Departmental Policies
An official questions-paper heading. 1,030 questions (13 oral, 1,017 written), first 2025-01-22, latest 2026-07-28.
Questions under this heading, per month
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| Month | Questions |
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| Jan 2025 | 8 |
| Feb 2025 | 35 |
| Mar 2025 | 29 |
| Apr 2025 | 51 |
| May 2025 | 30 |
| Jun 2025 | 57 |
| Jul 2025 | 68 |
| Sep 2025 | 89 |
| Oct 2025 | 24 |
| Nov 2025 | 38 |
| Dec 2025 | 102 |
| Jan 2026 | 28 |
| Feb 2026 | 83 |
| Mar 2026 | 69 |
| Apr 2026 | 76 |
| May 2026 | 89 |
| Jun 2026 | 83 |
| Jul 2026 | 71 |
Addressed to
| Department | Questions |
|---|---|
| Health | 138 |
| Education | 138 |
| Justice | 99 |
| Children | 83 |
| Foreign | 77 |
| Finance | 65 |
| Housing | 53 |
| Transport | 53 |
| Social | 53 |
| Enterprise | 51 |
| Public Expenditure | 41 |
| Defence | 33 |
| Culture | 33 |
| Rural | 32 |
| Climate | 24 |
| Agriculture | 18 |
| Further and Higher Education | 17 |
| Environment | 9 |
| Taoiseach | 8 |
| Tourism | 5 |
Debates under the same heading
Dáil debate sections whose official heading is exactly these words.
| Date | Debate section |
|---|---|
| 2026-05-21 | Departmental Policies |
| 2026-04-28 | Departmental Policies |
| 2026-02-05 | Departmental Policies |
| 2025-05-08 | Departmental Policies |
| 2025-05-08 | Departmental Policies |
| 2025-05-08 | Departmental Policies |
| 2025-03-27 | Departmental Policies |
| 2025-03-20 | Departmental Policies |
The questions
Pádraig Rice
written
2025-06-10 · to Health
1454. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she has received a copy of a study; if she has responded to the author of that study; if she intends to request that the Health Information and Quality Authority reviews the findings of this study; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29719/25]
Paul Murphy
written
2025-06-10 · to Further and Higher Education
1663. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the new, targeted measures that have been introduced since the publication of the 2023 Funding the Future – Options Paper on the Cost of Higher Education to directly reduce the financial burden of graduate entry medicine tuition fees for socio-economically disadvantaged students; and if h…
Malcolm Byrne
written
2025-05-29 · to Finance
301. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Finance the Government's position on the creation of a European Capital Markets Union; his views on the progress on the issue at EU level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28779/25]
Darren O'Rourke
written
2025-05-27 · to Social
429. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Social Protection if he plans to recognise Covid and long Covid as illnesses and disabilities respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27375/25]
Marie Sherlock
written
2025-05-27 · to Social
432. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Social Protection if endometriosis will be considered for long-term illness benefit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27534/25]
Erin McGreehan
written
2025-05-27 · to Children
523. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department will ensure that families affected by unexpected child deaths are provided with timely access to review findings from agencies such as Tusla and are provided the necessary psychological and legal supports throughout the process. [27391/25]
Paul Murphy
written
2025-05-27 · to Health
689. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of a recent review by the US Department of Health and Human Services on healthcare for trans youth (details supplied); and if the HSE's Gender Healthcare Programme intends to consider it. [27008/25]
Barry Ward
written
2025-05-27 · to Health
792. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health her views on whether baby changing facilities should be mandatory for all publicly accessible building that have toilet facilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27652/25]
Maeve O'Connell
written
2025-05-27 · to Further and Higher Education
874. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to report on the work of his Department in implementing the spotlight actions published by his Department's strategic policy Unit in 2022. [27307/25]
Naoise Ó Cearúil
written
2025-05-22 · to Rural
85. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the proposed timeline for publishing Our Rural Future 2025-2030, following the recent public consultation on the policy’s development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26190/25]
Eoin Ó Broin
written
2025-05-22 · to Social
283. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Social Protection if financial assistance is available for vehicle adaptation for a person (details supplied) in the event that there is no other funding source available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26520/25]
Richard Boyd Barrett
written
2025-05-13 · to Justice
837. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice whether an organisation’s working definition (details supplied) of antisemitism supersedes the description of racism given in the National Action Plan Against Racism, namely that racism has its roots in colonialism, oppression and domination, given that the organisation’s working definition of antisemitism considers that describing Zi…
Richard Boyd Barrett
written
2025-05-13 · to Justice
838. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice if his Department is responsible for the implementation of an organisation’s working definition of antisemitism (details supplied). [24470/25]
Richard Boyd Barrett
written
2025-05-13 · to Justice
839. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice given that the Government has adopted an organisation’s working definition of antisemitism (details supplied), whether the illustrative examples of antisemitism appended to this definition should be considered to have also been adopted by the Government; if this is not the case, how he will ensure that this is clear to all relevant st…
Richard Boyd Barrett
written
2025-05-13 · to Justice
840. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice for details of engagements between his Department and an organisation (details supplied) or other anti-racist groups ahead of the Government’s adoption of the IHRA working definition of antisemitism and since the Government’s adoption of the IHRA working definition of antisemitism. [24472/25]
Marie Sherlock
written
2025-05-13 · to Health
1220. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the action she is planning to take on the implementation of alcohol labelling, as per Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018; her views on the proposed pausing or delaying of such an introduction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23787/25]
Ciarán Ahern
oral
2025-05-08 · to Transport
2. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Transport when he intends to bring forward a new national aviation policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23103/25]
Louis O'Hara
oral
2025-05-08 · to Transport
5. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Transport if work has commenced on a new State aviation policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23069/25]
Donna McGettigan
oral
2025-05-08 · to Transport
13. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Transport to provide an update on the review of the National Aviation Policy to maximise the use of our regional airports, as promised in the programme for Government [20950/25]
Cathal Crowe
oral
2025-05-08 · to Transport
51. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Transport when he expects to initiate a review of the National Aviation Policy; the tentative timelines that the review will follow; the details of the way in which stakeholders will be consulted as part of the review process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22501/25]
Maurice Quinlivan
oral
2025-05-08 · to Transport
90. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Transport when he expects the review of the Government aviation policy to be completed; his plans for airports outside of Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22420/25]
Pa Daly
written
2025-05-08 · to Environment
228. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications further to Parliamentary Question No. 135 of 18 February 2025, when the consultations will take place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22921/25]
Pa Daly
oral
2025-05-08 · to Transport
265. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport if work has commenced on a new State aviation policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23074/25]
Pearse Doherty
written
2025-05-08 · to Finance
294. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 299 of 5 February 2025, if in light of the court case proceeding in Britain, if any redress would be appropriate for customers that made a purchase of motor insurance prior to 31 July 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23141/25]
Emer Currie
written
2025-05-08 · to Education
320. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth to consider expanding the remote working policy to include a specific organisation (details supplied); to clarify whether this organisation currently has a remote working policy in place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22965/25]