156. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is aware of the recent statements by the German Chancellor and the French President calling for the entire abolition of the EU’s Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD); if he agrees with these sentiments; if he will defend CSDDD at EU level and publicly commit to enacting national due diligence legislation that priori…
Topics / EU Directives
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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parties and groups
Independents counted together
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departments asked
Questions per month
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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.
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The questions
103. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 277 of 7 May 2025, through which formal notification procedure the Construction Industry Register Ireland (CIRI) regulations will be notified to the European Commission; whether this will be via the Technical Regulation Information System (TRIS) or another mechanism; and if he will make a stateme…
170. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Tánaiste and 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 for each of the years 2020 to 2024 respectively, outlining the EU Directive being infringed, the Department responsible and the total amount of the fine, in tabular form. [21816/25]
222. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide a list of all EU directives which are awaiting transposition in his Department; the date on which transposition is due; and the reasons for any delay in transposition, in tabular form. [20328/25]
294. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to provide a list of all EU directives which are awaiting transposition in his Department; the date on which transposition is due; and the reasons for any delay in transposition, in tabular form. [20326/25]
348. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to provide a list of all EU directives which are awaiting transposition in his Department; the date on which transposition is due; and the reasons for any delay in transposition, in tabular form. [20323/25]
484. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Transport to provide a list of all EU directives which are awaiting transposition in his Department; the date on which transposition is due; and the reasons for any delay in transposition, in tabular form. [20338/25]
597. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Finance to provide a list of all EU directives which are awaiting transposition in his Department; the date on which transposition is due; and the reasons for any delay in transposition, in tabular form. [20327/25]
660. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to provide a list of all EU directives which are awaiting transposition in his Department; the date on which transposition is due; and the reasons for any delay in transposition, in tabular form. [20333/25]
717. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide a clear timeline for the implementation of the objectives of the EU directive on minimum wages with respect to the public procurement and tendering process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19809/25]
730. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide a list of all EU directives which are awaiting transposition in his Department; the date on which transposition is due; and the reasons for any delay in transposition, in tabular form. [20325/25]
980. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education to provide a list of all EU directives which are awaiting transposition in her Department; the date on which transposition is due; and the reasons for any delay in transposition, in tabular form. [20324/25]
1112. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to provide a list of all EU directives which are awaiting transposition in his Department; the date on which transposition is due; and the reasons for any delay in transposition, in tabular form. [20337/25]
1305. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a list of all EU directives which are awaiting transposition in his Department; the date on which transposition is due; and the reasons for any delay in transposition, in tabular form. [20331/25]
1451. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide a list of all EU directives which are awaiting transposition in his Department; the date on which transposition is due; and the reasons for any delay in transposition, in tabular form. [20335/25]
1613. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Justice to provide a list of all EU directives which are awaiting transposition in his Department; the date on which transposition is due; and the reasons for any delay in transposition, in tabular form. [20332/25]
1653. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice the position regarding any measures being put in place by his Department to prepare for the end of the EU Temporary Protection Directive (Directive 2001/55/EC); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21088/25]
1660. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Justice if he will provide an update on the status of Directive 2011/99/EU on the European protection order under Irish law. [21172/25]
1679. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason his department have no records on file for an appropriate assessment or a natura impact statement as required under the EU habitats directive for (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18720/25]
1737. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide a list of all EU directives which are awaiting transposition in his Department; the date on which transposition is due; and the reasons for any delay in transposition, in tabular form. [20321/25]
1893. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide a list of all EU directives which are awaiting transposition in her Department; the date on which transposition is due; and the reasons for any delay in transposition, in tabular form. [20322/25]
2350. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Health to provide a list of all EU directives which are awaiting transposition in her Department; the date on which transposition is due; and the reasons for any delay in transposition, in tabular form. [20330/25]
2568. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to provide a list of all EU directives which are awaiting transposition in his Department; the date on which transposition is due; and the reasons for any delay in transposition, in tabular form. [20329/25]
2618. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development to provide a list of all EU directives which are awaiting transposition in his Department; the date on which transposition is due; and the reasons for any delay in transposition, in tabular form. [20334/25]
44. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is satisfied that there is an understanding of the importance of the Nitrates derogation among EU counterparts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13814/25]