292. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health when it was decided by her Department and agreed with the Health Research Consent Declaration Committee (HRCDC) that persons making applications to the Minister for membership of the Committee would be informed that they must instead make their applications through the Committee; if that agreement was formally recorded by the Department and the HRCDC: if the ar…
Topics / Ministerial Appointments
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsMinisterial Appointments
16 questions from 11 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 1 July 2026.
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| June 2025 | 1 |
| July 2025 | 3 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 2 |
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| November 2025 | 0 |
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| April 2026 | 2 |
| May 2026 | 0 |
| June 2026 | 0 |
| July 2026 | 3 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 0 |
| October 2026 | 0 |
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293. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health whether her Department considered the data protection implications of the arrangement with the Health Research Consent Declaration Committee (HRCDC) whereby it requires applicants for membership of the Committee to provide their personal data to the Committee without a statutory basis for that requirement. [49988/26]
294. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health the reason the Health Research Consent Declaration Committee is able to periodically publicly invite expressions of interest for membership of the committee. [49989/26]
428. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to provide a list of all events across every constituency attended by the Minister in the course of his ministerial duties since 1 January 2026, where formal invitations/notifications to attend were not issued by his office to all local Oireachtas members; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30615/26]
1983. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will meet the families of those bereaved and injured by the Omagh bombing. [24126/26]
2710. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans to visit the east coast of the United States before year end 2025. [45540/25]
2713. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans to visit (details supplied) before the end of 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45606/25]
1714. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has met with an organisation (details supplied) to discuss changes to the planning permission standards for apartment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44305/25]
1715. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has plans to meet with an organisation (details supplied) regarding planning permission changes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44306/25]
206. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Transport if he will outline the engagements in his ministerial diary since taking office in January 2025. [35248/25]
1158. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will provide an outline of engagements in her Ministerial diary and that of any Minister of State at her Department for the period 1 March 2025 to the week ending 28 March 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29156/25]
1100. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Justice when he will announce a new strategic policy committee member; if there is any guarantee that the application of a person (details supplied) will be reviewed as soon as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10910/25]
1101. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Justice how the citizenship application of a person (details supplied) can be rejected on grounds of a national security threat, when the individual concerned owns an Irish passport and had no issues arise under a personal data request from An Garda Síochána; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10911/25]
141. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he is concerned that a conflict of interest may exist in relation to the Minister of State for the OPW’s involvement in a High Court case relating to an OPW property in Lissywollen; what steps he will take to address this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5200/25]
453. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Education if she will publish the Ministerial brief she received following the recent formation of the Government. [2756/25]
7. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Taoiseach his views on the need to appoint a standalone Minister of State for older people. [46905/24]