640. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the progress made on each of the individual Programme for Government commitments assigned to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28662/26]
Topics / Programme for Government
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsProgramme for Government
236 questions from 66 TDs, between 5 February 2025 and 7 October 2026.
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208 written, 28 oral
66
TDs have asked
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Independents counted together
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departments asked
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| January 2025 | 0 |
| February 2025 | 13 |
| March 2025 | 0 |
| April 2025 | 5 |
| May 2025 | 3 |
| June 2025 | 12 |
| July 2025 | 28 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 6 |
| October 2025 | 6 |
| November 2025 | 0 |
| December 2025 | 35 |
| January 2026 | 16 |
| February 2026 | 28 |
| March 2026 | 0 |
| April 2026 | 23 |
| May 2026 | 34 |
| June 2026 | 11 |
| July 2026 | 11 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 4 |
| October 2026 | 1 |
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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.
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The questions
657. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress made on each of the individual Programme for Government commitments assigned to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28650/26]
714. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the progress made on each of the individual Programme for Government commitments assigned to her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28651/26]
885. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Health the progress made on each of the individual Programme for Government commitments assigned to her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28660/26]
915. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the progress made on each of the individual Programme for Government commitments assigned to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28659/26]
934. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the progress made on each of the individual Programme for Government commitments assigned to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28664/26]
1054. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the progress on the commitments on digitalisation of State services contained in the Programme for Government. [24941/26]
1793. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update made on the Programme for Government commitment to earmark certain cost rental units for key local workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26324/26]
2357. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the progress made regarding the commitment in the Programme for Government to plan the development of State-led facilities in tandem with the school building programme, including Irish medium naíonraí; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23771/26]
277. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Defence the progress that has been made towards implementing the Programme for Government's commitment to introduce a new management system for the Curragh Plains; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15059/26]
295. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment for an update on the Programme for Government commitment to 'explore if legislation could be enacted to divert surplus renewable energy, that would otherwise be wasted, to those in fuel poverty' and 'explore ways to use surplus renewable energy to help reduce energy poverty, ensuring that renewable energy benefits all communities'…
296. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the actions he will take to address the high level of wasted energy (details supplied) between now and Budget 2027, considering that his Department told the Oireachtas Climate Committee that the NEAT report will not be available until July 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11716/26]
297. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the action he is taking to advance the Programme for Government commitment to utilise surplus renewable energy to support the 550,000 households in energy poverty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11717/26]
298. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment whether the Government intends to set a principle that surplus renewable energy should be used first, and only dispatched down as a last resort; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11718/26]
365. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Transport the steps that have been taken to fulfil the commitment in the Programme for Government to 'commission an independent feasibility study into continuing MetroLink from the city to south-west Dublin' and in particular steps taken to identify the independent body and to have full public oversight and consultation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9…
1. Deputy John Connolly asked the Taoiseach for an update on the programme for Government. [67574/25]
2. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Taoiseach for an update regarding the programme for Government. [71592/25]
3. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Taoiseach for an update regarding the programme for Government. [71593/25]
4. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Taoiseach for an update regarding the programme for Government. [74525/25]
5. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Taoiseach for an update on the programme for Government. [3638/26]
6. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Taoiseach for an update on the programme for Government. [3639/26]
7. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Taoiseach for an update on the programme for Government. [3646/26]
8. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Taoiseach for an update on the programme for Government. [3648/26]
9. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Taoiseach p=for an update on the programme for Government. [3830/26]
10. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Taoiseach for an update on the programme for Government. [4024/26]