60. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update on the progress of the Israeli Settlements (Prohibition of Importation of Goods) Bill 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38339/26]
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
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Debated under the same heading
Debates whose official heading is exactly these words.
The questions
72. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline when her Department will publish its proposals in relation to the Israeli Settlements (Prohibition of Importation of Goods) Bill 2025 on foot of advice from the Attorney General; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38340/26]
76. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to outline her plans to review the Israeli Settlements (Prohibition of Importation of Goods) Bill 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38342/26]
80. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when the Government’s Bill to ban trade with the occupied territories will be introduced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38330/26]
241. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the reason for the decision to require a money message for the Industrial Relations (Provision in Respect of Pension Entitlements of Retired Workers) Bill 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38498/26]
311. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress that has been made to date on the proposed native Irish honey bee Bill 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38675/26]
43. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment whether he intends to provide for heat recovered from waste-to-energy facilities to be recognised as waste heat, excess heat or an otherwise eligible low-carbon heat source for district heating networks under the Heat (Networks and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024; the way this position aligns with Ireland's implementation of the Re…
73. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will provide an update on the progression of the Central Bank (Amendment) Bill 2025 to ensure fair access to insurance services for cancer survivors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38153/26]
110. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation when the Critical Infrastructure Bill 2026 will be enacted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38260/26]
249. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Health if she will urgently enact section 12 of the Assisted Human Reproductive Act 2024. [38039/26]
453. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for an update on the enactment of the Irish Honeybee Bill 2021 to ensure the protection of native species; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36461/26]
132. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration how his Department intends to manage overlaps between the EU AI Act, GDPR, and the Digital Services Act; whether a formal coordination mechanism between regulators has been established; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35519/26]
159. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the legislation under which his Department can acquire residential houses to be used to accommodate persons in need of emergency accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35665/26]
506. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment regarding short-term lets legislation, the impact it will have on the remaining tourist accommodation stock, given that County Kerry is heavily reliant on the tourism sector for the local economy, that tourist accommodation is key to its success, and that according to Failte Ireland, self catering has accounted for 40% of tourist acc…
508. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment to urgently review the short term lets legislation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34242/26]
509. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment when he will be introducing the Short -Term Lets and Tourism Bill 2025; if the National Short Term Lets Register will be in place on 20 May 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34269/26]
517. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment his views on the merits of progressing the Industrial Relations (Provisions in Respect of Pension Entitlements of Retired Workers) Bill 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34998/26]
518. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the position regarding any assessment carried out by his Industrial Relations (Provisions in Respect of Pension Entitlements of Retired Workers) Bill 2021 with a view to progressing the substantive aims of this legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34999/26]
842. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 423 of 7 October 2025, if he will report on the work of the Family Justice Strategy 2022 - 2025, a Family Justice Training Working Group; the status of the review into existing training needs for those working within family justice; the timeframe in which he intends effective and relevant training …
65. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Defence if she will outline her proposals to remove the triple lock neutrality protection; when she intends to bring forward a Bill in relation to same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33425/26]
389. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration when the provision to extend the limitation period for clinical negligence from two to three years, as set out in the Legal Services Regulation Act 2015, will commence; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33732/26]
441. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to clarify whether her Department retains any policy, oversight, or reporting role in relation to follow-up actions arising from Section 12 removals under the Child Care Act 1991; and if so, to detail the mechanisms through which such oversight is exercised. [33693/26]
57. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will reassess his Department’s decision not to include long-Covid under the Social Welfare (Consolidated Occupational Injuries) Regulations 2007 (S.I. No. 102 of 2007) in light of the hardship and distress caused to frontline healthcare workers as a result of having their incomes cut; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31412/26]
398. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the structures in place to allow people to enforce their rights under the equal status Acts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31496/26]
399. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of bodies that have been regulated in relation to breaches of the equal status Acts, the agency that is tasked with enforcing these acts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31497/26]