799. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the progress of the Apartment and Duplex Defects Remediation Bill 2024, in particular the retrospective costs pathfinder exercise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29547/25]
Topics / Legislative Measures
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsLegislative Measures
586 questions from 113 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 22 October 2026.
586
questions
569 written, 17 oral
113
TDs have asked
10
parties and groups
Independents counted together
18
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
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| Month | Questions |
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| January 2025 | 5 |
| February 2025 | 29 |
| March 2025 | 21 |
| April 2025 | 17 |
| May 2025 | 28 |
| June 2025 | 28 |
| July 2025 | 35 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 32 |
| October 2025 | 21 |
| November 2025 | 30 |
| December 2025 | 26 |
| January 2026 | 47 |
| February 2026 | 50 |
| March 2026 | 26 |
| April 2026 | 44 |
| May 2026 | 37 |
| June 2026 | 32 |
| July 2026 | 34 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 23 |
| October 2026 | 21 |
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
Members of the Government answer questions rather than ask them. Each question counts once.
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The questions
809. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the position regarding a timeline for the publication and progression of legislation to underpin the defects remediation schemes to support apartment owners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29682/25]
829. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an update on the Apartment and Duplex Defects Remediation Bill; when he expects this piece of legislation to come before the Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Local Government and Heritage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29995/25]
835. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the marine protected area legislation; if this legislation will be a Bill in its own right and not amending legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30088/25]
859. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the EU legislation that requires transposition into Irish law and awaiting referral to an Oireachtas committee; to provide a timeline for this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30626/25]
874. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Social Protection the expected timeline for the enactment of the legislation implementing the Supreme Court decision in the O'Meara case; if this legislation will be enacted with retrospective effect to January 2024; and if not, if it will apply only from the date of enactment. [28918/25]
1016. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if there are plans or proposals to introduce legislation relating to spent convictions in this Dáil term. [29588/25]
1017. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will introduce minimum sentencing laws for sex crimes involving children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29597/25]
1018. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if consideration is being given to minimum custodial sentencing for sexual offences committed against children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29598/25]
1418. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Health the timeline for pre-legislative scrutiny, the drafting, publication and introduction of the proposed nicotine inhaling products Bill; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29595/25]
1492. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if she will outline the health Acts as passed by the Houses of the Oireachtas where sections of the Acts have not yet commenced since 2005, broken down by year, by Act, by section and a brief explanation as to the reason the section has not yet been commenced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29921/25]
206. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on the progress of the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018. [27394/25]
209. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade his timeline for publishing debating and enacting the Control of Economic Activity (Occupied Territories) Bill 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27483/25]
319. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide an update on the implementation of the AI Act in Ireland and in particular on the development of an AI sandbox; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28780/25]
169. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the status of the Employment (Restriction of Certain Mandatory Retirement Ages) Bill 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28373/25]
286. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Social Protection the stage the Social Welfare (Bereaved Partner's Pension) Bill 2025 is at; the timeframe to have it enacted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27761/25]
335. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Finance for an update on the Finance (Provision of Access to Cash Infrastructure) Bill 2024; and whether he will consider expanding the role of post offices in the implementation of this legislation. [25507/25]
121. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Justice if he will commit to the removal of the provision that allows counselling notes to be used in all legal proceedings in the proposed general scheme of the Criminal Law and Civil Law Bill 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25015/25]
122. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Justice when he expects the heads to be prepared for the criminal justice (disregard of certain convictions related to consensual sexual activity) Bill to be completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24879/25]
157. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Justice if he plans to introduce legislation making it an offence to document and-or distribute video footage and-or images of fatal accidents, in view that this is becoming more prevalent with the use of smartphones and other devices with camera features; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24867/25]
180. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Justice the timeline for legislation to be published regarding the use of victims' counselling notes during sexual assault trials; if he acknowledges the lack of knowledge for victims surrounding this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24171/25]
334. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health with regard to the new nicotine inhaling products Bill, her plans in respect of flavours; if consideration has been given to people with allergies (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25052/25]
143. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Justice when in 2025 he plans to repeal section 19A of the Criminal Evidence Act 1992, which currently allows the private counselling and therapy records of victims of sexual abuse, including child victims, to be accessed by the accused given continued calls from the Council of Europe, victims, and numerous NGOs for this provision to be abolished; if legislative refor…
114. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health when she will introduce comprehensive adult safeguarding legislation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24429/25]
161. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will commit to introducing health warning labels on alcohol products in May 2026; her views on her Cabinet colleagues’ comments in relation to delaying this measure; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24090/25]