26. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if, in view of the fact that Ireland’s municipal waste recycling rate has remained at 41% for the past decade, well below the EU target of 55% for 2025, if he will outline the measures his Department is taking to ensure that distance sellers are meeting their legal obligations in relation to waste collection, recycling and producer resp…
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254 questions from 66 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 22 October 2026.
254
questions
251 written, 3 oral
66
TDs have asked
11
parties and groups
Independents counted together
20
departments asked
Questions per month
The record holds no questions for August, when the Dáil does not sit.
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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
27. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if, in view of Ireland’s municipal waste recycling rate remaining at 41% for the past decade, well below the 55% target for 2025, his Department has assessed the merits of introducing a pay-on-behalf system to address non-compliance by distance sellers with their waste and recycling obligations; and if he will make a statement on the ma…
28. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the measures he will take to rectify the imbalance in obligations for product take-back and recycling between domestic retailers and distance sellers, with a view to ensuring that all businesses placing products on the Irish market are subject to equivalent environmental compliance requirements. [55573/25]
31. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will consider commissioning an assessment of the costs incurred by Irish retailers as a result of distance sellers who fail to comply with their take-back obligations under extended producer responsibility schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55586/25]
32. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the specific responsibilities and powers of the Environmental Protection Agency in relation to the enforcement of extended producer responsibility rules as they apply to distance sellers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55587/25]
54. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to outline how the commitment in Budget 2026 to leverage “the €3.5 billion equity into semi-state energy companies to boost electricity supply and make the network more sustainable and resilient” will be achieved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55892/25]
211. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the additional resources that have been provided to each State and semi-State body; the break-down of the funding that was provided in each of the years 2020 to 2025 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55351/25]
627. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average length of time a planning permission applicant for a single house has waited for a decision from An Bord Pleanála in each of the past ten years. [55227/25]
628. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of planning permission applications for houses which have been received by An Bord Pleanála in each of the past ten years; the number of applications which have been refused; the number which have been granted; and the number for which a determination has yet to be made, in tabular form. [55228/25]
629. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number of persons working in An Bord Pleanála. [55229/25]
630. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average annual salary of persons working in An Bord Pleanála. [55230/25]
631. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide details of the salaries of the top twenty best paid persons working in An Bord Pleanála. [55231/25]
632. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the cost of the rebrand/renaming of An Bord Pleanála. [55232/25]
141. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the reason the Environmental Protection Agency is excluded from Ombudsman oversight, and the alternative accountability mechanism exist that are accessible to members of the public. [54022/25]
158. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment when he last met the CEO of the Corporate Enforcement Authority; when he is next scheduled to meet the CEO of Corporate Enforcement Authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53691/25]
280. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the number of vacancies at the Corporate Enforcement Authority, by job title; the timeframe for each of those vacancies being filled, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52795/25]
47. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the number of full-time and part-time staff currently employed by the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission; the numbers of staff centrally employed and those employed under short-term contracts or through agencies; to provide the salary rates for centrally employed, short-term contract staff and agency contracted staff; and if …
127. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of full-time and part-time staff currently employed by the Data Protection Commission; the numbers of staff centrally employed and those employed under short-term contracts or through agencies; to provide a breakdown of salary levels of all staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52358/25]
123. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport if he has met with a company (details supplied) to discuss the exit package of its CEO; if he is satisfied with the proposed exit package; when he expects a package will be agreed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51675/25]
270. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Finance to provide financial details and a timeline on the purchase and sale of Israeli war bonds by the Ireland Strategic Investment Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47596/25]
299. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Finance if any monies invested on behalf of the State through ISIF/ the Irish Whiskey Growth Fund have been lost for any reason, including liquidation, examinership, cessation of trading, bankruptcy or other; if so, to provide a breakdown of the amount of investment lost; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47937/25]
339. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Finance if any moneys invested on behalf of the State through ISIF/ the Irish Whiskey Growth Fund has been lost; the reasons for the loss including liquidation, examinership, cessation of trading, bankruptcy or other; to provide the details of the amount of investment lost; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49186/25]
421. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the number of whole-time equivalent, WTE, vacancies, by job title, at the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission; the estimated full-year costs of filling each of those vacancies; the timeframe for filling each of those vacancies, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48462/25]
425. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the budget for the Health and Safety Authority in 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form. [48653/25]
132. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if the staffing and resources available to the MARA are sufficient to enable the agency to adequately perform its statutory functions to validate, assess and issue MACs and MULs in a timely manner. [45869/25]