196. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to estimate the cost to apply an electricity credit for three consecutive months for €150 per month in tabular form; to estimate the cost to apply an electricity credit for three consecutive months for €250 per month, in tabular form; to estimate the cost to apply an electricity credit for three consecutive months for €125 per month, in ta…
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
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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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197. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to report on the NEAT taskforce; when the final report will be published; if this report will be published in advance of the Dáil recess; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50405/26]
198. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide a detailed breakdown of the funding allocated to support climate action regional offices, LA CAPS and EU Climate Neutral and Smart Cities Mission and Decarbonizing Zones respectively in each year from 2020 to date, in tabular form. [50406/26]
199. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide a detailed breakdown of the funding he has allocated to accelerate the delivery of offshore wind broken down by programme in each of the years from 2020 to date, in tabular form; to report on progress toward 2030 target; his views that the measures introduced will be sufficient to reach this target; and if he will make a stateme…
200. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide a detailed breakdown of the funding he has allocated to accelerate the delivery of green hydrogen, broken down by programme in each of the years from 2020 to date, in tabular form; to report on progress toward the 2030 target; his views that the measures introduced will be sufficient to reach this target; and if he will make a s…
201. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide a detailed breakdown of an investment (details supplied) broken down by allocation; and the date on which this allocation took place, in tabular form. [50410/26]
202. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to report on progress of the national DMAP; the funding allocated to delivering it since its inception; when it will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50413/26]
203. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to outline the dates on which each subgroup of the wind delivery taskforce met offshore in each of the years since the taskforce's inception, in tabular form. [50414/26]
204. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the dates on which the NEAT taskforce and each subgroup met in each of the years since the taskforce's inception, in tabular form. [50415/26]
205. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the dates on which the accelerating renewable energy taskforce and each subgroup met ,in tabular form, in each of the years since the taskforce's inception [50416/26]
206. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the estimated cost to hire one additional FTE climate action officer in each local authority, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50421/26]
207. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the engagement hi Department has had with the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage on the development of planning guidelines for anaerobic digestion and biomethane facilities, given the targets set out in the National Biomethane Strategy; whether he considers the absence of such guidelines to be a barrier to sustainable…
208. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to outline the work his Department is doing to expand the roll-out of free public water refill stations across Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50484/26]
209. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will assist with a community solar farm project in South Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50547/26]
210. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Transport if he has engaged with representatives of limousine and other SPSVs regarding restrictions on using bus lanes including being unable to cross O’Connell Bridge in Dublin which is creating significant challenges for businesses; who he has engaged with; when these engagements took place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50322/26]
211. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Transport to provide an update on the timeline for the extension of the Luas line to Bray; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50324/26]
212. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport the breakdown of the PSO funding provided by government to the NTA in each of the years 2020 to 2026, in tabular form; if Budget 2027 will expand upon Budget 2026’s allocation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50352/26]
213. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport if the road transport support scheme will be extended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50353/26]
214. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport to meet with the west Cork rail alliance to discuss the proposal to extend the rail line from Midleton to Youghal. [50374/26]
215. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport to provide a detailed breakdown of the funding available to Ireland's ports to deliver ORE broken down by port, in tabular form. [50411/26]
216. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport if he anticipates the Port of Cork's redevelopment is on track to be ORE-ready in 2026. [50412/26]
217. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Transport to provide an annual breakdown of the funding received by regional airports as part of the regional airports programme, by airport, for the years 2023 to 2025 and to-date in 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50422/26]
218. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Transport for an update on the reopening of the Western Rail Corridor; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50566/26]
219. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Transport for an update on the development of the Galway city ring road; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50568/26]
220. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Transport for clarity on the provision of additional rail carriages for train services to and from Galway city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50594/26]