863. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she is satisfied that the CHI scoping inquiry process was appropriately balanced between the voices of children and families whose care is to be investigated and the clinicians, management and organisations whose actions may themselves fall within the scope of that investigation. [72285/26]
Topics / Departmental Investigations
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsDepartmental Investigations
80 questions from 32 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 13 October 2026.
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79 written, 1 oral
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| June 2025 | 11 |
| July 2025 | 2 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 5 |
| October 2025 | 8 |
| November 2025 | 3 |
| December 2025 | 3 |
| January 2026 | 1 |
| February 2026 | 4 |
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| April 2026 | 8 |
| May 2026 | 1 |
| June 2026 | 4 |
| July 2026 | 2 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 2 |
| October 2026 | 6 |
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864. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she is satisfied that children and families were genuinely at the centre of the scoping exercise in to the CHI inquiry when the final report identifies only two individual parents of children with scoliosis who spoke directly with the facilitator; and to provide the evidence on which she bases that view. [72284/26]
865. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the reason the final report into the proposed public inquiry into CHI provides extensive detail on the engagement, correspondence and concerns of SAN and SBHPAG, while providing significantly less detail on the nature and extent of engagement with other stakeholder groups; and if she is satisfied that the report presents stakeholder participation in a balanced an…
867. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of individual parents who engaged directly with the facilitator (details supplied), broken down between scoliosis and spina bifida; and the number of affected children and young people who were directly consulted. [72281/26]
868. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health of the five clinicians who met the facilitator (details supplied), the specialties of each, the hospitals and-or sites each clinician represented, and whether any had direct involvement in the services or matters subsequently recommended for investigation. [72280/26]
738. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if the impact of these transport challenges on student participation, retention and educational opportunity has been assessed; the measures being considered to support affected students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [71113/26]
778. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his Department or the Central Bank has carried out any assessment of the number of borrowers who lost a home through repossession or voluntary surrender following the 2008 financial crisis and who have been unable to access mortgage credit since; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62277/26]
779. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the retention period applied to adverse credit records on the Central Credit Register; whether repossessions, voluntary surrenders or mortgage arrears arising from the 2008 to 2013 period are recorded on the Central Credit Register; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62276/26]
128. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Defence if she will release the results of the investigation into the sighting of drones over Dublin Bay during the visit of President Zelensky of Ukraine in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54182/26]
77. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current status of an investigation being undertaken by his Department (details supplied). [52273/26]
387. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment whether alumina samples have been taken from a facility (details supplied) as part of his Department’s investigations into the allegations raised by the Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project; whether such samples are being or have been subjected to forensic analysis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44917/…
1020. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if a consultant is still performing certain surgeries in a hospital (details supplied); if the clinical director nominated an appropriately qualified individual to the Independent Expert Review commissioned by the Serious Incident Review Team (SIRT) committee; if the Independent Expert Review has commenced; the timeline being worked towards; and if she will make…
1049. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department has investigated two issues in annual accounts (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45936/26]
184. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 501 of 20 November 2025, if he will give an update on the current position regarding an investigation into the Belturbet bombing of December 1972; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44572/26]
291. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to previous parliamentary questions (details supplied), to provide a response. [38516/26]
776. Deputy Tony McCormack asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will review the treatment of near-neighbour community benefit payments made to households living in proximity to onshore wind farm developments under the renewable electricity support scheme, with particular regard to their impact on eligibility for means-tested payments and entitlements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30000/26…
424. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to hold an investigation into the manner in which the 'price of fuel protests' were policed; and if he will investigate the use of pepper spray and physical force on protests that were, in the vast majority of cases, were peaceful. [29307/26]
345. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will support the call for an independent international investigation into the US attack on the Minab School in Iran at the start of the war where it is believed 165 people, most of them girls aged seven to 12 years of age were killed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27115/26]
1821. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the current system of proactive market surveillance of concrete construction products, being undertaken by the State; to detail the types of testing now required to ensure such products are fit-for-purpose prior to being placed on the market and used in construction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27120/26]
1822. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a breakdown, by county of the number of proactive market surveillance inspections carried out in relation to construction products, for the years 2024 and 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27121/26]
1823. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide the number of inspections conducted which included testing of aggregates as part of the inspection process for each of the years 2024 and 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27122/26]
1824. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide details of the type and number of corrective actions issued to economic operators arising from inspections; and the number of economic operators that were temporarily or permanently closed due to non-compliance with relevant regulations for the years 2024 and 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27123/2…
1850. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Social Protection if his Department will investigate a disability allowance claim dating back some years for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24019/26]
317. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 415 of 13 May 2025, No. 602 of 21 May 2026, and No. 17 of 24 September 2025, to provide details of this examination of overflights of Ireland of munitions to Israel without authorisation; to provide the date upon which this examination commenced; to outline what the examination consists of; whether contact has been made wit…
586. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department has conducted any assessment of the impact on waiting lists, theatre utilisation, or paediatric surgical capacity arising from the allocation of theatre time to elective procedures undertaken without medical indication; and if she will publish any such assessment. [15978/26]