32. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the programme plan for his Department’s new disability unit for 2025-2027. [65784/25]
Topics / Departmental Programmes
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsDepartmental Programmes
351 questions from 93 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 22 October 2026.
351
questions
312 written, 39 oral
93
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
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| Month | Questions |
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| January 2025 | 5 |
| February 2025 | 6 |
| March 2025 | 17 |
| April 2025 | 30 |
| May 2025 | 23 |
| June 2025 | 44 |
| July 2025 | 24 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 22 |
| October 2025 | 11 |
| November 2025 | 41 |
| December 2025 | 6 |
| January 2026 | 10 |
| February 2026 | 8 |
| March 2026 | 14 |
| April 2026 | 15 |
| May 2026 | 25 |
| June 2026 | 21 |
| July 2026 | 16 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 8 |
| October 2026 | 5 |
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
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Debated under the same heading
Debates whose official heading is exactly these words.
The questions
33. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the plan for a new disability unit in his Department. [65832/25]
34. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the programme plan for his Department’s new disability unit for 2025-2027. [65858/25]
35. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Taoiseach if he will report on the programme plan for his Department’s new disability unit for 2025-2027. [65862/25]
147. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the steps are being taken to support financial literacy programmes nationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66501/25]
278. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the position regarding any initiatives under review within his Department that seek to promote investment in the stock market; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66052/25]
470. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth the means by which schools qualify for the DEIS+ programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63299/25]
471. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth when schools will be notified for the DEIS+ programme application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63300/25]
828. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to support a club (details supplied) in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63793/25]
1311. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for the status of the International Investor Programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59156/25]
1312. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if there is flexibility on the deadline date of November 14 for successful applicants under the International Investor Programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59157/25]
1313. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the alternative funding sources for the International Investor Programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59158/25]
1314. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will review an application under the International Investor Programme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59159/25]
2091. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will engage with the Minister for Education & Youth on coordinated action regarding introducing the CEFR for the Irish language; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57691/25]
2102. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to provide an update on the programme of research undertaken by his officials in partnership with the Economic and Social Research Institute, ESRI, to better understand student decision-making and influencing factors [58194/25]
2144. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the status of the Programme for Government commitment to ‘review the financial supports available to adult learners and promote access to education and lifelong learning’; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59357/25]
2162. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme funding can be used in support of the payment of salaries and rents by local community groups; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57733/25]
2168. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht when he expects Community Services Programme to open for funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58065/25]
2172. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht for an update on applications from Kerry County Council under the CLÁR programme; if he fully supports these applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58330/25]
197. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 312 of 9 October 2025, if her attention has been drawn to Coimisiún na Meán’s published Work Programme 2025 (details supplied) which is in contradiction to the previous response, there is no reference to including the regulation of infant and follow-on formula advertising in the work programme; if she will review same; and if s…
202. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will publish the National Endometriosis Framework, which her Department has stated is ready for publication; the allocation provided to the Framework in Budget 2026; to provide a detailed breakdown of this funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57563/25]
526. Deputy Edward Timmins asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 305 of 25 September 2025, the means by which these programmes are increasing the participation rate, particularly as Ireland ranks last in the EU for participation of persons with disabilities in the workplace; the targets over the next five years to show progress in this area; and if he will make a statement on …
91. Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht when the announcement of allocation of funding under the LEADER programme will be; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55609/25]
378. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 650 of 23 September 2025, the reason the expected completion date for the HSE Service Improvement Programme’s review of the existing provision of limb prosthetic services has been postponed (detail supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56293/25]
137. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment to provide an update on the expected timeline for finalisation and publication of the planned Scaling for Finance Implementation Plan; the issues to be addressed in the plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55924/25]