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]
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
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
The record holds no questions for August, when the Dáil does not sit.
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| Month | Questions |
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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.
The TDs who asked most
Members of the Government answer questions rather than ask them. Each question counts once.
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Debates whose official heading is exactly these words.
The questions
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]
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]
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]
1027. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the amount paid to Southdoc to date in 2025. [72109/25]
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]
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]
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. [70865/25]
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]
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]
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 will make a statement…
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 statement on the matte…
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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 expenditure data. [6963…
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 being taken to ensure…
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; and whether these pr…
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 consistent data tables. [69…
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 expenditure. [69637/…
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 September 2025. [69638/…
650. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will detail the standard expected of his Department when providing information to the Oireachtas concerning public expenditure; and whether he intends to issue updated guidance or instructions to ensure that all financial releases meet basic standards of clarity, accuracy and usability. [69639/25]
296. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Youth the estimated gross cost of extending State indemnity to all public primary and post-primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66810/25]