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Departmental Inquiries

An official questions-paper heading. 630 questions (0 oral, 630 written), first 2025-02-05, latest 2026-07-16.

Questions under this heading, per month

Feb 2025Jul 2026
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MonthQuestions
Feb 20253
Mar 202538
Apr 202567
May 202520
Jun 202598
Jul 202535
Sep 202519
Oct 202527
Nov 202531
Dec 202549
Jan 202642
Feb 202695
Mar 202624
Apr 202671
May 20269
Jun 20261
Jul 20261

Addressed to

DepartmentQuestions
Education 119
Health 83
Housing 60
Justice 58
Children 44
Finance 39
Enterprise 31
Transport 31
Public Expenditure 29
Social 29
Further and Higher Education 23
Agriculture 21
Foreign 21
Climate 17
Culture 9
Rural 6
Defence 4
Tourism 3
Taoiseach 2
Environment 1

The questions

Sean Fleming written 2025-12-17 · to Finance
183. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the arrangements/protocol between the Revenue Commissioners and the Department of Social Protection (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73216/25]
Barry Heneghan written 2025-12-17 · to Culture
252. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport for an update on the notice of closure issued to an organisation (details supplied); the engagement his Department has had, or plans to have, with the organisation; the supports available to protect vital cultural infrastructure of this kind; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73082/25]
Naoise Ó Cearúil written 2025-12-17 · to Housing
308. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the way in which the URDF support for the Naas Canal Quarter Masterplan will be sequenced to integrate with the Naas Library and Cultural Centre and nearby assets; to confirm the drawdown profile for the €3.49 million Naas Town Renewal Masterplan allocation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73…
Joe Cooney written 2025-12-17 · to Housing
310. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the national target for the Vacant Property Refurbishment Grant, is to bring back 20,000 homes into use by 2030 or annually up to 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73210/25]
Joe Cooney written 2025-12-17 · to Housing
311. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the 'above-the-shop' top-up grant package of up to €140,000 will be awarded on a per single property basis or on a per unit delivered basis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73211/25]
Joe Cooney written 2025-12-17 · to Housing
312. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans on making the Vacant Homes Grant payment available in staged payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73212/25]
Catherine Ardagh written 2025-12-17 · to Justice
343. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if members of the Oireachtas are automatically members of community safety partnership; if not, the arrangements which have been made to allow Members of the Oireachtas participate in community safety partnerships. [73198/25]
Conor D McGuinness written 2025-12-17 · to Health
372. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if the PCRS is instructing pharmacists participating in the free HRT to investigate their patients' sex assigned at birth where they suspect it differs from the gender on their medical records; if so, the legal basis on which this is done; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72622/25]
Paul Murphy written 2025-12-16 · to Foreign
177. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if an application (details supplied) has been received; and if she will instruct her Department to assist the family in question. [72301/25]
Conor D McGuinness written 2025-12-16 · to Housing
602. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he will announce the polling day of the Galway west and Dublin central by-elections. [72224/25]
Mairéad Farrell written 2025-12-16 · to Housing
620. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the National Parks and Wildlife Service has contingency plans in place if the invasive demon shrimp (dikerogammarus haemobaphes) infiltrates Lough Corrib SAC; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [72497/25]
John Paul O'Shea written 2025-12-16 · to Social
639. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of people who have had the penalty rate of €90 imposed on their jobseeker’s payment for failure to engage with activation services since it was introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71746/25]
Seán Crowe written 2025-12-16 · to Justice
666. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the reason a request to her Department by the HSE to provide clearance for a notification of a marriage interview involving a person in the IPAS system would result in a six-month delay. [71304/25]
Pat Buckley written 2025-12-16 · to Children
833. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if the case of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71846/25]
Willie O'Dea written 2025-12-16 · to Health
899. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health the provision being made for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71383/25]
Martin Kenny written 2025-12-16 · to Health
910. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Health to review the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71425/25]
John McGuinness written 2025-12-16 · to Health
920. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if an urgent appointment will be arranged for a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71486/25]
Michael Cahill written 2025-12-16 · to Health
929. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if the case of a person in Kerry can be examined (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71542/25]
Pa Daly written 2025-12-11 · to Transport
321. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport if he is aware of a situation (details supplied); the measures he is taking to address this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70929/25]
Alan Kelly written 2025-12-11 · to Public Expenditure
368. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the full details of the market valuation of Spa Lodge in the Phoenix Park in October 2018, when it was first occupied by the former Garda Commissioner (details supplied) in 2018; and the details of the annual revisions made to the valuation of that property for each of the yea…
Ken O'Flynn written 2025-12-11 · to Enterprise
380. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment to provide Ireland’s full indicator-level scores under the Blavatnik Index of Public Administration for 2024, disaggregated by each theme and sub-domain, given that this information was not included in his previous reply; to confirm whether the National Competitiveness and Productivity Council has furnished these dat…
Malcolm Byrne written 2025-12-11 · to Enterprise
384. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the measures his Department has in place to support main street/bricks and mortar retail stores and to enhance main streets as retail destinations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71094/25]
John Connolly written 2025-12-11 · to Housing
437. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the implementation of the Galway Metropolitan Area Strategic Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71033/25]
Ken O'Flynn written 2025-12-11 · to Housing
444. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the additional supervisory powers and sanctioning tools he expects the Property Services Regulatory Authority to gain following implementation of the 6th Anti-Money Laundering Directive; the legislative timeline; and how these reforms will alter the Authority’s approach to repeated or serious non-compliance by pr…
Shane Moynihan written 2025-12-11 · to Housing
451. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the position regarding the working group to review qualifications for engineering roles in the local Government sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71185/25]
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