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]
Topics / Departmental Expenditure
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsDepartmental Expenditure
1,121 questions from 103 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 22 October 2026.
1,121
questions
1,118 written, 3 oral
103
TDs have asked
11
parties and groups
Independents counted together
20
departments asked
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| January 2025 | 11 |
| February 2025 | 45 |
| March 2025 | 19 |
| April 2025 | 12 |
| May 2025 | 40 |
| June 2025 | 46 |
| July 2025 | 143 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 69 |
| October 2025 | 45 |
| November 2025 | 67 |
| December 2025 | 29 |
| January 2026 | 134 |
| February 2026 | 57 |
| March 2026 | 34 |
| April 2026 | 46 |
| May 2026 | 52 |
| June 2026 | 123 |
| July 2026 | 76 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 53 |
| October 2026 | 20 |
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.
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The questions
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]
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]
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]
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 of the past five year…
638. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Transport the monies spent to date on cycle counter machines across County Dublin. [24133/26]
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]
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]
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 matter. [25056/26]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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 legal case; and if he wi…
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]
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]
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 allocated or transfer…
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
232. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment his Departments expenditure on IT consultancy; the breakdown of the IT consultants engaged by his Department; the dates of their engagement; the nature of their work; and the costs associated with their services in each of the years 2015 to date in 2026. [21482/26]
376. Deputy John Brady asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the full breakdown of expenditure by his Department on St. Patrick’s Day related activities; the details of any travel abroad; the number of officials that travelled; the costs involved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21822/26]