197. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he has received business cases in respect of funding remedial works (details supplied); if he or his officials have considered reports received to date in respect of the properties impacted; if he is releasing funding to the local authority to carry out the works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10542/26]
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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Debated under the same heading
Debates whose official heading is exactly these words.
The questions
280. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the supports or grants that are available to a single mother working part time who owns a BER G rated property with a gas boiler to replace this boiler; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9283/26]
375. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Transport if he has requested or secured funding from European Union Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) in respect of the Dart+ West and Dart+ South-West projects; and if not, his plans to secure funding via CEF. [10136/26]
493. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if funding can be sourced to support the not-for-profit organisation (details supplied) to construct a new build extension to their present location, which will cost €2.5 million; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10017/26]
958. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to outline the funding supports made available by her Department for the establishment and continuation of parent and baby/toddler groups; the measures her Department is currently taking to assist such groups; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10338/26]
1037. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Health the supports in place from her Department to assist section 39 organisations to become more cyber resilient; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9463/26]
1119. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether her Department has any centrally approved governance, compliance, or safeguarding framework applicable to non-statutory bodies that receive direct funding from her Department, excluding bodies funded through or overseen by the HSE; and if not, to state when the absence of such a framework was last examined by her Department and the reason no framework is …
1120. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the minimum governance, reporting, and compliance standards are required by her Department to be applied by departmental line units when overseeing non-statutory bodies funded directly by her Department, excluding HSE-funded bodies; whether those standards are set out in written Departmental policy or guidance; and how her Department assures consistency of oversi…
1282. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the funding schemes available to cover staffing costs for community organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10368/26]
9. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the funding available through his Department for community festivals such as a festival (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7869/26]
30. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the number of applications received per year 2023-2024, and per county, for funding under the Community Recognition Fund; the number therein that were successful, the number that were unsuccessful, in each county; the allocation that will be provided to each county in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8…
341. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide urgent funding to Kerry social farming to allow this amazing initiative to grow and excel across County Kerry; if he will roll-out social farming across the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9107/26]
203. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the funding or grant supports which are available or planned for community-scale battery storage projects, such as those proposed for Skerries; his views on the role of such infrastructure in grid stability and decarbonization; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8443/26]
602. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Education and Youth to confirm the funding mechanisms available for a school to apply for funding for resurfacing of a school car park; whether it can be applied for under the emergency works programme, if weather conditions render the car park dangerous; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8658/26]
603. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth the breakdown of the allocation of the existing levels of services funding for youth affairs, for each of the past six years and for 2026, in tabular form; if she will provide a breakdown of this funding in terms of the allocations per scheme under the subhead; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8663/26]
971. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Health if additional funding will be allocated to modernise autopsy facilities in Irish hospitals, in line with recommendations for improved infrastructure; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7471/26]
979. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 503 of 4 December 2025, whether she will provide the total approved pay allocation for funded posts within CHO4 for the year 2024; the total pay expenditure actually incurred in that year; the resulting variance, if any; the reason this information was not furnished in the response; and if she will make a statement on the matt…
1230. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht to provide details of all available grants in 2026 for walkways, in tabular form. [8549/26]
1232. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the measures in place to support community centres with ongoing operational pressures such as energy, insurance, and staffing costs, beyond one off capital grants. [8737/26]
95. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the capital funding available to his Department for developments in the further education sector in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6900/26]
232. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question 316 of 22 January 2026, the percentage of funds that are still above the 60% leverage threshold; the share with other 70%, 80%, 90% and 100% leverage respectively; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7258/26]
290. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total expenditure by his Department on social housing acquisitions in 2025; and to provide a breakdown of the number of homes purchased with this funding, by type including tenant-in-situ, vacant homes acquisition, housing first, age-friendly right sizing, and so on. [7144/26]
291. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total capital allocation for social housing acquisitions for 2026. [7145/26]
311. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when local authorities will receive their budget for housing acquisitions for 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7251/26]
23. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Transport to expedite funding for the main street and footpath through Cahersiveen town; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6804/26]