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A subject heading for parliamentary questions

Departmental 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.

Jan 2025Oct 2026
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MonthQuestions
January 202520
February 202576
March 202573
April 202598
May 202583
June 2025104
July 2025126
August 20250
September 2025125
October 202572
November 2025143
December 202589
January 202655
February 2026140
March 202677
April 2026188
May 2026135
June 202698
July 202686
August 20260
September 202655
October 202665

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.

  • 100% RDR4 from 1 TD · 1 seat today
  • Aontú84 from 2 TDs · 2 seats today
  • Fianna Fáil378 from 34 TDs · 48 seats today
  • Fine Gael349 from 23 TDs · 38 seats today
  • Green Party19 from 1 TD · 1 seat today
  • Independent94 from 10 TDs · 15 seats today
  • Independent Ireland163 from 2 TDs · 4 seats today
  • Labour Party84 from 11 TDs · 11 seats today
  • People Before Profit-Solidarity42 from 3 TDs · 3 seats today
  • Sinn Féin569 from 34 TDs · 39 seats today

The TDs who asked most

Members of the Government answer questions rather than ask them. Each question counts once.

  1. 157
  2. 100
  3. 72
  4. 67
  5. 62
  6. 61
  7. 53
  8. 51

Asked of

Debated under the same heading

Debates whose official heading is exactly these words.

The questions

Pa Daly Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Climate
486. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the breakdown of the funding provided for domestic solar photovoltaic systems in 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26200/26]
Paul Lawless Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Defence
528. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Defence the amount of Government funding provided to environmental NGOs (details supplied) in each of the past ten years. [24501/26]
Paul Lawless Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Defence
530. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Defence to provide a list of the NGOs that have received Government funding from her Department in the past five years. [24625/26]
Darren O'Rourke Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Transport
637. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport 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. [21844/26]
Paul Lawless Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Transport
677. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Transport the amount of Government funding provided environmental NGOs (details supplied) in each of the past ten years. [24514/26]
Pádraig Rice Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Transport
678. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Transport the amount of funding allocated from his Department for specific active travel projects in Cork (details supplied); the amount of the allocated monies that has been spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24554/26]
Paul Lawless Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Transport
680. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Transport to provide a list of the NGOs that have received Government funding from his Department in the past five years. [24631/26]
Paul Lawless Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Transport
798. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Transport 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 received Irish public funds from his Department for each of the past five ye…
Noel McCarthy Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Transport
879. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Transport if his Department is considering a second call for funding for new applicants under the Safe Routes to School Programme; when he expects forthcoming rounds under the existing programme to be announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27321/26]
Paul Lawless Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Finance
911. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the amount of Government funding provided to environmental NGOs (details supplied) in each of the past ten years. [24504/26]
Paul Lawless Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Finance
964. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance 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 received Irish public funds from his Department for each of the p…
Paul Lawless Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Public Expenditure
1026. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to provide a list of the NGOs that have received Government funding in the past five years. [23998/26]
Paul Lawless Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Public Expenditure
1040. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the amount of Government funding provided to supposedly environmental NGOs (details supplied) in each of the past ten years. [24510/26]
Paul Lawless Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Public Expenditure
1069. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the number of non-Governmental organisations that have received State funding in each of the past five years; the number of such organisations currently registered in the State; the number located outside the State that have received Irish public funds for each of the past five years, in tabul…
Paul Lawless Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Public Expenditure
1070. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the amount of State funding provided to non-Governmental organisations, by his Department in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25693/26]
Paul Lawless Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Enterprise
1131. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the amount of Government funding provided to environmental NGOs (details supplied) in each of the past ten years. [24503/26]
Paul Lawless Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Enterprise
1134. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment to provide a list of the NGOs that have received Government funding from his Department in the past five years. [24627/26]
Paul Lawless Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Enterprise
1135. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment to provide a list of the NGOs that have received Government funding from his Department in the past five years. [24632/26]
Paul Lawless Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Education
1313. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Youth the amount of Government funding provided to environmental NGOs (details supplied) in each of the past ten years. [24502/26]
Paul Lawless Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Education
1319. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide a list of the NGOs that have received Government funding from her Department in the past five years. [24626/26]
Paul Lawless Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Education
1475. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Education and Youth 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 of the p…
Duncan Smith Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Culture
1548. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the grants available for a community centre to repair parts of their building (details supplied); if no grants are available if emergency funding will be provided; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24230/26]
Paul Lawless Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Culture
1557. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the amount of Government funding provided to environmental NGOs (details supplied) in each of the past ten years. [24500/26]
Paul Lawless Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Culture
1559. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport to provide a list of the NGOs that have received Government funding from his Department in the past five years. [24633/26]
Claire Kerrane Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Culture
1576. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the possible funding opportunities available to an organisation (details supplied) to promote an event; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25583/26]