204. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if an assessment has been carried out by Government of the reported potential threats of a platform (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31260/26]
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
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Department names as the record prints them. Some changed in June 2025.
All 20 departments
| Department | Questions | Oral | Written |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health | 28,099 | 145 | 27,954 |
| Education | 14,289 | 145 | 14,144 |
| Transport | 11,442 | 153 | 11,289 |
| Justice | 10,062 | 135 | 9,927 |
| Housing | 9,227 | 160 | 9,067 |
| Children | 8,729 | 142 | 8,587 |
| Social | 6,094 | 148 | 5,946 |
| Finance | 5,938 | 153 | 5,785 |
| Agriculture | 4,932 | 136 | 4,796 |
| Enterprise | 4,082 | 152 | 3,930 |
| Climate | 3,950 | 130 | 3,820 |
| Foreign | 3,893 | 190 | 3,703 |
| Public Expenditure | 3,760 | 167 | 3,593 |
| Further and Higher Education | 3,460 | 140 | 3,320 |
| Taoiseach | 2,687 | 1,513 | 1,174 |
| Defence | 2,604 | 179 | 2,425 |
| Culture | 2,499 | 147 | 2,352 |
| Rural | 2,375 | 140 | 2,235 |
| Environment | 1,029 | 26 | 1,003 |
| Tourism | 703 | 31 | 672 |
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205. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the position regarding the mechanisms in place to support agencies under his remit with the increased costs of employing staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31365/26]
206. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the position regarding the mechanisms in place to support agencies under his remit to manage the increase in the minimum wages in recent years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31383/26]
207. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the position regarding the mechanisms in place to support agencies under his remit to manage increasing operating costs including insurance, energy and fuel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31401/26]
208. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the aspects of the flat fee proposal for criminal legal aid work at District Court level that had been disclosed to associations (details supplied) at the time of the initiation of his Departmental consultation with those parties in relation to a paper entitled 'Review of Criminal Legal Aid in the District Court'; and if he will m…
209. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the status of legislation to overturn historical convictions for homosexuality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31463/26]
210. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the position regarding any proposals in relation to the provision of redress to persons convicted of crimes related to homosexuality in the past; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31464/26]
211. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the position regarding the number of people that were convicted of crimes related to homosexuality in the past, by offence; the approximate dates of those offences by decade, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31465/26]
212. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the actions he will take to ensure that minority groups are protected from hate speech and incitement of hatred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31466/26]
213. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the actions he will take to ensure that members of the LGBTQ+ community are protected from hate speech and incitement of hatred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31467/26]
214. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the position regarding any plans to make legislative provision to tackle hate speech and incitement to hatred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31479/26]
215. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration his views on whether there is a requirement for updated legislation in relation to tackling hate speech and incitement to hatred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31480/26]
216. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the role, if any, his Department played in the development, endorsement, funding or distribution of a publication (details supplied); whether any agencies under the aegis of his Department, including Coillte or Teagasc, were involved in supporting or promoting this publication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31143/2…
217. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the way in which his Department has engaged with local authorities to support them to reduce the use of pesticides in public areas; if there will be mandatory or revised guidelines provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31459/26]
218. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount allocated to TAMS in each of the years 2019 to 2025; the outturn; the amount allocated in 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31095/26]
219. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to simplify and clarify the package of measures announced to address fuel costs in respect of the farming, transport and fisheries sectors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31199/26]
220. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the mechanisms in place to support agencies under his remit with the increased costs of employing staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31353/26]
221. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the mechanisms in place to support agencies under his remit to manage the increase in the minimum wages in recent years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31371/26]
222. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding the mechanisms in place to support agencies under his remit to manage increasing operating costs including insurance, energy and fuel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31389/26]
223. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children from Tusla care settings who were prosecuted for criminal offences in each of the past five years. [30993/26]
224. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children in the care of Tusla who received criminal convictions in each of the past five years; and to indicate whether those convictions occurred while the child was in care or after leaving care. [30995/26]
225. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children from Tusla care settings who were detained in a children detention facility, including Oberstown Children Detention Campus, in each of the past five years, by length of detention. [30997/26]
226. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether Tusla records and monitors the progression of children in care through the criminal justice system, including arrest, prosecution, conviction and detention; if not, the reason; and if there are any plans to introduce such monitoring. [30999/26]
227. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the specific early intervention, diversion and safeguarding measures in place for children in Tusla care who are at risk of involvement in the criminal justice system; and to outline how the effectiveness of such measures is evaluated. [31001/26]
228. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the key measures in the Day Services Capital Plan for 2026. [31019/26]