294. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Finance the number of incomplete or rejected HBFI applications; and which administrative requirements are most frequently cited as obstacles. [32347/25]
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
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Independents counted together
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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
295. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Finance the measures being considered to simplify the funding application process and reduce the bureaucratic hurdles that are reportedly limiting developers' access to HBFI finance. [32348/25]
367. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the number of vacant WTE staff currently at the Health and Safety Authority, by job title; the expected timeframe for filling each of those vacancies, in tabular form. [32600/25]
486. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport when he expects to fill the post of Chairperson for the National Concert Hall. [32608/25]
31. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the first- and full-year cost of establishing the Commission for Regulation of Utilities. [31334/25]
446. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the number of WTE staff, by job title, working in Enterprise Ireland offices based in New York and Sydney as of 26 May 2025; and if he will provide the corresponding figures as of 26 May 2022, in tabular form. [29183/25]
447. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the number of WTE staff, by job title, working in IDA offices based in Toronto and Seoul as of 26 May 2025; and if he will provide the corresponding figures as of 26 May 2022, in tabular form. [29184/25]
460. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the number of current vacancies, by job title at the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29555/25]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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; and if he will make a…
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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 of reference should …
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]
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]
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]
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 shortfall from this; an…