151. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the plans there are to reduce the number of quangos and strip out the amassed red tape and bureaucracy that exists, in order to allow the delivery of projects under his Department’s remit in a more timely, efficient and customer-friendly manner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [68378/25]
Topics / Departmental Projects
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsDepartmental Projects
355 questions from 81 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 22 October 2026.
355
questions
354 written, 1 oral
81
TDs have asked
10
parties and groups
Independents counted together
20
departments asked
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Questions per month
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| January 2025 | 4 |
| February 2025 | 15 |
| March 2025 | 8 |
| April 2025 | 25 |
| May 2025 | 22 |
| June 2025 | 34 |
| July 2025 | 21 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 27 |
| October 2025 | 7 |
| November 2025 | 6 |
| December 2025 | 33 |
| January 2026 | 25 |
| February 2026 | 20 |
| March 2026 | 20 |
| April 2026 | 10 |
| May 2026 | 49 |
| June 2026 | 8 |
| July 2026 | 13 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 4 |
| October 2026 | 4 |
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.
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The questions
157. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the plans there are to reduce the number of quangos and strip out the amassed red tape and bureaucracy that exists, in order to allow the delivery of projects under his Department’s remit in a more timely, efficient and customer-friendly manner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [68372/25]
169. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Social Protection the plans there are to reduce the number of quangos and strip out the amassed red tape and bureaucracy that exists, in order to allow the delivery of projects under his Department’s remit in a more timely, efficient and customer-friendly manner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [68375/25]
225. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the plans there are to reduce the number of quangos and strip out the amassed red tape and bureaucracy that exists, in order to allow the delivery of projects under her Department’s remit in a more timely, efficient and customer-friendly manner; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68376/25]
262. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health the plans there are to reduce the number of quangos and strip out the amassed red tape and bureaucracy that exists, in order to allow the delivery of projects under her Department’s remit in a more timely, efficient and customer-friendly manner; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68369/25]
273. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the plans there are to reduce the number of quangos and strip out the amassed red tape and bureaucracy that exists, in order to allow the delivery of projects under his Department’s remit in a more timely, efficient and customer-friendly manner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [68371/25]
282. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on a project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67996/25]
283. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on a project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67997/25]
284. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding a project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67998/25]
288. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on a project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68003/25]
289. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68004/25]
552. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the progress made by his Department in establishing a Unit for Future Planning; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58760/25]
730. Deputy Seán Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Youth to outline her views in relation to having a small schools pilot project, which operates as clusters with one administrator working on behalf of the pilot project, that could include 3-6 small schools and teachers could continue teaching in these schools at primary level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58484/25]
1300. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department is engaging with the Minister for Children,Disability and Equality with respect to the working group established to look at institutional and organisational abuse; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58885/25]
1753. Deputy Seán Fleming asked the Minister for Health the reason there is a change of approach in the provision of a project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58294/25]
1784. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health the indicative timelines in respect of the procurement process for the digitalisation of medical records in Irish hospitals; if she will provide anticipated dates for the commencement of each stage of the process; the anticipated completion dates and estimated budget for the overall project; the current status regarding progress on the matter; and if she will make…
1798. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an overview of the main health infrastructure projects completed in Meath since 2020 for both acute and community care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58601/25]
212. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the continued implementation of the HSE Health Regions; the actions that will be taken in 2026 to further implementation; the expected date at which she expects full implementation to have taken place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57573/25]
433. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide the design stage of each project under her Department, in each county, and year of application submitted, in tabular form. [57346/25]
434. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide the number of projects under her Department that are at design stage 2B, and the year of application submitted, in tabular form. [57347/25]
268. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the scope, timeline, pilot areas and budget allocation for the newly announced bovine tuberculosis cooperation project with the Northern Ireland authorities under the Shared Island initiative; the criteria for selecting participating herds; and whether Cork herds will be included in the initial pilot phase; and if he will make a statement…
393. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment for an update on his Department’s work to support regeneration, repurposing and sustainable development of walking and cycling tracks and trails, and waterways, as committed to in the Climate Action Plan 2025 and due in Quarter 4 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55498/25]
400. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment for an update on his Department’s work regarding the prioritisation of high impact projects with higher decarbonisation potential as part of their ongoing engagement strategy with clients, as committed to in the Climate Action Plan 2025 and due in Q4 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55512/25]
198. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Youth when a project will proceed to the next stage (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54468/25]
408. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Youth if the national small schools project will continue after 2026; if it will be extended to include more small rural schools that could greatly benefit from it; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51119/25]