504. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on Building Blocks Phase 2; the number of applications received and the titles of those applications from County Mayo; the number of these applications deemed eligible to be considered; the name of each; and when a decision will be made on these applications. [70014/26]
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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| Month | Questions |
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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
508. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the waiting lists for an assessment of need at end September in each of the years 2022 to 2026, nationally, by region and integrated healthcare area; the number of applications at each stage of the process; the number of assessment reports overdue for completion; the number of applications overdue by more than six, nine and 12 months…
524. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children from households in which all adults are unemployed, economically inactive or otherwise not in paid employment who receive more than 20 hours per week of subsidised childcare; the average number of hours claimed; and the total cost to the Exchequer of these claims in each year from 2020 to date. [70430/26]
525. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of households in which no adult is in employment that are availing of more than 20-hours-per-week of publicly subsidised childcare under the national childcare scheme or any other State-supported childcare programme; and the corresponding figure in each year from 2020 to date. [70429/26]
533. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children in Dublin North area of CHO 9 who received an assessment of need within the statutory timeframe in the years 2020 to date; and the number who have not. [70652/26]
538. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Health the current number of anorexia and other eating disorder beds in the midwest HSE region; the number in each other HSE region; the number per head of population in each region for each year from 2020 to date, in tabular form; the status of plans to increase the number of anorexia and other eating disorder beds in the HSE midwest region; if there is an eating d…
545. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Health the incidence of shingles (varicella zoster), by age for each year 2015-2019 and 2021-2025, in tabular form. [69750/26]
556. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Health the incidence of sepsis by age for each year 2015-2019 and 2021-2025, presented in tabular form. [69752/26]
560. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Health the incidence of sudden adult death syndrome, by age in each of the years 2015-2019 and 2021-2025, in tabular form. [69751/26]
565. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Health the percentages of age groups diagnosed with cervical cancer for each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [69876/26]
569. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health of the 162 workers who were on the special scheme of paid leave for healthcare workers with long-Covid when it concluded, the number that have returned to work; the number that have retired; and the number that have transitioned to other sick leave schemes, by scheme. [69899/26]
571. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide data with respect to the length of time ICU admissions took in each of the years from 2020 to 2025 and to date in 2026, by site (details supplied). [69913/26]
572. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of ICU admissions in each of the years since 2020 and to date in 2026, by site. [69909/26]
577. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 41214/26, to list each HSE internal audit report relating to the treatment abroad scheme or the Cross-Border Directive scheme issued since 1 January 2020, setting out in each case the title, date of issue, assurance rating, number of recommendations made and number of recommendations fully implemented to date. [69986/26]
608. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the number of children and young people referred to CAMHS in Cavan and Monaghan who are currently awaiting assessment or treatment by speech and language therapy services; the average waiting time for those referred, by county and year of referral; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70163/26]
106. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his targets for the delivery of social and affordable housing in County Monaghan in each of the years 2019 to 2025 and to date in 2026; the outturn; and his targets in each year until 2030. [69300/26]
122. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of affordable houses that have been delivered in County Meath in 2025 and to date in 2026; and his plans to increase the amount of affordable housing in County Meath. [67875/26]
156. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the delivery of affordable purchase and cost-rental homes in County Meath; and the opportunities he sees to build on that progress in towns such as Navan and Trim. [69086/26]
20. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Transport when a grant be provided to a haulage operator (details supplied). [69044/26]
189. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health the number of private inpatient and day case discharges from public acute hospitals; and the income received from private health insurers in respect of those discharges, in each of the years 2021 to 2026 to date, by hospital; in tabular form. [69202/26]
190. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health the value of claims submitted by public and voluntary hospitals to private health insurers that remain unpaid; the value of such claims that were written off, in each of the years 2021 to 2026 to date, by hospital; and the principal reasons for non-payment, including the late or non-submission of claim forms, in tabular form. [69203/26]
217. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment for an update on his Department's input into the regulatory framework governing the biomethane sector in Ireland; to outline in detail the actions in that framework which his Department is responsible for; and if he will provide an update on the progress of same. [68682/26]
226. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he can outline the planning regulations that are currently in place for the development of Biomethane plants; and if he will advise if there are specific regulations in relation to buffer zones and minimum setback distances. [68521/26]
229. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Defence the total costs of the two P70 class ships (LÉ Aoibhinn and LÉ Gobnait) since they were purchased from New Zealand, broken down by category (details supplied). [68142/26]
301. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Transport further to parliamentary question No. 65444/26, to reconcile the figures provided, in circumstances where 1,195 parliamentary questions referred less 919 resolved leaves 276 rather than the 261 stated as open; the number of referred parliamentary questions outstanding for more than 30 and more than 60 working days; whether compliance with circular 25/2016 is a …