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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

Aidan Farrelly Written 6 Oct 2026 · to Education
216. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth the value of UBU Your Place Your Space funding for each recipient organisation in each of the years 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular from. [70002/26]
Joanna Byrne Written 6 Oct 2026 · to Education
224. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth if potential funding or financial supports are available to a school in County Louth (details supplied). [70242/26]
Naoise Ó Muirí Written 6 Oct 2026 · to Housing
364. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider, as part of Budget 2027, increasing the funding available under the vacant property refurbishment grant and derelict property top-up grant; if an increase is being actively examined in light of rising construction and refurbishment costs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70169/26]
Claire Kerrane Written 6 Oct 2026 · to Social
391. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection if there is any funding available in his Department to support a new online tool (details supplied) which is assisting navigating supports from his Department. [69945/26]
Aengus Ó Snodaigh Written 6 Oct 2026 · to Agriculture
483. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to list the cultural institutions, if any, including museums, galleries, libraries, archives, theatres, concert halls, bands, ensembles, and performing companies, operated or hosted by his Department and public bodies or semi-State companies under his Department's remit, identifying the State funding provided for these institutions …
Eoin Ó Broin Written 6 Oct 2026 · to Children
507. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to consider and reply to correspondence from an organisation (details supplied) regarding lack of funding. [70027/26]
Carol Nolan Written 6 Oct 2026 · to Children
515. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will consider introducing pay parity for early years and school age care graduates, a doubling of the graduate premium in core funding and investment in three in-service days per year for every early years setting. [70136/26]
Claire Kerrane Written 6 Oct 2026 · to Children
516. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will ensure that social care workers working with children and young people in State care, in the community and voluntary social care sector Section 56 organisations funded by Tusla can access the public service pension, and that this is not restricted as planned to specific entities and residential roles outlined in the decade…
Aengus Ó Snodaigh Written 6 Oct 2026 · to Children
517. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to list the cultural institutions, if any, including museums, galleries, libraries, archives, theatres, concert halls, bands, ensembles, and performing companies, operated or hosted by her Department and public bodies or semi-State companies under her Department's remit, identifying the State funding provided for these institutions…
Paul Murphy Written 6 Oct 2026 · to Children
528. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reason WALK was not allocated sustainability funding; the assessment undertaken of WALK’s financial position and accumulated residential deficits; the sustainability of WALK’s residential services being expected to be maintained in the absence of additional funding; the measures available to address the historic underfunding that has…
Seán Ó Fearghaíl Written 6 Oct 2026 · to Children
529. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will address the concerns raised in correspondence, details supplied, regarding the absence of sustainability funding for WALK's residential disability services, the impact of historic underfunding and accumulated deficits on the sustainability of those services, and the measures available to support the continuation of resid…
Aengus Ó Snodaigh Written 6 Oct 2026 · to Health
602. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Health to list the cultural institutions, if any, including museums, galleries, libraries, archives, theatres, concert halls, bands, ensembles, and performing companies, operated or hosted by her Department and public bodies or semi-State companies under his Department's remit, identifying the State funding provided for these institutions each year for the past ten…
Charles Ward Written 6 Oct 2026 · to Health
706. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Health the amount of funding allocated towards research into multiple sulfatase deficiency in each of the years of 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [70602/26]
Aengus Ó Snodaigh Written 6 Oct 2026 · to Further and Higher Education
732. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to list the cultural institutions, if any, including museums, galleries, libraries, archives, theatres, concert halls, bands, ensembles, and performing companies, operated or hosted by his Department and public bodies or semi-State companies under his Department's remit, identifying the State funding pr…
Danny Healy-Rae Written 6 Oct 2026 · to Rural
750. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if grant funding will be restored to an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70437/26]
Réada Cronin Written 30 Sep 2026 · to Climate
12. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the amount of Exchequer funding that will be provided to the Commission for Regulation of Utilities to prepare for its role as heat network regulator once the Heat (Networks and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill is ratified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [69333/26]
Roderic O'Gorman Written 30 Sep 2026 · to Transport
19. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Transport to provide details of the funding allocation provided to date for the development of the DART+ depot in Drogheda; if this funding allocation has been amended in 2026; and the impact of any funding changes on functionality improvements for DART+ Coastal North. [69025/26]
Duncan Smith Written 30 Sep 2026 · to Transport
21. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Transport if he will commit to ringfencing the funding required to progress the Four North rail capacity enhancement project through its statutory processes, including detailed design, environmental assessment, public consultation, and preparation of a Railway Order; in view of the AllIreland Strategic Rail Review identifying the Connolly–Malahide section of the Northern…
Brendan Smith Written 30 Sep 2026 · to Transport
24. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Transport in the event of additional funding being allocated to Local Authorities in the course of the year for the non-national road network, if such additional funding could be left to the discretion of each Local Authority regarding the specific works to be undertaken. [69372/26]
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 29 Sep 2026 · to Education
442. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Youth the total annual figure for increasing the secondary school capitation grant to €500 per pupil; and to make a statement on the matter. [68892/26]
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 29 Sep 2026 · to Education
443. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Youth the total annual figure for increasing the primary school capitation grant to €400 per pupil; and to make a statement on the matter. [68891/26]
Jennifer Whitmore Written 29 Sep 2026 · to Health
760. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Health if there are funding streams within the palliative care sector for volunteer support and volunteer support programmes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68447/26]
Barry Heneghan Written 29 Sep 2026 · to Health
887. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Health the amount of money paid out under the transitional care fund for each of the years 2022 to 2025 and to date in 2026; and the amount of money paid to private nursing homes for contact egress beds for each of those years. [68955/26]
Robert Troy Written 29 Sep 2026 · to Rural
947. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if additional funding will be allocated in Budget 2027 to support his Department given that an additional €57.7 million has been recommended through An Plean Fais; and if he will commit to providing this level of additional funding. [69448/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 24 Sep 2026 · to Social
49. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason organisations (details supplied) remain in operation following the cessation of referrals to the JobPath programme in June 2022 and the closure of the JobPath service in June 2024, given that the programme had cost the State €344.6 million; the services these companies are currently providing; and the total cost to the State to date. [67187/26…