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 27,764
  • Education 14,148
  • Transport 11,178
  • Justice 9,962
  • Housing 9,139
  • Children 8,691
  • Social 5,914
  • Finance 5,884
  • Climate 3,915
  • Foreign 3,868
All 20 departments
DepartmentQuestionsOralWritten
Health 27,76414527,619
Education 14,14814514,003
Transport 11,17813911,039
Justice 9,9621359,827
Housing 9,1391608,979
Children 8,6911428,549
Social 5,9141355,779
Finance 5,8841535,731
Agriculture 4,8941364,758
Enterprise 3,9421393,803
Climate 3,9151303,785
Foreign 3,8681903,678
Public Expenditure 3,7371673,570
Further and Higher Education 3,4371403,297
Taoiseach 2,6491,4791,170
Defence 2,5991792,420
Culture 2,4921472,345
Rural 2,3611402,221
Environment 1,029261,003
Tourism 70331672

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7 Oct 2026 to 5 Nov 2026

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128,306 questions, newest first.

Liam Quaide Written 1 Jul 2026 · to Transport
117. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Transport whether his Department or the NTA collects data on requests for wheelchair-accessible taxis that cannot be fulfilled; the average waiting times for wheelchair users, or regional shortages of wheelchair-accessible SPSVs; if he will provide any such data; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49928/26]
Noel McCarthy Written 1 Jul 2026 · to Transport
118. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Transport the current operational area of the TFI bikes scheme; his plans for the extension of the scheme outside of cities to larger towns with supporting cycleway infrastructure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49933/26]
Emer Currie Written 1 Jul 2026 · to Transport
119. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport his plans to support shared mobility services in Ireland, including a proposal to extend or introduce commuter incentives to cover shared mobility services. [49948/26]
Louis O'Hara Written 1 Jul 2026 · to Transport
120. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Transport to provide an update on the Athenry Ring Road; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49964/26]
Emer Currie Written 1 Jul 2026 · to Transport
121. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the services operating from the new bus depot in Ballycoolin, Dublin 15, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50002/26]
Ann Graves Written 1 Jul 2026 · to Transport
122. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Transport the way in which residents in an area (details supplied) can raise concerns or submit official complains about the noise pollution from Dublin Airport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50048/26]
Paul Lawless Written 1 Jul 2026 · to Transport
123. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Transport if he is aware of the need for improved public transport access to the Castlebar primary care centre; if his Department will examine the potential benefit of introducing a bus service from Stephen Garvey Way to the Castlebar primary care centre, with appropriate stops along the route to serve local communities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5…
Erin McGreehan Written 1 Jul 2026 · to Transport
124. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Transport if he is aware that the current parking provision at Dundalk Clarke railway station is insufficient to meet demand; the number of commuters being turned away or forced to park elsewhere on a daily basis; whether this shortage is undermining the use of public transport along the Dundalk-Dublin rail corridor; and if he will detail the specific actions being ta…
Ann Graves Written 1 Jul 2026 · to Transport
125. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Transport to investigate a matter raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50160/26]
Michael Cahill Written 1 Jul 2026 · to Transport
126. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Transport to expedite the overdue Killarney town bypass, County Kerry and urgently address the chronic situation faced by local businesses, residents and visitors to the town on almost a daily basis whereby the town is choked with traffic; when work will physically commence on the ground; the length of time this critical project will take to be delivered; and if he wi…
Michael Cahill Written 1 Jul 2026 · to Transport
127. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Transport to prioritise a bypass for Killorglin town, County Kerry; if consideration will be given to the fact that Laune bridge is the gateway to the Iveragh peninsula and 14,000 vehicles pass through the town on a daily basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50279/26]
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn Written 1 Jul 2026 · to Transport
128. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 217 of 23 June 2026, if he will work with the National Transport Authority to ensure that the TFI Leap card can become valid for journeys that take place in whole or in part in Northern Ireland in order that all students, residing in this State have the same access to more affordable public transport. [50301/26]
Emer Currie Written 1 Jul 2026 · to Finance
129. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he is satisfied with the level of information and technical guidance that has been issued to businesses, particularly SMEs, in relation to the implementation of new EU custom charges from 1 July 2026. [49949/26]
Emer Currie Written 1 Jul 2026 · to Finance
130. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will extend a stamp duty exemption to companies dual-listed in the US and Ireland as a means of protecting and boosting the level of listings on Irish equity capital markets. [49952/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 1 Jul 2026 · to Finance
131. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his Department has engaged directly with the ETF industry on how the emerging proposals for personal investment accounts (details supplied) will operate in the context of the obligations of the deemed disposal rule applying to ETFs. [49970/26]
Mairéad Farrell Written 1 Jul 2026 · to Finance
132. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance when he expects the ISIF annual report 2025 to be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49983/26]
Rose Conway-Walsh Written 1 Jul 2026 · to Finance
133. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if income tax on tips for minimum wage workers is tracked by the Revenue Commissioners; if so, the amount of tax revenue collected on income tax on tips for minimum wage workers for each of the previous five years; if not, if the Revenue Commissioners have the capability to track this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50045/26]
Ged Nash Written 1 Jul 2026 · to Finance
134. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to provide the 2024 figures for participation in and cost of the Key Employee Engagement Programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50064/26]
Ann Graves Written 1 Jul 2026 · to Finance
135. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance in light of the collapse of a company (details supplied), if he supports a full investigation into the circumstances surrounding the collapse and accountability from all parties responsible for any wrongdoing or failures in oversight, greater transparency regarding the sale of assets and the liquidation process; if he will support a review of the regu…
Séamus McGrath Written 1 Jul 2026 · to Finance
136. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of renters who claimed the rent tax credit in 2023, 2024 and 2025; and the overall value of the claims in each year. [50165/26]
Peadar Tóibín Written 1 Jul 2026 · to Finance
137. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his views that targeted tax reliefs can be an effective means of supporting strategically important sectors, as evidenced by existing tax credit schemes operated by the State; and whether similar measures are being considered for pubs as part of Budget 2027. [50214/26]
Pearse Doherty Written 1 Jul 2026 · to Finance
138. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 238 of 23 June 2026, the estimated first and full year cost in 2027 of not proceeding with a schedule for carbon tax increases this year or next. [50232/26]
Pearse Doherty Written 1 Jul 2026 · to Finance
139. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 744, 745, 746, 747 of 29 July 2025, to provide updated figures in relation to the cost of abolishing local property tax excluding the LPT paid by local authorities and AHBs and all landlords (second and more properties). [50233/26]
Pearse Doherty Written 1 Jul 2026 · to Finance
140. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if the financial regulator in Luxembourg the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF) has confirmed to the Central Bank if they will take on again the role of assessing for approval the prospectus of Israeli war bonds this September. [50234/26]
Pearse Doherty Written 1 Jul 2026 · to Finance
141. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if the role assessing for approval the prospectus of Israeli war bonds will default to the Central Bank if the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier (CSSF) declines to take on the role of assessing for approval the prospectus. [50235/26]