525. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of school age children who are receiving home based tuition, and the associated reason, as of September 2025. [48344/25]
Topics / Departmental Data
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsDepartmental Data
4,236 questions from 140 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 22 October 2026.
4,236
questions
4,233 written, 3 oral
140
TDs have asked
11
parties and groups
Independents counted together
20
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 | 34 |
| February 2025 | 83 |
| March 2025 | 109 |
| April 2025 | 199 |
| May 2025 | 70 |
| June 2025 | 294 |
| July 2025 | 286 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 289 |
| October 2025 | 144 |
| November 2025 | 345 |
| December 2025 | 296 |
| January 2026 | 192 |
| February 2026 | 284 |
| March 2026 | 121 |
| April 2026 | 263 |
| May 2026 | 415 |
| June 2026 | 310 |
| July 2026 | 260 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 124 |
| October 2026 | 118 |
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.
The TDs who asked most
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The questions
526. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of students who sat each subject in the Leaving Certificate, at each of higher and ordinary level, from 2016 to 2025, in tabular form. [48371/25]
527. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of students who sat each subject in the Junior Certificate, at higher and ordinary level, by year from 2016 to 2025, in tabular form. [48372/25]
561. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth the amount committed and paid by religious organisations to date, following the Ferns report, including any future commitments, in tabular form. [48817/25]
573. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children in both primary and post primary who are currently without an appropriate school place for the year 2025-2026, by county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48999/25]
685. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of social housing applications currently under appeal in Westmeath County Council. [48729/25]
889. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the latest information on the re-direction of proceeds of crime into community endeavours and projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48423/25]
902. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of drug dealing convictions, under mandatory minimum sentencing provisions, for possession of drugs over a value of €13,000 in counties Limerick, Clare and Tipperary for each of the years 2018 to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48482/25]
909. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration when a decision will be made on an application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48534/25]
929. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of thefts of companion pets reported to An Garda Síochána in each of the past three years and to-date in 2025. [48869/25]
930. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration his plans to create a stand-alone offence to deal with the theft of companion pets; his plans to create new laws to consider the theft of a companion pet an aggravating factor in sentencing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48870/25]
951. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of food products, plant products or any other products that were seized by his departmental officials at ports of entry to the State in 2024 and to date in 2025, by ports of entry, type, weight and value of products, in tabular form. [48212/25]
954. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of registered animal sanctuaries operating in Ireland, by county. [48275/25]
1121. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health the number of persons who availed of the Northern Planned Healthcare Scheme from June 2024 to June 2025; if she will detail the types of treatment received, county by county, in tabular form; the total amount paid to the Planned Healthcare Scheme during this period; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47632/25]
1177. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47974/25]
1202. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the daily 8am trolley counts for Cork University Hospital for each day of July–September 2025; the number of single-room isolation beds available and occupied each day in the emergency department and admission areas; the number of suspected or confirmed respiratory-virus patients cohorted in non-isolation areas; and the actions taken since 1 August 2025 to reduce…
1205. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to examine the example of the hospital appointments system in the Netherlands (details supplied); if such a system will be utilised in Irish hospitals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48126/25]
1206. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health to prioritise in the Budget 2026 the chronic shortage of respite beds in County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48127/25]
1216. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1099 of 13 May 2025, the position regarding the status of the 732 (15%) of applications which were returned for more information or were previously approved of the 4,813 applications between December 2023 and December 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48192/25]
1222. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the amount that the HSE paid towards covering partial costs of external chiropody services for medical card holders aged over 65 who have a chiropody treatment card within CHO9 in 2024 and to-date in 2025; and the rates that the HSE pay the external chiropodists for this service. [48206/25]
1226. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if she is confident in the quality and safety of the services provided to the general public at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48276/25]
1227. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if she is satisfied that all doctors currently employed at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, are fully registered, up-to-date with their professional requirements, and compliant with standards set by the Irish Medical Council; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48277/25]
1228. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if her Department has received complaints concerning the professional conduct or service delivery at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda, in the past five years; and if so, the number of complaints, their nature, and the status of ongoing reviews or investigations. [48278/25]
1234. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the number of generic medicine producers that supply medicines to the HSE. [48340/25]
1235. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the actions she has taken on foot of letters from health professionals to her seeking a boycott of the purchase of generic medicines from a company (details supplied) by the HSE. [48341/25]