Departmental Budgets
An official questions-paper heading. 240 questions (2 oral, 238 written), first 2025-01-22, latest 2026-07-28.
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Jan 2025Jul 2026
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| Month | Questions |
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| Jan 2025 | 1 |
| Feb 2025 | 6 |
| Mar 2025 | 6 |
| Apr 2025 | 9 |
| May 2025 | 13 |
| Jun 2025 | 21 |
| Jul 2025 | 32 |
| Sep 2025 | 8 |
| Oct 2025 | 7 |
| Nov 2025 | 12 |
| Dec 2025 | 12 |
| Jan 2026 | 45 |
| Feb 2026 | 10 |
| Mar 2026 | 3 |
| Apr 2026 | 8 |
| May 2026 | 19 |
| Jun 2026 | 15 |
| Jul 2026 | 13 |
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| Department | Questions |
|---|---|
| Health | 37 |
| Public Expenditure | 25 |
| Education | 23 |
| Justice | 20 |
| Housing | 20 |
| Further and Higher Education | 14 |
| Children | 14 |
| Agriculture | 13 |
| Climate | 12 |
| Social | 12 |
| Finance | 11 |
| Transport | 9 |
| Enterprise | 8 |
| Defence | 6 |
| Rural | 6 |
| Foreign | 4 |
| Taoiseach | 3 |
| Culture | 2 |
| Tourism | 1 |
Debates under the same heading
Dáil debate sections whose official heading is exactly these words.
| Date | Debate section |
|---|---|
| 2026-05-28 | Departmental Budgets |
| 2026-02-05 | Departmental Budgets |
The questions
Peadar Tóibín
written
2025-09-08 · to Health
2235. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health the total budget for the GP access to community diagnostics in each of the past ten years; the units that received the highest amount; the breakdown of the procedures performed under this scheme; and the breakdown of the number of each of the procedures performed in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024. [45229/25]
Richard Boyd Barrett
written
2025-09-08 · to Health
2676. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health to estimate the cost of providing a medical card to all individuals receiving the carer’s allowance if the means test is removed. [47509/25]
Pearse Doherty
written
2025-07-29 · to Finance
711. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the estimated additional revenue raise by increased level of capital spending in 2026 announced as part of the National Development Plan. [43651/25]
Pearse Doherty
written
2025-07-29 · to Finance
714. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance under current projections to outline the GGB for 2025 and 2026 as a result of the expenditure set out in the Summer Economic Statement. [43731/25]
Ged Nash
written
2025-07-29 · to Finance
725. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Finance the projected updated general Government balance for 2025 and 2026, respectively, after the publication of the Summer Economic Statement; what the end of year surplus or deficit is now projected to be in light of the most recent Exchequer returns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43803/25]
Pearse Doherty
written
2025-07-29 · to Finance
738. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the cost of increasing the standard rate band by €100. [43860/25]
Pearse Doherty
written
2025-07-29 · to Finance
739. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the cost of increasing the standard rate band by €500. [43861/25]
Pearse Doherty
written
2025-07-29 · to Finance
740. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the cost of increasing the standard rate band by €1,000. [43862/25]
John Clendennen
written
2025-07-29 · to Finance
765. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Finance the estimated cost to the Exchequer of a 10% reduction in alcohol excise; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44084/25]
Rory Hearne
written
2025-07-29 · to Finance
771. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Finance the estimated annual revenue that would be generated through the introduction of a wealth tax levied at 0.5% on assets over €1 million and 1% on assets over €2 million; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44313/25]
Eoghan Kenny
written
2025-07-29 · to Public Expenditure
794. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the estimated cost of rolling out sun cream dispensers across all OPW parks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41274/25]
Eoin Ó Broin
written
2025-07-29 · to Housing
1425. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the final turnout for 2024 for Vote 34, including capital and current expenditure and all subheads and programme level outturns. [41171/25]
Cormac Devlin
written
2025-07-29 · to Justice
2104. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the maintenance budget allocated for Garda-operated CCTV cameras in the Dublin Metropolitan Region for the years 2020 to 2025 inclusive; the number of cameras inactive for more than three months, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43335/25]
Mark Wall
written
2025-07-17 · to Social
403. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Social Protection the cost of increasing the cash income a person can earn under the State pension (non-contributory) by €100. [40598/25]
Albert Dolan
written
2025-07-16 · to Climate
3. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the capital budget allocation to his Department in the years of 2024 and 2025 in tabular form. [39750/25]
Albert Dolan
written
2025-07-16 · to Children
197. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the capital budget allocation to her Department in 2024 and 2025, in tabular form. [39761/25]
Albert Dolan
written
2025-07-16 · to Further and Higher Education
310. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the budget allocation to each education and training board in 2024 and 2025, in tabular form. [39748/25]
Albert Dolan
written
2025-07-16 · to Further and Higher Education
311. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the capital budget allocation to his Department in the years of 2024 and 2025 in tabular form. [39749/25]
Mark Wall
written
2025-07-15 · to Children
823. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the cost of increasing the aftercare allowance to the rate of the foster care allowance and extending it to the age of 23. [39261/25]
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn
written
2025-07-09 · to Health
249. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the budget allocated to each hospital across the State (Model 3 and 4) for each of the years 2022 to 2025, in tabular form. [38230/25]
Emer Currie
written
2025-07-08 · to Taoiseach
182. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Taoiseach the amount of the €550 million allocated from the shared island fund drawn down to date; and the means by which his Department manages and tracks this. [37784/25]
Roderic O'Gorman
written
2025-07-08 · to Public Expenditure
340. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if the infrastructure, climate and nature fund operated by his Department will have its indicative allocations announced as part of the NDP review; the engagement his Department has had with other Departments regarding this allocation; and if he will make a statement on …
Roderic O'Gorman
written
2025-07-08 · to Public Expenditure
347. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation whether the indicative allocation of the Government's infrastructure, climate and nature fund will be made and announced as part of the NDP review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37640/25]
Ken O'Flynn
written
2025-07-08 · to Justice
662. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide a detailed breakdown of the revised budgetary allocations now falling under the remit of his Department following the recent transfer of functions relating to immigration and integration from the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth; and if he will make a statement on the ma…
Ken O'Flynn
written
2025-07-08 · to Justice
663. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether any portion of the €2 billion Contingency Reserve Fund—of which 48% was previously allocated to the Department of Children, Disability and Equality—has now been reallocated to his Department following the recent functional transfer; if so, to outline the purposes for which those funds are intended to be used…