325. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Defence to provide a list of all events across every constituency attended by the Minister in the course of her ministerial duties since 1 January 2026, where formal invitations/notifications to attend were not issued by her office to all local Oireachtas members; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30612/26]
Topics / Ministerial Communications
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsMinisterial Communications
90 questions from 31 TDs, between 29 July 2025 and 21 October 2026.
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90 written, 0 oral
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TDs have asked
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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.
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| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 4 |
| October 2025 | 2 |
| November 2025 | 0 |
| December 2025 | 0 |
| January 2026 | 4 |
| February 2026 | 1 |
| March 2026 | 4 |
| April 2026 | 13 |
| May 2026 | 9 |
| June 2026 | 6 |
| July 2026 | 26 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 2 |
| October 2026 | 4 |
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
1245. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health if it is the current policy of her private office/Department to formally invite or notify all local Oireachtas members of constituency events at which Ministers are in attendance in the course of performing their ministerial duties and functions; if she will provide the Department's current policy or protocol on this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. …
1246. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health to provide a list of all events across every constituency attended by the Minister in the course of her ministerial duties since 1 January 2026, where formal invitations/notifications to attend were not issued by her office to all local Oireachtas members; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30618/26]
1304. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if it is the current policy of his private office/Department to formally invite or notify all local Oireachtas members of constituency events at which Ministers are in attendance in the course of performing their ministerial duties and functions; if he will provide the Department's current policy or protocol on…
1305. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science 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. [30617/2…
380. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will intervene to prevent the proposed closure of a school in Kildare (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29430/26]
1288. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth the dates and attendees of any meetings she has had since taking office with members of the Oireachtas regarding a school (details supplied). [24258/26]
1289. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth the dates and all attendees of any meetings she has had since taking office with members of the Oireachtas regarding a school (details supplied). [24259/26]
1290. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth the dates and all attendees of any meetings she has had since taking office with members of the Oireachtas regarding a school (details supplied). [24260/26]
1291. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth the dates and all attendees of any meetings she has had since taking office with members of the Oireachtas regarding a school (details supplied). [24261/26]
191. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will review correspondence (details supplied); the status of the related applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23051/26]
290. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education and Youth when she will respond to recent correspondence from the principal and chairperson of the board of management of a school (details supplied) inviting her to visit the school, and to see at first hand the urgent need to progress a new school, as her two immediate ministerial predecessors have done. [21198/26]
65. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health the number of times she has met with the Master of the Rotunda Hospital in 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17640/26]
440. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide an update on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17920/26]
1132. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to respond to correspondence (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14586/26]
922. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Health to review correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3568/26]
1781. Deputy Pat the Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the European leaders he personally contacted in advance of the Fisheries Council seeking support for Ireland. [73713/25]
2567. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science when his predecessor became aware of the exam papers for sale allegations; the actions he took when he became aware; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73901/25]
2568. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science when he became aware of the exam papers for sale allegations; the actions taken by the Department when it became aware; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73902/25]
55. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment Communications the reason the figures for the Ministerial Vote Group Gross Voted Capital Expenditure were based on the revised 2025 allocations subheads (details supplied); the reason he chose to present the information in this way; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55898/25]
115. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the engagement he has had with a board (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53941/25]
142. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport the number of times he has met with the CEO or management of Irish Rail since taking office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51538/25]
605. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he has met formally with the executive director of a theatre (details supplied); when the next meeting with the executive director is scheduled. [48210/25]
655. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation whether any agreements, understandings or lists have been made since he took office, or exchanged with independent TDs who now support the Government to include projects in their constituencies in the future National Development Plan and/or the HSE Capital Plan; and if so, whether there are docum…
1068. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the contacts he has had with the GAA regarding the potential for fan zones or any other sporting, cultural or artistic events, that may be hosted in Dublin city and county to tie in with the GAA All Ireland finals in Croke Park; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44967/25]