116. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the individual assessment procedure used when deciding if proposed alternative accommodation is suitable for a resident of a location (details supplied); whether medical, disability, accessibility, family and educational needs are assessed; the person or body that conducts these assessments; whether appropriately qualified healthcare p…
Topics / Departmental Reviews
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsDepartmental Reviews
575 questions from 101 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 20 October 2026.
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questions
573 written, 2 oral
101
TDs have asked
10
parties and groups
Independents counted together
19
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 | 2 |
| February 2025 | 11 |
| March 2025 | 27 |
| April 2025 | 21 |
| May 2025 | 16 |
| June 2025 | 35 |
| July 2025 | 25 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 25 |
| October 2025 | 18 |
| November 2025 | 42 |
| December 2025 | 39 |
| January 2026 | 18 |
| February 2026 | 49 |
| March 2026 | 26 |
| April 2026 | 41 |
| May 2026 | 63 |
| June 2026 | 43 |
| July 2026 | 24 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 42 |
| October 2026 | 8 |
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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The questions
117. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration his plans to pause the transfer or discharge from State-provided accommodation of medically vulnerable residents of a location (details supplied) including persons undergoing cancer treatment, dialysis, surgery or hospital treatment, persons with disabilities, older persons and families with children until an individual needs and suita…
58. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment his engagement with relevant stakeholders in the healthcare sector regarding the “50:50 rule” in the Employment Permits Act 2024; and if a review of the policy is being carried out which will consider risks of continuity of care due to staffing shortages, in view that non-compliance of the 50:50 rule can affect the employer’s ability to r…
294. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide details on research that is currently being funded by her Department in respect of youth work and youth affairs. [66819/26]
398. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Social Protection whether he will undertake a comprehensive review of the financial and social protection supports available to family carers, including carer's allowance, carer's benefit and the carer's support grant, with particular consideration given to the interaction between caring responsibilities, employment, taxation and pension entitlements. [66791/26]
405. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will review the case of a person; and if he will provide an update on the application. [67037/26]
406. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will review the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will provide an update on the application. [67035/26]
691. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science when the next review of SUSI income thresholds is due to take place. [67018/26]
237. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the departmental review on income thresholds is due to be completed. [66056/26]
148. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide an update on the land use review; when it will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65806/26]
348. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Transport the current status of the national urban speed limit review and implementation programme. [65702/26]
562. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department has completed a strategic review of primary and post-primary school capacity across north Louth, having regard to the substantial population growth experienced in recent years and the further housing development expected; the additional capacity identified as necessary; and the actions and timelines arising from that review. [6509…
1049. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department is considering a review or revision of the implementation of the Time to Move on from Congregated Settings policy developed under the Transforming Lives Programme. [65258/26]
1050. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will provide a detailed, itemised timeline for the implementation of the reforms cited in Departmental correspondence (ref: DCDE-MFO-01419-2026), including the review of the Missing Children in Care Joint Protocol, the update to the Child Sexual Exploitation Procedure, and proposed amendments under the Child Care (Amendment) B…
1136. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1011 of 6 May 2026, whether any audit or review since 2020 has examined the correctness or consistency of individual approval and refusal decisions under the treatment abroad scheme, as distinct from audit of the scheme's expenditure or financial controls; and, if so, to provide the dates and findings of each such review; and…
1137. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1024 of 6 May 2026, to provide the title, scope, commencement and completion dates, reporting line, and final report reference of the Comptroller and Auditor General audit of the treatment abroad scheme referred to; to state whether that report is publicly available; and, if it is not, to arrange for a copy to be provided to …
1138. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1032 of 6 May 2026, which stated that the Comptroller and Auditor General conducted an audit of the treatment abroad scheme in 2020, and Parliamentary Questions Nos. 1011 and 1024 of 6 May 2026, which stated that the audit was conducted in 2022, to confirm the correct year of the audit; to state whether these references are t…
1491. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he has undertaken an assessment of the financial sustainability of the higher education sector in light of indications from the Higher Education Authority (details supplied); the findings of any such assessment; the measures being considered to address the financial sustainability of the sector; and …
274. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Defence the position regarding any review of defence spending in the context of an ever-changing international landscape; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [63028/26]
821. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if consideration will be given to broadening the qualifying conditions for the seafarers' allowance, which as currently drafted are confined to seafarers employed on EU-registered vessels used solely for the carriage of passengers or cargo for reward, so as to reflect the realities of contemporary maritime employment including crew serving on yachts;…
822. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if the seafarers' allowance, introduced in 1998, has been reviewed or uprated at any point since its introduction; if his Department has carried out, or will carry out, any assessment comparing the relief available to Irish seafarers with the seafarers' earnings deduction available in the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement on the matter.…
823. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of persons who claimed the seafarers' allowance in each of the past five years; the total cost of the allowance to the Exchequer in each of those years; the estimated full-year cost of increasing the allowance from its current level of 6,350 euro to 10,000 euro, to 15,000 euro and to 20,000 euro respectively; and if he will make a statemen…
830. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance his plans to make changes to the seafarers’ allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63372/26]
873. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his Department is reviewing the equity of Capital Acquisitions Tax (CAT) relationship bands to better reflect modern Irish family structures; if his attention has been drawn to recent advocacy campaigns highlighting the discriminatory impact of the severely depressed Group B (€40,000) and Group C (€20,000) lifetime thresholds on childl…
900. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the status of the spending review papers; the reason this process has been set aside; if he will reinstitute the process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60652/26]