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 27,342
  • Education 13,896
  • Transport 11,008
  • Justice 9,783
  • Housing 9,020
  • Children 8,676
  • Finance 5,833
  • Social 5,830
  • Foreign 3,856
  • Climate 3,825
All 20 departments
DepartmentQuestionsOralWritten
Health 27,34214527,197
Education 13,89614513,751
Transport 11,00813910,869
Justice 9,7831359,648
Housing 9,0201608,860
Children 8,6761298,547
Finance 5,8331535,680
Social 5,8301355,695
Agriculture 4,8881364,752
Enterprise 3,8781393,739
Foreign 3,8561903,666
Climate 3,8251143,711
Public Expenditure 3,6851673,518
Further and Higher Education 3,3941273,267
Taoiseach 2,5851,4361,149
Defence 2,4991622,337
Culture 2,3761472,229
Rural 2,3311402,191
Environment 1,029261,003
Tourism 70331672

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Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire Written 24 Sep 2026 · to Culture
344. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport when the next round of Sports Capital Grant Funding will be open for applications. [67832/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 24 Sep 2026 · to Social
369. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide a full account of the outcomes and success rate of the JobPath programme operated by organisations (details supplied), including the number of people referred, the number who secured employment and the number who remained in employment for a sustained period, given that 351,319 people were referred between 2015 and 2022 and the programme cost…
Ciarán Ahern Written 24 Sep 2026 · to Social
370. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person aged under 66 years-of-age who moved from receiving an invalidity pension to a bereaved partners contributory pension is no longer eligible to receive the living alone increase; whether this distinction has been reviewed for fairness and equality; if he will consider amending legislation to include widows and widowers under 66 years…
John McGuinness Written 24 Sep 2026 · to Social
371. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection the final number of participants in MyFutureFund who were eligible to opt out during the first opt-out window ending on 31 August 2026; the number and percentage who opted out; the number who subsequently cancelled an opt-out request during the cooling-off period; the total value of employee contributions refunded; the corresponding value of employe…
Charles Ward Written 24 Sep 2026 · to Social
372. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Social Protection if he is aware of reports from employers participating in the My Future Fund auto-enrolment pension initiative regarding significant delays in the processing and reimbursement of payments due to businesses; if his Department has assessed the impact such delays are having on the cash flow of small and micro-enterprises; the average waiting time currentl…
Barry Ward Written 24 Sep 2026 · to Social
373. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Social Protection if a school (details supplied) can qualify for funding to support the provision of a breakfast club in the school which is currently provided using funds from an organisation (details supplied). [67696/26]
Barry Ward Written 24 Sep 2026 · to Social
374. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding funding for breakfast clubs for non DEIS schools; and if there is a scheme for schools in this position to apply for. [67695/26]
Robert Troy Written 24 Sep 2026 · to Justice
375. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration under the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Bill 2026, if any person who holds any period of reckonable residence on the day the act commences, continues to be assessed under the residence conditions in force on that day (details supplied). [67694/26]
Gary Gannon Written 24 Sep 2026 · to Justice
376. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide the recognition or appeal-success rate for international protection appeals to date in 2026, by year, nationality, application procedure; and whether an oral hearing was held and, where legally permissible, with an individual Tribunal member or Appeals Officer. [67711/26]
Gary Gannon Written 24 Sep 2026 · to Justice
377. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the guidelines, practice directions, training materials and country-of-origin information provided to members of the International Protection Appeals Tribunal and Appeals Officers of the Tribunal for Asylum and Returns Appeals when determining international protection appeals; whether these materials are publicly available; and if he w…
Paul Lawless Written 24 Sep 2026 · to Justice
378. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of deportation orders that have been revoked by his Department in each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67703/26]
Johnny Guirke Written 24 Sep 2026 · to Justice
379. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide a list of all Peace Commissioners appointed from 20 June 2024 to date in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67702/26]
Mairéad Farrell Written 24 Sep 2026 · to Justice
380. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide an update on current processing times for stamp 0 permissions; if he is aware that there is a person (details supplied) who is currently waiting six months to renew their Stamp 0 permission, which has to be renewed on an annual basis; and the steps his Department is taking to address the delays. [67701/26]
Paul Lawless Written 24 Sep 2026 · to Justice
381. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of judicial reviews that were undertaken by asylum seekers against IPAT rulings for each of the past five years; the cost to the State in terms of free legal aid for those taking the judicial reviews and also for those defending against these judicial reviews, for each of the past five years. [67700/26]
Shay Brennan Written 24 Sep 2026 · to Justice
382. Deputy Shay Brennan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the position regarding join family visa applications (details supplied). [67813/26]
Paul Lawless Written 24 Sep 2026 · to Justice
383. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the current Garda strength assigned to the Mayo Garda Division, including community policing personnel; the number of Garda vacancies in the division; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67828/26]
Paul Lawless Written 24 Sep 2026 · to Justice
384. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the measures being taken to address repeat offending and anti social behaviour in towns and rural communities; the number of persons convicted of repeat theft and public order offences in each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67827/26]
Emer Currie Written 24 Sep 2026 · to Justice
385. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the reason the Garda vetting process does not allow for Northern Ireland to be selected as a birthplace, given Northern Ireland is recognised as an identity in the Northern Ireland census; whether he will change it for persons who do not consider themselves as primarily Irish or British but Northern Irish; whether this has changed sinc…
Paul Lawless Written 24 Sep 2026 · to Justice
386. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration To ask the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if the Department, or any agency under the Department's aegis, funds, part-funds, or reimburses driving lessons, driving instructor fees, or driving test fees for asylum seekers or refugees; if so, the name of the scheme, its eligibility criteria, the total spend in each year…
Ken O'Flynn Written 24 Sep 2026 · to Justice
387. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of incidents of criminal damage, arson and threats to kill or cause serious harm recorded in the Cork City division in each of the years 2021 to 2025 and to date in 2026 that were assessed as connected to the collection or enforcement of drug-related debts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67945/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 24 Sep 2026 · to Justice
388. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of reports made under the Drug Related Intimidation Reporting Programme in each of the years 2021 to 2025 and to date in 2026, by Garda division, with a specific breakdown for the Cork City and Cork/Kerry divisions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67937/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 24 Sep 2026 · to Justice
389. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of persons refused leave to land at each airport in the State outside Dublin Airport in 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67936/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 24 Sep 2026 · to Justice
390. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the current whole-time-equivalent strength of the divisional drugs units in the Cork City and Cork/Kerry divisions in each of the years 2021 to 2025 and to date in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67944/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 24 Sep 2026 · to Justice
391. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the arrangements in place to ensure that every arriving international flight at airports outside Dublin is met by an immigration officer; the number of arriving international flights at Kerry Airport in 2025 and to date in 2026 that were not met by an immigration officer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67934/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 24 Sep 2026 · to Justice
392. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Garda National Immigration Bureau immigration officers assigned to each airport in the State outside Dublin Airport, namely Cork, Shannon, Kerry, Knock and Donegal; if each of these airports has immigration officer coverage for all arriving international flights; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67933/26]