329. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport when he is next scheduled to meet the Director General of TG4. [66723/26]
Topics / Ministerial Responsibilities
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsMinisterial Responsibilities
133 questions from 23 TDs, between 5 February 2025 and 22 September 2026.
133
questions
133 written, 0 oral
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TDs have asked
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parties and groups
Independents counted together
20
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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| January 2025 | 0 |
| February 2025 | 75 |
| March 2025 | 5 |
| April 2025 | 5 |
| May 2025 | 19 |
| June 2025 | 5 |
| July 2025 | 5 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 2 |
| October 2025 | 1 |
| November 2025 | 1 |
| December 2025 | 0 |
| January 2026 | 0 |
| February 2026 | 8 |
| March 2026 | 0 |
| April 2026 | 4 |
| May 2026 | 0 |
| June 2026 | 0 |
| July 2026 | 2 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 1 |
| October 2026 | 0 |
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
88. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide a detailed breakdown of all gifts received in her capacity as Minister; the nature of these gifts and potential monetary value; the procedures followed in accepting gifts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58625/26]
4024. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Health to provide a detailed breakdown of all gifts received in her capacity as Minister; the nature of these gifts and potential monetary value; the procedures followed in accepting gifts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58627/26]
601. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Youth 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 …
602. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Youth 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. [30613/26]
855. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration 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 this; and if he will make a…
856. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration 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. [30620/26]
153. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide details of all occasions in which he or his predecessors exercised the power conferred on them under Section 15(3) of the Climate Action & Low Carbon Development Act (2015), which states that ‘the relevant Minister may, from time to time, give a direction to a relevant body requiring it to adopt such measures as are …
282. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to provide details of all occasions in which he or his predecessors exercised the power conferred on them under Section 15(3) of the Climate Action & Low Carbon Development Act (2015), which states that ‘the relevant Minister may, from time to time, give a direction to a relevant body requiring it to ado…
311. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will outline each section of enacted legislation, where the responsibility lies in the Minister to commence that section, that has not been commenced; if she will outline each section of enacted legislation which provides for the making of regulations by the Minister that have not been made by the Minister; if she will outline all sections …
519. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the policy rationale for proposals to bypass ministerial involvement in the approval of major infrastructure projects; whether he accepts that these proposals represent a reduction in direct ministerial accountability to the Oireachtas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11927/26]
520. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the way in which the proposed removal or reduction of ministerial decision-making roles in major infrastructure approvals is reconciled with the constitutional principle of ministerial responsibility to Dáil Éireann; and if he will outline the legal basis for this approach. [11928/26]
522. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the person that will bear political and administrative responsibility where a major infrastructure project approved under the proposed streamlined arrangements is delayed, over budget, or fails to proceed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11930/26]
523. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the mechanisms will remain in place to ensure democratic oversight, transparency, and parliamentary scrutiny of major infrastructure projects where ministerial involvement in approvals is reduced or removed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11931/26]
124. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment whether the cross-departmental data analytics working group established under Housing for All has assigned clear Ministerial accountability for the measurement of residential construction productivity; whether any recommendation was made to establish a dedicated residential productivity framework; and if no such recommendation was adopt…
790. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if a matter (details supplied) has been brought to his attention; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [63546/25]
508. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the transfer of responsibility for the regulation of owners’ management companies from the Department of Justice to his Department; and if he will confirm that this transfer will be completed before the summer recess; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57416/25]
990. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the responsibilities that have been devolved to the Minister of State with responsibility for disability; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47555/25]
134. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to identify which Minister of State has responsibility for Inland Fisheries Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45996/25]
66. Deputy John Brady asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he uses personal emails for his Government business; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42108/25]
67. Deputy John Brady asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has any messaging provider downloaded on his ministerial phone; the details of any provider downloaded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42112/25]
1819. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Social Protection if he uses personal emails for his Government business; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42152/25]
2471. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the responsibilities that have been devolved to the Minister of State with responsibility for Disability; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43543/25]
568. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the powers that have been delegated to the Ministers of State in his Department and to set out what those powers are. [38967/25]
287. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration when responsibility for the Multi-Unit Developments Act 2011 will move from his Department to the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, as set out in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35100/25]