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Departmental Expenditure

An official questions-paper heading. 1,048 questions (3 oral, 1,045 written), first 2025-01-22, latest 2026-07-28.

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Jan 202511
Feb 202545
Mar 202519
Apr 202512
May 202540
Jun 202546
Jul 2025143
Sep 202569
Oct 202545
Nov 202567
Dec 202529
Jan 2026134
Feb 202657
Mar 202634
Apr 202646
May 202652
Jun 2026123
Jul 202676

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DepartmentQuestions
Health 108
Agriculture 82
Public Expenditure 78
Defence 70
Justice 66
Education 65
Transport 59
Social 59
Housing 56
Further and Higher Education 54
Children 54
Culture 47
Foreign 46
Climate 45
Finance 40
Rural 40
Enterprise 38
Taoiseach 35
Tourism 3
Environment 3

Debates under the same heading

Dáil debate sections whose official heading is exactly these words.

DateDebate section
2026-07-07 Departmental Expenditure
2026-07-07 Departmental Expenditure
2026-04-16 Departmental Expenditure

The questions

Thomas Gould written 2026-04-16 · to Public Expenditure
76. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the cost of attendance at the Mobile World Congress 2026; the number and grade of officials who attended; and the way in which private partnerships were chosen for his Department. [26993/26]
Sorca Clarke written 2026-04-15 · to Social
282. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Social Protection the total amount of funding allocated and paid by his Department under wig grant or hair replacement support schemes (including payments under the treatment benefit scheme or any other relevant schemes) in each of the past five years; and the number of recipients in each year, broken down by county, in tabular form. [27592/26]
Malcolm Byrne written 2026-04-14 · to Taoiseach
261. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Taoiseach the total pay bill for the civil service in his Department for each year from 2016 to 2025 inclusive. [25451/26]
Malcolm Byrne written 2026-04-14 · to Foreign
300. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total pay bill for the civil service in her Department for each year from 2016 to 2025 inclusive. [25444/26]
Paul Donnelly written 2026-04-14 · to Foreign
336. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount her Department spent on purchasing new State cars and vans for Irish Embassies and Consul General Offices worldwide in 2025 and to-date in 2026 in tabular form. [26675/26]
Malcolm Byrne written 2026-04-14 · to Defence
570. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Defence the total pay bill for the civil service in her Department for each year from 2016 to 2025 inclusive. [25440/26]
Paul Lawless written 2026-04-14 · to Defence
577. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Defence the number of non-Governmental organisations that have received State funding from her Department in each of the past five years; the number of such organisations currently registered in the State which have been funded by her Department; the number located outside the State that have received Irish public funds from her Department for each o…
Maeve O'Connell written 2026-04-14 · to Transport
638. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Transport the monies spent to date on cycle counter machines across County Dublin. [24133/26]
Malcolm Byrne written 2026-04-14 · to Transport
735. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Transport the total pay bill for the civil service in his Department for each year from 2016 to 2025 inclusive. [25452/26]
Malcolm Byrne written 2026-04-14 · to Public Expenditure
1053. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the total pay bill for the civil service in his Department for each year from 2016 to 2025 inclusive. [24940/26]
Eoghan Kenny written 2026-04-14 · to Enterprise
1146. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if expenditure areas within his Department have been identified for cut backs or savings to contribute towards the overspend in the Department of Education and Youth; where the savings and reductions will apply in each vote sub-heading; the reason for each, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the ma…
Malcolm Byrne written 2026-04-14 · to Enterprise
1150. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the total pay bill for the civil service in his Department for each year from 2016 to 2025 inclusive. [25442/26]
Eoin Ó Broin written 2026-04-14 · to Housing
1761. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total expenditure by his Department and the LDA on homes delivered via croí cónaithe cities and project tosaigh; and the breakdown of this information by year, scheme and annual cost for each year since each scheme has been in operation and to date in 2026. [25900/26]
Roderic O'Gorman written 2026-04-14 · to Social
1916. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated cost in 2027 if the fuel allowance increased to €45 per week. [25933/26]
Sorca Clarke written 2026-04-14 · to Justice
2126. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the percentage of his Department's Capital Budget allocation that has been spent in Q1 2026; and if he will provide the figures for the same period in 2025, in tabular form. [26080/26]
Martin Kenny written 2026-04-14 · to Agriculture
2185. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of funds provided to a body (details supplied) over the past five years by his Department directly or by third parties dispersing departmental funds; if he is aware of a recent legal settlement involving named individuals or businesses; if any funding provided by his Department was used to settle that lega…
Paul Lawless written 2026-04-14 · to Agriculture
2205. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of Government funding provided to environmental NGOs (details supplied) in each of the past ten years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24497/26]
Michael Fitzmaurice written 2026-04-14 · to Agriculture
2255. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the initial estimated allocation compared to the actual outturn for the period of carbon tax to his Department, disaggregated by the programme or measure funded, for each of the years 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25275/26]
Michael Fitzmaurice written 2026-04-14 · to Agriculture
2259. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of allocated carbon tax funding that remained unspent at year end; the amount surrendered back to the Exchequer via the Central Fund; the amount carried over via formal arrangements for deferred surrender; and whether amounts carried over were retained for the specific programme/measure originally a…
Ken O'Flynn written 2026-04-14 · to Health
3297. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1994 of 18 March 2026, to confirm the total agency expenditure in each regional health area for 2024 and 2025 as set out in Appendix 1; and to provide the final audited figures for 2024 and provisional versus final variance for 2025. [26772/26]
Ken O'Flynn written 2026-04-14 · to Health
3298. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the proportion of total agency expenditure attributable to each staffing category (medical/dental, nursing, health and social care professionals, management/admin, support services and technical grades) for 2024 and 2025; and whether these proportions are monitored centrally. [26773/26]
Ken O'Flynn written 2026-04-14 · to Health
3299. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health what specific cost-control mechanisms are in place at Departmental and HSE level to reduce reliance on agency staffing; and whether annual targets for agency expenditure reduction have been set for each regional health area. [26774/26]
Matt Carthy written 2026-03-26 · to Justice
354. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the total expenditure on the accommodation recognition payment scheme for each month since its introduction, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23155/26]
John Lahart written 2026-03-25 · to Foreign
7. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the flight costs to her Department as a result of the recent evacuation scenarios in the Middle East; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22621/26]
Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh written 2026-03-25 · to Agriculture
267. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide a detailed breakdown of the way in which the €20 million EU allocation for greyhound racing is spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23093/26]
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