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
Aidan Farrelly
written
2025-09-23 · to Health
702. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Health the amount of expenditure on off-site storage solutions for the past five years to date; if she will provide a breakdown of items (details supplied) not stored in her Department on annual basis. [50495/25]
Aidan Farrelly
written
2025-09-23 · to Further and Higher Education
715. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the amount of expenditure on off-site storage solutions for the past five years to date; if he will provide a breakdown of items (details supplied) not stored in his Department on annual basis. [50494/25]
Aidan Farrelly
written
2025-09-23 · to Rural
723. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the amount of expenditure on off-site storage solutions for the past five years to date; if he will provide a breakdown of items (details supplied) not stored in his Department on annual basis. [50499/25]
Albert Dolan
written
2025-09-17 · to Defence
178. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if he is concerned by the European Defence Agency's latest report which showed Irish defence spending decreasing as a percentage of national GDP; and if he is confident defence spending as percentage of GDP will increase over the coming years. [48259/25]
Albert Dolan
written
2025-09-17 · to Defence
179. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence for an overview of capital expenditure between 2021-2025; and the breakdown of the allocation, by service branch as a percentage of total capital spend. [48260/25]
Albert Dolan
written
2025-09-17 · to Defence
180. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the capital versus current expenditure breakdown of the €90 million recent H145M purchase, without breaching contract confidentiality. [48261/25]
Albert Dolan
written
2025-09-17 · to Defence
181. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence if the recent H145M purchase is for the Defence Forces; and if the Garda air support unit will continue to have its own fleet of helicopters. [48262/25]
Ken O'Flynn
written
2025-09-17 · to Finance
316. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Finance to provide a full breakdown, by Department, of current expenditure overruns to date in 2025, including both voted and non-voted expenditure; and how these figures compare with the allocations approved in Budget 2025. [48392/25]
Darren O'Rourke
written
2025-09-17 · to Education
473. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the estimated cost of paying student teachers on placement in schools as part of their college degree. [47963/25]
Jen Cummins
written
2025-09-17 · to Education
562. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth the amount her Department pays to religious orders or trusts for the rental of school property, broken down by county, in tabular form. [48818/25]
Erin McGreehan
written
2025-09-08 · to Foreign
60. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide an update on the total funding allocated to County Louth under this Department from 2023 to date, per year in tabular form. [46346/25]
Pa Daly
written
2025-09-08 · to Climate
120. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the breakdown of all Exchequer funding provided to the Tallaght district heating scheme; and the proportion this was of the total cost of the project in each of the years since its inception to date, in tabular form. [45171/25]
Pa Daly
written
2025-09-08 · to Climate
121. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the breakdown of all Exchequer funding provided to the Poolbeg Waste to Energy Project; and the proportion this was of the total cost of the project in each of the years since its inception to date, in tabular form. [45172/25]
Pa Daly
written
2025-09-08 · to Climate
122. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the breakdown of all Exchequer funding provided to the district heating at the glass bottle site; and the proportion this was of the total cost of the project in each of the years since its inception to date, in tabular form. [45173/25]
Erin McGreehan
written
2025-09-08 · to Defence
221. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence to provide an update on the total funding allocated to County Louth under this Department from 2023 to date, per year in tabular form. [46345/25]
Erin McGreehan
written
2025-09-08 · to Transport
367. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Transport to provide an update on the total funding allocated to County Louth under this Department from 2023 to date, per year in tabular form. [46351/25]
Erin McGreehan
written
2025-09-08 · to Finance
543. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Finance to provide an update on the total funding allocated to County Louth under this Department from 2023 to date, per year in tabular form. [46348/25]
Erin McGreehan
written
2025-09-08 · to Public Expenditure
640. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to provide an update on the total funding allocated to County Louth under this Department from 2023 to date, per year in tabular form. [46347/25]
Erin McGreehan
written
2025-09-08 · to Enterprise
699. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment to provide an update on the total funding allocated to County Louth under this Department from 2023 to date, per year in tabular form. [46355/25]
Erin McGreehan
written
2025-09-08 · to Culture
1088. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport to provide an update on the total funding allocated to County Louth under this Department from 2023 to date, per year in tabular form. [46359/25]
Erin McGreehan
written
2025-09-08 · to Social
1390. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide an update on the total funding allocated to County Louth under this Department from 2023 to date, per year in tabular form. [46357/25]
Mattie McGrath
written
2025-09-08 · to Justice
1519. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the full cost of the provision of security at the Heywood Road modular housing project for Ukrainians in Clonmel, County Tipperary; the length of time this level of security will be provided at site; the reason for the continued levels of security given that it will hinder integration efforts; and if he will mak…
Erin McGreehan
written
2025-09-08 · to Justice
1652. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide an update on the total funding allocated to County Louth under this Department from 2023 to date, per year in tabular form. [46344/25]
Cormac Devlin
written
2025-09-08 · to Justice
1702. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the funding available to deliver a resilient public-safety radio capability for An Garda Síochána, interoperable with other blue-light agencies and with cross-Border partners; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47197/25]
Alan Kelly
written
2025-09-08 · to Justice
1703. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the estimated financial cost to An Garda Síochána of the State visit by President Joe Biden in 2023. [47314/25]