1577. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the possible funding opportunities for the International Rally in February 2027. [25586/26]
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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The questions
1591. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport 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…
1683. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount of Government funding provided to environmental NGOs (details supplied) in each of the past ten years. [24508/26]
1718. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the reason AHBs receive funding for housing maintenance while local authorities do not; and whether he would consider expanding these funding models to local authorities. [25077/26]
1721. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he plans to review and update the Local Government Fund equalisation mechanism, in light of concerns regarding the adequacy of funding provided to certain local authorities, including Galway County Council; whether he will acknowledge the existence of structural underfunding within the current model; and if he will make a state…
1762. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide details on funding given to political parties to increase female participation and diversity in politics, broken down by year and by party and independents from 2019 to date. [25905/26]
1784. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide details of the eligibility for the Towns and Cities Regeneration Investment Fund (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26124/26]
1818. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the HSF funding applications will be announced for County Clare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27030/26]
1868. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide a list of the NGOs that have received Government funding from his Department in the past five years. [24635/26]
1908. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Social Protection the funding mechanisms available to an organisation (details supplied) through his Department; if there are sustainable funding options available for the organisation through his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25600/26]
1920. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Social Protection 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 pas…
1935. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Social Protection the funding supports currently available to assist adults in full time employment who do not qualify for a medical card with the cost of hearing aids; the eligibility criteria and application pathways for such supports; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26664/26]
2028. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the amount of Government funding provided to environmental NGOs (details supplied) in each of the past ten years. [24509/26]
2032. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide a list of the NGOs that have received Government funding from his Department in the past five years. [24636/26]
2130. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration 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 f…
2421. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the amount of Government funding provided to environmental NGOs (details supplied) in each of the past ten years.
[24498/26]
2447. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide a list of the NGOs that have received Government funding from her Department in the past five years. [24624/26]
2514. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will commit to engage with an organisation (details supplied) on their funding request for 2026 given they did not receive what was sought in 2024 and 2025 to meet the needs of their services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25640/26]
2550. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality 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…
2687. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the total number of non-statutory bodies that received direct funding from her Department in each of the years 2023, 2024 and 2025; the aggregate annual funding provided to such bodies in each year; and whether a centralised register of these bodies is maintained by her Department. [23856/26]
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]
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]
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]
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]
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]