452. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to expedite the processing of a licence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31470/25]
Topics / Departmental Inquiries
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsDepartmental Inquiries
634 questions from 119 TDs, between 5 February 2025 and 15 October 2026.
634
questions
634 written, 0 oral
119
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 | 0 |
| February 2025 | 3 |
| March 2025 | 38 |
| April 2025 | 67 |
| May 2025 | 20 |
| June 2025 | 98 |
| July 2025 | 35 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 19 |
| October 2025 | 27 |
| November 2025 | 31 |
| December 2025 | 49 |
| January 2026 | 42 |
| February 2026 | 95 |
| March 2026 | 24 |
| April 2026 | 71 |
| May 2026 | 9 |
| June 2026 | 1 |
| July 2026 | 1 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 1 |
| October 2026 | 3 |
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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The questions
463. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department will consider introducing miscarriage leave for those who have experienced a miscarriage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31609/25]
464. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department will consider introducing miscarriage leave for those who have experienced a pregnancy, miscarriage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31610/25]
503. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health to advise on the case of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31410/25]
508. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health if financial support is available to reimburse a person (details supplied) for expenses incurred; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31441/25]
533. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 367 of 28 May 2025, to clarify a matter (details supplied). [31505/25]
241. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department has plans to use State-owned accommodation in Trim or the surrounding areas as an IPAS centre. [31089/25]
261. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if an ACRES payment to a person (details supplied) will be expedited; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31257/25]
277. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 341 of 22 May 2025, if the HSE will reply to this Deputy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31093/25]
278. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 342 of 22 May 2025, if the HSE will reply to this Deputy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31094/25]
279. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 343 of 22 May 2025, if the HSE will reply to this Deputy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31095/25]
281. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when a child (details supplied) will receive an assessment of need; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31149/25]
304. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the reason there is no pelvis MRI scanning done for medical card holders in Our Lady’s Hospital Navan. [30844/25]
338. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if the children mentioned in an article (details supplied) as orphan patients at CHI are in fact children with scoliosis and spina bifida; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31024/25]
461. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if he will confirm with his counterpart in the Department of Environment, Climate and Communications whether an individual’s complaint (details supplied) belongs with the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission or with Coimisiún na Meán.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29671/25]
525. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware of an issue with question 13(c) on the 2024 Junior Certificate home economics paper (details supplied); if she intends to have questions around diabetes accurately categorised in future exam papers and if she will make efforts to amend the referred to question. [29285/25]
705. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if the new State commemorations committee will include any member with experience of the labour or trade union movement or its history; if this was considered when appointing members; if not, whether he will rectify same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29485/25]
727. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 804, 805 and 806, if the steering group has communicated any issues of concern in respect of the project to date to the audit and risk committee off the sponsoring bodies; if so, the nature of same; if he will provide a schedule of any design changes made post-project commencement; and if an esti…
733. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the actions he has sought from Eir following storm Éowyn; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30909/25]
734. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the communication he has had with Eir following storm Éowyn; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30916/25]
742. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the Apartment and Duplex Defects Remediation Bill 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29012/25]
753. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if Departmental Circular letter EL 02/2011 is still applicable; if so, to provide a rationale for this in the context of trying to attract Irish workers living abroad to return to Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29104/25]
756. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the legislation to underpin the defects remediation schemes will be set before the Oireachtas Housing Committee for Pre-Legislative Scrutiny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29221/25]
757. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he expects the full legislative process on the Apartment and Duplex Defects Remediation Bill will be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29222/25]
765. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider an exemption to the requirement for a property to be vacant for a minimum of 12 months in order to avail of the Repair and Leasing Scheme (RLS) in circumstances where a person has passed away or moved to a nursing home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29230/25]