80. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details of any contracts in place between her Department and agencies under her remit with a company (details supplied) known to have provided material support to the IDF in Gaza, which the Government considers to be guilty of genocide, since 2023. [64836/26]
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
Which departments get asked most
Department names as the record prints them. Some changed in June 2025.
All 20 departments
| Department | Questions | Oral | Written |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health | 27,342 | 145 | 27,197 |
| Education | 13,896 | 145 | 13,751 |
| Transport | 11,008 | 139 | 10,869 |
| Justice | 9,783 | 135 | 9,648 |
| Housing | 9,020 | 160 | 8,860 |
| Children | 8,676 | 129 | 8,547 |
| Finance | 5,833 | 153 | 5,680 |
| Social | 5,830 | 135 | 5,695 |
| Agriculture | 4,888 | 136 | 4,752 |
| Enterprise | 3,878 | 139 | 3,739 |
| Foreign | 3,856 | 190 | 3,666 |
| Climate | 3,825 | 114 | 3,711 |
| Public Expenditure | 3,685 | 167 | 3,518 |
| Further and Higher Education | 3,394 | 127 | 3,267 |
| Taoiseach | 2,628 | 1,479 | 1,149 |
| Defence | 2,516 | 179 | 2,337 |
| Culture | 2,376 | 147 | 2,229 |
| Rural | 2,331 | 140 | 2,191 |
| Environment | 1,029 | 26 | 1,003 |
| Tourism | 703 | 31 | 672 |
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81. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of passports that have been issued from the years 2020-2026 which included a gender marker that was not M (male) or F (female). [64971/26]
82. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the basis for any delay in the opening of thematic clusters related to accession of Moldova into the EU. [65142/26]
83. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding the opening of thematic clusters related to accession of Moldova into the EU. [65141/26]
84. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding any engagement she has had with her EU counterparts in relation to the opening of thematic clusters related to accession of Moldova into the EU. [65143/26]
86. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if her attention has been drawn to the delays in processing a first-time passport application (details supplied); the actions she will take to ensure that it is processed in a timely manner; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65436/26]
87. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade in cases in which a building under her control is not wheelchair accessible, the reason for this; her plans to remedy this; and the timeline for measures to be completed. [65347/26]
89. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding the total level of funding that has been provided to the Education Cannot Wait (ECW) programme, broken down by year, in tabular form. [65554/26]
90. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding the total level of funding that has been provided to the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) programme, broken down by year, in tabular form. [65553/26]
91. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade her views on the importance of Ireland’s continued support for the Education Cannot Wait (ECW) programme. [65552/26]
92. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade her views on the importance of Ireland’s continued support for the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) programme. [65551/26]
93. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the wheelchair accessibility of all buildings under her control; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65317/26]
94. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding any plans to continue Ireland’s support for the Education Cannot Wait (ECW) programme. [65556/26]
95. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding any plans to continue Ireland’s support for the Global Partnership for Education (GPE) programme. [65555/26]
96. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if a further funding call is expected under the Community Climate Action Fund; and when he envisages this call to be made. [64183/26]
97. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the measures being developed to enable households, electric vehicles, heat pumps and domestic batteries to participate in demand-response, aggregation and electricity-system flexibility services; whether publicly supported technologies will be required to include smart and flexible controls; and the timeline for their introduction. […
98. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the current average waiting time from application to survey under the SEAI warmer homes scheme; the measures being taken to reduce waiting times; and whether any priority arrangements exist for households experiencing significant dampness or mould. [64253/26]
99. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the measures being developed to enable households, electric vehicles, heat pumps and domestic batteries to participate in demand-response, aggregation and electricity-system flexibility services; whether publicly supported technologies will be required to include smart and flexible controls; and the timeline for their introduction. […
100. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he has considered a review of the eligibility criteria under the SEAI warmer homes scheme in respect of homes with a room-in-roof construction that are currently excluded from insulation measures; and the technical basis for the exclusion of such properties. [64249/26]
101. Deputy Christopher O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the extent to which the SEAI warmer homes scheme takes into account the age, degradation, and material inefficiency of existing cavity wall insulation when assessing a home’s eligibility for fully funded upgrades. [64370/26]
102. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the measures being developed to enable households, electric vehicles, heat pumps and domestic batteries to participate in demand-response, aggregation and electricity-system flexibility services; whether publicly supported technologies will be required to include smart and flexible controls; and the timeline for their introduction. …
103. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if Ireland is advocating at EU level for the introduction of either a de minimis threshold exempting micro-enterprises placing only small quantities of packaging on the market in other EU member states from certain packaging Extended Producer Responsibility registration and reporting requirements, or a single EU-wide packaging compli…
104. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment further to his recent comments to provide an update on any proposals under consideration by his Department to roll out solar panels and insulation grants to low-income households. [64485/26]
105. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the measures being pursued by Ireland at EU level to simplify packaging extended producer responsibility compliance requirements for micro and small enterprises engaged in cross-border e-commerce within the European Union (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64483/26]
106. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment whether consideration is being given, at national or EU level, to a simplified or exempt compliance regime for micro and small enterprises placing very small quantities of packaging on markets in other EU member states (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64484/26]