110. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide details on any specific cross-departmental mechanisms in place to ensure that the lived experience of people with disabilities, as highlighted during the Social Inclusion Forum and related consultations, is reflected in the design and implementation of the next roadmap for social inclusion; and if he will make a statement on the ma…
Topics / Departmental Strategies
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsDepartmental Strategies
448 questions from 95 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 20 October 2026.
448
questions
422 written, 26 oral
95
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 | 1 |
| February 2025 | 9 |
| March 2025 | 20 |
| April 2025 | 17 |
| May 2025 | 25 |
| June 2025 | 30 |
| July 2025 | 45 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 36 |
| October 2025 | 13 |
| November 2025 | 32 |
| December 2025 | 20 |
| January 2026 | 24 |
| February 2026 | 24 |
| March 2026 | 63 |
| April 2026 | 19 |
| May 2026 | 26 |
| June 2026 | 13 |
| July 2026 | 20 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 7 |
| October 2026 | 4 |
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
133. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will report on his Department’s annual social inclusion forum; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32904/25]
138. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Social Protection when the new roadmap for social inclusion will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32905/25]
153. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason the commitment to reduce consistent poverty to 2% by 2025 in the Roadmap for Social Inclusion 2020-2025 has been so badly missed, with the most recent CSO report showing it is at 5%, up from 3.6% in 2023, and the Child Poverty Monitor reporting that consistent poverty among children is at 8.5%, up from 4.8% in 2023; and what he intends t…
152. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health to outline her Department's plans for the delivery of a care strategy for those with lung fibrosis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32934/25]
104. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the expected timeline for the implementation of the autism innovation strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32411/25]
120. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the steps being taken to fulfil the Programme for Government commitment to place an autism innovation strategy on a statutory footing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32105/25]
130. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will outline the role of her Department in monitoring and supporting the implementation of the national disability strategy across Government; and how progress is being tracked to ensure real outcomes for people with disabilities. [30320/25]
364. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the process and timeline for the development of the National Life Science Strategy as committed in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32366/25]
726. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if the forthcoming national disability strategy will include specific actions and measurable targets to address the extra living costs faced by disabled individuals, as identified in the Cost of Disability in Ireland report; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32553/25]
63. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to provide an update on the development of a national strategy for the resilience of critical entities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30706/25]
220. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to report on his Department’s progress on publishing its new Statement of Strategy. [31401/25]
238. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence for an update on the development of the national maritime security strategy; and when this strategy is expected to be completed. [31779/25]
373. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport to report on his Department’s progress on publishing its new statement of strategy. [31686/25]
460. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to report on the Department’s progress on publishing its new Statement of Strategy. [31660/25]
476. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to report on her Department’s progress on publishing its new statement of strategy. [31663/25]
477. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when her Department’s statement of strategy is expected to be published. [31664/25]
478. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when her Department will release the National Disability Strategy. [31665/25]
483. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to report on her Department’s work on a Neuro-Rehabilitation Strategy for specialist community-based services. [31671/25]
486. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to report on the progress of implementing the actions set out in the autism innovation strategy. [31674/25]
498. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health for an update on the implementation of the National Strategy on Genetics and Genomics, specifically the timeline for the establishment of the National Genomic Processing Service (NGPS); the current status of its development; the means by which the NGPS will support the retention and expansion of accredited genomic testing capacity within Ireland; and if she wil…
499. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if the Prior Information Notice issued by the HSE’s National Genetics and Genomics Office for a National Genomic Processing Service was conducted as an open competition; whether it was accessible to both public and commercial laboratories in accordance with HSE procurement policy and EU competition law; if not, the reasons for the exclusion of any potential ten…
500. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Health if the HSE’s National Genetics and Genomics Office ensured that the principles of fair and open competition were upheld in the issuance of the Prior Information Notice for a National Genomic Processing Service; whether the process aligns with the commitment to value for money and equal access by all suitably accredited providers; and if she will make a statemen…
566. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Health the proposals, if any, to introduce additional safeguarding legislation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31723/25]
1285. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if she will engage with the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, in regard to utilising HSE buildings and lands across County Kerry for housing, that are no longer being utilised and are surplus to requirement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29067/25]