Parliamentary questions
Every parliamentary question asked in the 34th Dáil within the archive window, browsable by the department it was addressed to. Department names appear as printed in the official record. Questions also carry the questions paper's own subject heading. Browse those on the Topics page.
Questions by department
| Addressed to | Questions | Oral | Written | Share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health | 25,558 | 130 | 25,428 | |
| Education | 12,997 | 131 | 12,866 | |
| Transport | 9,871 | 127 | 9,744 | |
| Justice | 9,003 | 122 | 8,881 | |
| Housing | 8,661 | 147 | 8,514 | |
| Children | 8,209 | 116 | 8,093 | |
| Social | 5,425 | 121 | 5,304 | |
| Finance | 5,250 | 139 | 5,111 | |
| Agriculture | 4,588 | 123 | 4,465 | |
| Enterprise | 3,667 | 126 | 3,541 | |
| Foreign | 3,610 | 177 | 3,433 | |
| Climate | 3,477 | 98 | 3,379 | |
| Public Expenditure | 3,404 | 151 | 3,253 | |
| Further and Higher Education | 3,269 | 127 | 3,142 | |
| Taoiseach | 2,460 | 1,354 | 1,106 | |
| Defence | 2,410 | 162 | 2,248 | |
| Culture | 2,221 | 131 | 2,090 | |
| Rural | 2,199 | 121 | 2,078 | |
| Environment | 1,029 | 26 | 1,003 | |
| Tourism | 703 | 31 | 672 |
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Pa Daly
written
2026-07-15 · to Taoiseach ·
Cabinet Committees
94. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Climate Action, Environment and Energy will next meet. [49319/26]
Ruairí Ó Murchú
written
2026-07-15 · to Taoiseach ·
Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
95. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his meetings in June in Hungary with the Hungarian Prime Minister. [47367/26]
Ruairí Ó Murchú
written
2026-07-15 · to Taoiseach ·
Cabinet Committees
96. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Government Co-ordination will next meet. [49238/26]
Pa Daly
written
2026-07-15 · to Taoiseach ·
Cabinet Committees
97. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Government Co-ordination will next meet. [49320/26]
Cian O'Callaghan
written
2026-07-15 · to Taoiseach ·
Cabinet Committees
98. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Government Co-ordination will next meet. [51119/26]
Malcolm Byrne
written
2026-07-15 · to Taoiseach ·
Taoiseach's Meetings and Engagements
99. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Taoiseach to report on the visit of Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney to Ireland in June 2026. [48556/26]
James Geoghegan
written
2026-07-15 · to Taoiseach ·
Cabinet Committees
100. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on the Economy, Trade and Competitiveness will next meet. [49217/26]
James Geoghegan
written
2026-07-15 · to Taoiseach ·
Cabinet Committees
101. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on EU and International Affairs will next meet. [49218/26]
Brendan Smith
written
2026-07-15 · to Taoiseach ·
Consular Services
102. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Taoiseach if he will raise directly with the President of Egypt the urgent and serious concerns of an Irish family (details supplied). [53994/26]
Brendan Smith
written
2026-07-15 · to Taoiseach ·
British-Irish Co-operation
103. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Taoiseach the issues discussed at the 45th summit meeting of the British-Irish Council in Guernsey on 10 July 2026. [54256/26]
Ken O'Flynn
written
2026-07-15 · to Foreign ·
Foreign Policy
104. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if her Department has assessed the extraterritorial provisions of China's law on the promotion of ethnic unity and progress, adopted on 12 March 2026; if her Department shares the concerns raised in the European Parliament resolution of 30 April 2026 regarding the law's potential to enable transnational repression; if any ass…
Ken O'Flynn
written
2026-07-15 · to Foreign ·
Diplomatic Representation
105. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the reasons for the closure in 2012 of Ireland's Institute for Trade and Investment in Taipei; if the Department has assessed the case for reopening a trade and cultural office in Taipei, given the recovery in the Irish economy, continued growth in Taiwan's economy, and an estimated 600 or more Irish citizens now resident in …
Catherine Callaghan
written
2026-07-15 · to Foreign ·
National Security
106. Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the current functions performed by the National Security Authority pending its proposed transfer to the Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration; the resources currently allocated to the Authority; and the work being undertaken to facilitate that transfer [53865/26]
Brendan Smith
written
2026-07-15 · to Foreign ·
EU Meetings
107. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the range of topics covered and the outcome of her discussions in Cork with the Members of the European Commission; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53873/26]
John Brady
written
2026-07-15 · to Foreign ·
Passport Services
108. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide an update on a passport application for a person (details supplied) as all requested supporting documentation has been submitted and the applicants travel date is imminent; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53947/26]
Brendan Smith
written
2026-07-15 · to Foreign ·
EU Meetings
109. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there has been any recent discussion in EU Councils on Foreign Affairs or in other fora regarding the persecution of Christians around the world; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53985/26]
Ken O'Flynn
written
2026-07-15 · to Foreign ·
Departmental Correspondence
110. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether her Department has a record of correspondence with French authorities regarding the 1948 repatriation of the remains of William Butler Yeats from Roquebrune-Cap-Martin to Ireland; whether her Department is aware of diplomatic correspondence released in 2015 raising doubts as to whether the remains repatriated were tho…
Brendan Smith
written
2026-07-15 · to Foreign ·
British-Irish Co-operation
111. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the issues discussed at the 45th summit meeting of the British-Irish Council in Guernsey on 10 July 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54257/26]
Pádraig O'Sullivan
written
2026-07-15 · to Climate ·
Energy Prices
112. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the measures being taken to ensure that increased electricity demand from electric vehicle charging does not contribute to further electricity price inflation for households; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53777/26]
Pádraig O'Sullivan
written
2026-07-15 · to Climate ·
Energy Prices
113. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the measures being considered to protect households from increasing electricity network charges arising from higher peak-time demand associated with electric vehicle charging; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53778/26]
Pádraig O'Sullivan
written
2026-07-15 · to Climate ·
Energy Prices
114. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the way in which his Department reconciles the State's electric vehicle roll-out targets with EirGrid's warnings regarding winter electricity capacity margins; the additional generation, storage, demand-response or grid measures being planned to address this issue; and if he will make a statement on the matte…
Réada Cronin
written
2026-07-15 · to Climate ·
Departmental Policies
115. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the way in which his Department is ensuring financial transparency and oversight of the Re-Turn deposit scheme funding, given that unredeemed deposits are a core component of the funding model; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53855/26]
Réada Cronin
written
2026-07-15 · to Climate ·
Grant Payments
116. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if his Department has considered the awarding of grants to support small retailers or local clubs to support adaptation of the Re-Turn scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53856/26]
Réada Cronin
written
2026-07-15 · to Climate ·
Departmental Policies
117. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment what specific regulatory changes are being sought by Re-Turn for the proposed rPET reprocessing facility; the Department's position on the establishment of such a processing facility; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53857/26]
Réada Cronin
written
2026-07-15 · to Climate ·
Waste Management
118. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment whether alternative funding mechanisms will be required to maintain the scheme's operation if return rates of bottles and cans for the Re-Turn scheme decline; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53859/26]