Departmental Funding
An official questions-paper heading. 1,788 questions (14 oral, 1,774 written), first 2025-01-22, latest 2026-07-28.
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| Month | Questions |
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| Jan 2025 | 20 |
| Feb 2025 | 76 |
| Mar 2025 | 73 |
| Apr 2025 | 98 |
| May 2025 | 83 |
| Jun 2025 | 104 |
| Jul 2025 | 126 |
| Sep 2025 | 125 |
| Oct 2025 | 72 |
| Nov 2025 | 143 |
| Dec 2025 | 89 |
| Jan 2026 | 55 |
| Feb 2026 | 140 |
| Mar 2026 | 77 |
| Apr 2026 | 188 |
| May 2026 | 135 |
| Jun 2026 | 98 |
| Jul 2026 | 86 |
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| Department | Questions |
|---|---|
| Health | 268 |
| Rural | 229 |
| Children | 169 |
| Education | 168 |
| Transport | 129 |
| Housing | 128 |
| Further and Higher Education | 119 |
| Climate | 101 |
| Justice | 71 |
| Culture | 67 |
| Agriculture | 65 |
| Public Expenditure | 50 |
| Foreign | 45 |
| Enterprise | 38 |
| Finance | 37 |
| Social | 32 |
| Tourism | 24 |
| Defence | 24 |
| Taoiseach | 17 |
| Environment | 7 |
Debates under the same heading
Dáil debate sections whose official heading is exactly these words.
| Date | Debate section |
|---|---|
| 2026-07-07 | Departmental Funding |
| 2026-05-21 | Departmental Funding |
| 2026-03-26 | Departmental Funding |
| 2026-03-03 | Departmental Funding |
| 2026-02-12 | Departmental Funding |
| 2026-02-05 | Departmental Funding |
| 2026-01-29 | Departmental Funding |
| 2026-01-27 | Departmental Funding |
| 2026-01-20 | Departmental Funding |
| 2025-11-04 | Departmental Funding |
| 2025-10-16 | Departmental Funding |
| 2025-10-02 | Departmental Funding |
| 2025-06-26 | Departmental Funding |
| 2025-03-27 | Departmental Funding |
The questions
Ken O'Flynn
written
2026-04-14 · to Health
2688. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department has established a single, centrally approved governance framework applicable to all non-statutory bodies receiving direct Departmental funding; and if not, the reason for the absence of such a framework and any plans to introduce one. [23857/26]
Ken O'Flynn
written
2026-04-14 · to Health
2689. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the standard reporting requirements imposed by her Department on non-statutory bodies receiving direct funding, including the frequency of reporting, the nature of financial and non-financial disclosures required, and whether these requirements are applied uniformly across all such bodies. [23858/26]
Ken O'Flynn
written
2026-04-14 · to Health
2691. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department applies a formal risk assessment or risk-rating model to non-statutory bodies receiving direct funding; and if so, the criteria used, the number of bodies currently classified as high risk, and the escalation procedures that apply in such cases. [23860/26]
Paul Lawless
written
2026-04-14 · to Health
2840. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health the amount of Government funding provided to environmental NGOs (details supplied) in each of the past ten years. [24507/26]
Paul Lawless
written
2026-04-14 · to Health
2861. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health to provide a list of the NGOs that have received Government funding from her Department in the past five years. [24637/26]
Ken O'Flynn
written
2026-04-14 · to Health
2891. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department has established a centrally approved governance framework applicable to all non-statutory bodies receiving direct Exchequer funding; and if not, the reason no such standardised framework has been put in place. [24722/26]
Ken O'Flynn
written
2026-04-14 · to Health
2893. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the reporting requirements imposed by her Department on non-statutory bodies receiving funding, including the required frequency of financial, operational, and risk reporting; and whether a standard reporting schedule is mandated across all funded bodies. [24724/26]
Ken O'Flynn
written
2026-04-14 · to Health
2894. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department maintains a central risk assessment or escalation framework in respect of non-statutory bodies receiving direct funding; and, if so, the procedures in place where governance, safeguarding, or financial risks are identified. [24725/26]
Ken O'Flynn
written
2026-04-14 · to Health
2896. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the measures in place to ensure consistency of oversight across different line units within her Department in their engagement with non-statutory bodies receiving funding. [24727/26]
Sorca Clarke
written
2026-04-14 · to Health
2967. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the amount of funding allocated to lung cancer research annually. [25014/26]
Paul Lawless
written
2026-04-14 · to Health
3159. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Health the number of non-Governmental organisations that have received State funding from her Department in each of the past five years; the number of such organisations currently registered in the State which have been funded by her Department; the number located outside the State that have received Irish public funds from her Department for each o…
Pádraig Rice
written
2026-04-14 · to Health
3376. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of 2026 palliative care funding; the way it has been allocated within each health region; the date on which adult and children’s hospices in each region should expect their funding allocation to be communicated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27220/26]
Roderic O'Gorman
written
2026-04-14 · to Further and Higher Education
3445. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide grants and/or funding specifically relating to potential issues in the transport sector which create barriers to the potential introduction of not-for-profit ridesharing platforms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24237/26]
Paul Lawless
written
2026-04-14 · to Further and Higher Education
3453. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the amount of Government funding provided to environmental NGOs (details supplied) in each of the past ten years. [24506/26]
Paul Lawless
written
2026-04-14 · to Further and Higher Education
3457. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to provide a list of the NGOs that have received Government funding from his Department in the past five years. [24638/26]
Paul Lawless
written
2026-04-14 · to Further and Higher Education
3477. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the number of non-Governmental organisations that have received State funding from his Department in each of the past five years; the number of such organisations currently registered in the State which have been funded by his Department; the number located outside the State that have re…
Darren O'Rourke
written
2026-04-14 · to Rural
3485. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the funding options provided by his Department or its agencies that may be used to support a project in the County Meath Gaeltacht (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23587/26]
Paul Lawless
written
2026-04-14 · to Rural
3488. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the amount of Government funding provided to supposedly environmental NGOs (details supplied) in each of the past ten years. [24511/26]
Paul Lawless
written
2026-04-14 · to Rural
3491. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht to provide a list of the NGOs that have received Government funding from his Department in the past five years. [24639/26]
Mairéad Farrell
written
2026-04-14 · to Rural
3493. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the funding available to bring tidal pools back into repair (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24792/26]
Michael Cahill
written
2026-04-14 · to Rural
3500. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if he will urgently provide a significant increase in funding to Kerry County Council to address the condition of the local improvement schemes/private roads; if he will take into consideration that currently there are hundreds of roads on the priority list in County Kerry, and at least several hun…
Michael Cahill
written
2026-04-14 · to Rural
3501. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if he will urgently provide a significant increase in funding to Kerry County Council to address the condition of the local improvement schemes/private roads (details supplied); if he will take into consideration that currently there are hundreds of roads on the priority list in County Kerry, and a…
Paul Lawless
written
2026-04-14 · to Rural
3506. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the average, median and total amount of State funding provided per non-Governmental organisation in each of the past five years; the highest and lowest amounts awarded in each year, for each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25689/26]
Johnny Guirke
written
2026-04-14 · to Rural
3516. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the funding that is available in his Department for parish halls for renovations in communities where there are no community centres in their place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26140/26]
Johnny Guirke
written
2026-04-14 · to Rural
3517. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the amount of funding that has not been drawn down from each funding stream in his Department for each of the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26141/26]