1175. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on a respite centre in Listowel (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29482/25]
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
1192. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when an assessment can be carried out for a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29844/25]
1193. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when a person (details supplied) can expect to receive the necessary documents in order to progress an assessment of needs application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29853/25]
1195. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will assist in an urgent case involving an assessment of needs for a pre-school child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29967/25]
1201. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if the 14,000 additional places that are required in total up to 2030 or whether 14,000 additional places each year (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30053/25]
1385. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health for an update on her consideration of the request made to her and to the Taoiseach by an organisation (details supplied) and the victims and survivors of a former doctor with whom they work, to consider the establishment of a Commission of Investigation into the actions of the former doctor and related matters; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29467/…
438. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason the estates section of his Department has not issued the relevant documents in relation to the estate of a deceased person (details supplied) as the executor is unable to distribute the estate until this matter is finalised; if he will arrange to have it finalised promptly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27669/25]
439. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Social Protection the measures his Department is putting in place to ensure Ireland's compliance with the recent European Court of Justice ruling in the case of Deldits (C-247/23); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27712/25]
121. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the status of an application for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26451/25]
340. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he is considering reducing the regulated cost of gas meter removals for households that are improving energy efficiency and going fossil-fuel free; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24493/25]
346. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if a person who, following divorce proceedings, no longer resides in the family home but still has their name on the property title, despite having no financial stake in the property, can be considered eligible under the ‘fresh start’ principle when applying for a local authority home loan or an affordable purchase home; and if he w…
357. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection if he has any plans to extend the domiciliary care allowance from 16 to 18 years of age; if he has a timeframe on this introduction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22972/25]
379. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will give detailed consideration to issues of concern of the IFA (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23105/25]
420. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 806 of 1 April 2025, given that hormone levels can guide dosage increase treatment decisions, would advising GPs to not monitor hormone levels for their trans patients make it difficult for their prescribing clinicians to make treatment decisions. [22072/25]
493. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health for updates on the sodium valproate inquiry (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22376/25]
234. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education the contact details in relation to a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21871/25]
236. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Education for an update on the development of a new school application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21982/25]
270. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will examine the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21753/25]
271. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Social Protection to examine the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21812/25]
306. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Justice if he is aware of the recent increase in anti-social behaviour and the consequential public safety concerns at a location (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21853/25]
308. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice if he is aware of any concerns in relation to any matter that may have an implication for State security or community safety at the Islamic Cultural Centre in Dublin prior to its closure on 11 April 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21955/25]
311. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to respond to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21768/25]
331. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason, despite the statutory requirement under the Disability Act 2005 for assessments of need to be completed within six months, only a small percentage were completed within this timeframe in recent years; and the actions that are being taken to improve compliance. [21927/25]
332. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason behind the significant increase in overdue assessments of need in certain counties over the past year; and the specific interventions that are planned to address this surge. [21928/25]
335. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the steps being taken to address the disparities in waiting times for assessments of need across different counties, particularly in areas with the highest numbers of overdue assessments outside Dublin. [21931/25]