108. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of counties that have stand-alone lán-Ghaeilge secondary schools; the counties that have none; the counties that have an ‘aonad’ lán-Ghaeilge for second level education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31133/25]
Topics / Irish Language
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsIrish Language
278 questions from 62 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 22 October 2026.
278
questions
270 written, 8 oral
62
TDs have asked
9
parties and groups
Independents counted together
13
departments asked
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 | 3 |
| February 2025 | 7 |
| March 2025 | 13 |
| April 2025 | 9 |
| May 2025 | 14 |
| June 2025 | 10 |
| July 2025 | 31 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 9 |
| October 2025 | 11 |
| November 2025 | 33 |
| December 2025 | 5 |
| January 2026 | 1 |
| February 2026 | 11 |
| March 2026 | 29 |
| April 2026 | 15 |
| May 2026 | 12 |
| June 2026 | 29 |
| July 2026 | 14 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 20 |
| 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
112. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth what steps she is taking to increase the number of Gaelscoileanna in the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31301/25]
128. Deputy Keira Keogh asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will consider more flexibility on the Irish criteria for students in relation to at-risk schools that are on the border of a Gaeltacht area and which rely on feeders from both English- and Irish-speaking primary schools; if a hybrid approach could be considered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18853/25]
593. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the measures he is taking to encourage Irish businesses to provide food information bilingually to promote the Irish language; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31625/25]
1304. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health if she has engaged with the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to discuss the promotion of bilingual food labelling in Ireland; if so, the outcomes of that engagement; and if not, whether she will commit to such coordination to ensure that future discussions on EU food labelling policy reflect the State’s obligations in respect of…
1305. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health if she will reconsider the remit of the inter-departmental group on the Food Information to Consumers Regulation to include the issue of bilingual labelling, in light of the State’s legal obligations to promote the Irish language under the Constitution and the Official Languages Acts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29129/25]
1306. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health if she will support the inclusion of bilingual labelling as part of Ireland’s national position on future revisions to the EU Food Information to Consumers Regulation, even if such provisions are not currently included in the draft EU proposal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29130/25]
372. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media whether his Department has set a definitive date for the formal approval of the Nascadh Uíbh Ráthaigh language plan; the measures being taken to ensure that the Nascadh Uíbh Ráthaigh language plan will be operational in parallel with the Brí Uíbh Ráthaigh (South Kerry Gaeltacht) language plan, which is scheduled to re…
192. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth to list every application currently being considered for capital funding, and its estimated cost and timeframe, by any Irish medium or Gaeltacht school, in tabular form. [27992/25]
193. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth the estimated cost of updating the Drumcondra Irish language test and expanding the test to all schools in the State. [27993/25]
418. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the first and full-year cost of hiring a full-time teacher in every local authority area to provide Irish classes free of charge to members of the public, based on the academic year starting in September. [27995/25]
419. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the annual expenditure on Irish medium higher education in each year from 2015 to 2025. [27997/25]
436. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the investments planned for funding for Irish language education at third level, supporting the promotion and preservation of the Irish language. [28392/25]
353. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media what actions have been taken to fill vacant language planning officer roles in Tory and Arranmore island; if a date will be provided for when these vacancies will be filled; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27415/25]
46. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his views on the need to further incentivise teaching through Irish; if additional grants or scholarships could be considered for any prospective teacher pursuing that career; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25112/25]
367. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the reason the Irish language was excluded from consideration by the cross-Government working group on the EU Regulation on the provision of food information to consumers; her views on whether this represents a failure to uphold the State’s duty to promote Irish in public life; if she will commit to introducing clear policy measures, including legislation…
375. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health the reason the use of the Irish language was not included in the remit of the cross-departmental working group established to consider new EU food labelling regulations; if she will now consider policy options, including potential legislative changes, to encourage greater use of bilingual packaging by businesses in Ireland as a way to promote and increase the v…
463. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth her vision for Irish-medium education. [25599/25]
464. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether a draft of the policy for Irish-medium education outside of Gaeltacht areas will be published for final consultation with stakeholders; if so, when it is expected to be published; and if not, the reason. [25600/25]
465. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth the proposed membership, remit and reporting timescale for the recently-announced task force on Irish-medium education provision. [25601/25]
1266. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated cost to fully implement the Official Languages (Amendment) Act 2021 in all higher education institutions, HEIs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24185/25]
1075. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the present policy in relation to the role of RTÉ in the production of Irish language content, and whether he feels there is any unnecessary duplication of functions or services between RTÉ and TG4 in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18714/25]
1087. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the expected timeframe for the publication of the 3-Year Action Plan for 2025-2027 for the National Plan for Irish Language Public Services; to detail the objectives of the action plan; to detail any impact the plan will have on the provision of public services in the Gaeltacht areas over the next three years; and if h…
1126. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if he will endorse and support the promotion of the Irish language (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20628/25]
1844. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if her Department has commissioned any research on the efficacy of public assessments of need for children who are being educated through Irish, or whose first language is Irish; and if she will make a statement on children whose diagnosis and interventions are being delayed due to the nonprovision of assessments in …