290. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Defence the amount her Department has spent on recruitment advertisements for the Defence Forces in the past 12 months, broken down by whether the cost was directly associated with advertising, design, or consultancy fees, in tabular form. [57958/26]
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
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
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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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The questions
311. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Defence the 100 non-governmental organisations that received the highest levels of public funding in the most recent year for which figures are available; the amount received by each organisation; and the Department, agency or public body from which the funding originated. [59491/26]
312. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Defence the total amount of Exchequer funding, grants and other public monies provided directly or indirectly to non-governmental organisations headquartered outside the State in each year from 2020 to date; and if she will provide a list of each organisation, its country of registration and the amounts paid. [59509/26]
313. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Defence the total amount of Exchequer funding, grants, service-level agreement funding and other public monies provided to non-governmental organisations in each year from 2020 to date; and if she will provide a list of the recipient organisations; and the amount paid to each organisation in each year. [59526/26]
592. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Transport to provide a detailed breakdown of spending on media training or strategic consultants by his Department and all bodies under his aegis’ in preparation for Oireachtas committees since 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58652/26]
651. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether an application has been made, or is intended to be made, to recover the costs incurred by the State in maintaining the vessel MV Matthew from the beneficial owners of the vessel or from any person convicted in connection with the seizure of controlled drugs from that vessel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56429/26]
701. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the efficiency and reform proposals that his Department has submitted to the Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation in response to their request for such proposals with a deadline of the 17 July 2026; the impact that these spending cuts will have on public services within his Department; and if …
815. Deputy John Brady asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to provide a detailed breakdown of spending on media training or strategic consultants by his Department and all bodies under his aegis’ in preparation for Oireachtas committees since 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58642/26]
869. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 544 and 619 of 30 June 2026, the way in which the forecasted overspends of the Department of Social Protection and the Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration will be accommodated for within the Government's fiscal rules; if Supplementary Esti…
870. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if his Department are still committed to ending the process of using Supplementary Estimates to cover Government overspends; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55527/26]
872. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to provide details on vote groups where current spending is above planned spending at this point in the year; to provide figures on the amount these vote groups are overspending by, both as a percentage and as a nominal figure, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. …
919. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to provide a detailed breakdown of spending on media training or strategic consultants by his Department and all bodies under his aegis’ in preparation for Oireachtas committees since 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58648/26]
1170. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Education and Youth the efficiency and reform proposals that her Department has submitted to the Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation in response to their request for such proposals with a deadline of the 17 July 2026; the impact that these spending cuts will have on public services within her Department; and if …
3280. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health the efficiency and reform proposals her Department has submitted to the Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation in response to its request for such proposals with a deadline of 17 July 2026; the impact these spending cuts will have on public services within her Department; and if she will make a statement on …
3346. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health the total expenditure incurred by her Department and the Health Service Executive, separately, on external consultancy and advisory services for each contract; the name of the consultancy firm or supplier; the title and purpose of the contract; the relevant Department or HSE division; the amount paid in each year; the number of personnel assigned to the contract …
3693. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health the staffing and funding allocated to Organ Donation Transplant Ireland in each of the years 2021 to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57403/26]
4025. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Health to provide a detailed breakdown of spending on media training or strategic consultants by her Department and all bodies under her aegis’ in preparation for Oireachtas committees since 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58645/26]
219. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the costs incurred by his Department and bodies under its aegis from contracts awarded to communications and PR firms in each of the years 2020 to date; the name of the contractor and a description of the work undertaken in each case, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54567/26]
220. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment his Department’s expenditure on IT consultancy; the breakdown of all 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 tabular form. [54568/26]
221. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment his Department’s expenditure on consultancy; the breakdown of all 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 2025. [54569/26]
571. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the management consultancy and external professional services spend by the HSE, by firm and service type, to date in 2026 compared to same year to date in 2025, tabular form. [54699/26]
572. 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, to date in 2026 compared to year to date in 2025, in tabular form. [54700/26]
577. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the management consultancy and external professional services spend by the HSE, by firm and service type, in the past five years to the end of July 2026, in tabular form. [54705/26]
578. 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, in each of the past five years to the end of July 2026, in tabular form. [54706/26]
275. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount spent on private planning consultancy firms by his Department, to date in 2026. [54183/26]