9. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will clarify that an applicant for naturalisation who has changed their name through a gender recognition certificate does not need to show use of that new name for two years in order to have the name appear on the certificate of naturalisation; if he will ensure the naturalisation process is informed by the Gender Recognition A…
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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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Department names as the record prints them. Some changed in June 2025.
All 20 departments
| Department | Questions | Oral | Written |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health | 27,764 | 145 | 27,619 |
| Education | 14,244 | 145 | 14,099 |
| Transport | 11,291 | 153 | 11,138 |
| Justice | 9,962 | 135 | 9,827 |
| Housing | 9,171 | 160 | 9,011 |
| Children | 8,691 | 142 | 8,549 |
| Social | 5,942 | 148 | 5,794 |
| Finance | 5,910 | 153 | 5,757 |
| Agriculture | 4,894 | 136 | 4,758 |
| Enterprise | 4,053 | 152 | 3,901 |
| Climate | 3,933 | 130 | 3,803 |
| Foreign | 3,885 | 190 | 3,695 |
| Public Expenditure | 3,753 | 167 | 3,586 |
| Further and Higher Education | 3,437 | 140 | 3,297 |
| Taoiseach | 2,686 | 1,513 | 1,173 |
| Defence | 2,599 | 179 | 2,420 |
| Culture | 2,492 | 147 | 2,345 |
| Rural | 2,361 | 140 | 2,221 |
| Environment | 1,029 | 26 | 1,003 |
| Tourism | 703 | 31 | 672 |
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10. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to outline the proposed changes to the legal aid scheme; how these proposals are consistent with the programme for Government commitment to restore legal fees; to clarify the extent to which relevant stakeholders were consulted prior to the publication of these proposals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35591/26]
11. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration his plans to ensure that all asylum seekers in State-contracted accommodation will have appropriate, safe, secure, and State-provided accommodation prior to the planned withdrawal of the current accommodation service in August 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35601/26]
12. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide an update on his Department's engagement with the Law Society of Ireland and other stakeholders ahead of the changes to the operation of legal aid at the District Court; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34694/26]
13. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of burglaries reported in County Mayo in each of the past ten years and to date in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35066/26]
14. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the Garda resources that have been allocated to County Clare in respect of major events scheduled for 2026, including a tournament (details supplied); whether the staffing required for such events is being drawn from within the existing Clare-Tipperary division complement or from other divisions; the steps being taken to ensure that high…
15. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will consider changes in legislation in relation to the use of character references in sentencing hearings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35581/26]
16. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration given that the prison estate is currently operating at 120% to 125% capacity, the work he is doing to reduce overcrowding within our prisons. [35603/26]
17. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of gardaí stationed in Clare-Tipperary division in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35700/26]
18. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will confirm the number of reported suspected drink-spiking cases throughout the country; the number that were investigated; the number that were brought before the courts; the number that were convicted in the past five years, by year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35795/26]
19. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the resources that have been allocated to the Cork Garda divisional drug unit, given the increase in drug-related crime and gang activity in Cork city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34352/26]
20. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to the recent roll-out of high-visibility policing in south and west Dublin, if he will consider a further roll-out of this model to districts K and H, including the urban villages across north Dublin, including Santry, Beaumont, Finglas and Ballymun; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35729/26]
21. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for an update on the progress of the national cyber security Bill 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35774/26]
22. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether his Department or An Garda Síochána has examined the feasibility of modernising the current physical firearms certificate system through the introduction of a secure digital licensing system accessible only to authorised members of An Garda Síochána; whether any assessment has been undertaken regarding data protection, securi…
23. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the specific measures within the zero tolerance strategy that experienced 'major delivery issues', including the research and data plan on the scale of sexual violence and the development of referral pathways for survivors; the revised timelines for delivery of these measures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34693/26]
24. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to set out in detail the number of prisons that have a medical consultant who attends the prison on a weekly or monthly basis to provide care and treatment to prisoners who have contracted an infectious disease; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35668/26]
25. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration when the finalised code of practice on public CCTV, currently being developed by An Garda Síochána, will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35127/26]
26. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department has an estimated projected savings for the State under the new TARA system for IPAS applicant sorting; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35771/26]
27. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the timeframe in which refuges will open in both Cavan and Monaghan. [35788/26]
28. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide an update on plans to construct a new prison at Thornton Hall, including the timeline for delivery, in light of ongoing prison overcrowding and the long-standing delays associated with the project. [35707/26]
29. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the implementation plan for the Family Courts Act 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35773/26]
30. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of gardaí in County Meath; if he is aware that County Meath has, for years, had the lowest number of gardaí per population in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34344/26]
31. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether his Department captures data on the outcomes of domestic violence cases in terms of which party remains in the family home following Garda or court intervention; if not, whether he accepts that the absence of such data limits evidence based policymaking; whether he will direct that this information be collected and published on…
32. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the reason the accommodation recognition payment is to be cut to €400 in September 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35789/26]
33. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for an update on the development of a community safety partnership for Cork county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34604/26]