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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Jen Cummins Written 10 Jun 2026 · to Education
93. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth for a list of SEBD schools and their principal emails. [44385/26]
Eamon Scanlon Written 10 Jun 2026 · to Education
94. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Education and Youth when a decision will issue regarding an SNA appeal for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44386/26]
Roderic O'Gorman Written 10 Jun 2026 · to Education
95. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on plans to provide additional autism class places to the Dublin 15 area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44420/26]
Seán Ó Fearghaíl Written 10 Jun 2026 · to Education
96. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Youth the way in which fair pension entitlement is being ensured for ETB adult education tutors, given pensions are based only on contract hours; to assess the impact of non-pensionable work on long-serving staff; the steps she will take to improve access to full-time hours for tutors on CID contracts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44…
Michael Cahill Written 10 Jun 2026 · to Education
97. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth to urgently advance funding approval for an extension to a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44449/26]
Michael Cahill Written 10 Jun 2026 · to Education
98. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth if the necessary funding will be made available in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44450/26]
Aindrias Moynihan Written 10 Jun 2026 · to Education
99. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Education and Youth to advance a school building project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44497/26]
Louise O'Reilly Written 10 Jun 2026 · to Education
100. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide details on the length of time that recruitment of a teacher for a special school takes from the placing of the advertisement to the teacher starting in employment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44614/26]
Louise O'Reilly Written 10 Jun 2026 · to Education
101. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide details on the length of time that recruitment of a SNA for a special school takes from the placing of the advertisement to the SNA starting in employment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44615/26]
Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh Written 10 Jun 2026 · to Culture
102. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the number of premises in County Kildare that remain without access to high-speed broadband; the areas affected; the anticipated rollout timeline for those locations under the National Broadband Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44245/26]
Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh Written 10 Jun 2026 · to Culture
103. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the number of broadband connection orders placed, completed and awaiting completion in County Kildare under the National Broadband Plan; and if he will provide a breakdown by electoral area. [44246/26]
Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh Written 10 Jun 2026 · to Culture
104. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport whether his Department has identified any broadband coverage blackspots in south Kildare where residents and businesses continue to experience inadequate connectivity despite existing rollout programmes; and if he will outline any measures being taken to address those deficiencies. [44247/26]
Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh Written 10 Jun 2026 · to Culture
105. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the measures being taken to maintain access to postal and Government services in rural areas. [44354/26]
Pádraig O'Sullivan Written 10 Jun 2026 · to Culture
106. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the number of anti-doping tests carried out by Sport Ireland on athletes registered with an organisation (details supplied) the in each year since 2021, broken down by tests on athletes aged 18 and over and tests on athletes under the age of 18, together with the number of anti-doping rule violations recorded in each year, in tabu…
Pádraig O'Sullivan Written 10 Jun 2026 · to Culture
107. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the number of anti-doping tests carried out by Sport Ireland on athletes registered with an organisation (details supplied) in each year since 2021, broken down by tests on athletes aged 18 and over and tests on athletes under the age of 18, together with the number of anti-doping rule violations recorded in each year, in tabular …
Pádraig O'Sullivan Written 10 Jun 2026 · to Culture
108. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the number of anti-doping tests carried out by Sport Ireland on athletes registered with an organisation (details supplied) in each year since 2021, broken down by tests on athletes aged 18 and over and tests on athletes under the age of 18, together with the number of anti-doping rule violations recorded in each year, in tabular …
Pádraig O'Sullivan Written 10 Jun 2026 · to Culture
109. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the number of anti-doping tests carried out by Sport Ireland on athletes registered with an organisation (details supplied) in each year since 2021, broken down by tests on athletes aged 18 and over and tests on athletes under the age of 18, together with the number of anti-doping rule violations recorded in each year, in tabular …
Pádraig O'Sullivan Written 10 Jun 2026 · to Culture
110. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the number of anti-doping tests carried out by Sport Ireland on athletes registered with an organisation (details supplied) in each year since 2021, broken down by tests on athletes aged 18 and over and tests on athletes under the age of 18, together with the number of anti-doping rule violations recorded in each year, in tabular …
Pádraig O'Sullivan Written 10 Jun 2026 · to Culture
111. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the number of anti-doping tests carried out by Sport Ireland on athletes registered with an organisation (details supplied) in each year since 2021, broken down by tests on athletes aged 18 and over and tests on athletes under the age of 18, together with the number of anti-doping rule violations recorded in each year, in tabular …
Pádraig O'Sullivan Written 10 Jun 2026 · to Culture
112. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the number of anti-doping tests carried out by Sport Ireland on athletes registered with an organisation (details supplied) in each year since 2021, broken down by tests on athletes aged 18 and over and tests on athletes under the age of 18, together with the number of anti-doping rule violations recorded in each year, in tabular …
Pádraig O'Sullivan Written 10 Jun 2026 · to Culture
113. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the number of anti-doping tests carried out by Sport Ireland on athletes registered with in each year since 2021 with an organisation (details supplied) broken down by tests on athletes aged 18 and over and tests on athletes under the age of 18, together with the number of anti-doping rule violations recorded in each year, in tabu…
Pádraig O'Sullivan Written 10 Jun 2026 · to Culture
114. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the number of anti-doping tests carried out by Sport Ireland on athletes registered with an organisation (details supplied) each year since 2021, broken down by tests on athletes aged 18 and over and tests on athletes under the age of 18, together with the number of anti-doping rule violations recorded in each year, in tabular for…
Pádraig O'Sullivan Written 10 Jun 2026 · to Culture
115. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the number of anti-doping tests carried out by Sport Ireland on athletes registered within an organisation (details supplied) each year since 2021, broken down by tests on athletes aged 18 and over and tests on athletes under the age of 18, together with the number of anti-doping rule violations recorded in each year, in tabular f…
Pádraig O'Sullivan Written 10 Jun 2026 · to Culture
116. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the number of anti-doping tests carried out by Sport Ireland on athletes registered with an organisation (details supplied) in each of the years since 2021, broken down by tests on athletes aged 18 and over and tests on athletes under the age of 18, together with the number of anti-doping rule violations recorded in each year, in …
Pádraig O'Sullivan Written 10 Jun 2026 · to Culture
117. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the number of anti-doping tests carried out by Sport Ireland on athletes registered with a sports Organisation (details Supplied) in each year since 2021, broken down by tests on athletes aged 18 and over and tests on athletes under the age of 18, together with the number of anti-doping rule violations recorded in each year, in ta…