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]
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
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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
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The questions
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]
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]
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]
2967. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Health the amount of funding allocated to lung cancer research annually. [25014/26]
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 of the past five year…
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]
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]
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]
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]
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 received Irish public …
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]
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]
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]
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]
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 hundred waiting for the…
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 at least several hund…
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]
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]
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]
3518. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht when his Department plans to send confirmation of the RRDF funding from 2025 in order that local authorities can begin negotiations on premises they plan to buy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26142/26]
3519. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if he has any plans to provide smaller streams of funding to towns and villages for small scale street enhancement, streetscape, schemes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26143/26]
3520. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht 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 hi…
3525. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the reasons Delvin and Kinnegad in County Westmeath missed out on town and village funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26461/26]
3527. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the funding available in his Department for parish halls in County Westmeath for renovations in communities where there are no community centres in place. [26463/26]