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Capital Expenditure Programme

237 questions from 61 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 22 October 2026.

237
questions
232 written, 5 oral
61
TDs have asked
10
parties and groups
Independents counted together
18
departments asked

Questions per month

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

Jan 2025Oct 2026
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MonthQuestions
January 20251
February 20253
March 20252
April 20257
May 202510
June 20256
July 202529
August 20250
September 202540
October 20257
November 202515
December 20251
January 202637
February 20264
March 20268
April 20265
May 202641
June 20263
July 202610
August 20260
September 20260
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.

  • Aontú4 from 1 TD · 2 seats today
  • Fianna Fáil41 from 14 TDs · 48 seats today
  • Fine Gael123 from 17 TDs · 38 seats today
  • Green Party7 from 1 TD · 1 seat today
  • Independent11 from 3 TDs · 15 seats today
  • Independent Ireland5 from 1 TD · 4 seats today
  • Labour Party5 from 4 TDs · 11 seats today
  • People Before Profit-Solidarity2 from 1 TD · 3 seats today
  • Sinn Féin33 from 15 TDs · 39 seats today

The TDs who asked most

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

  1. 48
  2. 25
  3. 9
  4. 7
  5. 7
  6. 7
  7. 7
  8. 6

Asked of

Debated under the same heading

Debates whose official heading is exactly these words.

The questions

Sean Fleming Written 5 Nov 2025 · to Public Expenditure
50. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation for an update on the work of the accelerating infrastructure task force; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60201/25]
John Paul O'Shea Written 5 Nov 2025 · to Defence
66. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the plans for capital expenditure within his Department under the National Development Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60321/25]
Eamon Scanlon Written 5 Nov 2025 · to Public Expenditure
93. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to provide an update on the provision of a new Garda divisional headquarters in Sligo, which has been agreed by An Garda Síochána and his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54038/25]
Naoise Ó Cearúil Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Public Expenditure
548. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the capital investment allocated to County Kildare under the National Development Plan from 2022 to 2025, by year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58699/25]
Naoise Ó Cearúil Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Public Expenditure
549. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the capital investment allocated to each county under the National Development Plan from 2022 to 2025, by year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58700/25]
Naoise Ó Cearúil Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Public Expenditure
550. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the number of major infrastructure projects planned, commenced, and completed in Kildare North under the NDP from 2022 to 2025, by year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58705/25]
Naoise Ó Cearúil Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Public Expenditure
551. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the number of projects in Kildare North delayed or deferred under the National Development Plan from 2022 to 2025, by year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58706/25]
Brendan Smith Written 16 Oct 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
18. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the major capital projects that will be progressed in 2026 in the further education sector; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55938/25]
David Cullinane Oral 2 Oct 2025 · to Health
78. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if she is confident that sufficient capital funding has been provided for in the national development plan to deliver elective centres, 3,000 additional acute inpatient beds, digital transformation, and the entirety of health infrastructure commitments made by the Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52529/25]
Carol Nolan Written 2 Oct 2025 · to Public Expenditure
270. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he accepts that it is critical the State moves to multi-annual budget envelopes for key infrastructure projects and delivery bodies given that a growing number of major infrastructure projects under the current NDP have been delayed in recent times for lack of relatively small amounts of fund…
Carol Nolan Written 2 Oct 2025 · to Public Expenditure
271. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the additional funding that will be needed in the coming years to align our underpinning infrastructure with national targets for housing and industry and to deliver critical national infrastructure such as the Water Supply Project Eastern & Midlands Region and the Greater Dublin Drainage Pr…
Carol Nolan Written 2 Oct 2025 · to Public Expenditure
272. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the steps he is taking to ensure that projects identified in the National Development Plan or those that can demonstrate their contribution to meeting national strategic objectives under the National Planning Framework must be prioritised in the planning system; if he will support calls for Gove…
Carol Nolan Written 2 Oct 2025 · to Public Expenditure
273. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation for an update on Programme for Government commitments to transforming the delivery of infrastructure including the delivery of a new Infrastructure Division within his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52662/25]
Carol Nolan Written 2 Oct 2025 · to Public Expenditure
274. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to provide an update the work of Public Service Reform and Digitalisation that has been established; if expertise has been seconded from key delivery agencies; if the National Development Finance Agency has provided Departments with additional expert assistance and support on major public capita…
Ged Nash Written 30 Sep 2025 · to Public Expenditure
364. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to confirm the total voted capital expenditure ceiling for 2025 has now increased to €17.1bn; if not, the additional revised estimates which still have to be passed by the Oireachtas; where the increased capital allocation has been provided and for the purposes; and if he will make a statement on t…
Danny Healy-Rae Written 25 Sep 2025 · to Health
346. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health to examine the case for urgent approval of capital funding for a project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50995/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Health
1140. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the total over expenditure on capital health projects in 2023-2025; the updated timeframes and costs for Cork University Hospital, the Mercy University Hospital, and St. Stephen's Hospital, Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47778/25]
Tom Brabazon Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
1412. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the nature of capital works projects funded either by his Department and or SOLAS at an education centre (details supplied) in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [48118/25]
Naoise Ó Muirí Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
1429. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide an update on a building project (details supplied) in County Mayo; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48934/25]
James Geoghegan Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Taoiseach
10. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Taoiseach further to Parliamentary Question No. 26 of 29 July 2025, if he will instruct the bodies under his aegis to provide the information requested. [47365/25]
James Geoghegan Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Taoiseach
11. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Taoiseach further to Parliamentary Question No. 27 of 29 July 2025, if he will instruct the bodies under his aegis to provide the information requested. [47383/25]
James Geoghegan Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Foreign
83. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 100 of 29 July 2025, if he will instruct the bodies under his aegis to provide the information requested; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47357/25]
James Geoghegan Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Foreign
84. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 101 of 29 July 2025, if he will instruct the bodies under his aegis to provide the information requested; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47375/25]
James Geoghegan Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Climate
198. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 256 of 29 July 2025, if he will instruct the bodies under his aegis to provide the information requested; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47351/25]
James Geoghegan Written 8 Sep 2025 · to Climate
199. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment further to Parliamentary Question No. 257 of 29 July 2025, if he will instruct the bodies under his aegis to provide the information requested; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47369/25]