1663. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if he or any staff from in his Department are attending the upcoming symposium which includes an workshop to be addressed by an officer in the Israeli prison service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21242/25]
Topics / Departmental Communications
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsDepartmental Communications
195 questions from 65 TDs, between 5 February 2025 and 20 October 2026.
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195 written, 0 oral
65
TDs have asked
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Independents counted together
19
departments asked
This is one of the catch-all headings the Oireachtas uses for how a department runs rather than what a question is about, so it is left out of the range and focus figures.
Questions per month
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| January 2025 | 0 |
| February 2025 | 4 |
| March 2025 | 5 |
| April 2025 | 14 |
| May 2025 | 3 |
| June 2025 | 14 |
| July 2025 | 15 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 3 |
| October 2025 | 1 |
| November 2025 | 22 |
| December 2025 | 4 |
| January 2026 | 5 |
| February 2026 | 28 |
| March 2026 | 3 |
| April 2026 | 10 |
| May 2026 | 33 |
| June 2026 | 17 |
| July 2026 | 6 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 1 |
| October 2026 | 7 |
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.
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1664. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if an officer of the Israeli prison service is intending to visit Mountjoy Prison as part of an upcoming symposium (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21243/25]
1665. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if any public money is to be spent (including in attendance fees) supporting the upcoming symposium which includes an workshop to be addressed by an officer in the Israeli Prison Service (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21244/25]
1707. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will publish the findings of the research conducted by the University of Galway on the native Irish honey bee apis mellifera mellifera, which concluded in December 2024; if he will outline the timeline for completing the evaluation of the report; the steps he intends to take based on its conclusions; and if he will make a statem…
769. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a response will be provided to a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16951/25]
773. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to engage with Coillte regarding an issue (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17021/25]
787. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he has been in communication with the Department for Social Protection as part of the interdepartmental working group tasked with assessing the impact of a new, non-binary, category of gender on existing legislation; when he is planning the next meeting with the representatives from the Department for Social Protection to inve…
831. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will confirm receipt of correspondence from a person (details supplied), and what actions she will take. [17252/25]
844. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she has been in communication with the Department for Social Protection as part of the interdepartmental working group tasked with assessing the impact of a new, non-binary, category of gender on existing legislation; when he is planning the next meeting with the representatives from the Department for Soc…
1019. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health if she has been in communication with the Department for Social Protection as part of the interdepartmental working group tasked with assessing the impact of a new, non-binary, category of gender on existing legislation; when he is planning the next meeting with the representatives from the Department for Social Protection to investigate legislative impl…
315. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1579 of 22 January 2025, if the reply might now be provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16442/25]
382. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Finance to list the representatives from his Department who will be attending a conference in France in March 2025 (details supplied); to outline the contents of the addresses and speeches that representatives from his Department will be making to the conference, including material to be distributed by his Department at the event; to list which events representatives fro…
1477. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Health when a reply will be issued to correspondence from an organisation regarding a study on incidence of Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy (SUDE) in Ireland (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10611/25]
341. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice when the email address citizenshipinfo@justice.ie was retired; the reason it was retired; if this was communicated to existing applicants; the current email address; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10499/25]
453. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will detail the directions given by his Department to local authorities whereby it is guaranteed that regular communication takes place between each local government planning department and the forward planning unit within the Department of Education to meet developing needs; and if he will make a statement on the matter.…
454. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will outline directions given by his Department to the HSE in respect of engagement with each planning authority having regard to the need to monitor adequate medical services in local areas, including, for example, GP, dental and community care services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9694/25]
327. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice if he or his Department were informed by the Garda Commissioner in July 2021 that the Garda National Technical Bureau unearthed that approximately 17,000 live scan fingerprint records were irretrievably lost from the Garda automated fingerprint identification system subsequent to such fingerprint records going into suspended status due to system failures and that …
634. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice if he has received a submission from an organisation (details supplied); if he has given consideration to their proposals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7329/25]
668. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice if communication has been given to South Dublin County Council to commence local community safety partnerships; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7604/25]
493. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education if she will accept the invitation to visit a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3230/25]