1257. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the steps being taken to ensure cancer patients have access to up-to-date radiotherapy comparable to international best practice; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48414/25]
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
1275. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health when the proposed tribunal to deal with cases of people who have been injured as a result of taking the Covid vaccines will be established; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48547/25]
1276. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health if she plans to increase the eligibility threshold for the medical card for those aged 70 years and over; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48558/25]
1307. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Health if there was any consultation with coroners in counties Waterford, Wexford, Kilkenny, Tipperary and Carlow in relation to the discontinuation of coronial post-mortems at University Hospital Waterford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48720/25]
1309. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Health the plans to replace the service of coronial post-mortems in University Hospital Waterford to ensure that this service can be carried out in counties Waterford, Wexford, Kilkenny, Tipperary and Carlow; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48722/25]
1325. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Health the plans in place regarding a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48921/25]
26. Deputy Seán Fleming asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will support the reinstatement of DNA testing in Ireland for intending parents, following surrogacy treatment abroad, on their return home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44695/25]
130. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will provide an update on the mechanisms available to homeowners whose properties have been damaged as a result of works carried out under SEAI approved retrofit schemes; the redress routes that are open to affected households in cases where contractors have carried out substandard and damaging works; if he will report on the mo…
161. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to review the possibility of increasing the number of water refill stations available in Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46180/25]
209. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of entities designated as “critical entities” by sector under the CER regulations; the date on which the National Strategy for the Resilience of Critical Entities will be published; the number of compliance audits completed to date; the enforcement actions taken, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47189/25]
232. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the likely cost to the exchequer of the full implementation of welfare provisions in the working time directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47502/25]
233. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence whether it is his intention to require the Defence Forces to pay for welfare provisions from existing resources; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47503/25]
234. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence whether it is the intention to pay for the implementation of welfare provisions from pay deductions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47504/25]
293. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Transport for an update on his proposals to revise the National Aviation Policy, as per the Programme for Government; the timeline for this; and at what point he proposes to engage with the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45060/25]
821. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Education and Youth the actions required by Government arising from case of O’Keefe v Ireland (2014) at the European Court of Human Rights; the actions taken by Government to date; the Government proposals to ensure that Ireland fully complies with the judgement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45504/25]
1053. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth the measures being taken to support families and schools affected by the early closure on Thursday, 23 October, due to polling requirements; and if additional childcare provisions or compensations will be put in place. [47536/25]
1066. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he has designated, or intends to designate, any music festival or arts event as an event of major importance which should be available on free television services in line with his powers under section 162 of the Broadcasting Act 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44865/25]
1067. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if a strategic plan is under development to support the revitalisation of the night-time economy in Cork city and surrounding towns; and if grant supports or regulatory changes are being considered to assist cultural venues, late-night transport, and local business reopening. [44916/25]
1071. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport his views on the feasibility of a proposal (details supplied); if he has plans to enhance location identification in rural and tourist areas. [45164/25]
1094. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport with recent high-profile player transfers (details supplied), and Cork City FC receiving a financial windfall from a sell-on clause, if he will consider establishing a Community Sports Investment Fund to ensure such financial gains are reinvested locally, promoting youth development and local sports facilities. [46816/25]
1166. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if structures (details supplied) qualify for funding under the remit of his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45296/25]
1389. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Social Protection his views on creating a statutory to recognise a child that does not conform to world health organisation stillbirth standards of less than 500 grammes and a gestational age of less than 24 weeks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46317/25]
1693. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will consider bringing forward amendments to the International Protection Act 2015 to introduce a UK-style statutory presumptions, whereby an applicant convicted of specified serious sexual offences or sentenced to 12 months’ imprisonment or more is presumed to have been convicted of a particularly serious crime and to constit…
1694. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will provide statistics on refusals or revocations of refugee or subsidiary protection on “particularly serious crime-danger to the community” grounds; the number that involved sexual-offence convictions; the number of such cases resulted in removal being barred by non-refoulement, for each of the past five years, in tabular f…
1832. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when legal powers to the An Rialálaí Agraibhia to compel businesses to provide it with price and market information will be given; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47232/25]