117. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the loss of revenue to the State if the TV licence was abolished; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51968/26]
Parliamentary questions
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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 | 27,764 | 145 | 27,619 |
| Education | 14,148 | 145 | 14,003 |
| Transport | 11,178 | 139 | 11,039 |
| Justice | 9,962 | 135 | 9,827 |
| Housing | 9,139 | 160 | 8,979 |
| Children | 8,691 | 142 | 8,549 |
| Social | 5,914 | 135 | 5,779 |
| Finance | 5,884 | 153 | 5,731 |
| Agriculture | 4,894 | 136 | 4,758 |
| Enterprise | 3,942 | 139 | 3,803 |
| Climate | 3,915 | 130 | 3,785 |
| Foreign | 3,868 | 190 | 3,678 |
| Public Expenditure | 3,737 | 167 | 3,570 |
| Further and Higher Education | 3,437 | 140 | 3,297 |
| Taoiseach | 2,649 | 1,479 | 1,170 |
| Defence | 2,599 | 179 | 2,420 |
| Culture | 2,492 | 147 | 2,345 |
| Rural | 2,361 | 140 | 2,221 |
| Environment | 1,029 | 26 | 1,003 |
| Tourism | 703 | 31 | 672 |
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118. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport to provide the amounts by which his Department or agencies within the aegis of his Department that has been defrauded as a result of a cyberattack; and the total amount which has been recovered for each of the years 2021 to 2025, and to date in 2026. [51979/26]
119. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the current status of the proposed An Post pension increase within his Department, including the stage it has reached in the approval process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52315/26]
120. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether local authorities are required to include youth hubs or youth spaces in new housing developments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51916/26]
121. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide the amounts by which his Department or agencies within the aegis of his Department that has been defrauded as a result of a cyberattack; and the total amount which has been recovered for each of the years 2021 to 2025, and to date in 2026. [51987/26]
122. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the progress of the apartment and duplex defects remediation scheme legislation; the current timeline for publication and enactment of the legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52058/26]
123. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the current status of all funding applications made by Galway City Council for the development of affordable housing; the location of each site for which funding is sought; the number of affordable units at each location; the steps involved in the process of approving the funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52…
124. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status and plans for the recently purchased lands at Dowth Hall, Dowth, County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52105/26]
125. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 118 of 17 June 2026, the homeless prevention supports referred to; the percentage of the €513.5 million in current funding of local authorities that is allocated to each "homeless prevention support", detailing the amount to Meath County Council; whether particular prevention supports are refe…
126. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason for the delay in approving the application for the improvement work in lieu of local authority housing scheme (IWILS) on behalf of a person (details supplied). [52123/26]
127. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 98 of 30 June 2026, where in the Taoiseach indicated part of the requested information fell within the remit of his Department, to provide the part of the requested information related to his Department. [52143/26]
128. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide the amounts by which his Department or agencies within the aegis of his Department that has been defrauded as a result of a cyberattack; and the total amount which has been recovered for each of the years 2021 to 2025, and to date in 2026. [51991/26]
129. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection the measures he will introduce to protect persons in low-pay, low-hour work from income volatility, including volatility associated with existing social protection payments, with particular regard for a person (details supplied). [52005/26]
130. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection whether his Department will consider amending the rules governing the carer's allowance to permit people who are in receipt of a State Pension and who are providing full-time care to another pensioner to receive the full rate of carer's allowance, rather than the current reduced payment; whether he acknowledges that many older carers are struggling t…
131. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Social Protection the measures his Department is taking to address the current backlog and processing time of social welfare appeals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52103/26]
132. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 536 of 30 June 2026 and 624 of 16 June 2026, to outline the factors which are examined and the thresholds which must be satisfied under the criterion of the 'nature and pattern of employment' as part of satisfying the habitual residence condition. [52165/26]
133. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Social Protection for an update on a review of carer's allowance for an individual (details supplied). [52233/26]
134. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide an estimate of the accumulated total in cuts in spending on the dental treatment service scheme since 2010 as compared with the baseline annual total spent in 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52253/26]
135. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide an estimate on the amount that would have been spent on the dental treatment service scheme in 2025 if spending had been maintained at 2009 levels with CPI applied in the intervening period and taking into account the current numbers of citizens eligible to receive PRSI benefit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52254/26]
136. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Social Protection to review the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52257/26]
137. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for an update on an application under EU Treaty rights (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51919/26]
138. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for an update on join family applications (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51924/26]
139. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to outline the measures currently in place for the prosecution of those found guilty of sustained domestic abuse, coercive control or harassment which contributes to the victim taking their own life; his plans to strengthen legislation in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51925/26]
140. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the key measures taken to tackle crime and improve community safety since January 2025; his priorities for same for the rest of 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51945/26]
141. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of IRP renewal applications received by his Department per month in 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51960/26]