208. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to review a passport application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48392/26]
Parliamentary questions
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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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209. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will consider reviewing the process widowed parents (details supplied) need to go through when renewing their child’s passport, where they are required to repeatedly submit death certificates and sworn affidavits every time their child’s passport is renewed; and if she will consider introducing a once off verification system where bere…
210. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to review a passport application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48414/26]
211. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding an individual (details supplied) who has not yet received a refund for an urgent passport appointment which had been cancelled. [48416/26]
212. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when the new IT system currently used by the Passport Service was first rolled out across the service. [48599/26]
213. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total cost incurred by the Passport Service in the development, procurement, implementation, and operation of the new IT system. [48600/26]
214. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether the new IT system used by the Passport Service has experienced any outages, shutdowns, or significant service disruptions; and if so, the number of such incidents to date and their duration. [48601/26]
215. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of complaints made by her 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. [48613/26]
216. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of climate action officers in each local authority, by local authority; 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. [48731/26]
217. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the estimated cost to double the funding for climate action officers, by cap ex and op ex, in tabular form. [48732/26]
218. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the funding which will be provided to appointing additional staff to the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) department in Cahersiveen, County Kerry, to deal with the increase in applications and existing backlogs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48475/26]
219. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment 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. [48607/26]
220. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to outline Government policy toward plug-in solar panels; the supports available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48622/26]
221. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 70 of 18 September 2024, to provide a breakdown of the full-year cost of employing one FTE, per staffing grade, in tabular form (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48722/26]
222. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 69 of 18 September 2024, to provide a breakdown of the full-year cost of employing one FTE, per staffing grade, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48723/26]
223. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 72 of 18 September 2024, to provide a breakdown of the full-year cost of employing one FTE, per staffing grade, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48724/26]
224. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide a breakdown the full-year cost of employing one FTE, per staffing grade, in workforce planning in the SEAI, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48725/26]
225. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the estimated cost to hire 10% additional staff in the MARA with environmental, marine and/or ecological expertise; and the estimated cost to hire 20%, 30%, 40%, 50% additional staff in the MARA. [48728/26]
226. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide a breakdown of the cap ex and op ex funding provided to the solar PV scheme in each of the years 2020 to date, by programme; and the breakdown of the number of solar PV installations this supported in each of the years 2020 to date, by programme, in tabular form. [48736/26]
227. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the breakdown of the cap ex and op ex funding provided to district heating in each of the years 2020 to 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [48738/26]
228. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he has considered implementing a scheme for solar PV on car parks in Ireland similar to France (details supplied); the estimated cap ex and op ex cost to apply this to public buildings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48739/26]
229. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Defence to provide a temporary base for an ambulance base at a property in Killorglin, County Kerry (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48499/26]
230. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Defence the number of complaints made by her 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. [48609/26]
231. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Transport when he will make a decision on an application for additional funding from Louth County Council in relation to road maintenance and repairs required in response to Storm Chandra; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48358/26]
232. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Transport the number of contracts his Department has agreed with an organisation (details supplied); the cost of these contracts; the purpose of these contracts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48395/26]