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Fuel Quality

6 questions from 5 TDs, between 4 March 2025 and 17 September 2025.

6
questions
6 written, 0 oral
5
TDs have asked
3
parties and groups
Independents counted together
2
departments asked

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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.

  • Fianna Fáil2 from 2 TDs · 48 seats today
  • Independent2 from 1 TD · 15 seats today
  • Sinn Féin2 from 2 TDs · 39 seats today

The TDs who asked most

Members of the Government answer questions rather than ask them. Each question counts once.

  1. Carol Nolan
    2
  2. John McGuinness
    1
  3. Johnny Mythen
    1
  4. Pat Buckley
    1
  5. Ryan O'Meara
    1

Asked of

The questions

Pat Buckley Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Climate
130. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to establish an independent fuel quality control body; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48484/25]
John McGuinness Written 20 May 2025 · to Environment
218. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he is satisfied with the sampling, testing and oversight of the quality of diesel available in Ireland; if a totally independent agency is needed similar to other EU member States to monitor on a real-time basis the quality and consistency of all tanker loads and batches of diesel available in the State; if he is aware t…
Johnny Mythen Written 29 Apr 2025 · to Environment
281. Deputy Johnny Mythen asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his views on the lack of state oversight on the EN590 fuel quality measures entering the Island of Ireland; and if he will raise this issue with the European Commission to act on the absence of State oversight on fuel quality and the lack of mandated testing of compliances with all elements of EN590. [19744/25]
Ryan O'Meara Written 8 Apr 2025 · to Environment
240. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications which State agency has responsibility for the testing of vehicle fuel quality; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16627/25]
Carol Nolan Written 4 Mar 2025 · to Environment
197. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if consideration is being given to the transposition of the EU Directive on fuel quality into Irish law, thereby making EN 590 an obligatory standard for all diesel by Irish law; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9348/25]
Carol Nolan Written 4 Mar 2025 · to Environment
198. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will establish an independent regulatory body, similar to Belgium’s petroleum products analysis fund agency (details supplied), to oversee fuel sampling, laboratory testing, and compliance auditing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9349/25]