466. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a report on a matter (details supplied) will be finalised; the timeline in which he intends to publish the report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [68124/25]
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
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Debated under the same heading
Debates whose official heading is exactly these words.
The questions
339. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to respond to matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); the status of deliberations of the National Vaginal Mesh Implant Oversight Group's report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66622/25]
150. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide details of studies, reports or evaluations commissioned by her Department during 2025. [65345/25]
304. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to set out a list of unpublished reports carried out by the Irish Government Economic and Evaluation Service, either directly in his Department or by other Departments, which have been sent to his Department, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65765/25]
458. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 78 of 4 November 2025, the timeline for the completion of a stage 2a addendum report (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63107/25]
1096. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the status of the consultation report designed by the NCP clinical lead and ADHD Ireland to amend the current Model of Care; the expected implementation timeline for the primary care hub and the piloting of GP referral acceptance in the midlands service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63595/25]
1053. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No.1626 of 4 November 2025, the reason for the delay in her receiving the report from the National Hearing Care Plan Working Group which was supposed to have been with her in Q2 2025, and that now is expected in Q1 2026. [61770/25]
1054. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health the steps she has taken to ensure that the delay in the publication of the National Hearing Care Plan Working Group and the subsequent implementation of its recommendations and the current delay in treatments is not further exacerbating the hearing issues of thousands of people. [61771/25]
1119. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the reason Children’s Health Ireland has not yet published its 2024 annual report; if her attention has been drawn to the fact that, according to the last annual report, it was sitting on €42 million and is currently marked as red by the Charities Regulator for having not filed its report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62228/25]
818. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Education and Youth if the report on alterative education has been completed; if she will publish the report and the recommendations she plans to implement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59150/25]
819. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Education and Youth if the report on alterative education has been completed, if she will publish the report, and the recommendations she plans to implement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59151/25]
1626. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Health if she has received the report from the National Hearing Care Plan Working Group that was due by end of Q2 2025, as per the terms of reference; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57737/25]
1637. Deputy Shay Brennan asked the Minister for Health the progress of the working group on the National Hearing Care Plan; if she has received the report from the working group that was due by end of Q2 as per the terms of reference; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57824/25]
1640. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the progress of the Working Group on the National Hearing Care Plan; if she has received the report from the Working Group that was due by end of Q2, as per the Terms of Reference; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57831/25]
1651. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Health the progress of the working group on the National Hearing Care Plan; if she has received the report from the working group that was due by end of Q2 as per the terms of reference; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57885/25]
1661. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health the progress of the Working Group on the National Hearing Care Plan; if she has received the report from the Working Group that was due by end of Q2 as per the Terms of Reference; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57978/25]
1676. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health to outline the work to date and the progress of the Working Group on the National Hearing Care Plan; and if she is aware that any delay could further exacerbate the hearing issues of thousands young and old. [58035/25]
1677. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health when she received the report from the Working Group on the National Hearing Care Plan, which was due earlier in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58036/25]
1678. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health if she is aware that a charity (details supplied) for deaf and hard of hearing people has stated that any prolonged delay in implementing a national hearing care will result in placing thousands at risk of dementia, depression and social isolation, and that an increased investment in audiology services delivers a return of €16 per €1 on top of the often lif…
1702. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health if she will address the growing backlog in access to audiology services, with more than 26,000 people now waiting for treatment and reports of delays of up to three years for hearing assessments and hearing aids, including for children; the urgent actions being taken to expand capacity and reduce waiting times; and if she will make a statement on the matter. […
1703. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health if she will examine the introduction of a cross-border care arrangement to allow patients waiting excessive length of times for audiology treatment or hearing aids to access timely services abroad, in recognition of the serious communication, developmental, and social impacts prolonged hearing loss can have on both children and adults; and if she will make a s…
1789. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the implementation of the "one hospital, two sites" governance structure recommended in the 2018 Walker report for Portiuncula University Hospital and Galway University Hospital. [58579/25]
2148. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to outline the statutory, policy or administrative basis under which his Department publishes its consultancy spending reports (details supplied); whether this publication is required under the Code of Practice for the Governance of State Bodies, or undertaken as a voluntary transparency initiative; and if …
177. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health the position regarding the progress of the Working Group on the National Hearing Care Plan; if she has received the report from the working group that was due by end of Q2 as per terms of reference; if there has been a delay, the reason for the delay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57482/25]
191. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health if she has received the report from the Working Group on the National Hearing Care Plan that was due by end of Quarter 2 as per Terms of Reference; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57518/25]