322. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Defence to provide details on all open EU infringement proceedings where the subject of the infringement relates to the functions of her Department; the reason the infringement proceedings were initiated; the procedural stage of the infringement proceedings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30264/26]
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
The record holds no questions for August, when the Dáil does not sit.
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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
Members of the Government answer questions rather than ask them. Each question counts once.
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Debated under the same heading
Debates whose official heading is exactly these words.
The questions
374. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Transport to provide details on all open EU infringement proceedings where the subject of the infringement relates to the functions of his Department; the reason the infringement proceedings were initiated; the procedural stage of the infringement proceedings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30276/26]
389. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Transport to provide a list of all events across every constituency attended by the Minister in the course of his ministerial duties since 1 January 2026, where formal invitations/notifications to attend were not issued by his office to all local Oireachtas members; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30625/26]
399. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Transport the total spend on consultancy firms by each State agency under his Department's remit, broken down by the allocation to each named consultancy firm, for each of the past 15 years, in tabular form. [30822/26]
429. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his views on the merits on financially incentivising the use of HVO fuel instead of diesel to support achieving our climate emission targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30678/26]
430. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his views on creating a regulation that would require parity between the price of HVO fuel and diesel fuel to support achieving our climate emission targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30681/26]
445. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the projected yield from a windfall tax on energy profits, modelled on the same basis as the temporary solidarity contribution in 2022 and 2023, if applied to profits in 2025 and projected profits in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30974/26]
446. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the projected yield from a windfall tax on energy profits for 2024, 2025 and 2026, respectively, if the corporation tax rate were increased to either 25% or 50%; the estimated yield, if a 25% levy were placed on those profits instead, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30975/26]
449. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he will give approval to a proposal submitted by EirGrid (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29566/26]
451. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the number of open cases currently with the Office of the Commissioner for Environmental Information; the average time for cases to be decided; the number of cases currently with the office for two years or more; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29588/26]
455. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he has reached a decision on the approval and progression of EirGrid's proposal concerning pension increases for retired and deferred members of EirGrid (details supplied); if he accepts that progressing this proposal would represent an important step toward fairness and would help e…
465. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to approve a request from EirGrid to implement pension increases that would include retired and deferred members; the steps he will take to ensure the preservation of the value of deferred pension entitlements among former EirGrid workers who have not yet reached retirement age; and if he will …
510. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the total spend on consultancy firms by each State agency under his Department's remit, broken down by the allocation to each named consultancy firm, for each of the past 15 years, in tabular form. [30811/26]
526. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of recognised primary and post-primary schools that require students to use personal digital devices for schoolwork or homework; the number of students affected; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29722/26]
552. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of schools receiving supports because of their disadvantaged status before the introduction of the DEIS programme; the number included in DEIS when first introduced; the expansions which have occurred since in the coverage of schools at primary and post primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30091/26]
625. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 130 of 11 February 2026, whether the NCSE is considering engaging with fee-charging schools in Dublin 4 or 6 in relation to the provision of special classes for the 2026-2027 school year and beyond; if she is aware of the figures compiled by a group (details supplied) through freedom of information requests, i…
683. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to confirm if he has received an application for the interim remediation scheme by an owners' management company of apartments and duplexes (details supplied); if so, the works that are planned and/or the works that have been carried out to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29754/26]
707. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide details on all open EU infringement proceedings where the subject of the infringement relates to the functions of his Department; the reason the infringement proceedings were initiated; the procedural stage of the infringement proceedings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30271/26]
723. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of times the Southwest Regional Homeless Forum met in 2025 and to date in 2026; the dates of these meetings; and the number of attendees. [30540/26]
751. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the gross expenditure on fuel allowance in each month of 2026 to date, together with the number of recipient households at the end of each month, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29715/26]
754. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of additional needs payments awarded to persons aged 18-25 and to persons aged over 66 in each of the years 2022 to 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29718/26]
755. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of families with children in third year who received the back-to-school clothing and footwear allowance in the 2025-2026 academic year, in tabular form. [29719/26]
756. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost of providing a double back-to-school clothing and footwear allowance payment to all students entering fourth year who received the payment in the previous academic year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29720/26]
757. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full-year cost of increasing by €1 per week the State pension (contributory and non-contributory); the living alone increase; all primary weekly social welfare payments including, but not limited to, jobseeker's payments, disability allowance, one-parent family payment and carer's payments; and the estimated number of recipients covere…
758. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications for supplementary welfare allowance received, per county, per week for each of the years 2025 and 2026 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29780/26]