1287. Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Health if she will intervene to ensure the continuation of home help support at a location (details supplied) where service users have been informed that this support will cease at the end of June 2025, following a decision by the HSE; if he will outline the rationale for this decision and confirm whether an alternative plan is being developed to maintain essential …
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
The record holds no questions for August, when the Dáil does not sit.
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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
488. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 98 of 21 May 2025, to provide further information on whether the multi-stakeholder process has commenced to determine the long-term strategy for the sites; if he will outline the stakeholders involved in the process; if local elected representatives will be involved in the process or informed of the process; and if he will…
872. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to report on the work of officials within his Department and update on the launch date for the proposal currently under development on a pilot scheme to incentivise SMEs to participate in lifelong learning, which had previously been expected to be launched at the end of Q1 2025; and if he will make a stat…
873. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to report on the progress of officials within his Department towards developing a successor to Technology 2022, the third action plan for technology specialists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27306/25]
329. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on the publication date of her Department's Disability Strategy. [26437/25]
17. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications when the national building renovation plan, which is due by the end of 2025, will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26229/25]
250. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Taoiseach the expected timeline for publishing and implementing a new national digital strategy. [23228/25]
301. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his plans for delivering a new national cybersecurity strategy in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23227/25]
337. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he is aware that Irish-based financial institutions hold more than €31 billion in investments in fossil fuel industries; how he intends on encouraging such institutions to divest from polluting industries, given both national and global emissions reduction targets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24339/25]
521. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will outline his Department’s strategy to support small and micro-enterprises in rural counties like Waterford, particularly in relation to access to affordable credit, reform of commercial rates, the introduction of an employer PRSI rebate for small firms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23400/25]
529. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on the drafting of Enterprise 2035, as outlined in the Programme for Government. [23761/25]
531. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on his plans to set up a MMC Innovation Fund, via the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund, to directly fund new housing factories, and the expansion of existing factories. [23768/25]
908. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Justice for an update on the formation of a new rural safety strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24453/25]
948. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on the National TB eradication strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24450/25]
1001. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health to clarify the innovation and economic growth section of the National Strategy for Accelerating Genetic and Genomic Medicine in Ireland; whether she views the “diverse range of clinical disease characteristics” in Ireland as an opportunity for private profit-making; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23193/25]
1002. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health in light of reports that individuals’ genomic data may be at risk when private companies responsible for generating and storing the data are in distress (details supplied), the reason the National Strategy for Accelerating Genetic and Genomic Medicine in Ireland makes no reference to either retaining genomic services in public ownership or bringing priva…
1003. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health in light of the National Strategy for Accelerating Genetic and Genomic Medicine’s commitment to building the genetics and genomics workforce for the future, for details of engagements with the Department of Further Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science regarding raising PhD stipends in the life sciences to the living wage and granting PhD st…
1278. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development whether he intends to propose a stand-alone rural equality strategy during the lifetime of this Government. [23393/25]
1279. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development to provide updated projections for funding needed to fully implement the outdoor recreation infrastructure strategy by 2027. [23394/25]
603. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the actions he is taking to improve the safety and security of students of colour in our higher education institutions and if his Department has investigated the costs associated with establishing a national helpline service for student victims of racism; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22780/2…
39. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when it is envisaged that a new whole-of-Government action plan on competitiveness and productivity will be finalised in line with the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21741/25]
249. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to provide an update on the national swimming strategy launched in August 2024, in particular progress on participation in swimming by primary school students as well as plans for capital programmes for swimming pool modernisation and for new swimming pools; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21780/25]
399. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he accepts that the Our Rural Future rural development strategy failed to adequately prioritise rural housing delivery; the specific measures being taken to address this failure in the next rural development framework; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21896/25]
400. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development his assessment of the impact of Our Rural Future on rural community safety, policing levels and public service provision in rural areas; and if he will acknowledge the concerns raised by rural communities regarding ongoing deficits in these critical areas. [21897/25]
401. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the extent to which the public consultation process on the successor to Our Rural Future will address shortcomings in the current policy, including issues of rural depopulation, housing, policing and access to essential services; and if he will ensure that the next rural strategy includes binding targets and timelines for delivery.…