600. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the funding streams available for a festival (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66762/25]
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 |
|---|---|
| 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
113. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Transport to address a long-standing issue (details supplied) and provide an update with regard to funding for same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66450/25]
217. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to advise on a matter (details supplied) regarding funding affordable support; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66723/25]
360. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht to provide a breakdown of the funding announced for women’s sheds in Budget 2026; the category of groups that can apply for this funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66401/25]
361. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the funding available to a registered charity (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66402/25]
362. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the number of Irish language summer colleges supported in 2024 and 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66504/25]
363. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if he will provide an update on funding allocations to the CLÁR and LEADER programmes in 2024 and 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66505/25]
365. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the total funding provided to community and voluntary organisations in Dublin Bay north in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66507/25]
404. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth if funding is available which an association (details supplied) or its member organisations can apply for to continue its mentoring scheme for secondary schools to encourage emerging young talent and to putt on annual school musicals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65693/25]
407. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 516 of 18 November 2025, the mechanisms that will support the delivery of actions 10 and 13 of the Opportunities for Youth framework; the process that will be used to determine the acquisition of new spaces for youth work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65794/25]
488. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the funding scheme from which €2 million has been awarded for the detailed design of Buncrana Leisure Centre; if his Department will accept funding applications for design of swimming pool projects in other areas where demand exists such as Loughrea; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [66185/25]
692. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the reason the community probation team did not award funding, following an expression of interest process, to a project (details supplied) to continue its established Drugs Court partnership in Drogheda; if he will review the decision or alternatively provide additional funding to the group to continue its trusted Drugs Court partnership…
740. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding allocated for the monitoring, reporting or trapping of the Asian hornet that can be applied for by local authorities, beekeeping groups or individual beekeepers across the island. [66164/25]
935. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health the amount of Section 39 funding made available to organisations in CHO2 each year from 2007 to 2025, with the corresponding number of organisations to benefit from said funding in each year, in tabular form. [66148/25]
936. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health the amount of funding which has been set aside for Section 39 organisations in 2025 and in Budget 2026. [66149/25]
937. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health the way in which Section 39 funding is distributed to organisations in CHO2; the way in which the level of funding awarded is determined; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66150/25]
938. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health if she will restore pre-2008 funding to Section 39 organisations in recognition that current funding does not meet today's running costs for many organisations doing so much good work in communities. [66151/25]
939. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health if she is aware that many Section 39 organisations providing services to older people in communities are unable to cover their running costs with stagnant funding when running costs have increased, and are depending on donations and charity events to assist with covering costs; if she is aware of the pressure this puts on organisations, without which older peop…
973. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the breakdown of the funding given to each organisation under the NEIC initiative since its formation, in tabular form. [65933/25]
64. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he will outline the funding from Budget 2026 for local and community radio stations across the country; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64586/25]
209. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the outcome of discussions at the recent General Affairs Council with reference to the EU multi-annual budget (2028-2034); and the need to protect funding for the Common Agricultural Policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65065/25]
215. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the financial supports which have been considered or put in place to assist persons who have significant waste bills due to using incontinence pads to be disposed of; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64943/25]
513. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department provided funding for an organisation (details supplied). [64938/25]
403. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if his Department has examined the impact of payment delays on community, voluntary, and non-profit organisations funded through State grants or reimbursements; and his views on whether such delays undermine service delivery, local employment, or the financial sustainability of these organisations. [62831/25]
404. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if consideration has been given to extending the 15-day prompt payment framework to include all categories of payments and reimbursements made by Departments and public bodies to community and voluntary organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62832/25]