108. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to advise if approved housing bodies that provide housing for tenants with specific needs, such as people with disabilities and those exiting homelessness, can access CALF and P and A funding streams; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35566/26]
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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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109. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to detail the funding provided to approved housing bodies that provide housing for tenants with disabilities through CALF and P and A funding streams for the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35567/26]
110. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of local authority housing allocations for people with disabilities in 2025, broken down by physical, sensory, mental, intellectual, or other classification of disability, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35568/26]
111. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to outline Ireland's intended position on any forthcoming EU REACH Committee votes concerning restrictions on the manufacture, sale, importation or use of lead ammunition; if consideration has been given to the potential implications for lawful countryside and conservation activity uses; and if he will make a statement on the matt…
112. Deputy Peter Roche asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide a list of all capital projects including social and affordable housing, water services, heritage and local authority-led projects funded under the remit of his Department which have been completed on time and within budget in Galway in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement o…
113. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if reform of the Affordable Housing Act 2021 will be considered to provide a cap on cost rental rent prices beyond the Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices mechanism; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35744/26]
114. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Social Protection what protections or supports are available to individuals who invested pension savings with a company (details supplied) and who now face significant financial losses arising from the company's liquidation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35695/26]
115. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Social Protection if hot school meal suppliers are paid in advance for the expected number of school meals they supply in a year to an individual school; whether, if children opt out of receiving the hot school meals, the cost of those meals is refunded to the Department; if data on the number of children opting out can be provided; and if he will make a statement on th…
116. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Social Protection to strongly consider the appeal of a person (details supplied) against a determination of overpayment, noting the extenuating circumstances of the illness of a close family member; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35509/26]
117. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Social Protection if he is aware that when the option to defer the State pension until age 70 was introduced in 2024, whereby people could continue to pay PRSI towards the threshold required for a contributory pension, the rules related to the treatment benefit scheme (optical and dental) rules remain linked to the "relevant tax year" model, which means for certain …
118. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Social Protection for an update on if and when negotiations will take place with branch managers of social protection offices regarding the payments for services, and remuneration of same. [35582/26]
119. Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of control checks carried out at ports and airports by officials in his Department each year since 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35638/26]
120. Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of social welfare recipients that have had payments stopped or reduced on foot of operations by social welfare inspectors at ports and airports each year since 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35639/26]
121. Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Minister for Social Protection the level of cooperation between his Department, An Garda Síochána, the port and airport authorities, and other State agencies to ensure that social welfare payments are not being claimed by persons outside the State who have no entitlement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35640/26]
122. Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Minister for Social Protection the total value of social welfare overpayments made to persons no longer living in Ireland each year since 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35641/26]
123. Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Minister for Social Protection the total savings to the State as a result of control checks carried out at ports and airports in each of the years 2020 to 2025, and to date in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35642/26]
124. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Social Protection if consideration was given to providing information about leaving school from Citizens Information services (details supplied) through ISL videos; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35768/26]
125. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration which Department or agency has the lead responsibility in terms of progressing cybersecurity policy at a national level; and the way this is manifested. [35645/26]
126. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the Government's position on the proposed EU Cybersecurity Act 2 (CSA2; COM(2026) 11); whether that position will be published ahead of Ireland assuming the Presidency of the Council of the EU on 1 July 2026; to detail the positions expressed by Ireland's representatives at the meetings of the Council's Horizontal Working Party on Cyber…
127. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the status of a citizenship application (details supplied) in view that it is over 14 months since the application was first submitted; and if clarification will be given that the requested documentation have been received and will be reviewed without delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35415/26]
128. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether additional supports or reporting pathways are being developed to assist women in public life who experience AI driven forms of online intimidation, including deepfakes and synthetic media; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35417/26]
129. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will clarify the current policy regarding the treatment of time spent in the State under Temporary Protection (EU Directive 2001/55/EC) for the purposes of calculating reckonable residence for applications for Irish citizenship by naturalisation; if he will consider allowing, either in full or in part, such periods of residenc…
130. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the plans the Government, and his Department have to improve capacity within the country's prisons, and in particular the Midlands and Portlaoise prisons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35450/26]
131. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the options, if any, he is considering to increase the use of community service and effective restorative justice to alleviate the current overcrowding in our prison system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35451/26]
132. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration how his Department intends to manage overlaps between the EU AI Act, GDPR, and the Digital Services Act; whether a formal coordination mechanism between regulators has been established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35519/26]