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Architects Register

9 questions from 5 TDs, between 19 March 2025 and 25 November 2025.

9
questions
9 written, 0 oral
5
TDs have asked
4
parties and groups
Independents counted together
1
departments asked

Questions per month

The record holds no questions for August, when the Dáil does not sit.

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March 20254
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September 20252
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November 20251
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January 20260
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September 20260
October 20260

Who asks, by party

The party each TD belonged to on the day, in alphabetical order. Parties differ a lot in size, and members of the Government answer questions rather than ask them, so this shows who raised it, not how much a party cares about it.

  • Fianna Fáil1 from 1 TD · 48 seats today
  • Fine Gael2 from 1 TD · 38 seats today
  • Labour Party4 from 2 TDs · 11 seats today
  • People Before Profit-Solidarity2 from 1 TD · 3 seats today

The TDs who asked most

Members of the Government answer questions rather than ask them. Each question counts once.

  1. Marie Sherlock
    3
  2. Barry Ward
    2
  3. Richard Boyd Barrett
    2
  4. Ged Nash
    1
  5. Seán Ó Fearghaíl
    1

Asked of

The questions

Seán Ó Fearghaíl Written 25 Nov 2025 · to Housing
567. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 552 of 25 February 2025, if he will act to address matters raised in correspondence regarding the architectural technologist statutory register (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66162/25]
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 14 Oct 2025 · to Housing
570. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is aware of the ongoing misuse of the protected title ‘architect’ by a person (details supplied); if he is satisfied that the RIAI’s enforcement approach is adequate; and the steps his Department will take to ensure that persistent misuse of the protected title is treated with the seriousness intended by section 18 of…
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 14 Oct 2025 · to Housing
571. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is satisfied with the enforcement mechanisms under section 18 of the Building Control Act 2007 regarding the misuse of the protected title ‘architect’; his views on whether the current approach by the RIAI, which relies heavily on giving unregistered individuals the opportunity to comply rather than prosecuting persis…
Barry Ward Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Housing
545. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 651 of 17 September 2025, if he is satisfied with the adequacy of the current enforcement regime; if reform or direction to a body (details supplied) is being considered to deal with persistent breaches; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51254/25]
Barry Ward Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Housing
651. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his attention has been drawn to the case of a company (details supplied); the actions he will take to engage with an organisation to prevent this practice; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47972/25]
Marie Sherlock Written 20 Mar 2025 · to Housing
103. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to establish a statutory register for competent architectural technologists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11797/25]
Marie Sherlock Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Housing
910. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to set out the blockages to the establishment of a statutory register for competent architectural technologists that was committed to by a previous Minister in 2016. [11792/25]
Marie Sherlock Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Housing
911. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will commit to a meeting with representatives of chartered architectural technologists in Ireland to discuss the legislative process to establish a statutory register for architectural technologists to provide design and assigned certifier functions, in line with the Building Control Act 2007 and Building Control (Amendment…
Ged Nash Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Housing
932. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is currently considering the establishment of a separate statutory register for the category of competent architectural technologist in respect of design and assigned certifier functions under the terms of the relevant legislation; the status of a process in which his Department has been engaged since 2016; and if he will make a …