651. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any assessment has been undertaken by her Department of the potential impact of the absence of nationally standardised recruitment clearance timelines on workforce shortages, service capacity, and patient access; and if she will outline any measures being considered to ensure consistent, transparent recruitment performance measurement at national level. [1…
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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questions
79 written, 1 oral
32
TDs have asked
10
parties and groups
Independents counted together
13
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
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| Month | Questions |
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| January 2025 | 3 |
| February 2025 | 2 |
| March 2025 | 5 |
| April 2025 | 6 |
| May 2025 | 3 |
| 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 |
| March 2026 | 1 |
| April 2026 | 8 |
| May 2026 | 1 |
| June 2026 | 4 |
| July 2026 | 2 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 2 |
| October 2026 | 6 |
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
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The questions
210. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the analysis her Department has undertaken into the environmental impact of the Mercosur trade agreement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14909/26]
370. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 94 of 12 February 2026, the approach the IDG will take ‘to examine the levers and mechanisms that may be brought to bear so that those responsible for schools where historical sexual abuse happened meet their obligations to survivors’; if international comparisons will be made; if so, with which countries/stat…
1913. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality in respect of services funded by her Department, the governance and oversight arrangements that apply where internal investigations are carried out into the handling of cash or vouchers; the number of such investigations initiated between 2018 and 2024; whether each investigation resulted in a written report or assurance being furnished…
594. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health the number of HIQA inspections of University Hospital Limerick; the number of these inspections which were unannounced in each of the years 2022, 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71227/25]
547. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Social Protection if he has carried out a financial impact assessment of the planned automatic taxation of carer’s allowance and carer’s benefit from January 2026; if hardship protections or exemptions will be introduced for full-time carers on low incomes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [69544/25]
390. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of investigations currently under way relating to unpaid debts owed by meat processors to primary producers; the scale of the debts identified; and the systems in place to protect farmers from late or non-payment by processors. [68740/25]
554. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 1276 of 8 September 2025, if he will meet and engage meaningfully with a group (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66069/25]
695. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine his response to an investigation by organisations (details supplied) regarding the availability of anti-biotics in Brazil; if they have raised such with their European counterparts with regard to the Mercosur Trade Agreement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66291/25]
501. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the progress of an investigation (details supplied) to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64670/25]
647. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of instances of illegal tree felling and hedgerow removal that have been reported to his Department; the number of investigations conducted into same; and the number of offences determined to be found, from 2023 to date, in tabular form. [56799/25]
648. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of prosecutions taken by his Department in instances of illegal tree felling and hedgerow removal; and to provide details of enforcement actions conducted, from 2020 to date, in tabular form. [56800/25]
796. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if consultation with families who are involved in the audit hip surgery for children will be included in the forthcoming external expert panel process on hips; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56798/25]
800. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if children affected by the CHI hip surgery audit will be included within the terms of reference of the forthcoming State inquiry into paediatric orthopaedic surgery; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56827/25]
860. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide further details with respect to an audit into spinal services and urology referred to at a recent meeting of Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health (details supplied); if she is still expecting this audit to be completed at the end of November or December 2025; if she will commit to publishing that audit when she receives it; and if she will make a state…
241. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department has commissioned or received any risk assessment concerning Chinese intelligence or influence operations within the State, particularly regarding the immigrant investor programme, foreign-linked lobbying or contact with public officials; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55932/25]
243. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will outline the measures in place to ensure that individuals associated with foreign intelligence or influence entities are not granted residency, citizenship or investor visas in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55934/25]
244. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department has reviewed past decisions made under the immigrant investor programme to determine whether any approvals involved individuals now known to have links to Chinese intelligence or influence bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55935/25]
92. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport to provide an update on his Department's investigation into overflights of munitions to Israel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51973/25]
930. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health why was there no investigation into a matter (details supplied) regarding the sale of a property [52079/25]
309. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the actions he intends to take regarding the revelation that files and evidence in relation to the 1987 murder of a person (details supplied) have gone missing and the concerns that the investigation into the case has been substandard and inadequate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49548/25]
1276. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 181 of 26 February 2025, if his position has changed in respect of conducting an investigation into the sale and transfer of 44 homes in Cork (details supplied); if he has received and reviewed correspondence; if he will meet with the group concerned; and if he will make a statement on the mat…
2580. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if she or her Department has referred a formal complaint to the medical council in relation to the professional conduct of a medic who worked at a hospital (details supplied) whose work is the subject of the review into the mis-categorisation of pre-cancerous cells; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46812/25]
381. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if his Department has investigated the credible allegations made by a person (details supplied); if this has prompted a review of any such purchase by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43996/25]
182. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he is aware of an internal audit investigation into an incident (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39826/25]