State Bodies
An official questions-paper heading. 246 questions (3 oral, 243 written), first 2025-01-22, latest 2026-07-28.
Questions under this heading, per month
Jan 2025Jul 2026
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| Month | Questions |
|---|---|
| Jan 2025 | 4 |
| Feb 2025 | 53 |
| Mar 2025 | 14 |
| Apr 2025 | 7 |
| May 2025 | 17 |
| Jun 2025 | 18 |
| Jul 2025 | 9 |
| Sep 2025 | 14 |
| Oct 2025 | 20 |
| Nov 2025 | 14 |
| Dec 2025 | 10 |
| Jan 2026 | 6 |
| Feb 2026 | 16 |
| Mar 2026 | 11 |
| Apr 2026 | 7 |
| May 2026 | 4 |
| Jun 2026 | 19 |
| Jul 2026 | 3 |
Addressed to
| Department | Questions |
|---|---|
| Enterprise | 42 |
| Housing | 36 |
| Finance | 27 |
| Climate | 25 |
| Public Expenditure | 20 |
| Transport | 18 |
| Agriculture | 17 |
| Children | 8 |
| Justice | 8 |
| Tourism | 8 |
| Foreign | 6 |
| Defence | 5 |
| Rural | 5 |
| Health | 4 |
| Culture | 4 |
| Education | 4 |
| Further and Higher Education | 3 |
| Environment | 3 |
| Taoiseach | 2 |
| Social | 1 |
Debates under the same heading
Dáil debate sections whose official heading is exactly these words.
| Date | Debate section |
|---|---|
| 2026-06-23 | State Bodies |
| 2026-03-19 | State Bodies |
| 2025-11-18 | State Bodies |
| 2025-03-06 | State Bodies |
The questions
Peadar Tóibín
written
2025-06-10 · to Enterprise
466. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if he will provide a list of addresses of all properties under the ownership or control of IDA Ireland or Enterprise Ireland which have been lost to adverse possession since 1 January 2015. [30031/25]
Matt Carthy
written
2025-05-29 · to Justice
474. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice the annual costs of projected increased staffing numbers of the agencies involved in the end-to-end asylum process under the Government’s Implementation plan for the EU Migration and Asylum Pact, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28875/25]
Matt Carthy
written
2025-05-29 · to Justice
475. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice the minimum qualifications that will be required for staff in each of the agencies involved in the end-to-end asylum process under the Government’s Implementation plan for the EU Migration and Asylum Pact, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28876/25]
Pa Daly
written
2025-05-28 · to Environment
42. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of WTE and HTE staff, by grade, working in the CRU. [28178/25]
Pa Daly
written
2025-05-28 · to Environment
49. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of WTE and HTE staff working to support renewable energy communities in the SEAI; and the full-year cost to employ them, by grade. [28188/25]
Pearse Doherty
written
2025-05-28 · to Enterprise
152. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the average time between unannounced searches by the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) where files and evidence are collected, and CCPC receiving permission from the courts to examine the evidence collected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28078/25]
Richard O'Donoghue
written
2025-05-27 · to Tourism
349. Deputy Richard O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media his views on whether it is appropriate that the CEO of Fáilte Ireland preside over Bord Fáilte giving contracts to subsidiaries of two organisations (details supplied) given the CEO is a board-member of one of the organisations; the steps he will take in relation to this conflict of interest; a…
Pádraig O'Sullivan
written
2025-05-27 · to Housing
408. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of cases heard by An Bord Pleanála for the years 2022, 2023, 2024, and to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27723/25]
Pádraig O'Sullivan
written
2025-05-27 · to Housing
409. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of judicial reviews An Bord Pleanála was involved in for the years 2022, 2023, 2024, and to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27724/25]
Pádraig O'Sullivan
written
2025-05-27 · to Housing
410. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of cases involving An Bord Pleanála that were not defended or a non-appearance at court accrued for the years 2022, 2023, 2024, and to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27725/25]
Pádraig O'Sullivan
written
2025-05-27 · to Housing
411. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of appeals that were upheld by An Bord Pleanála for the years 2022, 2023, 2024, and to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27726/25]
Pádraig O'Sullivan
written
2025-05-27 · to Housing
412. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of appeals overturned by An Bord Pleanála for the years 2022, 2023, 2024, and to date in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27727/25]
John Brady
written
2025-05-27 · to Health
598. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Health when an external investigation is commissioned by a service provider or state agency into the care and safety of vulnerable persons; the standard process for disseminating the investigation’s outcome; whether this process is explicitly defined in the terms of reference; specifically the body that must receive the final report; whether the terms …
Maeve O'Connell
written
2025-05-27 · to Further and Higher Education
894. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to report on the progress of his Department's work in the establishment of a Department-wide framework for the oversight of state bodies. [27360/25]
Pearse Doherty
written
2025-05-20 · to Finance
333. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the pay and any other benefits, including any loyalty payments, bonuses or other benefit-in-kind, of each chief executive of State-semi-State body or other public body, under the aegis of his Department, for each year since 2020, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25375/25]
Grace Boland
written
2025-05-14 · to Finance
49. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Finance to provide the total amount paid out by the Motor Insurance Bureau of Ireland for the years 2021, 2022 and 2023, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24696/25]
Conor Sheehan
written
2025-05-14 · to Housing
105. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to outline the current and future status of Uisce Éireann; whether additional capital funding will be allocated following the revelation that the €1 billion announced as part of Budget 2025 was not for additional capital investment; to outline the additional funding Government intend to provide to cover the sho…
Tony McCormack
written
2025-05-01 · to Enterprise
19. Deputy Tony McCormack asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he will provide an update on the status of IDA land bank acquisitions in County Offaly, particularly in light of his recent visit to the county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21571/25]
Maeve O'Connell
written
2025-04-29 · to Housing
1340. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Housing; Local Government and Heritage to report on any instructions given or planned, for the appointment criteria to be considered in the upcoming appointment of new members to the board of the HFA, to ensure that board appointments include candidates that can enable the agency to adapt to the changing global economic environment and its local …
Aengus Ó Snodaigh
written
2025-04-09 · to Health
267. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of the business transformation project being undertaken by an organisation (details supplied) which, according to the published council minutes, appears to be stalled in year four of what was meant to be a three year project; will she make a statement on the cost overrun, if any, in this instance; if her Department provide…
John Brady
written
2025-04-02 · to Finance
91. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Finance the details of any engagement with Irish Strategic Investment Fund (ISIF) or hackman capital partners that he or his Department had relating to the Greystones media campus which ISIF has invested in; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15990/25]
John Brady
written
2025-04-02 · to Finance
92. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Finance the details of any shares, including their value that the Irish Strategic Investment Fund have in businesses listed on the UN database of business enterprises involved in activities in the occupied Palestinian territories; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15991/25]
John Brady
written
2025-04-02 · to Finance
93. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Finance the detail of shares that Irish Strategic Investment Fund have divested from in 2023 to date in 2025 in businesses listed on the UN database of business enterprises involved in activities in the occupied Palestinian territories; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15992/25]
Matt Carthy
written
2025-04-02 · to Finance
98. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Finance further to the remarks of the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment that the Irish Strategic Investment Fund (ISIF) had divested from Israel, if he will outline when ISIF fully divested itself from all companies which derive profit from their activities in illegal Israeli settlements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16…
John Paul O'Shea
written
2025-04-02 · to Enterprise
107. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the location and size of available IDA lands in Cork, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15864/25]