance payments, similar to models in other jurisdictions, to reduce reliance on repeated court applications. [39319/26]
Gary Gannon Written 26 May 2026 · to Justice
807. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of inmates in prisons or places of detention in Ireland that are required to sleep on camp beds, not including those on permanent single beds or mattresses, broken down by prison, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39323/26]
Gary Gannon Written 26 May 2026 · to Justice
808. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Irish Prison Service staff suspended from active duties pending or under investigation, broken down by prison, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39324/26]
Carol Nolan Written 26 May 2026 · to Justice
809. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to outline the funding provided to date by Cuan to the National Women's Council; the purposes of each funding allocation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39332/26]
Carol Nolan Written 26 May 2026 · to Justice
810. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether his Department accepts the recommendation that survivor engagement on gender-based violence should be embedded across all Government departments rather than led primarily by Cuan (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39333/26]
Cormac Devlin Written 26 May 2026 · to Justice
811. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration is he aware of the case of a person (details supplied); if he will request his officials to investigate the matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39351/26]
Ruairí Ó Murchú Written 26 May 2026 · to Justice
812. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Gardaí by rank attached to Louth-Cavan and Monaghan Divisional Drugs Unit as of 15 May 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39383/26]
Ruairí Ó Murchú Written 26 May 2026 · to Justice
813. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Gardaí roads policing motorcycles attached to Louth-Cavan and Monaghan Roads policing unit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39384/26]