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 28,099
  • Education 14,289
  • Transport 11,442
  • Justice 10,062
  • Housing 9,227
  • Children 8,729
  • Social 6,094
  • Finance 5,938
  • Climate 3,950
  • Foreign 3,893
All 20 departments
DepartmentQuestionsOralWritten
Health 28,09914527,954
Education 14,28914514,144
Transport 11,44215311,289
Justice 10,0621359,927
Housing 9,2271609,067
Children 8,7291428,587
Social 6,0941485,946
Finance 5,9381535,785
Agriculture 4,9321364,796
Enterprise 4,0821523,930
Climate 3,9501303,820
Foreign 3,8931903,703
Public Expenditure 3,7601673,593
Further and Higher Education 3,4601403,320
Taoiseach 2,6871,5131,174
Defence 2,6041792,425
Culture 2,4991472,352
Rural 2,3751402,235
Environment 1,029261,003
Tourism 70331672

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Aidan Farrelly Written 7 May 2026 · to Rural
592. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if his Department or any bodies and agencies under his aegis use software and or products from a company (details supplied); and the duration and cost of the contract; and the services they avail of from the company. [33727/26]
Barry Ward Written 7 May 2026 · to Rural
593. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if he will provide a list of all capital projects including those delivered under LEADER, the Rural Regeneration and Development Fund, CLÁR, the town and village renewal scheme, the outdoor recreation infrastructure scheme and Údarás na Gaeltachta programmes which have been completed on time and within budget in Dublin in …
Ken O'Flynn Written 7 May 2026 · to Rural
594. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the funding streams that are currently available through his Department to support registered charities delivering essential community services, including counselling, mental health and wellbeing supports; and if he will outline the eligibility criteria which apply. [33865/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 7 May 2026 · to Rural
595. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht whether his Department provides match-funding, bridging supports or emergency sustainability funding to registered charities providing essential community-based services; and if he will provide details of any such schemes currently in place. [33866/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 7 May 2026 · to Rural
596. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht to provide a list of all current funding programmes and grant schemes administered by his Department, or through agencies funded by his Department, which may be accessed by registered charities providing community-based counselling and wellbeing supports; and to confirm which schemes are expected to open for applications …
Catherine Callaghan Written 7 May 2026 · to Rural
597. Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if he will provide a list of all capital projects including those delivered under LEADER, the Rural Regeneration and Development Fund, CLÁR, the town and village renewal scheme, the outdoor recreation infrastructure scheme and Údarás na Gaeltachta programmes which have been completed on time and within budget in K…
Tony McCormack Written 7 May 2026 · to Rural
598. Deputy Tony McCormack asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the total amount of funding allocated under the town and village renewal scheme, by county, since 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33925/26]
Tony McCormack Written 7 May 2026 · to Rural
599. Deputy Tony McCormack asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the total amount of funding allocated under the outdoor recreation infrastructure scheme, by county, since 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33926/26]
Tony McCormack Written 7 May 2026 · to Rural
600. Deputy Tony McCormack asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the total amount of funding allocated under the CLAR Scheme, by county, , since 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33927/26]
Micheál Carrigy Written 7 May 2026 · to Rural
601. Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the number of civil and public servants employed by his Department in each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [33957/26]
Carol Nolan Written 6 May 2026 · to Taoiseach
1. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Taoiseach if he or his Department have made any requests to the office of the Independent Examiner of Security Legislation to produce reports on any subject matter. [31618/26]
Carol Nolan Written 6 May 2026 · to Taoiseach
2. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Taoiseach the total number of people under 30 years-of-age who are currently unemployed; and the estimated percentage unemployment rate among this age cohort. [32225/26]
Peadar Tóibín Written 6 May 2026 · to Taoiseach
3. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach the number of protected disclosures that have gone missing or have been compromised that have been submitted to his Department or State bodies that are responsible to his Department. [32296/26]
Barry Heneghan Written 6 May 2026 · to Taoiseach
4. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Taoiseach the extent to which the Central Statistics Office publishes or holds crime data at sub divisional or neighbourhood level, including for areas such as Donnycarney; whether there are any plans to expand the geographic granularity of publicly available crime statistics; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32963/26]
John Brady Written 6 May 2026 · to Taoiseach
5. Deputy John Brady asked the Taoiseach to provide a detailed breakdown of all gifts received in his capacity as Minister; the nature of these gifts and potential monetary value; the procedures followed in accepting gifts. [33389/26]
Seán Ó Fearghaíl Written 6 May 2026 · to Foreign
6. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will engage with the Polish Prime Minister regarding a case (details supplied). [33399/26]
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 6 May 2026 · to Foreign
7. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether passport applicants who hold a gender recognition certificate issued under the Gender Recognition Act 2015 and which records a new name aligned with their preferred gender are also required to provide two-years proof of use of this new name when applying for a passport and specifically whether this requirement applies to first-tim…
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 6 May 2026 · to Foreign
8. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if proof of usage is required to apply a name change to passports, given that section 11(2a)(b) of the passports act 2008, as amended by section 38 of the gender recognition act 2015, provides that where an applicant produces a gender recognition certificate they may issue a passport in the new name and gender and does not reference any a…
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 6 May 2026 · to Foreign
9. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade given that marriage and civil partnership legal certificates are sufficient proof for change of name without proof of two-year usage requirement for passport purposes; and the reason is there a different practice in respect of gender recognition certificate holders. [31843/26]
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 6 May 2026 · to Foreign
10. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether first-time passport applicants who hold a gender recognition certificate and whose birth was registered outside the State are required to produce an original civil birth certificate as re-issued after gender recognition reflecting their new name and gender, in circumstances where many countries do not provide an accessible legal …
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 6 May 2026 · to Foreign
11. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether her Department will publish the internal written guidelines for processing passport applications by persons who hold a gender recognition certificate, referenced in a Parliamentary Question response of 14 February 2018 but never published. [31847/26]
Ruth Coppinger Written 6 May 2026 · to Foreign
12. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether passport applicants who hold a gender recognition certificate issued under the Gender Recognition Act 2015 and which records a new name aligned with their preferred gender are also required to provide two-years proof of use of this new name when applying for a passport and specifically whether this requirement applies to first-time app…
Duncan Smith Written 6 May 2026 · to Foreign
13. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the main challenges the Government faces with currently facing EU-Africa relations, including geopolitical competition and financing constraints; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31952/26]
Duncan Smith Written 6 May 2026 · to Foreign
14. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way in which the EU-AU Joint Vision for 2030 is being implemented and monitored; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31953/26]
Duncan Smith Written 6 May 2026 · to Foreign
15. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way the outcomes of the 2025 EU-AU Summit are being progressed at EU level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31954/26]