710. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount of funding being allocated for housing acquisitions per local authority for 2026. [30304/26]
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 |
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| 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
717. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will amend the Croí Cónaithe grant process so that applicants may draw down funds on the basis of a completion certificate issued by a qualified local engineer, rather than being required to submit all receipts prior to payment, noting that applicants will still be required to retain all receipts for potential random audits t…
736. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage 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. [30798/26]
742. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the details of the current and upcoming funding streams available under his Department and associated bodies for the conservation, restoration and protection of built and archaeological heritage sites; if he will outline the application processes, eligibility criteria and assessment procedures for such schemes; the timelines and s…
748. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount of funding that has been provided to local Intreo offices, broken down by county for each of the years 2020 to 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29693/26]
749. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of Intreo staff that are employed to assist the public in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29695/26]
750. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will consider providing an agreed funding allocation to Intreo offices in County Meath for a five-year period instead of the current three year period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29697/26]
866. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration 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. [30799/26]
880. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason the audit threshold for accounts remains at €100,000 within his Department, despite the official audit exemption threshold being increased to €250,000 in 2025; if he is aware that this discrepancy, coupled with the high cost of audits-estimated at €5,000-is deterring small-scale animal welfare charities from seeking funding wh…
894. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total Department funding paid between 2020 and 2025 to organisations (details supplied); and for a further breakdown on the origin of these funding streams such as CAP and so on; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30339/26]
895. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has engaged with the Department of Climate, Energy and Environment in respect of unmet demand to roll out solar technologies that are not being met by funding restrictions to the TAMs scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30370/26]
906. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine 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. [30788/26]
913. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the level of funding provided to Blakestown children's disability network team, Blanchardstown children's disability network team and Cabra Grangegorman children's disability network team, broken down per year from 2016 to date, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29627/26]
941. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to expedite an application for a club (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30326/26]
951. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the estimated full year cost, based on current numbers, of reducing the maximum fee cap for services participating in core funding from €295 to €200 per week; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30459/26]
960. Deputy Peter Roche asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department has reviewed the level of funding provided to disability service providers with a view to supporting the development of dedicated crisis placements, so that emergency cases do not result in the cancellation of respite for other children and families [30545/26]
965. Deputy Keira Keogh asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when the next round of funding will open under the capital grant scheme for playgrounds and recreation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30645/26]
967. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 1480, 1510 and 1511 of 18 March 2026, the analysis her Department has carried out in respect of Companies Registration Office accounts of early years providers; if she is satisfied that existing systems sufficiently incentivise participation in Core Funding; if she will make a statement on provider…
974. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality 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. [30789/26]
978. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the increased funding supports that are available for services struggling to maintain staffing ratios (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30892/26]
1001. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Health the reason the baby alarm and monitor scheme is only available to residents of County Meath, funded by the local HSE, it also appears that similar arrangements exist in Cork and Kerry, but there is still no equivalent support available for deaf parents living in Dublin. [29583/26]
1003. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Health the funding available from her Department for an organisation (details supplied); if she will consider additional funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29624/26]
1055. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any non-statutory bodies, other than the Institute of Public Health, receive direct or indirect funding from her Department or agencies under its remit; and if so, to provide a list of such bodies and the funding amounts allocated in each of the past five years. [29855/26]
1056. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the total annual funding provided to the Institute of Public Health in each of the past five years; and the specific programmes or outputs this funding was intended to support. [29856/26]
1061. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether a standardised governance framework exists for all non-statutory bodies in receipt of Exchequer funding across her Department and its agencies; and if not, whether there are plans to introduce a uniform minimum governance standard. [29862/26]