242. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will share analysis undertaken by her Department to assess the impact of foreign investors on the housing market through CETA; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42859/26]
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.
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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243. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade her view on Ireland's unique housing market that may be severely impacted by CETA's allowances for new investor activity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42863/26]
244. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for assistance in relation to a passport query (details supplied) [42950/26]
245. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if her attention has been drawn to the evacuation order of Khan al-Ahmar in the west bank issued by the Israeli government with the intent of forcibly displacing all of the Palestinian citizens who live there; to use her diplomatic influence to condemn the actions of the Israeli government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42…
246. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to urgently intervene in a passport application for a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43152/26]
247. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the engagement or support Ireland has had or plans to have regarding air pollution and the clean-energy transition in Mongolia; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43303/26]
248. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Ireland will consider supporting Mongolia's clean-energy transition (details supplied); and through which mechanisms; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43304/26]
249. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will ensure that a passport (details supplied) will be issued urgently for a person; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43403/26]
250. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she has received correspondence from local authorities that notified her of their vote in support of the OTB; the way in which they were responded to; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43544/26]
251. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding the level of annual funding provided to Ukraine, broken down by year since the Russian invasion in February 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43553/26]
252. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade her views on the way in which Ireland’s level of support provided to Ukraine since the Russian invasion in February 2022 compares to other EU countries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43554/26]
253. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether any internal review, security audit, governance review, or lessons-learned exercise has been commenced arising from the circumstances which led to the current criminal proceedings relating to the alleged handling of sensitive State information; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43630/26]
254. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether any deficiencies, vulnerabilities, or procedural weaknesses have been identified within the Department’s systems for the handling, storage, transmission, or protection of sensitive information since 2020; the number of recommendations made to address such issues; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43631/26]
255. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether any changes have been made since 2020 to access controls, vetting arrangements, information security procedures, document classification systems, or staff training requirements relating to sensitive information; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43632/26]
256. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of executive assistant posts that are currently filled at the Irish Embassies in Bogota and Brasilia, in tabular form. [43841/26]
257. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding the engagement she has had with Ukrainian officials in relation to alumina exported to Russia since the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43849/26]
258. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a passport application for a person can be expedited (details supplied). [43869/26]
259. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if his attention or his Department has been drawn to the problem of demand for jet fuel from military activity straining supplies of jet fuel stocks for civilian aviation. [43779/26]
260. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the measures he is taking to protect biodiversity, especially when it comes to marine life; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41509/26]
261. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to outline any public consultations that his Department expects to launch before the end of 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41747/26]
262. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to outline his Department’s planned priorities for Ireland’s upcoming Presidency of the Council of the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41754/26]
263. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment for an update on the progression of the Private Wires Bill 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41880/26]
264. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment for an update on the progression of the Strategic Gas Emergency Reserve Bill 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41881/26]
265. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment his response to the European Commission decision to open an infringement procedure against Ireland (INFR(2026)2037) for failing to correctly transpose the Single-Use Plastics Directive (Directive (EU) 2019/904); his plans to address the shortcomings raised by the Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41903/26]
266. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the total monetary value of unredeemed deposits arising from the deposit return scheme in 2025. [41943/26]