251. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plan for when the National Convention on Education recommendations are submitted to ensure they are implemented by the Department of Education and Youth. [67645/25]
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
252. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a monitoring body or follow-up committee will track progress on implementation, including regular updates to the Oireachtas and public. [67646/25]
312. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the plans to increase the income threshold of €30,000 for the mortgage to rent scheme in Mayo, to reflect current economic conditions and inflation. [67418/25]
313. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of individuals that have applied for the mortgage to rent scheme across the State; the number which have been successful; and to provide a breakdown for each for the past five years, in tabular form. [67419/25]
314. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the alternative solutions that are in place for families facing repossession; and who are at risk of eviction when they cannot qualify for the mortgage to rent scheme. [67420/25]
315. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to conduct an immediate review of eligibility criteria for the mortgage to rent scheme to prevent homelessness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [67421/25]
316. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to consider raising the income threshold for the mortgage to rent scheme to €35,000 without delay. [67422/25]
317. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to conduct a full review of the mortgage to rent eligibility criteria and engage with money advice and budgeting service and approved housing bodies to assess demand and impact. [67423/25]
102. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide a detailed list of all categories of infrastructure falling within the policy remit of his Department under the Climate Action Plan 2025, National Planning Framework, National Marine Planning Framework and renewable energy programmes, including grid development, offshore renewable energy, electricity system reinforcement and…
222. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Social Protection the progress to date with recognising long covid as an occupational disease and injury; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66691/25]
223. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Social Protection if consideration has been given by his Department to recognise long Covid as an occupational illness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66712/25]
815. Deputy Seán Canney asked the Minister for Health her views on whether CORU’s recently published standards for training and practice in psychotherapy represents a decrease in standards, as the proposed regulation would see the removal for personal therapy in training, the elimination of mandatory clinical supervision during training, a dramatic reduction in clinical training hours, the removal of any minimum time…
367. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether any internal briefing notes, modelling papers or impact assessments were prepared within his Department or by Revenue regarding the effect of higher LPT valuations on homeownership affordability, mortgage applicants, or the private rental market, and if he will publish these documents. [64960/25]
376. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his Department issued any direction or guidance to the Revenue Commissioners during the 2025 valuation exercise regarding the potential impact of rising valuations on owner-occupier affordability or small landlord viability. [64969/25]
380. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether his Department conducted any regional or economic distributional analysis of households most at risk of financial strain from increased LPT valuations; and if so, to publish this analysis. [64973/25]
374. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he will consider requiring all public bodies to publish, both in their annual reports and on their websites, a statement of compliance with prompt payment timelines, including data on payments to community, voluntary, and non-profit organisations, to improve transparency and accountability i…
463. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the Education Plan 2025; to outline progress made on the commitment to provide best practice guidance to schools regarding arrangements facilitating parental requests for children to attend school without attending religious instruction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63198/25]
962. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health her plans to establish a register and baby loss certificates for parents who experience loss before 24-weeks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62783/25]
1014. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Health for an update on the progress being made on the Government’s commitment to provide a “statutory homecare scheme to allow people to stay in their own home for as long as possible."; the work undertaken on regional projections to inform the levels of service and support needed in each integrated healthcare area; and the engagement that has taken place with the int…
1101. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the legislation, regulations or policies in place related to privately funded procedures in a public hospital; the oversight arrangements in place (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63607/25]
106. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason his Department uses a different model of SWITCH compared to that of the ESRI; the reason for the choice to use a simplified model; if he will provide a breakdown of the specific differences between the SWITCH models used by the Department and the ESRI; to provide a breakdown of variables available in the ESRI SWITCH model that are not ava…
485. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Health when a citizens' assembly on food will be convened, to ensure an all-of-Government approach to Irish food security and to meet the objectives of the Healthy Ireland policy and actions. [62592/25]
511. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he and the Government will support in every way possible a person (details supplied) who has been selected to become the first Irish person in space who will undoubtedly represent Ireland with pride and distinction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62510/25]
189. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Taoiseach the level of foresight or future planning that operates within his Department; who is responsible for long-term planning; and the input these individuals or teams have into Departmental policy and practice. [61670/25]
276. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Social Protection whether he intends to establish a register and baby loss certificates for parents who experience loss before 24-weeks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60882/25]