812. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her attention has been drawn to the recent CSO publication “Equality and Discrimination 2024”; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39045/25]
Topics / Legislative Reviews
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsLegislative Reviews
90 questions from 41 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 13 October 2026.
90
questions
88 written, 2 oral
41
TDs have asked
9
parties and groups
Independents counted together
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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 | 2 |
| February 2025 | 6 |
| March 2025 | 5 |
| April 2025 | 15 |
| May 2025 | 3 |
| June 2025 | 4 |
| July 2025 | 9 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 0 |
| October 2025 | 2 |
| November 2025 | 3 |
| December 2025 | 2 |
| January 2026 | 6 |
| February 2026 | 10 |
| March 2026 | 4 |
| April 2026 | 1 |
| May 2026 | 7 |
| June 2026 | 7 |
| July 2026 | 1 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 1 |
| October 2026 | 2 |
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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The questions
827. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the current status of the Programme for Government commitment to reform the Disability Act 2005 in consultation with stakeholders; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39517/25]
674. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he has any plans to amend the Status of Children Act 1987 to allow for court-ordered DNA testing of individuals other than alleged parents in appropriate cases, subject to suitable legal safeguards (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37826/25]
29. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if there are plans to introduce stronger bail laws; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36663/25]
302. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of outdoor recreation businesses and others in relation to the consistent issue of signed personal liability waivers not being regarded in court proceedings; if he will consider amending existing legislation to strengthen laws regarding personal responsibility in liability cases; and if he…
643. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration his plans to amend the Criminal Justice (Victims of Crime ) Act 2017; and if he will address an issue regarding section 4(1), which introduces a distinction between victims’ rights pre-and post the legislation, where no such distinction is contained in the relevant Directive, leading to impermissible discrimination between victims. [34…
779. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Health the plans to address the legal entitlement of both parents to be on the birth certificate of a child born via surrogacy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33785/25]
780. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Health the plans to progress amending legislation that would give legal entitlement of both parents to be on the birth certificate of a child born via surrogacy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33786/25]
491. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to set out a timeline for the updating of the Childcare Act 1991. [31679/25]
130. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 1516 of 29 April 2025, his views on the ‘Impact on Safety and Well-being’ chapter of the Review of the Operation of Section 7A of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 1993, specifically that sex workers who contributed to the review outlined that the legislation had made their circumstances more dangerous; the steps …
168. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Justice his assessment of the operation and impact of the Harassment, Harmful Communications and Related Offences Act 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24785/25]
175. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice to provide an update on his Department’s consultations on the recommendation of the review group on the Offences Against the State Act 1939; when he will bring forward legislation based on the recommendations of that review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24764/25]
770. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Education if she will consider amending the Education (Welfare) Act, 2000 where a ‘child’ is currently defined as six years old for the purpose of compulsory education, but now many children are attending school before the age of six and the existing legislation limits the ability of schools to undertake early intervention strategies with these children; and if she …
771. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Education if she will consider amending the Education (Welfare) Act, 2000 where a ‘child’ is currently defined as six years old for the purpose of compulsory education, but now many children are attending school before the age of six and the existing legislation limits the ability of schools to undertake early intervention strategies with these children; and if she …
1516. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice to make a statement in relation to the Review of Part 4 of the Sexual Offences Act 2017, and the acknowledgement in that review that there has been no impact on demand for the purchasing of sex since the enactment of the legislation, even though that was the key rationale for its implementation, and in that context, and the lack of any empirical evaluatio…
1517. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice to make a statement regarding the status of the draft report on the review of Part 4 of the Sexual Offences Act 2017, submitted by the original independent expert commissioned to undertake that review in July 2020, with particular reference to where that report can be accessed, the reason it was not published, and the relationship between its conclusions …
1550. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Justice if he plans to amend section 93 of the Children Act 2001 to enable a person who has been convicted of a crime while under the age of 18 to be publicly identified when they reach the age of 18; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19195/25]
1551. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Justice if he plans to amend section 53 of the Children Act 2001 in relation to an act carried out by a person under the age of 12 years which would be a crime but for section 52 of the Act, as the procedure set out in the Act for how the person committing the act is supposed to be dealt with is extremely vague; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19196/25]
1632. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 1114 of 19 March 2025, the timeframe in which he intends to bring forward pre-action protocol regulations related to the Civil Liability and Courts Act 2004; the legislative mechanism he intends to use to implement such; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20848/25]
1635. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 455 of 11 February 2025, regarding his plans to bring forward legislation in response to the Independent Review Group into the Offences Against the State Acts, if his Department has now completed the consultation on the recommendations of that review; when he will bring forward a substantive response to the Review; and if he…
1795. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will provide an update on the legislation to amend the Child Care Act 1991; if she will be bringing a draft bill to Cabinet for approval shortly; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18730/25]
1854. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide a timeline for when she expects the General Scheme of the Equality (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024 to be presented for debate; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19704/25]
2042. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health when the review of minimum unit pricing, as required under the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018, will be conducted; if the Department has a proposed timeline for its completion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18914/25]
2043. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health when updated regulations under Section 23 of the Public Health (Alcohol) Act 2018, intended to prohibit the use of loyalty points and promotional pricing schemes on alcohol products, will be introduced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18915/25]
1050. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health if she will consider amending the forthcoming alcohol labelling regulations to allow for a standardised approach to wine labelling commencing with the 2026 vintage; if she will remove the requirement for per-container nutritional information, which conflicts with existing EU legislation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17645/25]