Departmental Functions
An official questions-paper heading. 149 questions (3 oral, 146 written), first 2025-02-11, latest 2026-07-15.
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| Feb 2025 | 12 |
| Mar 2025 | 6 |
| Apr 2025 | 12 |
| May 2025 | 14 |
| Jun 2025 | 12 |
| Jul 2025 | 5 |
| Sep 2025 | 7 |
| Nov 2025 | 25 |
| Dec 2025 | 4 |
| Jan 2026 | 3 |
| Feb 2026 | 7 |
| Mar 2026 | 4 |
| Apr 2026 | 8 |
| May 2026 | 8 |
| Jun 2026 | 7 |
| Jul 2026 | 15 |
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| Department | Questions |
|---|---|
| Justice | 24 |
| Taoiseach | 23 |
| Housing | 17 |
| Enterprise | 14 |
| Public Expenditure | 9 |
| Foreign | 8 |
| Children | 8 |
| Further and Higher Education | 8 |
| Health | 7 |
| Agriculture | 6 |
| Education | 6 |
| Rural | 5 |
| Finance | 4 |
| Transport | 4 |
| Defence | 2 |
| Social | 2 |
| Culture | 1 |
| Climate | 1 |
Debates under the same heading
Dáil debate sections whose official heading is exactly these words.
| Date | Debate section |
|---|---|
| 2025-02-13 | Departmental Functions |
| 2025-02-13 | Departmental Functions |
The questions
Maeve O'Connell
written
2025-06-12 · to Justice
433. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of staff within his Department employed under the Civil Justice pillar. [31740/25]
Maeve O'Connell
written
2025-06-12 · to Justice
434. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of staff within his Department employed under the Criminal Justice pillar. [31741/25]
Maeve O'Connell
written
2025-06-12 · to Justice
435. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if the incoming transfer of functions for his Department has been completed. [31742/25]
Maeve O'Connell
written
2025-06-12 · to Justice
436. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if the outgoing transfer of functions from his Department has been completed. [31743/25]
Maeve O'Connell
written
2025-06-12 · to Justice
442. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he has met with each of the aegis bodies under his Department; and, if not, which bodies has he yet to meet with. [31752/25]
Gillian Toole
written
2025-05-29 · to Public Expenditure
314. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the support his Department provides to the Irish Government Economic and Evaluation Service, to provide critical economic and value for money analysis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29166/25]
Maeve O'Connell
written
2025-05-27 · to Further and Higher Education
871. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to report on the work of officials within his Department, particularly the skills policy and enterprise engagement unit in the creation of a career guidance and information portal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27304/25]
Maeve O'Connell
written
2025-05-27 · to Further and Higher Education
877. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if the Higher Education Policy and Reform Unit within his Department have yet split into two separate units as planned in 2025. [27310/25]
Maeve O'Connell
written
2025-05-27 · to Further and Higher Education
889. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to report on the work by officials within his Department's corporate services to reduce the reliance on the Department of Education and expand the number of processes performed in house across a range of functions. [27355/25]
Maeve O'Connell
written
2025-05-27 · to Further and Higher Education
890. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to report on the work of officials within his Department on the implementation of the housing for all communications plan; and if a review has taken place regarding the success of this work. [27356/25]
Barry Heneghan
written
2025-05-20 · to Housing
534. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will reconsider the decision to situate the proposed housing activation unit within his Department rather than under the Department of the Taoiseach, in order to ensure stronger cross-Government coordination on critical issues affecting housing delivery, including justice, transport, utilities, and plann…
Eoin Ó Broin
written
2025-05-20 · to Housing
571. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide further details regarding the Housing Activation Office, including the number of people on its staff, the organisations to be represented, the names of those appointed/seconded to date in 2025, the powers and functions of the office and whether the head of office will be appointed through the Public A…
Matt Carthy
written
2025-05-20 · to Justice
645. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 537 of 4 March 2025, and the recent transfer of functions to his Department, to outline the units and divisions that operate within his Department; the bodies under its aegis; the contact information of each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25095/25]
Eoin Ó Broin
written
2025-05-20 · to Justice
709. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Justice the functions being transferred from his Department to the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage; and when these functions will be transferred. [25930/25]
Willie O'Dea
written
2025-05-15 · to Housing
39. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the means by which the newly established housing activation office will in practice work with the new infrastructure division within the Department of Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform. [24541/25]
Conor Sheehan
written
2025-05-15 · to Housing
98. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to outline the process for the establishment of the strategic housing activation office; to detail how the office will sit within the structures of his Department and whether the office will be underpinned by legislation; to provide the staffing complement of the office, including the number of people seconded f…
Ruairí Ó Murchú
written
2025-05-15 · to Housing
115. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the establishment of the Housing Activation Office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23495/25]
Roderic O'Gorman
written
2025-05-14 · to Justice
147. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Justice to outline the membership of the strategic migration policy unit located within his Department; when it was established; how often has it met; its terms of reference; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24890/25]
Richard Boyd Barrett
written
2025-05-13 · to Public Expenditure
506. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform for an overview of the primary and secondary legislation providing for the existence of his Department and the allocation of its functions. [23996/25]
James Geoghegan
written
2025-04-29 · to Taoiseach
161. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Taoiseach if he will provide an update on the work of the new disability unit within his Department. [18211/25]
Michael Fitzmaurice
written
2025-04-29 · to Taoiseach
182. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Taoiseach when the disability unit that was to be established in the Department of An Taoiseach will be put into operation. [21139/25]
Erin McGreehan
written
2025-04-29 · to Taoiseach
183. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Taoiseach when the disability unit within his Department will be established. [21173/25]
Maeve O'Connell
written
2025-04-29 · to Education
1039. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Education to report on the work of the ETB financial and administrative personnel unit within her Department, particularly in relation to ensuring appropriate governance arrangements are in place across the sector. [20823/25]
Maeve O'Connell
written
2025-04-29 · to Education
1040. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Education the expected timeline for the remaining ETBs’ migration of expense functions to the education shared business service. [20824/25]
Maeve O'Connell
written
2025-04-29 · to Education
1041. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Education the work undertaken by officials within her Department to overcome the challenges presented by the prevalence of ‘software as a service’ system solutions. [20825/25]