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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Peadar Tóibín Written 28 Jul 2026 · to Transport
648. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport the total amount of Exchequer funding, grants and other public monies provided directly or indirectly to non-governmental organisations headquartered outside the State in each year from 2020 to date; and if he will provide a list of each organisation, its country of registration and the amounts paid. [59521/26]
Peadar Tóibín Written 28 Jul 2026 · to Transport
649. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport the total amount of Exchequer funding, grants, service-level agreement funding and other public monies provided to non-governmental organisations in each year from 2020 to date; and if he will provide a list of the recipient organisations; and the amount paid to each organisation in each year. [59538/26]
Pádraig O'Sullivan Written 28 Jul 2026 · to Transport
650. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Transport the status of the proposal agreed on 20 July 2026 to provide greater legal protections to members of An Garda Síochána when pursuing electric scooters and electric bicycles [59543/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 28 Jul 2026 · to Finance
651. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether an application has been made, or is intended to be made, to recover the costs incurred by the State in maintaining the vessel MV Matthew from the beneficial owners of the vessel or from any person convicted in connection with the seizure of controlled drugs from that vessel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56429/26]
Donna McGettigan Written 28 Jul 2026 · to Finance
652. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will review the taxsaver commuter ticket scheme, to take account of workers who require to travel to work locations less than five days a week, for whom the scheme is therefore impractical; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56524/26]
Aindrias Moynihan Written 28 Jul 2026 · to Finance
653. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether his Department has undertaken a cost-benefit analysis comparing the extension of the taxsaver scheme to shared mobility services with direct subsidy programmes; if so, to provide details of any such analysis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56641/26]
Aindrias Moynihan Written 28 Jul 2026 · to Finance
654. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the estimate of the annual Exchequer cost of extending the taxsaver scheme to approved shared mobility services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56642/26]
Aindrias Moynihan Written 28 Jul 2026 · to Finance
655. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to review the bike-to-work scheme to consider broader integrated sustainable mobility incentives, including shared mobility services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56643/26]
Aindrias Moynihan Written 28 Jul 2026 · to Finance
656. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance when the review of the bike-to-work scheme will be finalised and published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56644/26]
Michael Cahill Written 28 Jul 2026 · to Finance
657. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to urgently consider correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57047/26]
Sinéad Gibney Written 28 Jul 2026 · to Finance
658. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his Department's position on the current EU allocation under the proposed Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) for the AgoraEU programme (details supplied); and whether Ireland will be seeking an increase in this allocation during the MFF negotiation process. [57482/26]
Edward Timmins Written 28 Jul 2026 · to Finance
659. Deputy Edward Timmins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to amend the standard capital superannuation benefit guidelines so that standard non-cash benefits-in-kind such as health insurance received during statutory maternity leave do not disqualify an employee from utilising the look-back provision to calculate their true average salary (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. …
Seán Kyne Written 28 Jul 2026 · to Finance
660. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether he will consider introducing, in Budget 2027, a permanent 8% Section 481 uplift for productions filming outside the Dublin metropolitan area including Ashford; his views on whether this would increase production capacity by encouraging filming beyond the already constrained Dublin production hub, would support investment in regional jobs, skill…
Cathy Bennett Written 28 Jul 2026 · to Finance
661. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his response to reports that non-VAT registered farmers selling to other non-VAT registered farmers in marts incurring additional tax due to a reduction in the flat-rate VAT top-reducing; if he is concerned that this disincentivises the sale of cattle through marts and may negatively impact security of payment and transparency around ownerships; if…
Peter Roche Written 28 Jul 2026 · to Finance
662. Deputy Peter Roche asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will assess the impact that the current help to buy scheme eligibility criteria are having on the delivery of one-off rural housing by first-time buyers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59049/26]
Peter Roche Written 28 Jul 2026 · to Finance
663. Deputy Peter Roche asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether consideration is being given to proposals that would ensure that applicants constructing homes in rural areas are not excluded from the help to buy scheme solely because the valuation of the completed dwelling exceeds the actual construction cost; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59050/26]
Peter Roche Written 28 Jul 2026 · to Finance
664. Deputy Peter Roche asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if consideration has been given to removing actively farmed land from residential zoned land tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59100/26]
Pearse Doherty Written 28 Jul 2026 · to Finance
665. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 71 of 25 June 2026, his plans for the State to take ownership of any money taken from dormant investment funds under a future dormant funds scheme. [54802/26]
Pearse Doherty Written 28 Jul 2026 · to Finance
666. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question Nos 338 and 339 of 23 July 2024, the estimate of the annual revenue forgone as a result of share buybacks not being affected by means of a stock transfer form in 2024. [54824/26]
Pearse Doherty Written 28 Jul 2026 · to Finance
667. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question Nos 338 and 339 of 23 July 2024, for an estimate of the annual revenue forgone as a result of share buybacks not being affected by means of a stock transfer form in 2025. [54825/26]
Pearse Doherty Written 28 Jul 2026 · to Finance
668. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance for an estimate of the annual revenue foregone as a result of share buybacks not being affected by means of a stock transfer form solely as a result of banks buying back shares previously held by the State since 2022. [54826/26]
Paul Lawless Written 28 Jul 2026 · to Finance
669. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the amount of tax on fuel collected by the Government in each of the past ten years and to date in 2026, by tax-type. [54850/26]
Paul Lawless Written 28 Jul 2026 · to Finance
670. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the amount of carbon tax collected by the Government in each of the past ten years and to date in 2026. [54851/26]
Pearse Doherty Written 28 Jul 2026 · to Finance
671. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the median value of residential property based on the LPT excluding local authorities and AHBs. [54965/26]
Pearse Doherty Written 28 Jul 2026 · to Finance
672. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of residential properties in each valuation band excluding local authorities and AHBs, in tabular form. [54966/26]