Parliamentary questions
Every parliamentary question asked in the 34th Dáil within the archive window, browsable by the department it was addressed to. Department names appear as printed in the official record. Questions also carry the questions paper's own subject heading. Browse those on the Topics page.
Questions by department
| Addressed to | Questions | Oral | Written | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health | 25,558 | 130 | 25,428 | |
| Education | 12,997 | 131 | 12,866 | |
| Transport | 9,871 | 127 | 9,744 | |
| Justice | 9,003 | 122 | 8,881 | |
| Housing | 8,661 | 147 | 8,514 | |
| Children | 8,209 | 116 | 8,093 | |
| Social | 5,425 | 121 | 5,304 | |
| Finance | 5,250 | 139 | 5,111 | |
| Agriculture | 4,588 | 123 | 4,465 | |
| Enterprise | 3,667 | 126 | 3,541 | |
| Foreign | 3,610 | 177 | 3,433 | |
| Climate | 3,477 | 98 | 3,379 | |
| Public Expenditure | 3,404 | 151 | 3,253 | |
| Further and Higher Education | 3,269 | 127 | 3,142 | |
| Taoiseach | 2,460 | 1,354 | 1,106 | |
| Defence | 2,410 | 162 | 2,248 | |
| Culture | 2,221 | 131 | 2,090 | |
| Rural | 2,199 | 121 | 2,078 | |
| Environment | 1,029 | 26 | 1,003 | |
| Tourism | 703 | 31 | 672 |
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Aindrias Moynihan
written
2026-07-16 · to Education ·
Schools Building Projects
94. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the up-to-date position of advancing a new school building project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54031/26]
Mairéad Farrell
written
2026-07-16 · to Education ·
School Transport
95. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she has given further consideration to allowing for school transport from the east side of Galway city to schools (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54055/26]
Brendan Smith
written
2026-07-16 · to Education ·
Departmental Schemes
96. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Youth when the next round of approvals will issue under the summer works scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54153/26]
Thomas Gould
written
2026-07-16 · to Education ·
Special Educational Needs
97. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Education and Youth when the special school in Carraig na bFhear will open. [52757/26]
Maurice Quinlivan
written
2026-07-16 · to Education ·
Educational Disadvantage
98. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will be expanding the number of DEIS+ schools in Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53910/26]
Barry Ward
written
2026-07-16 · to Education ·
Departmental Reviews
99. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding any review ongoing within her Department into the provision of new Gaelscoileanna and Gaelcholáistí; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52703/26]
Brendan Smith
written
2026-07-16 · to Education ·
Schools Building Projects
100. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will ensure that a building project for a school (details supplied) will proceed to the next stage at an early date in view of the urgent need to provide much needed additional permanent accommodation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54152/26]
Naoise Ó Cearúil
written
2026-07-16 · to Education ·
Special Educational Needs
101. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Education and Youth the measures being taken to ensure that primary schools requested by her Department to provide additional mainstream places or establish new special classes receive timely confirmation of the teaching posts, special educational needs supports and associated resources required to deliver those places; and if she will make a sta…
Aidan Farrelly
written
2026-07-16 · to Education ·
Youth Work Supports
102. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth when arrangements for the youth capital funding scheme for 2026 will be finalised and released; if funding will be released under the youth capital funding scheme for 2026 have to be drawn down and spent within the 2026 calendar year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53907/26]
Roderic O'Gorman
written
2026-07-16 · to Education ·
Schools Building Projects
103. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on school planning in the Cabra-Phibsborough-D7 School Planning Area (SPA); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54204/26]
Pádraig O'Sullivan
written
2026-07-16 · to Education ·
Schools Building Projects
104. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide a full list of all school building projects currently at Stage 2A and Stage 2B in County Cork, including the school name, roll number, project description, current stage and expected timeline for progression, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53894/26]
Eoin Ó Broin
written
2026-07-16 · to Education ·
School Management
105. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Youth to reverse the decision to remove a teaching position from a school (details supplied), given this decision will have a detrimental impact both for the students and the future development of the school. [50294/26]
Joe Cooney
written
2026-07-16 · to Education ·
Departmental Data
106. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Education and Youth the steps her Department is taking to establish a fully independent, stand-alone Gaelcholáiste in County Clare; if she will address the limitations impacting students who wish to complete second-level education through the medium of the Irish language; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53903/26]
Tony McCormack
written
2026-07-16 · to Education ·
Education Standards
107. Deputy Tony McCormack asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether she is satisfied with current literacy and numeracy outcomes and the measures being taken to improve standards across the education system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54051/26]
Natasha Newsome Drennan
written
2026-07-16 · to Education ·
School Accommodation
108. Deputy Natasha Newsome Drennan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if there are any legal requirements in relation to the minimum space requirement for children in classrooms; if she has examined the matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54063/26]
Naoise Ó Cearúil
written
2026-07-16 · to Education ·
Special Educational Needs
109. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Education and Youth the basis on which the 1 September 2026 closing date for the NCSE parents notify portal for special class and special school placements for the 2027-28 school year was determined; whether consideration has been given to concerns raised by schools that the deadline falls before many schools have reopened following the summer br…
Richard Boyd Barrett
written
2026-07-16 · to Education ·
Special Educational Needs
110. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether she will reconsider implementing the Special Needs Assistants Workforce Development Plan following a rejection of the plan by SNAs in a trade union ballot (details supplied). [54078/26]
Tom Brabazon
written
2026-07-16 · to Education ·
Pupil-Teacher Ratio
111. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Education and Youth the measures her Department is taking to increase the number of primary school teachers and to reduce the pupil-to-teacher ratio in primary schools as committed to in the programme for Government. [53935/26]
Emer Currie
written
2026-07-16 · to Education ·
Schools Building Projects
112. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will progress a new school building for a school (details supplied) to accommodate the needs of students in Blanchardstown village and Blanchardstown west school planning area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52408/26]
Maeve O'Connell
written
2026-07-16 · to Education ·
Special Educational Needs
113. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the delivery of special classes in Dublin Rathdown. [52411/26]
Richard Boyd Barrett
written
2026-07-16 · to Education ·
Special Educational Needs
114. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 459 of 16 June 2026, wherein a detailed breakdown of children without an appropriate school place for September 2026 was requested, whether her Department holds the requested data on unmet need for appropriate school places; and the way in which she will ensure that all children can ac…
Richard Boyd Barrett
written
2026-07-16 · to Education ·
Schools Refurbishment
115. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether she will intervene urgently to repair a roof at a local school hall (details supplied). [55292/26]
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire
oral
2026-07-16 · to Defence ·
Military Neutrality
116. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Defence to outline her proposals to remove the triple lock neutrality protection; when she intends to bring forward a Bill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54261/26]
Sinéad Gibney
oral
2026-07-16 · to Defence ·
Tribunals of Inquiry
117. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Defence if her Department is satisfied with the level of support being provided by the Department to witnesses from the Women of Honour participating in the Defence Forces tribunal, with particular regard to one-to-one support provided before, during and after testifying; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54533/26]
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire
oral
2026-07-16 · to Defence ·
Defence Forces
118. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Defence further to recent Dáil debates, her views on past health and safety measures in the Air Corps; the actions she intends to take to support former aircraft maintenance and ancillary personnel; whether she intends to ensure that their medical needs are met; and the other supports that can be offered to the category affected as a whole. …