536. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health her views that regulation is needed to protect autistic people from unscientific and unregulated products / protocols that can cause serious harm, such as chlorine dioxide solution and chlorine dioxide enemas; and her views that marketing chlorine dioxide as a 'cure' to treat autism should be banned. [66423/26]
Topics / Departmental Priorities
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsDepartmental Priorities
61 questions from 41 TDs, between 13 February 2025 and 22 September 2026.
61
questions
61 written, 0 oral
41
TDs have asked
9
parties and groups
Independents counted together
17
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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| January 2025 | 0 |
| February 2025 | 3 |
| March 2025 | 1 |
| April 2025 | 1 |
| May 2025 | 7 |
| June 2025 | 8 |
| July 2025 | 10 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 0 |
| October 2025 | 2 |
| November 2025 | 2 |
| December 2025 | 3 |
| January 2026 | 1 |
| February 2026 | 3 |
| March 2026 | 4 |
| April 2026 | 1 |
| May 2026 | 2 |
| June 2026 | 6 |
| July 2026 | 6 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 1 |
| October 2026 | 0 |
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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The questions
227. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment for an update on Ireland’s policy priorities ahead of COP31 and Ireland’s position leading negotiations for the European Union; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58492/26]
155. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance for an update on Ireland's priorities and position with respect to the EU Market Integration and Supervision Package; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53748/26]
195. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the status of efforts to more accurately quantify the cost of abolition of the deemed disposal rule. [53090/26]
196. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the steps his Department is taking towards reform of the deemed disposal rules on ETFs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53091/26]
197. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether his Department has carried out analysis on the amount of tax revenue raised from the operation of the deemed disposal rule since the tax rate change in Budget 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53092/26]
31. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation his plans to update public procurement rules to promote collective bargaining; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51537/26]
308. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment for an update on his Department’s priorities for Ireland’s EU Council Presidency. [49578/26]
67. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Social Protection his key priorities under the Roadmap for Social Inclusion 2026–2030; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46026/26]
287. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth to support a technology conference (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46555/26]
138. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to approve and progress a proposal (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31441/26]
273. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to outline plans for the St. Mary of the Angels Campus in Beaufort, County Kerry; to consider this location as a centre of excellence for respite in the county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44638/26]
312. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the current position on previous statements by a Minister (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42864/26]
948. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the mechanisms in place in her Department to ensure delivery on the commitments in the Programme for Government; the civil servant specifically responsible for overseeing such delivery; the measures that are used to assess progress; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38806/26]
1126. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Health the mechanisms in place in her Department to ensure delivery on the commitments in the Programme for Government; the civil servant specifically responsible for overseeing such delivery; the measures that are used to assess progress; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38815/26]
363. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether orientation and mobility services for the visually impaired and blind fall within the remit of her Department or the Department of Health; if orientation and mobility can be included as part of the expanded core curriculum; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29231/26]
1520. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the priorities for her Department, specifically those relating to disability, ahead of Ireland holding the EU Presidency from July 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18881/26]
1527. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the plans to finalise and enact the Equality (Miscellaneous Provision) Bill 2025 which would be a clear statement of Ireland’s commitment to gender equality; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19050/26]
1528. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if the Equality (Miscellaneous Provision) Bill 2025 will clearly prohibit intersectional discrimination so that older women, disabled women and Traveller and Roma women who have experienced this form of combined discrimination will be protected from discrimination; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19051/26]
1529. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if key areas such as social welfare, social housing, healthcare, and the functions of public bodies that impact on the lives of women (details supplied) will be explicitly covered by equality legislation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19052/26]
157. Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Minister for Defence to outline her priorities as Minister; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12455/26]
1260. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to provide details of all active interdepartmental, interagency, and department-agency working groups organised under his remit. [10156/26]
1278. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht to provide details of all active interdepartmental, interagency, and department-agency working groups organised under his remit. [10161/26]
81. Deputy Tony McCormack asked the Minister for Social Protection his main priorities for his Department for the remainder of the year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2861/26]
863. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Children; Disability and Equality the key equality measures during 2025; her priorities for same in 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72476/25]