864. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education the position regarding any plans to provide non-denominational schools as opposed to multidenominational schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19271/25]
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
869. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Education if there are minimum final pupil numbers required in urban and suburban areas before a second level school is sanctioned; whether there are exceptions to such criteria based on pressing local need or geographic isolation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19303/25]
906. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education if Ireland will take part in the next TIMSS Advanced study; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19555/25]
910. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 481 of 8 April 2025, the procedures in place to ensure certain individuals (details supplied) receive a certain minimum education as defined under the terms of the Educational Welfare Act 2000; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19586/25]
914. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Education the reason a school (details supplied) has not received the Cineáltas flag; if she will ensure the flag is provided without delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19649/25]
1086. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media his views on the public and private financial resources required and available to support his Department’s plans to meet Ireland’s climate targets by 2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19105/25]
1486. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if there has been any change in policy in relation to sending people to Seetec faster after they apply for jobseeker’s payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21256/25]
1562. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Justice if his Department will support efforts to address rising crime and anti-social behaviour in an area (detailed supplied). [19320/25]
2611. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the number of fully completed public online surveys during the consultation process for the new Our Rural Future policy, which closed on 2 April 2025, that were received by his Department. [20190/25]
71. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his views on the future revenue of the all-Island economy, given that tariffs are 10% in the North and 20% here, which is creating a two-tier trading arrangement with Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18142/25]
72. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the Government will support measures from Europe or not to deal with the proposed tariffs by the US that may be damaging to Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18143/25]
73. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will use all means at his disposal including political and diplomatic avenues, to secure the release from detention of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18231/25]
88. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will investigate a case (details supplied); if he will outline the safeguards in place to prevent issues like this arising; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18209/25]
124. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Transport his plans to address the long driving test wait times; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18092/25]
147. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Transport in view of the widespread damage caused by falling trees in recent storms affecting ESB transmission lines, telecommunication lines and other critical infrastructure, if measures will be implemented across Departments to ensure that diseased trees are felled and financial support provided to landowners and households in view of the substantial costs involved …
158. Deputy Richard O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Finance if there is an increase or a proposed increase in VRT for full electric vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18163/25]
159. Deputy Richard O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Finance if there is an increase or a proposed increase in VRT for plug in hybrid vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18164/25]
160. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Finance the new measures, he plans to put in place in the case of lost revenue given that Trump and the US administration has imposed 20% tariffs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18141/25]
161. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Finance the correct and fair treatment of unpaid maternity leave in SCSB calculations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18218/25]
162. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Finance if he is a policy review to ensure maternity-related earnings are treated equitably in redundancy tax exemptions.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18219/25]
163. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Finance if he considers that the deemed disposable rule is a disincentive to investment; if he plans any changes in relation to this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18240/25]
181. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if his Department is developing a policy for the use of high-risk AI tools, as categorised by the EU AI Act; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18339/25]
380. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will establish a centralised electronic data collection system for timely and accurate reporting of child mortality nationally; if her Department has commenced work in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18166/25]
149. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the action that has been taken to allow for plebiscites to change placenames; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17803/25]
173. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice if his attention has been drawn to a growing trend where vape shops advertise vaping products alongside confectionery in shop windows, including in close proximity to secondary schools; his views on whether legislative or regulatory measures are needed to restrict this form of advertising, particularly where it may be seen as targeting or enticing children and yo…