366. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Youth the estimated full-year cost of increasing the number of special needs assistants by 1,500, 2,000, and 2,500 respectively, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35653/25]
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
367. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Youth the estimated full-year cost of increasing the number of special education teachers by 500, 1,000, and 1,500 respectively, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35654/25]
505. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the cost of implementing a pension scheme for foster carers registered with the State and currently providing care to foster children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36001/25]
295. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the estimated overall cost to roll out the three broad thematic objectives and actions to be pursued under the youth justice strategy nationwide, as recommended under the strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35180/25]
648. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department has met with an organisation (details supplied) regarding its pre-Budget 2026 submission and associated position paper on supporting Irish business with digital compliance; if his Department has assessed the merit of its proposals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34286/25]
717. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the potential total cost of increasing the foster care allowance by the equivalent of the current rates of the back-to-school clothing and footwear allowance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33917/25]
743. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost to fully staff two additional ADHD teams. [33523/25]
861. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the full-year capital and current funding required for an additional national dual diagnosis rehabilitation centre. [34255/25]
874. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of building a surgical hub under the National Elective Ambulatory Strategy. [34304/25]
899. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Health the total budget for the treatment benefit (PRSI used dental) scheme in 2024 and, separately, for 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34375/25]
913. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the annual costs associated with the implementation of the chronic disease management programme in each of the last four years, and to date in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34488/25]
151. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Health to provide an update on the provision of promised funding in Budget 2025 for lung fibrosis care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32933/25]
201. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Transport the capital budget allocation for his Department in the years of 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form. [32567/25]
669. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide an update on the annual budget allocation to the Decision Support Service; the number of staff employed each year; and the amount that was spent on the garden exhibit at the Bloom Festival. [31862/25]
677. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide an update on the findings and recommendations from the personalised budget pilot; her next steps to deliver an effective personalised budget model; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31947/25]
928. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the budget allocated to HIQA for the years 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025; and for a breakdown of any additional costs accrued over time.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32738/25]
986. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the reason his Department has significantly reduced digital and capital investment and IT expenses from his programme allocations budget by 80% from €1,750 in 2024 to €349 in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32614/25]
329. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth the total estimated cost to the Exchequer associated with the recent renaming and rebranding of her Department including but not limited to cost categories (details supplied); the breakdown of the incurred or projected costs; and if a cost-benefit analysis or any assessment of public value was carried out prior to approving these changes. [31363/25]
349. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the estimated cost of increasing teacher numbers by 1,850, 2,000 and 3,000, in tabular form. [31573/25]
350. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the estimated cost of extending DEIS supports to an additional 50 schools. [31574/25]
487. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to report the budget for her Department’s disability, governance and performance unit. [31675/25]
794. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the overall budget assigned to planned maintenance and stock surveys in each of the past five years. [29528/25]
795. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average cost of a stock survey per unit. [29530/25]
856. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount in the capital budget as set out in table 9 of the Annual Progress Report 2025 that is designated for the construction of new-build social housing units; the number of new social homes this allocation is expected to deliver; if this figure includes the cost of service provision; and if he will make a statement on the matt…
295. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Finance his plans to increase budgetary projects and forecasts to a five-year period, as recommended by the Fiscal Advisory Council, especially in light of recent warnings about our future income streams; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27879/25]