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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

Barry Heneghan Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Rural
2288. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if, through the Pobal , Clár CSP and Dormant Accounts he can provide a list of all non-statutory organisations in County Mayo funded to provide the following services for older people and the amount of funding provided to each organisation for each service: kitchen and food providing facilities; community cars/ transp…
Albert Dolan Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Rural
2295. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the supports currently available to connected hubs to assist with the employment of hub managers; whether funding is available specifically towards salary and operational costs; the criteria that applies; and the process by which hubs may apply for such supports. [19623/26]
Malcolm Byrne Written 5 Mar 2026 · to Housing
170. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on the first call under the Housing Infrastructure Investment Fund. [17291/26]
Martin Kenny Written 5 Mar 2026 · to Housing
175. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his plans to develop infrastructure to facilitate the building of more houses in the constituency of Sligo Leitrim; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17286/26]
Naoise Ó Muirí Written 5 Mar 2026 · to Housing
181. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total funding allocated for affordable housing since 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17494/26]
Conor D McGuinness Written 5 Mar 2026 · to Housing
183. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the funding levels to local authorities, by county, for the disability adaptation to housing stock scheme for council houses and adaptation grants for people with disabilities for private houses. [17607/26]
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 5 Mar 2026 · to Housing
192. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether he will allocate funding to councils to improve the state of repair of social homes. [17822/26]
John Connolly Written 5 Mar 2026 · to Housing
203. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of applications for funding received under call 1 of the Housing Infrastructure Investment Fund; the number of local authorities that have made applications; the total cost of accumulated applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17528/26]
Conor Sheehan Written 5 Mar 2026 · to Housing
239. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the work of the Housing Activation Office; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17105/26]
Darren O'Rourke Written 5 Mar 2026 · to Education
339. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide a breakdown of what the social inclusion fund within her Department is spent on; if she plans to increase this fund; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17936/26]
Darren O'Rourke Written 5 Mar 2026 · to Education
341. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth how much the social inclusion fund amounted to for the purpose of tackling educational disadvantage for the year 2020 to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17938/26]
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 5 Mar 2026 · to Children
475. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality in respect of her Department’s pre-2022 responsibility for disability services, to provide the total funding spent by her Department, and agencies under its remit, in pursuit of the decongregation policy for disability residential services for all relevant years following the publication of the Time to Move on from Congregated S…
Cathal Crowe Written 5 Mar 2026 · to Rural
611. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the total amount of funding allocated to respective local authorities in 2023 and in 2024 for all rural schemes provided by his Department (details supplied), including the town and village renewal scheme, CLÁR, LEADER, LIS, outdoor recreation and rural regeneration, by county, in tabular form; and if he will make a stat…
Johnny Guirke Written 4 Mar 2026 · to Transport
47. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide additional finance to Meath County Council to re-surface the roads in exceptionally poor condition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17359/26]
Johnny Guirke Written 4 Mar 2026 · to Transport
48. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Transport to provide a breakdown of his Department funding allocated to, but not spent by Meath County Council, on road projects, for the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17360/26]
Claire Kerrane Written 4 Mar 2026 · to Health
261. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health , further to Parliamentary Question No. 1919 of 13 January, if she can provide the information sought regarding a funding gap in 2025 and 2026 for an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17342/26]
Séamus McGrath Oral 3 Mar 2026 · to Culture
140. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport when the large-scale sports infrastructure fund, LSSIF, is likely to open for applications. [16500/26]
John Connolly Oral 3 Mar 2026 · to Culture
180. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport whether a further opportunity to apply for large-scale sports infrastructure funding will be open to sporting organisations in 2026; if so, the level of funding that will be available; the criteria for applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16268/26]
Naoise Ó Muirí Written 3 Mar 2026 · to Culture
191. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport when applications for the Creative Climate Action Fund III will open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16808/26]
Mairéad Farrell Written 3 Mar 2026 · to Climate
235. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will report on the disbursement for monies granted to an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16175/26]
Mairéad Farrell Written 3 Mar 2026 · to Climate
236. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if his Department provided grants or financial aid to an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16176/26]
Albert Dolan Written 3 Mar 2026 · to Transport
301. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Transport to list all schemes, funding programmes, capital funds, grant streams or other expenditure headings administered by his Department in 2025 and 2026 which result in allocations, awards, or spending that can be identified with a specific geographical location including county, district, town, or project site, to group these by funding stream or programme heading…
Albert Dolan Written 3 Mar 2026 · to Transport
302. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Transport to provide the web link to his Department’s Q4 2025 published report of purchase orders/payments over €20,000, in line with the FOI model publication scheme requirements; the date on which this report was published; and if it has not yet been published, the planned publication date. [16578/26]
Albert Dolan Written 3 Mar 2026 · to Transport
303. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Transport to confirm, in respect of his Department’s published quarterly reports of procurement-related payments or purchase orders over €20,000 (details supplied), where such reports are published in PDF format but originate from an Excel or similar spreadsheet file, that the underlying data was fully expanded and validated prior to conversion so that all columns inclu…
William Aird Written 3 Mar 2026 · to Culture
559. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the oversight mechanisms that exist to ensure that public funding for major cultural and heritage projects is spent efficiently and transparently; and if he will provide details of any projects where governance or accountability issues have been identified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16891/26]