74. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Justice, Migration and Social Affairs will next meet. [46940/26]
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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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89. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Government Co-ordination will next meet. [46941/26]
95. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Taoiseach to provide data on the estimated total amount of private equity invested in Irish businesses in each of the years from 2015 to 2025, in tabular form. [49048/26]
96. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Taoiseach the number of complaints made by his Department to social media or online marketing companies about specific online posts or accounts for each year from 2020 to 2025, and to date in 2026. [48620/26]
97. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Taoiseach 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. [49100/26]
98. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Taoiseach the total cost of each Citizens' Assembly, Citizens' Forum and similar national consultation processes established since 2016, broken down by project. [49414/26]
99. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Taoiseach to provide figures of the cost overruns by his Department, relative to the budgeted amount in Budget 2026; the cost overruns by his Department, relative to the budgeted amount in Budget 2026 for each State Agency under the aegis of his Department. [49667/26]
100. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position on the current EU allocation under the proposed Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) for the AgoraEU programme, specifically in the context of ensuring civil society, independent journalism and culture safeguarding European democracy; and if Ireland will be seeking an increase in this allocation during the MFF negotiation process. …
101. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if an emergency passport will be issued (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49021/26]
102. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade her views on the amendments (details supplied) to the Israeli Settlements (Prohibition of Importation of Goods) Bill 2026 so that it includes services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49022/26]
103. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to review a passport application (details supplied); if she will expedite same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49039/26]
104. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide an update on a passport application (details supplied) as the applicants travel date is imminent; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49073/26]
105. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade 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. [49094/26]
106. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport will be expedited for a person (details supplied) [49115/26]
107. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to explain the €400 million cost of the forthcoming EU presidency; the reason it is costing over six times the cost of the last presidency in 2013; how it can be justified that Ireland is spending multiples of what other countries who recently held the presidency; and the reasons Ireland is spending more than other countries. [49169/26]
108. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to review the case of a person (details supplied); if she will expedite the application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49205/26]
110. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the Government's position on whether future EU accession states, including Iceland, should participate fully in the Common Fisheries Policy on the same basis as existing Member States; whether Ireland has raised or intends to raise concerns regarding fishing opportunities and quota shares in the context of any future enlargement negotiations, in…
111. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reason two US military aircraft landed at Shannon Airport on 20 and 22 June 2026 (details supplied); if steps were taken to investigate whether they were in full compliance with Government restrictions given that the US military is actively involved in supporting wars in the Middle East; the reason for these breaches of Irish neutrality;…
112. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will intervene in the processing of an urgent passport renewal for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49449/26]
113. Deputy Seán Kyne asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the engagement she has had with Isreal regarding the detention of a person (details supplied); and whether she has asked that Israeli authorities to disclose their whereabouts and grant them access to a lawyer, ensure their protection from torture and other ill-treatment and provide them with adequate healthcare; and if she will make a statement o…
114. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide figures of the cost overruns by her Department, relative to the budgeted amount in Budget 2026; the cost overruns by her Department, relative to the budgeted amount in Budget 2026 for each State Agency under the aegis of her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49659/26]
115. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to confirm that when satisfying the CETA, the State proposes to enter a reservation consistent with the new Arbitration (Amendment) Act 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49834/26]
116. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on her Department’s priorities for Ireland’s EU Council Presidency. [50203/26]
117. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the measures he is taking to protect traditional seaweed harvesting rights and folio rights; if he is aware of the concerns around commercial harvesting; the steps he is taking to address these concerns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49354/26]
118. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the measures he is taking to protect traditional seaweed harvesting rights and folio rights in Kerry specifically; if he is aware of the concerns around commercial harvesting in Kerry specifically; the steps he is taking to address these concerns in Kerry specifically; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49355/26]