1059. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation his views on whether there is a flaw in the way in which EU Directive 2019/1937 has been transposed with the Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Act 2022 in relation to the fact that the burden of proof is reversed when penalisation is alleged, but this has only been applied during Court proceedi…
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A subject heading for parliamentary questionsEU Directives
190 questions from 49 TDs, between 5 February 2025 and 21 October 2026.
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184 written, 6 oral
49
TDs have asked
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Independents counted together
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Questions per month
The record holds no questions for August, when the Dáil does not sit.
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| January 2025 | 0 |
| February 2025 | 4 |
| March 2025 | 11 |
| April 2025 | 22 |
| May 2025 | 3 |
| June 2025 | 14 |
| July 2025 | 9 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 8 |
| October 2025 | 8 |
| November 2025 | 10 |
| December 2025 | 4 |
| January 2026 | 3 |
| February 2026 | 7 |
| March 2026 | 10 |
| April 2026 | 19 |
| May 2026 | 14 |
| June 2026 | 24 |
| July 2026 | 14 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 4 |
| October 2026 | 2 |
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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
2482. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on the implementation of the Pay Transparency Directive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25153/26]
18. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on his work with EU partners in eliminating unnecessary bureaucracy in EU directives and regulations aimed at facilitating business operations. [13199/26]
40. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to provide an update on Ireland's transposition of the EU Alternative Investment Fund Management Direction; and if, as part of, or on foot of, the transposition, there will be updates to Ireland's regulatory framework to better facilitate the establishment of regulated retail Irish domiciled funds that can invest in Irish infrastructure and green energ…
721. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the preparatory work that is underway to transpose the EU Directive on Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence, particularly provisions relating to technology-facilitated violence. [21630/26]
51. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the preparations that have taken place in his Department in advance of the ending of the Temporary Protection Directive in March 2027; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20784/26]
1127. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason Lough Corrib was never added to the protected area register under the EU Water Framework Directive (WFD); the timeline for this oversight to be rectified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20718/26]
1747. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Health if, under the EU Cross-Border Healthcare Directive, initial consultations with treating consultants abroad via video or phone call are specifically prohibited under the scheme; if the prohibition is outlined in legislation grounding the scheme; the reasons any prohibition exists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18733/26]
13. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment when the EU's Waste Framework Directive dealing with textile recycling come fully into effect in Ireland; and the actions which will flow from it. [17717/26]
14. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment whether each city and county council, under the EU's Waste Framework Directive, as it pertains to textile recycling, will have to ensure all successful tenderers will be required to sort all textiles before sending them onwards for resale, reuse, repurposing or waste; when all councils will be required to have contractors in place…
15. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the grants which will be available under the rollout of the EU's Waste Framework Directive as it pertains to textile recycling to accelerate and carry out the huge task of improving Ireland's poor textile recycling rates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17719/26]
78. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if Ireland intends, and is on course, to complete the transposition of EU Directive 2024/927 in advance of the transposition deadline of 16 April 2026; and if any further consultation is planned with industry ahead of 16 April 2026 on either the details of the planned transposition instrument or the implementation of the directive in Ireland. [17316/2…
237. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide an update on the transposition of the EU Energy Efficiency Directive into Irish law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14294/26]
5. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the financial penalties, including lump sum payments and daily fines, for failing to transpose EU directives into national law in 2025; the EU directives being infringed, the Department responsible; and the total amount of each fine, in tabular form. [13184/26]
555. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment for an update on the steps his Department has taken specifically to provide relief to entities currently reporting under Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) ‘wave 1’ reporters, based on the ‘quick fix’ delegated act signed on 11 July 2025 by the European Commission, that extended certain phase-in provisions that were pr…
798. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he plans to weaken the implementation of the EU Habitats Directive in Ireland considering his published comments in the aftermath of the recent catastrophic flooding in Enniscorthy, County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12083/26]
955. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide an update on the implementation of the NIS2 directive. [12919/26]
344. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on the implementation of the EU Pay Transparency Directive; if she expects to have the Directive fully implemented by its June transposition deadline; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9048/26]
210. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of statutory instruments intended to transpose remaining elements of RED III; the anticipated publication and commencement timelines; and whether draft regulations will be made available to stakeholders in advance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8593/26]
228. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade her Department’s stance on the digital omnibus proposal, in its current form, as published by the European Commission; to outline any changes they will seek to the proposal or concerns they have on its contents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5597/26]
435. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the progress towards transposing the green transition directive; and whether he proposes to meet the deadline of 27 March 2026. [6339/26]
901. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if it has been brought to his attention that the EU whistleblower protection directive mandates that member states provide free, comprehensive legal aid and support for whistleblowers, and yet Ireland remains uncompliant with this directive; the steps the Government is taking or will be taking t…
295. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on all European Commission infringement proceedings currently under way relating to the functions of his Department; the compliance measures and the already paid or expected fines relating to each enforcement action; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [72758/25]
202. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the basis for his response to Parliamentary Question No. 253 of 19 June 2025 that the EU Omnibus proposal is “better regulation and not deregulation” in circumstances (details supplied) where the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, has stated that the Omnibus package is intended to deliver deregulation; if his …
203. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if his Department has conducted any regulatory impact assessment of the Omnibus proposals; and if so, if the Government will publish them; the concerns he has identified for workers and communities in company value chains, as well as impacts on the environment and climate action arising from deregulatory changes at EU level; and if he…