1517. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the budget allocation for the walks scheme developmental fund in the years 2025 and 2026 in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39382/26]
Topics / Departmental Budgets
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsDepartmental Budgets
259 questions from 71 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 20 October 2026.
259
questions
256 written, 3 oral
71
TDs have asked
11
parties and groups
Independents counted together
19
departments asked
This is one of the catch-all headings the Oireachtas uses for how a department runs rather than what a question is about, so it is left out of the range and focus figures.
Questions per month
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| Month | Questions |
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| January 2025 | 1 |
| February 2025 | 6 |
| March 2025 | 6 |
| April 2025 | 9 |
| May 2025 | 13 |
| June 2025 | 21 |
| July 2025 | 32 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 8 |
| October 2025 | 7 |
| November 2025 | 12 |
| December 2025 | 12 |
| January 2026 | 45 |
| February 2026 | 10 |
| March 2026 | 3 |
| April 2026 | 8 |
| May 2026 | 19 |
| June 2026 | 15 |
| July 2026 | 13 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 11 |
| October 2026 | 8 |
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.
The TDs who asked most
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The questions
179. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Transport if his Department's budget is sufficient for new services to be provided in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38461/26]
107. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the estimated cost of a 1% or €500 increase, based on whichever is the lower, pay increase across the public sector on a pro rata basis. [38092/26]
287. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health if any dedicated capital funding from the €1.6 billion budget 2026 mental health allocation has been ring-fenced for CAST expansion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38241/26]
426. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to provide a breakdown of the expected spending cuts for each Government Department as a result of recent overspends in the Department of Education and Youth, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36722/26]
427. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the amount the Department of Education and Youth estimated as its required budget for 2026; if it was more than was allocated by his Department in Budget 2026; if so, the amount by which; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36723/26]
668. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the first year and full year cost of the emergency response payment; the estimated amount the payment will cost over the medium term; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36966/26]
682. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection if there will be categories provided for family composition and circumstances in the emergency response payment beyond the categories of single, couple and dependent child; if he will give consideration to the additional cost of disability or costs incurred on a household, when there is a member unable to work due to illness, injury or disability; i…
116. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of funding from the carbon tax allocated to his Department since 2020; and the amount expended. [35756/26]
766. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health to provide a copy of the recent correspondence issued by the Minister for public expenditure to her Department, as referred to in media reports (details supplied); if she will provide details of the percentage reduction(s) in spending in her Department referenced in the correspondence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36408/26]
50. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to set out the estimated cost of maintaining existing levels of service across the public sector in 2027; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35437/26]
277. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the basis on which the current levy arising from public expenditure overruns is being calculated and applied to his Department’s Vote; whether any categories of expenditure, including pay, pensions or staffing-related costs, are exempt from the levy within his Department; and if he will provide a breakdown of the areas against which t…
306. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Defence the basis on which the current levy arising from public expenditure overruns is being calculated and applied to her Department’s Vote; whether any categories of expenditure, including pay, pensions or staffing-related costs, are exempt from the levy within her Department; and if she will provide a breakdown of the areas against which the levy is being applied [3…
417. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Transport the basis on which the current levy arising from public expenditure overruns is being calculated and applied to his Department’s Vote; whether any categories of expenditure, including pay, pensions or staffing-related costs, are exempt from the levy within his Department; and if he will provide a breakdown of the areas against which the levy is being applied. …
737. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the basis on which the current levy arising from public expenditure overruns is being calculated and applied to his Department’s Vote; whether any categories of expenditure, including pay, pensions or staffing-related costs, are exempt from the levy within his Department; and if he will provide a breakdown of the areas against whic…
1197. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Health the basis on which the current levy arising from public expenditure overruns is being calculated and applied to her Department’s Vote; whether any categories of expenditure, including pay, pensions or staffing-related costs, are exempt from the levy within her Department; and if she will provide a breakdown of the areas against which the levy is being applied [3…
153. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the budget allocation for both the built heritage investment scheme and the historic structure fund in the years of 2025 and 2026, in tabular form; and the amount drawn down by approved project in 2024 and 2025 and 2026. [31036/26]
1123. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether counselling activity data is used to inform budget allocations or resource decisions; and if so, whether the absence of patient-level reporting has been assessed as a limitation. [29936/26]
332. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the budget allocation to the Irish Embassies based in Malta, Tallinn, Vilnius, Riga, Ljubljana and Nicosia in 2025 and 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26473/26]
348. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the estimated amount it would cost the State to provide €250 energy credits to young renters aged 18-30 years in 2027; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26538/26]
404. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the timeline for adoption of the forthcoming carbon budgets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24188/26]
1058. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation in light of reports that a €600 million overspend in the Department of Education’s budget will need to be offset by a levy on other Departments (details supplied); the proposed levies, itemised by Department and budget subheading, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the mat…
1934. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated full year cost of increasing the income limit to be eligible for fuel allowance for single persons aged over 66 to €600 per week and for a couple aged over 66 to €1,200 based on 2025 figures. [26653/26]
3244. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Health the budget that has been allocated in 2026 to deliver the National Stroke Strategy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26625/26]
404. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the breakdown of the funding that has been allocated for the Climate and Nature fund; the way in which these projects fit within the funds remit; the breakdown of the funding that has been applied for and by which Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21699/26]