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]
Topics / Departmental Functions
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsDepartmental Functions
172 questions from 62 TDs, between 11 February 2025 and 21 October 2026.
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169 written, 3 oral
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Independents counted together
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| January 2025 | 0 |
| February 2025 | 12 |
| March 2025 | 6 |
| April 2025 | 12 |
| May 2025 | 14 |
| June 2025 | 12 |
| July 2025 | 5 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 7 |
| October 2025 | 0 |
| November 2025 | 25 |
| December 2025 | 4 |
| January 2026 | 3 |
| February 2026 | 7 |
| March 2026 | 4 |
| April 2026 | 8 |
| May 2026 | 8 |
| June 2026 | 7 |
| July 2026 | 15 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 4 |
| October 2026 | 19 |
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The questions
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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 planning; and if he will …
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 Appointments Service.…
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]
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]
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]
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 from his Department, …
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
183. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Taoiseach when the disability unit within his Department will be established. [21173/25]
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]
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]
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]
1042. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Education the progress of her Department’s work to resolve the issues presented by non-compliant IT contracts by the shared services implementation unit. [20826/25]
1151. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to outline the duties he intends to delegate to the Strategic Housing Activation Office within his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18554/25]