Departmental Expenditure
An official questions-paper heading. 1,048 questions (3 oral, 1,045 written), first 2025-01-22, latest 2026-07-28.
Questions under this heading, per month
Jan 2025Jul 2026
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| Month | Questions |
|---|---|
| Jan 2025 | 11 |
| Feb 2025 | 45 |
| Mar 2025 | 19 |
| Apr 2025 | 12 |
| May 2025 | 40 |
| Jun 2025 | 46 |
| Jul 2025 | 143 |
| Sep 2025 | 69 |
| Oct 2025 | 45 |
| Nov 2025 | 67 |
| Dec 2025 | 29 |
| Jan 2026 | 134 |
| Feb 2026 | 57 |
| Mar 2026 | 34 |
| Apr 2026 | 46 |
| May 2026 | 52 |
| Jun 2026 | 123 |
| Jul 2026 | 76 |
Addressed to
| Department | Questions |
|---|---|
| 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.
| Date | Debate section |
|---|---|
| 2026-07-07 | Departmental Expenditure |
| 2026-07-07 | Departmental Expenditure |
| 2026-04-16 | Departmental Expenditure |
The questions
David Cullinane
written
2025-12-18 · to Health
714. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the management consultancy and external professional services spend by each section 38 organisation, by firm and service type, annually from 2019–2025, in tabular form. [73631/25]
David Cullinane
written
2025-12-18 · to Health
715. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the reporting requirements in place for spend on management consultancy and external professional services spend by section 39 organisations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73632/25]
Cathal Crowe
written
2025-12-18 · to Health
747. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health for a breakdown of the total amount spent by her Department on social media, TV, print, and so on, to inform the public of the commencement of the Human Tissue Act 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73728/25]
Pat the Cope Gallagher
written
2025-12-17 · to Agriculture
349. Deputy Pat the Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his attention has been drawn to Acres payments due for payment in 2025 that may not be paid until January 2026; that such payments will have tax implications for the recipients; if payment will be made by end of December 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73252/25]
Claire Kerrane
written
2025-12-16 · to Children
835. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the approved areas of expenditure for core funding; and if she is satisfied that all core funding is being spent on the approved areas of expenditure. [71858/25]
Ken O'Flynn
written
2025-12-16 · to Health
1006. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the expenditure-control arrangements, budget ceilings, approval processes and value-for-money mechanisms applied by her Department to overseas gender-related referrals for minors since 2020; and to confirm whether these arrangements have been audited. [71979/25]
Thomas Gould
written
2025-12-16 · to Health
1027. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the amount paid to Southdoc to date in 2025. [72109/25]
Edward Timmins
written
2025-12-11 · to Public Expenditure
47. Deputy Edward Timmins asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the measures to improve cost control in his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70823/25]
Colm Burke
written
2025-12-11 · to Public Expenditure
83. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the level of capital spending on Cork and Dublin in each of the years from 2022 to June 2025; the major capital spending plans for Cork going forward; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70781/25]
Eoghan Kenny
written
2025-12-11 · to Foreign
267. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if her Department, and agencies under the Department’s remit, purchase data on the habits and activities of social media users and other platforms; if so, the reasons for purchasing such data; the amount spent in 2024 and 2025 year to date on such expenditure, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. …
Roderic O'Gorman
written
2025-12-11 · to Defence
307. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Defence the amount the Defence Forces spent on purchasing military equipment from French and German companies respectively, in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [71291/25]
Eoghan Kenny
written
2025-12-11 · to Health
557. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Health if her Department, and agencies under the Department’s remit, purchase data on the habits and activities of social media users and other platforms; if so, the reasons for purchasing such data; the amount spent in 2024 and 2025 year to date on such expenditure, in tabular form [70867/25]
Eoghan Kenny
written
2025-12-11 · to Further and Higher Education
627. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department, and agencies under the Department’s remit, purchase data on the habits and activities of social media users and other platforms; if so, the reasons for purchasing such data; the amount spent in 2024 and 2025 year to date on such expenditure, in tabular form; and if he w…
Eoghan Kenny
written
2025-12-11 · to Rural
630. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if his Department, and agencies under the Department’s remit, purchase data on the habits and activities of social media users and other platforms; if so, the reasons for purchasing such data; the amount spent in 2024 and 2025 year to date on such expenditure, in tabular form; and if he will make a st…
Eoin Hayes
written
2025-12-10 · to Social
241. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated annual budget for NEARSA, for the administration and running of My Future Fund, along with a breakdown of estimated costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70654/25]
Eoin Hayes
written
2025-12-10 · to Social
243. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated demographics of people who are expected to participate in the auto-enrolment scheme, to include details of age, sector of employment, income levels, geographic location, and so on, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70656/25]
William Aird
written
2025-12-09 · to Public Expenditure
350. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the way in which his Department is ensuring value-for-money in capital and current expenditure across all Departments, given inflationary pressures and rising construction costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70343/25]
William Aird
written
2025-12-09 · to Public Expenditure
352. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to provide an update on the implementation of the Digital Ireland Framework; the timelines for the expansion of digital ID, online public services, and cyber-security readiness across Government departments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70345/25]
Ken O'Flynn
written
2025-12-09 · to Social
539. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Social Protection his Department’s projected expenditure in 2026 on disability allowance, invalidity pension, blind pension, domiciliary care allowance and carer’s allowance. [69176/25]
Ken O'Flynn
written
2025-12-09 · to Justice
644. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration his Department's policy and internal standards for the presentation, formatting and transmission of financial information released in response to parliamentary questions, including requirements relating to soft-copy availability, page numbering, document organisation, and the use of appropriate table formats for exp…
Ken O'Flynn
written
2025-12-09 · to Justice
645. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the reason his Department issued financial data relating to NGO allocations in response to Parliamentary Question No. 313 of 25 September 2025, in an irregular hard-copy format without page numbering, without a coherent structure, in incorrect orientation, and with multiple pages printed upside down; and the steps b…
Ken O'Flynn
written
2025-12-09 · to Justice
646. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 313 of 25 September 2025. if he will confirm whether his Department has established quality-control procedures or pre-issue checks for Parliamentary Question responses involving financial information; if so, the way these checks are carried out; who is responsible for sign-off; …
Ken O'Flynn
written
2025-12-09 · to Justice
647. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide a corrected and consolidated soft-copy version of all financial allocations to NGOs operating in the areas of migration, asylum and integration for the years covered by Parliamentary Question No 313 of 25 September 2025, in a single landscape-format document with page numbering, a clear index, and consist…
Ken O'Flynn
written
2025-12-09 · to Justice
648. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department has carried out any review of its procedures for assembling, collating and releasing financial datasets to ensure accuracy and integrity; if so, to publish the findings; and if not, the reason such a review has not yet been undertaken given the need for clear and transparent reporting of Exchequer …
Ken O'Flynn
written
2025-12-09 · to Justice
649. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration his Department's policy on record-keeping and document management for NGO funding allocations; the systems used to ensure that data are complete, traceable and maintain internal coherence; and whether these systems were applied in preparing the materials issued in response to Parliamentary Question No. 313 of 25 Sep…