993. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether an assessment has been undertaken of the staffing and other resources required to administer producer organisations as the number of recognised organisations increase; and whether additional resources are planned. [65238/26]
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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.
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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 |
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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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994. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of whole time equivalent staff assigned to the administration, inspection and oversight of producer organisations in each year from 2022 to 2025 and to date in 2026, by grade, in tabular form. [65237/26]
1025. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of persons aged under 18 years-of-age who had accumulated 30 or more criminal convictions in each of the past ten years; and the highest number of convictions recorded for any child in each year. [64627/26]
1026. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of young persons detained in Oberstown children detention campus in each of the past ten years; and the average daily population in each year. [64621/26]
1201. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Health the number of clinicians, by health region; the protocol that enables them to prescribe approved medicines (details supplied); the number of clinicians who have prescribed chronic migraine treatments via the protocol annually since its establishment, by health region; the number of clinicians who have prescribed episodic migraine treatments annually via the proto…
1278. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 43613/26 of 12 August 2026, the number of patients recorded on trolleys in each year from 2019 to 2025 and to date 2026; and if the public-only consultant contract has been assessed against trolley numbers, given that the reply did not refer to trolley numbers at any point. [64871/26]
1365. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if she will supply the bed occupancy figures of ICU beds, adult inpatient beds, paediatric inpatient beds in model 4 hospitals for Q1 and Q2; the number of beds included in each count, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65393/26]
1383. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of residents accommodated and the number of admissions in each year from 2019 to date in 2026, in respect of unit 1 at St. Stephen's Hospital, Glanmire; the nursing and healthcare assistant posts assigned to the unit in each of those years; the number left unfilled at year end; if admissions to the unit were paused at any point; and if so, on whose in…
1390. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Health the number of referrals to the South Tipperary Memory Clinic that have been returned to GPs since the service was paused to referrals on 1 January 2026; the clinical pathway available to those patients; whether they will require re-referral when the clinic reopens. [65504/26]
155. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of producers registered with the approved body for packaging in each of the years 2023 to 2026 to date; the number of producers estimated to fall within the scope of the producer registration requirements of Regulation (EU) 2025/40 which fell below the major producer thresholds provided for under the European Union (Packag…
158. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if his Department and bodies under his aegis maintain a register of gifts, hospitality or other benefits received by public servants; the number of entries recorded on each such register since January 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61585/26]
185. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment when the next national long term climate action strategy will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62708/26]
211. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the position regarding the introduction of a pay-on-behalf model for online platforms in respect of environmental and other fees applying to distance sellers supplying goods to Irish consumers, similar to those already paid by Irish importers and distributors; when he expects such a model to be formally adopted in Ireland; whether his …
226. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Defence if the pursuit of financial liability arising from the undertaking set out in CCR 446 has been waived or stood down for an individual case in each of the years 2020 to 2026; and if so, the grounds for so doing. [59884/26]
276. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Defence the five most requested languages for translation and interpretation services in her Department in each of the past five years. [62977/26]
282. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Transport the salary of the chief executive in each organisation and agency funded by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59558/26]
294. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Transport the total number of cars that were tested under the national car test, NCT, in 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59971/26]
295. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Transport the position regarding the total number of cars that failed the national car test in 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025, broken down by whether it required an additional sight test or a full retest; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59976/26]
296. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Transport the position regarding the total fees collected under the national car test for each year of 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59977/26]
313. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport to provide a breakdown of the number of applications received for the road transport support scheme; the number that are awaiting determination; the number that have been approved; and the number that have been refused, broken down by county, in tabular form. [59730/26]
330. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Transport the position regarding the total profit or loss made in 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025, by the operator of the national car test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59980/26]
331. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Transport the position regarding any independent audit of the operation of the national car test; if so, what were the result of those assessments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59986/26]
334. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Transport the position regarding any review of the operation of the national car test; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59981/26]
376. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Transport the amount Iarnród Eireann has been fined for not meeting service delivery targets for the DART; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61418/26]
685. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the total amount lent and the share of lending, by value from the HBFI that went to projects over €20 million and €50 million, respectively, of completed projects. [61009/26]