786. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has any vacant or derelict buildings in Dublin-Rathdown; to provide the addresses of these buildings and details on the length of time they have been derelict, in tabular form; and his plans to bring any vacant or derelict buildings back into use. [17471/25]
Topics / Departmental Properties
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsDepartmental Properties
358 questions from 65 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 15 October 2026.
358
questions
357 written, 1 oral
65
TDs have asked
9
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 | 20 |
| February 2025 | 41 |
| March 2025 | 18 |
| April 2025 | 30 |
| May 2025 | 7 |
| June 2025 | 15 |
| July 2025 | 6 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 40 |
| October 2025 | 6 |
| November 2025 | 30 |
| December 2025 | 8 |
| January 2026 | 2 |
| February 2026 | 20 |
| March 2026 | 4 |
| April 2026 | 37 |
| May 2026 | 28 |
| June 2026 | 23 |
| July 2026 | 7 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 13 |
| October 2026 | 3 |
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
120. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education if the former DIT building in Rathmines is owned by her Department or a body under the control of her Department. [16169/25]
121. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education if the former DIT building in Rathmines is owned by his Department or a body under the control of his Department. [16170/25]
370. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education whether a site (details provided) is under the ownership and control of the Department of Education; if the site is under the Department's jurisdiction, if a construction company has been assigned to develop a special school on the premises [15062/25]
116. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development further to Parliamentary Question No. 68 of 10 October 2024, if the transfer of lands from the Department to the HSE has been completed; to provide an update on the plans for the remainder of the site; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14533/25]
221. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the plans for the site at a location (details supplied) after the termination of a temporary accommodation centre; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14604/25]
211. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence his plans to bring vacant units on the ground floor of the married quarters at Cathal Brugha Barracks back into use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13946/25]
198. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to list the buildings occupied or vacant or land in Dublin 8, 10 or 12 which his Department owns or is leasing, and have been identified as surplus to requirements now or in the near future or that are underutilised; the plans for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11785/25]
243. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to list the buildings occupied or vacant or land in Dublin 8, 10 or 12 which his Department owns or is leasing, and have been identified as surplus to requirements now or in the near future or that are underutilised; the plans for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11782/25]
257. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number of habitable residential units under the control of his Department; the location of these units; if they are occupied or unoccupied, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12506/25]
258. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the number and location of residential units under the control of his Department that are considered to be currently uninhabitable; the location of these units, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12507/25]
259. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he will indicate, notwithstanding Department policy, the number of residential units under the control of his Department which have the potential to be refurbished and brought back into use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12508/25]
417. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Finance to list the buildings occupied or vacant on land in Dublin 8, 10 or 12 which his Department owns or is leasing, and have been identified as surplus to requirements now or in the near future or that are underutilised; the plans for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11784/25]
465. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if lands formerly held by a company (details supplied) became State lands and vested in the Minister, pursuant to section 28 of the State Property Act 1954, on the dissolution of that company on 19 October 2007; if so, to outline his proposals in relation to the future of the lands; if he and his officer…
479. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to list the buildings occupied or vacant or land in Dublin 8, 10 or 12 which his Department or the HSE owns or is leasing, and have been identified as surplus to requirements now or in the near future or that are underutilised; the plans for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11779…
496. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if the ownership of a property (details supplied) will be transferred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12697/25]
672. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Education to list the buildings occupied or vacant or land in Dublin 8, 10 or 12 which her Department or the HSE owns or is leasing, and have been identified as surplus to requirements now or in the near future or that are underutilised; the plans for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11778/25]
992. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of premises in an area (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10633/25]
1037. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Social Protection to list the buildings occupied or vacant or land in Dublin 8, 10 or 12 which his Department owns or is leasing, and have been identified as surplus to requirements now or in the near future or that are underutilised; the plans for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11781/25]
1163. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Justice to list the buildings occupied or vacant or land in Dublin 8, 10 or 12 which his Department owns or is leasing, and have been identified as surplus to requirements now or in the near future or that are underutilised; the plans for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11783/25]
1613. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Health the number of vacant and or derelict buildings in the ownership of, or leased by, her Department, by the HSE or by other agencies reporting to her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11305/25]
1723. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health to list the buildings occupied or vacant or land in Dublin 8, 10 or 12 which her Department or the HSE owns or is leasing, and have been identified as surplus to requirements now or in the near future or that are underutilised; the plans for same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11780/25]
282. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health the number of HSE buildings that are currently lying vacant in County Kerry; her plans for the redevelopment or otherwise of each of these properties; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8333/25]
117. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Taoiseach to provide details of the empty buildings, by county, in his Department’s portfolio; the value of the property; the length of time they have lain empty; and the physical status of each building, in tabular form. [6239/25]
118. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Taoiseach to provide details of undeveloped sites, by county, in his Department’s portfolio; the value of the property; the length of time they have lain undeveloped; and the reason for the lack of development, in tabular form. [6256/25]