133. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide the web link to his Department’s Q2 2026 published report of purchase orders/payments over €20,000, in line with the FOI model publication scheme requirements; to confirm the date on which this report was published; and, if it has not yet been published, the planned publication date. [51558/26]
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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
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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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134. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if the transposition of Article 12 of the Energy Efficiency Directive 2023/1791 will occur within the Summer Legislative Programme 2026, as it is not named within the programme, and if a specific timeline of its transposition can be provided. [51607/26]
135. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of Irish data centres, in aggregate, that have been reported to the European Commission database as per the most recent reporting deadline of 15 May 2026, pursuant to the data centre operators' responsibility under the delegated Regulation 2024/1364 and his Department's responsibility as Member State coordinator; and the agg…
136. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the result of the letter of formal notice sent by the European Commission on 21 November 2025 in relation to the transposition of the recast Energy Efficiency Directive 2023/1791, the content of his Department's reply; and whether a new deadline for transposition was agreed with the Commission. [51609/26]
137. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of communications email or otherwise with the European Commission in relation to the missed 11 October 2025 transposition deadline of the Energy Efficiency Directive 2023/1791, and related delegated regulations, in tabular form, with the associated dates of correspondence. [51610/26]
138. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the way in which primary legislation, such as the Heat (Networks and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024, will account for the transposition of Article 26 of the Energy Efficiency Directive (2023/1791). [51611/26]
139. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment in relation to Ireland’s co-hosting of the Second Conference on Transitioning Away from Fossil Fuels, if his Department plans on hosting any pre-conference or related events in Ireland ahead of the conference in Tuvalu; if he plans any policy areas that Ireland plans to be a focus for their contributions to the conference; if fossil f…
140. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he is aware that litter.ie, is no longer operational and that the domain is currently offered for sale by a third party; when his Department became aware of this; who was responsible for maintaining the domain; the reason it was allowed to lapse; the public data, reports, photographs or guidance that were lost; and the steps be…
141. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the reason the appropriate assessment screening produced by his Departmental officials for the Pollack Fishing Conservation Bye-Law (No. 1028) 2026 as required under the EU Habitats Directive for Special Area of Conservation (SAC) waters, was not produced by the responsible statutory body, Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI), or an inde…
142. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if the Irish State's legal obligations under Article 6.2 of the EU Habitats Directive considered when drafting the Conservation of and Prohibition on Sale of Coarse Fish Bye-Law (No. 806) 2006 and the Conservation of Pike Bye-Law (No. 809) 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51739/26]
143. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the reason the Owenriff (Barna) River system (No. 140) was not listed in Conservation of Salmon and Sea Trout Bye-Law (No. C.S. 287) 2006, considering that 16 Atlantic salmon were harvested from the system in 2005 and a neighbouring system within the Galway District, the Knock River system (No. 142), produced no salmon in the same …
144. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the way in which regulatory and administrative practices concerning appropriate assessment for inland fisheries legislation have evolved since 26 February 1997; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51742/26]
145. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the total cost of engagement with a company (details supplied) in each of the years 2020 to 2025, across his Department, by project, year and value; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51761/26]
146. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the total cost of engagement with a company (details supplied) in each of the years 2020 to 2025, across his Department, by project, year and value; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51779/26]
147. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the total cost of engagement with a company (details supplied) in each of the years 2020 to 2025, across his Department, by project, year and value; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51797/26]
148. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the rationale for requiring a new building energy rating assessment where a homeowner applies for a second grant under the better energy homes scheme within a number of years of a previous grant application and BER assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51856/26]
149. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment whether he is concerned that the requirement to obtain a new building energy rating assessment for each grant application under the better energy homes scheme would substantially reduce the net value of the grant received by a homeowner; and whether he will review this requirement [51857/26]
150. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Defence the names of specialist military courses that Air Corps personnel went to Canada given those specialist military courses are not available within the State in the years of 2025 and to-date in 2026; and the names of those courses and duration of each, in tabular form. [50793/26]
151. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Defence the main policy achievements of her Department since 22 January 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50798/26]
152. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Defence to advise on a case (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50897/26]
153. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Defence to provide the web link to her Department’s Q2 2026 published report of purchase orders/payments over €20,000, in line with the FOI model publication scheme requirements; to confirm the date on which this report was published; and, if it has not yet been published, the planned publication date. [51560/26]
154. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Defence the total cost of engagement with a company (details supplied) in each of the years 2020 to 2025, across her Department, by project, year and value; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51763/26]
155. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Defence the total cost of engagement with a company (details supplied) in each of the years 2020 to 2025, across her Department, by project, year and value; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51781/26]
156. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Defence the total cost of engagement with a company (details supplied) in each of the years 2020 to 2025, across her Department, by project, year and value; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51799/26]
157. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide a schedule of the average wait times for NCT tests by NCT test location; if he will provide statistical data in respect of failure, pass and do not drive away results by test centre for each of the years 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026. [51591/26]