157. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is aware that Louth County Council has been required to pause the general acceptance of Housing Adaptation Grants, Mobility Aid Grants and Housing for Older Persons Grants in 2026 due to the level of demand and funding already committed; whether additional funding will be made available to local authorities later this year …
Topics / Departmental Funding
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsDepartmental Funding
1,908 questions from 133 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 22 October 2026.
1,908
questions
1,893 written, 15 oral
133
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 |
|---|---|
| January 2025 | 20 |
| February 2025 | 76 |
| March 2025 | 73 |
| April 2025 | 98 |
| May 2025 | 83 |
| June 2025 | 104 |
| July 2025 | 126 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 125 |
| October 2025 | 72 |
| November 2025 | 143 |
| December 2025 | 89 |
| January 2026 | 55 |
| February 2026 | 140 |
| March 2026 | 77 |
| April 2026 | 188 |
| May 2026 | 135 |
| June 2026 | 98 |
| July 2026 | 86 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 55 |
| October 2026 | 65 |
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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Debated under the same heading
Debates whose official heading is exactly these words.
The questions
263. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the level of agency spending per REO, per month to date in 2026 in Department of Health-funded HSE services; the total figure for all-of-HSE, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31045/26]
310. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the position regarding the mechanisms in place to support agencies under his remit to manage increasing operating costs including insurance, energy and fuel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31398/26]
215. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Taoiseach the total allocation of funding to each State agency under his Department’s remit, broken down by the allocation to each agency, for each of the past 15 years, in tabular form. [30803/26]
220. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total amount of taxpayers' money allocated to overseas aid for sexual and reproductive health from 2019 to date in 2026, by year and organisation receiving funding, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30384/26]
221. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total amount of taxpayers' money allocated to overseas aid specifically for abortion, from 2019 to date in 2026, by year and organisation receiving funding, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30385/26]
224. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she will seek an increase in funding for the centrally funded scheme for seconded national experts for the post-EU Presidency period to capitalise on Irelands increased visibility and personnel networks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29613/26]
225. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for an update in relation to the EU Careers Strategy; its achievements to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29615/26]
257. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total allocation of funding to each State agency under her Department’s remit, broken down by the allocation to each agency, for each of the past 15 years, in tabular form. [30795/26]
289. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment whether homeowners in receipt of defective concrete blocks scheme funding remain fully eligible for SEAI grants for energy upgrades; if any restrictions or coordination measures are being introduced between local authorities and the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30312/26]
331. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Defence the total allocation of funding to each State agency under her Department’s remit, broken down by the allocation to each agency, for each of the past 15 years, in tabular form. [30791/26]
350. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Transport the person or body responsible for the maintenance and rollout of EV charging points in the country; if his Department provides funding to local authorities for the rollout or maintenance of EV charging points; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29729/26]
351. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide an emergency increase in funding to Clare County Council following a formal motion passed by the council at its April 2026 monthly meeting regarding the urgent need for additional road maintenance funding; if he is aware that despite a €38.37 million allocation for 2026, the county has seen a marginal decrease in its road funding compared to…
398. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Transport the total allocation of funding to each State agency under his Department’s remit, broken down by the allocation to each agency, for each of the past 15 years, in tabular form. [30804/26]
436. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the total allocation of funding to each State agency under his Department's remit, broken down by the allocation to each agency, for each of the past 15 years, in tabular form. [30794/26]
447. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the legal and policy basis on which full compliance with the Code of Practice for the Governance of State Bodies is not required for non-statutory bodies in receipt of public funding; and whether this approach is applied uniformly across Government. [29857/26]
450. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation for an update on the timelines and funding for the delivery of the proposed new Garda station in Sligo, noting that a site was purchased with public funds in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29578/26]
471. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the total allocation of funding to each State agency under his Department’s remit, broken down by the allocation to each agency, for each of the past 15 years, in tabular form. [30800/26]
509. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the total allocation of funding to each State agency under his Department’s remit, broken down by the allocation to each agency, for each of the past 15 years, in tabular form. [30793/26]
513. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth the funding streams available for schools to implement universal design for learning; the amount of funding that was provided in the past five years; and what that funding was spent on. [30110/26]
585. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether any funding is available for low-cost full-scale productions of Leaving Certificate plays to ensure that all students have the opportunity to see these scripts as they were originally intended. [30532/26]
611. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth the total allocation of funding to each State agency under her Department’s remit, broken down by the allocation to each agency, for each of the past 15 years, in tabular form. [30792/26]
643. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport for clarification regarding a club’s Community Sport Facilities Fund application (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29895/26]
688. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the financial support, assistance or grant aid that can be accessed via his Department or at local authority level funded by his Department, that persons can access in order to assist with discoveries of items and or remains of cultural and historic significance (details supplied). [29982/26]
709. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount of funding being allocated under the tenant in situ scheme per local authority for 2026. [30303/26]