1005. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason the revised estimates under Vote 16 for Tailte Eireann reduced the annual target for applications for registration submitted and fully processed electronically by 10% in comparison with the 2025 target; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18520/26]
Topics / State Bodies
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsState Bodies
254 questions from 66 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 22 October 2026.
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251 written, 3 oral
66
TDs have asked
11
parties and groups
Independents counted together
20
departments asked
Questions per month
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| Month | Questions |
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| January 2025 | 4 |
| February 2025 | 53 |
| March 2025 | 14 |
| April 2025 | 7 |
| May 2025 | 17 |
| June 2025 | 18 |
| July 2025 | 9 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 14 |
| October 2025 | 20 |
| November 2025 | 14 |
| December 2025 | 10 |
| January 2026 | 6 |
| February 2026 | 16 |
| March 2026 | 11 |
| April 2026 | 7 |
| May 2026 | 4 |
| June 2026 | 19 |
| July 2026 | 3 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 0 |
| October 2026 | 8 |
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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
390. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether State-owned gas companies are required to report gross profit percentages or sums to him. [15321/26]
161. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment whether State-owned electricity companies are required to report gross profit percentages or sums to him. [14263/26]
204. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Taoiseach to provide a list of all State agencies within his Department that allocate programme and project funding to section 39, section 56 and section 10 organisations. [14399/26]
217. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide a list of all State agencies within her Department that allocate programme and project funding to section 39, section 56 and section 10 organisations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14391/26]
529. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation whether there are any vacancies in the Standards in Public Office Commission; if so, the length of time they have been vacant; and the steps being taken to fill these vacancies. [12218/26]
723. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the systems in place to agree performance metrics of chief executives of agencies within the aegis of his Department; the way in which these are measured; the person or body that carries out the assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11954/26]
794. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the systems in place to agree performance metrics of chief executives of agencies within the aegis of his Department; the way in which these are measured; the person or body that carries out the assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11962/26]
971. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the systems in place to agree performance metrics of Chief Executives of agencies within the aegis of his Department; the way in which these are measured; the person or body that carries out the assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11951/26]
1255. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the systems in place to agree performance metrics of chief executives of agencies within the aegis of his Department; the way in which these are measured; the person or body that carries out the assessment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11960/26]
30. Deputy Edward Timmins asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the changes he is making to give certainty regarding long-term funding to State bodies involved in procuring long-term infrastructure projects for example Irish Rail; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11100/26]
64. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he will outline the role of the new National Development Finance Agency (NDFA); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10787/26]
440. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation further to Parliamentary Question No. 319 of 15 January 2026, if he considers there to be an inconsistency between the idea that prescriptive approaches can disadvantage candidates, and that a requirement for fixed in-person interviews effectively excludes all overseas candidates unless they…
468. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment whether a cross-agency review involving the Workplace Relations Commission, the Corporate Enforcement Authority, and the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission is underway in relation to an employment model, corporate governance, and franchise practices (details supplied). [10235/26]
498. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment whether his Department has received complaints that a company (details supplied) has altered franchise terms or operational conditions without consultation or agreement from franchisees, and whether stronger franchise-law protections are required. [10229/26]
499. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment whether franchise associations linked to a company (details supplied) are subject to any regulatory oversight; and whether concerns have been raised regarding their effectiveness in representing franchisee interests. [10230/26]
502. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment whether concerns arising from a franchise model (details supplied) will be considered as part of any planned reform of franchise regulation, including statutory protections for franchisees and transparency obligations for franchisers. [10234/26]
402. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the degree to which the ISIF undertook a process of due diligence in advance of supporting a company (details supplied); if he is satisfied that no conflicts of interest arise, or may arise, in the context of their activities; and that State aid rules will be upheld. [8530/26]
809. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount spent on media consultants by Bord Iascaigh Mhara; the dates of the consultancy/ training for each of the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form. [4049/26]
810. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount spent on media consultants by the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority; the dates of the consultancy/ training for each of the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form. [4050/26]
319. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation his position on whether public bodies should facilitate remote interviews for candidates based abroad who are seeking to return to Ireland to take up employment in public bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3025/26]
47. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the number of WTE event manager staff, by gender, that are directly employed by Enterprise Ireland, by location, as of 5 January 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2710/26]
620. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Transport the changes, if any, he intends to make to shareholder oversight, escalation protocols or performance evaluation of boards within commercial State bodies under his remit to prevent a recurrence of prolonged and costly executive governance disputes of this nature. [75152/25]
664. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Transport the number of WTE revenue protection managers employed by Iarnród Éireann as of 5 January 2026, in tabular form. [1159/26]
210. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment for details of all Canadian companies engaged with, by his Department, IDA Ireland, Enterprise Ireland, or equivalent bodies and encouraged to make investments in Ireland since 2018, in tabular form. [73239/25]