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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

Pearse Doherty Written 3 Mar 2026 · to Justice
650. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he is aware of the success of the pilot scheme titled 4empowerment; if he is aware of an application for a scheme that has been submitted via the Uplift project based in County Donegal; when a decision will be made on the application; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16255/26]
Albert Dolan Written 3 Mar 2026 · to Justice
660. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration 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 s…
Albert Dolan Written 3 Mar 2026 · to Health
852. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Health to list all schemes, funding programmes, capital funds, grant streams or other expenditure headings administered by her 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; t…
Colm Burke Written 3 Mar 2026 · to Health
975. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health to provide a detailed breakdown of the funding allocation for cardiovascular services in Budget 2026, in tabular form. [17236/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 26 Feb 2026 · to Foreign
213. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for each of the years 2022, 2023 and 2024, a breakdown of Ireland’s core contributions to multilateral organisations by recipient organisation and amount, and to state for each organisation the standard programme support cost rate, indirect cost recovery rate, or equivalent administrative levy applied to core resources, as published by the organ…
Ken O'Flynn Written 26 Feb 2026 · to Foreign
214. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether her Department holds, for each of the years 2022, 2023 and 2024, a schedule of programme support cost rates, indirect cost recovery rates, or equivalent charges applied by multilateral partners to Ireland-funded expenditure, including where Ireland provides earmarked contributions, and if so, to provide that schedule and the total estima…
Matt Carthy Written 26 Feb 2026 · to Transport
250. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Transport in respect of the 2026 funding allocation of €500,000 towards the N2 Ardee to South of Castleblaney Bypass, for 2026, the stage that this will bring the project to; the further stages to be completed; the current estimated date for final completion of this scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15763/26]
Peter 'Chap' Cleere Written 26 Feb 2026 · to Public Expenditure
311. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to provide an update regarding investment in critical infrastructure in Carlow; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15931/26]
Peter 'Chap' Cleere Written 26 Feb 2026 · to Public Expenditure
312. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation provide an update regarding investment in critical infrastructure in Kilkenny; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15932/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 26 Feb 2026 · to Health
616. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether she accepts that operating a service at 75% of funded ceiling constitutes a failure of workforce planning at departmental level; and the specific corrective actions that have been mandated by her Department in response. [16032/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 26 Feb 2026 · to Further and Higher Education
656. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the total capital allocation approved to date for the National Demonstration Park for Modern Methods of Construction at Mount Lucas; the amount drawn down to date; whether a formal Stage 1 and Stage 2 approval under the Capital Works Management Framework was completed prior to commencement of enabling groundw…
David Cullinane Written 26 Feb 2026 · to Further and Higher Education
661. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the total capital funding allocated to each technological university since they were established, broken down by TU, by year, a list of the projects funded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16112/26]
Marie Sherlock Written 24 Feb 2026 · to Climate
238. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the amount of dedicated funding that will be provided to each local authority to monitor and enforce the smoky coal ban and any future solid fuel regulations as part of the Clean Air Strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14312/26]
Marie Sherlock Written 24 Feb 2026 · to Climate
239. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will provide an update on the forthcoming Clean Air Act; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14313/26]
Marie Sherlock Written 24 Feb 2026 · to Defence
267. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Defence to provide a list of all State agencies within her Department that allocate programme and project funding to section 39, section 56 and section 10 organisations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14387/26]
Malcolm Byrne Written 24 Feb 2026 · to Transport
331. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Transport the supports that have been sought, or can be sought, by Wexford County Council to complete the Gorey to Courtown footpath in North Wexford. [14734/26]
Marie Sherlock Written 24 Feb 2026 · to Public Expenditure
415. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to provide a list of all State agencies within his Department that allocate programme and project funding to section 39, section 56 and section 10 organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14396/26]
Cathal Crowe Written 24 Feb 2026 · to Enterprise
429. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the supports his Department is currently providing or willing to provide in the future to support small family-run self-catering businesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14842/26]
John Paul O'Shea Written 24 Feb 2026 · to Enterprise
438. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment to provide a breakdown of funding provided to Local Enterprise Office’s in Cork city and county over the past three years; the number of grants awarded and jobs supported or created; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14062/26]
Peadar Tóibín Written 24 Feb 2026 · to Enterprise
441. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if the State, or any State-owned agencies, funded the building of a factory (details supplied); if so, the cost of the grant towards same. [14171/26]
Ivana Bacik Written 24 Feb 2026 · to Education
458. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will make a statement on the need for greater supports for young people in Ireland and her plans to allocate additional, targeted funding for same. [13991/26]
Marie Sherlock Written 24 Feb 2026 · to Culture
607. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport to provide a list of all State agencies within his Department that allocate programme and project funding to section 39, section 56 and section 10 organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14386/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 24 Feb 2026 · to Justice
732. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether capital or reform funding allocated to justice-sector digital modernisation projects includes performance, reporting or data standardisation conditions; and, if so, to provide details of those conditions [14600/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 24 Feb 2026 · to Justice
733. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether his Department has undertaken any governance, reform, or value-for-money review of data interoperability and reporting standards across justice-sector bodies, including the Courts Service, An Garda Síochána and the Central Statistics Office, for the purpose of structured reporting on economically significant offences such as in…
Pádraig O'Sullivan Written 24 Feb 2026 · to Health
1071. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health if she will outline the steps to ensure that an organisation (details supplied) continues to be supported into the future, given its role in delivering oral health prevention programmes for vulnerable groups across Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14989/26]