116. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether she will review the assistive technology scheme under Circular 0010/2013, which excludes communication devices that have a general application outside school, so that pupils who need augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) devices to access the curriculum are no longer referred between her Department and the HSE; and whether sh…
Topics / Departmental Policies
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsDepartmental Policies
1,112 questions from 127 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 22 October 2026.
1,112
questions
1,096 written, 16 oral
127
TDs have asked
10
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 | 8 |
| February 2025 | 35 |
| March 2025 | 29 |
| April 2025 | 51 |
| May 2025 | 30 |
| June 2025 | 57 |
| July 2025 | 68 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 89 |
| October 2025 | 24 |
| November 2025 | 38 |
| December 2025 | 102 |
| January 2026 | 28 |
| February 2026 | 83 |
| March 2026 | 69 |
| April 2026 | 76 |
| May 2026 | 89 |
| June 2026 | 83 |
| July 2026 | 71 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 45 |
| October 2026 | 37 |
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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Debated under the same heading
Debates whose official heading is exactly these words.
The questions
133. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Education and Youth her Department's plans to establish a new special school or expand existing special school provision within the east Cork area. [74730/26]
218. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the policies in place for the disclosure of gifts in the OPW. [75175/26]
221. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation whether lobbying activity in relation to procurement design, specifications or pre-tender market engagement is centrally monitored. [75171/26]
43. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if there are plans to treat oncology appointments the same way as maternity leave, whereby if a civil servant with cancer was to exceed their yearly number of sick days attending essential oncology appointments they would still be able to obtain their yearly increment. [74897/26]
140. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the measures being considered by his Department to recognise the 50th anniversary of the first Galway Arts Festival; and his plans to support the organisation of special commemorative events as part of the festival in 2027. [68872/26]
160. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport to confirm whether the proposed Culture Card is still under consideration by his Department; and whether work will continue to develop the card for launch at a later date. [73991/26]
163. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport his Departments plans to introduce a Youth Culture Card, as committed to in the Programme for Government; and whether funding will be provided in 2027 for the same. [73791/26]
166. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport for an update on his Department's proposed culture card. [74393/26]
395. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his Department has examined, at any time since 2016, the introduction of a tax relief or housing support for former residents returning to live and work in the State after a period abroad; if legal advice has been obtained on the compatibility with EU law of such a measure (details supplied); if he will examine such a measure in the context of ski…
396. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his Department has assessed the extent to which the limitation of help-to-buy relief to income tax and DIRT paid in the State in the four years preceding the year of application reduces or removes eligibility for former residents who have recently returned to the State after a period of employment abroad; whether any data is held on the number of …
562. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to outline the policy, legislative framework and standard operating procedures for social housing applicants granted medical priority by one local authority who apply to transfer to another where they reside; whether medical priority points, band placings and accumulated waiting time transfer intact between authorities or if app…
563. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether provisions or standard operating protocols exist to enable social housing applicants granted medical priority status by one local authority to transfer or retain that priority when applying to another local authority where they currently reside. [73408/26]
564. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if an applicant who qualifies for medical priority in one administrative area must undergo an entirely new medical assessment and appeal process under the receiving authority's scheme. [73407/26]
566. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the steps his Department is taking to standardise medical priority assessments nationally to prevent administrative delays and disruption in care for vulnerable households and children with medical conditions who relocate across local authority borders. [73405/26]
746. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the steps being taken to address concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding the enforcement of court-ordered access arrangements and child maintenance orders; and whether a review of the current legislative framework is being considered to strengthen accountability where there is repeated non-compliance with su…
749. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if an option to provide own meals would be extended to Ukrainian residents who qualify to remain in designated accommodation centres where on-site self-catering facilities exist; and if the requirement to pay for full-board services would be removed in such scenarios where a resident’s preference is to cater for their own dietary …
798. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether a review is being undertaken of the thresholds and screening requirements governing hedgerow removal under the Environmental Impact Assessment (Agriculture) Regulations; and whether consideration is being given to strengthening protections for mature hedgerows and assessing the cumulative impact of hedgerow removal. [74141/26]
3. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht when he expects the next iteration of Our Rural Future to be launched; and the way in which the Government intends to ensure that its rural development commitments are supported by adequate resources, measurable actions and clear delivery timelines. [73148/26]
242. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if he is examining whether consumers should have a statutory right to speak with a human customer service representative, rather than being required to deal exclusively with artificial intelligence or automated systems, when engaging with telecommunications, utility and other essential service providers. [71343/26]
245. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment his views on a matter (details supplied). [71480/26]
76. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when the updated Land Use Strategy will be published; and to provide an update on same. [69726/26]
24. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to outline public information campaigns planned to raise awareness of NIS2, particularly for businesses and organisations impacted. [70356/26]
30. Deputy Tony McCormack asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration his plans to implement the recommendations of the Cost of Business Advisory Forum report that come under the remit of his Department. [70390/26]
24. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the steps being taken to assist families with children or adults who have special needs resulting in very high waste management bin charges (details supplied); and if he spoken with the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality on the need to address this matter. [69837/26]