1890. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether she will commit to establishing a formal, survivor-centred engagement and accountability framework to apply where serious safeguarding failures occur in independent, voluntary, or charitable organisations involving children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74064/25]
Topics / Departmental Reports
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsDepartmental Reports
471 questions from 90 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 22 October 2026.
471
questions
435 written, 36 oral
90
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 | 3 |
| February 2025 | 8 |
| March 2025 | 3 |
| April 2025 | 15 |
| May 2025 | 5 |
| June 2025 | 38 |
| July 2025 | 24 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 9 |
| October 2025 | 43 |
| November 2025 | 22 |
| December 2025 | 49 |
| January 2026 | 23 |
| February 2026 | 26 |
| March 2026 | 51 |
| April 2026 | 79 |
| May 2026 | 15 |
| June 2026 | 16 |
| July 2026 | 26 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 5 |
| October 2026 | 11 |
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
1891. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether she is concerned that emphasising the organisational independence of a service (details supplied) in the context of serious safeguarding failures involving children, risks signalling to survivors of child sexual abuse that the State does not stand with them; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74065/25]
174. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his long-term strategy for ensuring the sustainability of public finances given the demographic pressures outlined in the Department of Finance's Future Forty: Ireland's Demographic Outlook, which projects an increase in the old-age dependency ratio from 23.1% in 2022 to 55.2% by 2065; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [69735/25]
184. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the implications of aging demographics as set out in the Future Forty report; and the actions his Department will take as a result. [69523/25]
686. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to state whether her Department receives aggregated reports from the HSE on the results of compliance checks carried out on non-statutory bodies, including trends, recurring issues, and risk ratings; and when the most recent such report was received. [73515/25]
159. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport to provide an update on the one new action and 13 legacy actions due, as outlined in the Q1 2025 progress report (details supplied); to outline which actions they are; the reason for the delay; the state of the progress to date; and a timeline for completion, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [72970/25]
187. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to provide an update on the four legacy actions due, as outlined in the quarter 1 2025 progress report (details supplied); to outline which actions they are; the reason for the delay; the state of the progress to date; and a timeline for completion, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement o…
198. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment to provide an update on the two legacy actions due, as outlined in the Q1 2025 progress report (details supplied); to outline which actions they are; the reason for the delay; the state of the progress; and a timeline for completion, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [72939/25]
241. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Education and Youth the expected publication date of the implementation group’s updated progress report on Out of School Education Provision; if her Department is considering the publication of a draft or interim version of the progress report; the current work of the implementation group; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72852/25]
306. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide quarterly reporting on the number and location of properties approved for acquisition under URDF Call 3 in County Kildare; the number acquired to date; and the number resold and brought back into residential use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73054/25]
307. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the plan to scale the URDF Call 3 revolving fund beyond current approvals, in the context of the national €142.5 million allocation and Kildare's reported €7 million for 27 properties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73055/25]
348. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an update on the two new actions and nine legacy actions due, as outlined in the Q1 2025 progress report (details supplied); to outline which actions they are; the reason for the delay; the state of the progress to date; and a timeline for completion, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [72936/25]
363. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when the outputs of the childcare forward planning model will be published; the way in which local population growth projections will be incorporated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72844/25]
1007. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if her Department will establish a single national reporting structure for all gender-related referrals of minors, including approvals, outcomes and costs, to ensure transparent governance and accountability; and to provide the expected timeline. [71980/25]
1. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the status of the Government’s new infrastructure plan, Accelerating Infrastructure-Report and Action Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70883/25]
568. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the reason the implementation oversight team for the COVID-19 Nursing Homes Expert Panel Report has not published a progress report since November 2024; if one will be published in 2025; the status of the recommendations that were outstanding in the last progress report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [70974/25]
301. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of supervisory inspections carried out by the Financial Regulator on each Irish retail and commercial bank in every year from 2004 to 2008, including the number of onsite inspections, thematic inspections and governance reviews conducted during that period, in tabular form. [69662/25]
302. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to provide a breakdown of all enforcement actions initiated by the Financial Regulator or its predecessor authorities against Irish retail and commercial banks between 2004 and 2008, including the statutory basis for each action; the nature of the breaches identified and the outcome of each case. [69663/25]
303. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his Department holds any internal assessments, briefing papers, risk analyses or correspondence created between 2004 and 2008 concerning the adequacy of banking supervision at that time; and the main findings of any such documents. [69664/25]
304. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether he has reviewed the recent remarks of a person (details supplied) in which they acknowledged that the Central Bank had been too trusting of the banking sector during their tenure; and his Department's current assessment of the accuracy and implications of those remarks. [69665/25]
305. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the specific supervisory and risk-assessment methodologies used by the Financial Regulator between 2004 and 2008 when assessing capital adequacy, liquidity risk and property-related credit exposures in Irish banks; and the way in which those methodologies have been replaced or reformed since 2009. [69666/25]
306. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to provide details of any formal concerns, warnings or risk escalations communicated to his Department by the Financial Regulator between 2004 and 2008 regarding overheating in the property market, rapid credit expansion or emerging solvency risks within the banking system. [69667/25]
307. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the statutory or governance oversight his Department exercised over the Financial Regulator between 2004 and 2008; and the mechanisms in place at that time for monitoring the effectiveness of banking supervision. [69668/25]
308. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the specific regulatory weaknesses identified in the Honohan Report, the Nyberg Report and the Banking Inquiry which have since been addressed through primary legislation and the weaknesses which remain under review. [69669/25]
309. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether his Department has carried out any retrospective review of supervisory failures in the banking system between 2004 and 2008; and to provide the conclusions of any such review, including recommendations for further reform. [69670/25]