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Residential Institutions

119 questions from 38 TDs, between 19 March 2025 and 20 October 2026.

119
questions
117 written, 2 oral
38
TDs have asked
9
parties and groups
Independents counted together
4
departments asked

Questions per month

The record holds no questions for August, when the Dáil does not sit.

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MonthQuestions
January 20250
February 20250
March 20251
April 20251
May 20250
June 20254
July 20252
August 20250
September 20259
October 20255
November 202517
December 20253
January 20264
February 202611
March 20267
April 20264
May 202614
June 202620
July 20267
August 20260
September 20262
October 20268

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.

  • Aontú1 from 1 TD · 2 seats today
  • Fianna Fáil25 from 8 TDs · 48 seats today
  • Fine Gael1 from 1 TD · 38 seats today
  • Independent9 from 3 TDs · 15 seats today
  • Independent Ireland15 from 1 TD · 4 seats today
  • Labour Party20 from 6 TDs · 11 seats today
  • People Before Profit-Solidarity2 from 2 TDs · 3 seats today
  • Sinn Féin33 from 13 TDs · 39 seats today

The TDs who asked most

Members of the Government answer questions rather than ask them. Each question counts once.

  1. 15
  2. 15
  3. 11
  4. 7
  5. 7
  6. 7
  7. 6
  8. 5

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Debated under the same heading

Debates whose official heading is exactly these words.

The questions

Pa Daly Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Education
495. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Education and Youth the engagement that has taken place with survivor groups regarding implementation of the agreement reached on 10 November 2025; the frequency of updates being provided; and if she will publish a progress report on delivery of the commitments. [74461/26]
Pa Daly Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Education
499. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to commitments made to survivors of Industrial and Reformatory Schools, when the promised health supports and services will be operational; the nature of those services; and if a dedicated point of contact has been established for survivors seeking assistance. [74457/26]
Pa Daly Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Education
503. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Education and Youth the Department, agency or named official that has responsibility for overseeing and ensuring delivery of the commitments agreed with survivors of Industrial and Reformatory Schools on 10 November 2025; and the governance structures that have been put in place to monitor progress. [74454/26]
Pa Daly Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Education
504. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Education and Youth the projected implementation dates for each outstanding measure contained in the agreement reached with survivors of Industrial and Reformatory Schools; and if she will provide a detailed schedule for delivery. [74453/26]
Pa Daly Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Education
506. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Education and Youth the current status of the supports package agreed with survivors of Industrial and Reformatory Schools following the agreement signed by the Taoiseach on 10 November 2025; the elements of the package that have been delivered to date; the elements that remain outstanding; the reasons for the delays in implementing the commitments contained in the agreement…
Pa Daly Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Education
532. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Education and Youth the amount of funding allocated and drawn down to date for the implementation of the supports package agreed with survivors of Industrial and Reformatory Schools; and the amount required to complete delivery of all outstanding measures. [74463/26]
Pa Daly Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Education
533. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she remains committed to delivering in full the agreement reached with survivors of Industrial and Reformatory Schools on 10 November 2025; when all outstanding commitments will be fulfilled; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74482/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 20 Oct 2026 · to Health
915. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether a clinical risk assessment of the transfer itself, as distinct from a care needs assessment, has been completed for each resident of Unit 1 at St Stephen's Hospital, Glanmire; the number of residents transferred to date; the number placed in public units and in private nursing homes respectively; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73823/26]
Conor D. McGuinness Written 29 Sep 2026 · to Education
371. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of an application (details supplied) for the formal education grant under the Supports for Survivors of Residential Institutional Abuse Act 2025. [68156/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 17 Sep 2026 · to Children
325. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 2844 of 28 July 2026, to specify in exact terms, the "additional oversight on Out of State placements” given HIQA does not operate outside the State; the independent inspection equivalent to the section 69 function that applies to these children; and whether Tusla receives and acts on the host inspec…
Darren O'Rourke Written 28 Jul 2026 · to Education
1221. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on the supports that were committed to be delivered for survivors of industrial and reformatory schools (details supplied); if the supports have all been delivered; if not, when they will be delivered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56154/26]
Claire Kerrane Written 14 Jul 2026 · to Education
305. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department will negotiate with her counterparts in Britain to ensure that all survivors of institutional abuse to include all schemes related to mother and baby institutions, industrial schools, and Magdalene laundries now living in Britain, who receive financial redress supports or any related settlements should be equally protected (detai…
Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh Written 14 Jul 2026 · to Education
309. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will modify the formal education and training support payment for survivors of institutional abuse such that unaffordable up-front payments are no longer required; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53112/26]
Sorca Clarke Written 14 Jul 2026 · to Health
905. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if she has considered the establishment of a dedicated redress scheme for survivors of abuse and mistreatment in former State-run and State-funded psychiatric institutions; if she has received any proposals in this regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53627/26]
Sorca Clarke Written 14 Jul 2026 · to Health
906. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if she will commit to issuing a formal State apology to survivors who experienced abuse, neglect, coercive practices and inhumane treatment while resident in former psychiatric institutions, in recognition of the State's role in their suffering; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53628/26]
Sorca Clarke Written 14 Jul 2026 · to Health
907. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health whether she will establish an independent statutory inquiry into historical abuse and systemic failings within psychiatric institutions and with meaningful survivor participation in its design and operation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53629/26]
Sorca Clarke Written 14 Jul 2026 · to Health
908. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health if she has met with, or intends to meet with, survivors of psychiatric institutions to discuss their calls for justice; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53630/26]
Darren O'Rourke Written 30 Jun 2026 · to Education
342. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if the Commission of Investigation into the Handling of Historical Child Sexual Abuse in Day and Boarding Schools will take submissions in particular circumstances (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49019/26]
Ivana Bacik Written 30 Jun 2026 · to Education
415. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to ensure the inclusion of persons who are nonverbal in redress schemes run by her Department and intended to compensate and give justice to survivors of institutional abuse. [49777/26]
Michael Cahill Written 25 Jun 2026 · to Education
273. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth for a detailed response to the issues raised in relation to the agreed supports package for the survivors of Ireland’s industrial and reformatory schools (details supplied). [48589/26]
Eoin Hayes Written 24 Jun 2026 · to Education
161. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide a costing of introducing a contributory State pension for survivors of industrial and reformatory schools, based on the current estimated survivor population; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47902/26]
Ivana Bacik Written 16 Jun 2026 · to Education
526. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education and Youth her views on the specific trauma-informed training that is in place for Departmental staff tasked with dealing with applicants and querists under the survivor supports work in relation to the supports available for survivors of residential institutional abuse; if a policy is in place in relation to the need to minimise the number of requests made of s…
Ivana Bacik Written 16 Jun 2026 · to Education
527. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education and Youth if persons who interacted with Caranua are required to re-supply all details of their experience of institutional abuse while accessing supports for survivors of residential institutional abuse; if a GDPR-compliant means of data sharing and retention can be used in the management of supports for survivors of residential institutional abuse to avoid th…
Ivana Bacik Written 16 Jun 2026 · to Education
528. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to consolidate the application process for supports for survivors of residential institutional abuse such that an applicant would have to deal with just one form, rather than three as is currently required; her plans to include a printout of the eligibility criteria as part of the issuing of those forms; and her views on the disproportionate…
Ivana Bacik Written 16 Jun 2026 · to Education
529. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to review the application process for supports for survivors of residential institutional abuse; and the way in which such a review will gather the direct input of persons who have experience of using the system as an applicant. [45964/26]