196. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Health if her Department has considered the funding of pilot programmes to support volunteer-led or volunteer-supported initiatives within dementia care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6785/26]
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
229. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht to consider additional LEADER Programme funding for County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7042/26]
232. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if counties such as Kerry will receive additional LEADER funding than those counties that have underspent their allocation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6797/26]
158. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the reason funding for the drug-related intimidation liaison role at the western area support project will not be renewed; and the specific alternative supports that will be in its place to ensure victims and families facing organised crime drug-related intimidation will continue to receive equivalent specialist assistance without inte…
535. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the breakdown of the allocation of capital funding for youth affairs for each of the past six years and for 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6135/26]
640. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Question No. 217 of 26 November 2025, the reasons the proposal referenced in that reply to fund affordable supported housing was not approved; whether alternative funding options are being considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5944/26]
664. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the funding provided to the local government fund in 2009, 2015, 2020 and 2026. [6328/26]
668. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the level of funding allocated under the Housing Infrastructure Investment Fund to projects in Dublin Bay north; the status of approved or pending projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6379/26]
762. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration when the Community Safety Fund will open for applications for 2026; if there will be an increase in the funding allocated; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6355/26]
769. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if the Community Integration Fund will be reopened in 2026; the date it will open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6483/26]
826. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether funding provided to the Central Remedial Clinic (CRC) is sufficient to meet the full cost of staff wages and related employment costs; whether CRC-funded staff are paid in line with comparable grades within the public health service; to outline any measures being taken to address pay disparities and staff retention issues w…
829. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether additional funding is planned for Central Remedial Clinics in 2026 to address wage pressures, recruitment difficulties, and service demand; if she will outline the timeline and scale of any such funding increases; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6360/26]
840. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the funding avenues which are open for after school services for national schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5548/26]
854. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the additional capital funding supports can be availed of for a naíonra and after school service (details supplied) who need to expand capacity very quickly.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5773/26]
882. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she plans to provide additional funding to Section 39 agencies for the additional costs incurred from the new pension auto-enrolment scheme; if she will provide additional funding in a time sensitive manner given that Section 39 agencies are already incurring these additional costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [617…
892. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the funding allocated to recruit dietitians for CDNTs; the workforce planning that has been conducted to determine the required number of dietitians for CDNTs nationally; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6293/26]
1110. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if the policy for funding of automatic wearable blood glucose monitors (BGM), which is currently not available to any Type 2/3C rated diabetes patients, can be urgently reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6341/26]
1113. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Health the level of funding provided by her Department and the HSE to Central Remedial Clinic services in each of the past five years and to date in 2026; the way in which this funding is allocated across clinical services and administrative costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6356/26]
1164. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the specific timelines, accountability measures, and monitoring mechanisms which are in place to ensure the €4.55 billion Tertiary Sector Capital Investment Plan 2026–2030 is delivered on schedule and addresses existing capacity and infrastructure deficits across Ireland’s higher and further education syste…
309. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Transport if the National Transport Agency can specify with some granularity and specifics as to what Dublin City Council were allocated €250,000.00 for under the 2026 Active Travel budget for a project entitled ‘Strand Road Active Travel Trial’; and what exactly DCC submitted to obtain this funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5382/26]
310. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Transport if the National Transport Agency can specify with some granularity and specifics as to what Dublin City Council were allocated funding for under the 2026 Active Travel budget for projects (details supplied); and what exactly DCC submitted to obtain this funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5383/26]
377. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the reason a centre in Dublin city centre was not given the funding they requested to stay in their current premises (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5215/26]
478. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the way in which organisations can apply for funding under the Community Safety Fund; the names of projects in south Dublin City that received funding under the Community Safety Fund in 2024 and 2025; and the amount received per project, in tabular form. [5326/26]
492. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if capital funding is available to family resource centres to purchase a new premises where they have outgrown their current premises; if there are any options for such funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5180/26]
555. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if more funding will be made available for the library capital programme. [5334/26]