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 2,6281,4791,149
Defence 2,5161792,337
Culture 2,3761472,229
Rural 2,3311402,191
Environment 1,029261,003
Tourism 70331672

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5 Oct 2026 to 3 Nov 2026

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Ged Nash Written 7 Sep 2026 · to Finance
818. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the details on the amount of revenue generated for the Exchequer each year since 2016 to 2025 inclusive, under the exit tax charged on investments under the eight year deemed disposal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63338/26]
Ged Nash Written 7 Sep 2026 · to Finance
819. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of staff, whole-time equivalents employed in his Department on 30 June 2016 and 30 June 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63350/26]
Ryan O'Meara Written 7 Sep 2026 · to Finance
820. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the consideration that has been given to introducing targeted measures in Budget 2027 to support the viability of pubs in rural communities. [63362/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 7 Sep 2026 · to Finance
821. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to broadening the qualifying conditions for the seafarers' allowance, which as currently drafted are confined to seafarers employed on EU-registered vessels used solely for the carriage of passengers or cargo for reward, so as to reflect the realities of contemporary maritime employment including crew serving on yachts;…
Ken O'Flynn Written 7 Sep 2026 · to Finance
822. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if the seafarers' allowance, introduced in 1998, has been reviewed or uprated at any point since its introduction; if his Department has carried out, or will carry out, any assessment comparing the relief available to Irish seafarers with the seafarers' earnings deduction available in the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement on the matter.…
Ken O'Flynn Written 7 Sep 2026 · to Finance
823. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of persons who claimed the seafarers' allowance in each of the past five years; the total cost of the allowance to the Exchequer in each of those years; the estimated full-year cost of increasing the allowance from its current level of 6,350 euro to 10,000 euro, to 15,000 euro and to 20,000 euro respectively; and if he will make a statemen…
Ken O'Flynn Written 7 Sep 2026 · to Finance
824. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to reconcile the Government's stated policy of reducing the cost of fuel for households with the scheduled increase in carbon tax due to take effect on 14 October 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63391/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 7 Sep 2026 · to Finance
825. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his Department has advised that the trajectory of scheduled carbon tax increases to 2030 could be examined, revised, paused or deferred; the precise terms of any such advice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63389/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 7 Sep 2026 · to Finance
826. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if any analysis, report or advice provided to him in 2025 on carbon tax has set out the projected cumulative effect of scheduled increases on the cost of home-heating oil, coal, gas, petrol and diesel over the period to 2030; the specific figures contained in any such analysis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63388/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 7 Sep 2026 · to Finance
827. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his Department has, at any point in 2025, examined or modelled the status and future trajectory of carbon tax increases; the date on which any such analysis was commissioned and completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63387/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 7 Sep 2026 · to Finance
828. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the current amount of carbon tax applied to a typical 500-litre fill of kerosene home-heating oil; the amount it will rise to following the increase scheduled to take effect on 14 October 2025; the further amounts it is scheduled to reach in each year from 2026 to 2030 inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63386/26]
Ged Nash Written 7 Sep 2026 · to Finance
829. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he is aware of concerns among skilled workers in the arts and culture sector who are genuinely self-employed contractors on their own account, in respect of the application of the Karshan judgment; if the Revenue Commissioners will continue to engage with the sector on the practical application of the terms of the judgment; if they will continue to k…
Ged Nash Written 7 Sep 2026 · to Finance
830. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his plans to make changes to the seafarers’ allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63372/26]
Noel McCarthy Written 7 Sep 2026 · to Finance
831. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he has engaged with the Department of Health or the Health Information and Quality Authority regarding its current review of tobacco affordability; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63461/26]
Noel McCarthy Written 7 Sep 2026 · to Finance
832. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance in light of the Health Information and Quality Authority's review of tobacco affordability, whether his department will assess the impact of tobacco excise increases on the illicit tobacco market before further increases in excise duty; and if he will make a statement on the matter [63462/26]
Noel McCarthy Written 7 Sep 2026 · to Finance
833. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his Department is concerned that further increases in tobacco excise duty may increase demand for cheaper, illicit tobacco products; if his Department has assessed this risk in advance of Budget 2027; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63465/26]
John Connolly Written 7 Sep 2026 · to Finance
834. Deputy John Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his Department has examined the impact of the primary medical certificate eligibility criteria on persons who are legally blind or severely visually impaired; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63237/26]
John Connolly Written 7 Sep 2026 · to Finance
835. Deputy John Connolly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he considers it equitable that persons who are unable to drive due to severe visual impairment remain ineligible for supports available under the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme solely due to the fact they do not meet the current mobility-based criteria for a primary medical certificate; and if he will make a statement on the mat…
Joe Neville Written 7 Sep 2026 · to Finance
836. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to provide a list of each capital project over €1m in total expenditure funded or part funded by his Department on an annual and county basis since 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63477/26]
Ged Nash Written 7 Sep 2026 · to Finance
837. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he plans to legislate to give effect to personal taxation implications of the Supreme Court judgment in a case (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63487/26]
Peter 'Chap' Cleere Written 7 Sep 2026 · to Finance
838. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the consideration his Department has given to a proposal (details supplied) in the context of Budget 2027; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63517/26]
Barry Ward Written 7 Sep 2026 · to Finance
839. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the position regarding any research carried out by his Department into the removal of the deemed disposal rule in the context of investment funds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63630/26]
Barry Ward Written 7 Sep 2026 · to Finance
840. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his views on the merits of removing the deemed disposal rule in the context of investment funds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63629/26]
Barry Ward Written 7 Sep 2026 · to Finance
841. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the position regarding his Department-led review of the fund and investment industry in Ireland, including a specific assessment of the deemed disposal rule; if there is a timeline for the implementation of the report’s recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63623/26]
Michael Cahill Written 7 Sep 2026 · to Finance
842. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to urgently address issues with the delay the removal of the deemed disposal (further details); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63670/26]