826. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether the education bond scheme, which may be used by certain students as an alternative to bank statements for demonstrating financial means, permits the bond to be paid by a third party on behalf of a student visa applicant; and whether there are restrictions regarding the residence or nationality of such third-party fun…
Topics / Departmental Schemes
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsDepartmental Schemes
1,518 questions from 134 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 22 October 2026.
1,518
questions
1,497 written, 21 oral
134
TDs have asked
11
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 |
|---|---|
| January 2025 | 8 |
| February 2025 | 37 |
| March 2025 | 80 |
| April 2025 | 88 |
| May 2025 | 73 |
| June 2025 | 91 |
| July 2025 | 90 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 88 |
| October 2025 | 33 |
| November 2025 | 91 |
| December 2025 | 55 |
| January 2026 | 31 |
| February 2026 | 82 |
| March 2026 | 58 |
| April 2026 | 107 |
| May 2026 | 150 |
| June 2026 | 69 |
| July 2026 | 117 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 108 |
| October 2026 | 62 |
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
974. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the timeframe for his Department to draw down the funding from the EU fertiliser support scheme; and if the Government will co-finance it with €30 million. [64193/26]
975. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if the funds that were unspent as part of the fuel support scheme remains in his Department; and his plans for these funds. [64192/26]
976. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will review the rules regarding the cut of dates and start dates for spreading fertiliser and slurry as the weather in recent years has not been compatible with the dates for spreading fertiliser and slurry. [64198/26]
977. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he plans to provide additional funding to increase the number of applications approved under TAMS for solar panels on agricultural buildings. [64397/26]
1234. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to PQ 42510/26, whether any official within her Department, as distinct from the HSE, holds responsibility for determining whether procedures funded under the treatment abroad scheme should be subject to national clinical audit or outcome monitoring; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64755/26]
1235. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the mechanism by which the HSE verifies that an overseas provider is a public healthcare service, as distinct from a private provider, prior to authorisation under the treatment abroad scheme; whether that verification is conducted centrally or relies on the referring consultant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64754/26]
1236. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number and total value of invoices under the treatment abroad scheme in each of the past three years where the final invoice exceeded the pre-authorisation estimate by 25% or more; the number of those cases in which payment was queried, reduced or withheld; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64753/26]
1238. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the name, grade and unit of the official within her Department, and separately within the HSE, who holds responsibility for clinical, as distinct from financial, outcome monitoring of procedures funded under the treatment abroad scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64752/26]
1241. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE maintains any record of clinical outcomes, including complications, readmissions or mortality, for patients treated under the treatment abroad scheme; if so, to provide those data in tabular form for each of the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64751/26]
1242. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of referrals under the treatment abroad scheme in each of the past five years that have been suspended, restricted, reviewed or escalated on grounds of clinical outcome, standard of care or patient safety, as distinct from cost or eligibility; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [64750/26]
94. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment his plans to work on possible grant schemes or changes to the RHSS to facilitate district-communal heating schemes or move them from gas fed systems; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59682/26]
95. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment for an update on the working group on district-communal heating schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59685/26]
96. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the current grant schemes available for anaerobic digestion, AD; if enhancements to these grants are being considered; the guidelines for those considering AD, including to avoid displacement farming; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59687/26]
146. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the measures being taken to reduce waiting times for applicants to the SEAI warmer homes scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60942/26]
149. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will address the concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied), regarding eligibility criteria for older persons under the SEAI Warmer Homes Scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61468/26]
167. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will make registration on an NSAI contractors register a mandatory condition for all SEAI supported spray foam insulation works, in order to ensure that grant funded installations are carried out only by trained, competent, and audited installers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62160/26]
169. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the details of the proposed obligation rates under the renewable heat obligation scheme; the rationale for setting the initial rates at 1.5% rising to 3%; if he will consider increasing these rates to a more effective level to support meaningful emissions reduction in the heating sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. […
170. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the current status of the renewable heat obligation scheme; the reason the legislation was not published before the Dáil summer recess as previously indicated; the revised timeline for publication; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62303/26]
171. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will assess the potential compliance costs for the liquid fuel industry arising from the renewable heat obligation scheme; the expected impact on consumers; if he will revise the scheme to ensure that costs are proportionate to environmental benefit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62305/26]
175. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will consider revising the renewable heat obligation scheme to ensure that it supports the deployment of renewable liquid fuels into existing home heating systems as the fastest and most practical pathway to emissions reduction in the heating sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62312/26]
176. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the expected emissions reduction impact of the renewable heat obligation scheme at the proposed obligation rates; if his Department has modelled higher obligation rates to determine their potential effectiveness; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62311/26]
177. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if his Department has engaged with representative bodies in the renewable heating sector (details supplied) regarding the design and implementation of the renewable heat obligation scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62310/26]
179. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will examine the feasibility of establishing a single renewable liquid fuel obligation scheme covering all liquid fuels used in heating and transport, modelled on the renewable transport fuel obligation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62308/26]
188. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if changes will be introduced to SEAI grants to allow persons with properties which already have had heat pumps installed some years ago to reapply for these grants. [62738/26]