531. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if Dublin Zoo was allocated funding in 2025 from the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58179/25]
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
586. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the amount of funding granted to non-governmental organisations (NGOs) by his Department over the past five years; and if the relevant NGOs have submitted reports or other documentation outlining the way in which the funding has been spent, in tabular form. [57998/25]
640. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will consider correspondence (details supplied) regarding funding for a school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57830/25]
658. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Education and Youth the amount of funding granted to non-governmental organisations (NGOs) by his Department over the past five years; and if the relevant NGOs have submitted reports or other documentation outlining the way in which the funding has been spent, in tabular form. [57993/25]
708. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Youth if it is proposed to provide dormant accounts funding to WALK for the Peer Ability Programme in counties Louth , Dublin ,West Meath ,Cavan and Cork in 2026; if so, when an announcement will be made; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58352/25]
712. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Education and Youth when DEIS plus resources will be made available to qualifying schools. [58389/25]
759. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide a list of all grants currently available for registered afterschool services for capital works, equipment, or storage facilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58727/25]
940. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the conditions attached to the funding provided by his Department and its agencies to music, culture, arts and sports organisations regarding the use of Irish and the promotion of their activities through the Irish language; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57852/25]
941. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the amount of funding granted to non-governmental organisations (NGOs) by his Department over the past five years; and if the relevant NGOs have submitted reports or other documentation outlining the way in which the funding has been spent, in tabular form. [57991/25]
955. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the funding breakdown being allocated under the B6 subhead for 2026 in relation to the night time economy. [58612/25]
957. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he will be allocating capital funding in 2026 towards the noise mitigation grant scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58910/25]
963. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the amount of Exchequer funding each national culture institution under the remit of his Department will receive in 2025; and the amount of funding allocated to each of those institutions in 2026, in tabular form. [59313/25]
967. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport to provide details on the €3 million in funding provided in budget 2026 for League of Ireland academies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60033/25]
1009. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount of funding granted to non-governmental organisations (NGOs) by his Department over the past five years; and if the relevant NGOs have submitted reports or other documentation outlining the way in which the funding has been spent, in tabular form. [57995/25]
1080. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if additional funding will be allocated to Meath County Council to accelerate the delivery of serviced sites in Navan, Trim and Kells under the Serviced Sites Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59101/25]
1081. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for details of any further delays experienced in the planning process for housing developments in Meath; the supports available to local authorities to streamline approvals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59102/25]
1104. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department has responded to the request by Leitrim County Council for funding support to deal with historic structural issues around an unfinished estate (details supplied); and if his will Department provide funding support for this unfinished housing estate. [59336/25]
1132. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when CAS 1 approval will be granted for a project by his Department (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60004/25]
1135. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage further to Parliamentary Questions on Policy or Legislation of 16 October 2025, if he intends to provide additional funding to Monaghan County Council for the purpose of providing additional housing adaptation grants in 2025. [60056/25]
1138. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to confirm whether Fingal County Council received an additional €10 million from his Department under the Second-hand Acquisitions Programme for the remainder of 2025; to provide a breakdown, by spend and units acquired, of the allocation of this funding in areas (details supplied). [60123/25]
1139. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide a breakdown of the €20 million funding provided, by spend and units acquired, under the 2025 Second-hand Acquisitions Programme (details supplied). [60124/25]
1158. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Social Protection the amount of funding granted to non-governmental organisations (NGOs) by his Department over the past five years; and if the relevant NGOs have submitted reports or other documentation outlining the way in which the funding has been spent, in tabular form. [58000/25]
1420. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount of funding granted to non-governmental organisations (NGOs) by his Department over the past five years; and if the relevant NGOs have submitted reports or other documentation outlining the way in which the funding has been spent, in tabular form. [57992/25]
1423. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding streams available through his Department for foodbanks, or other initiatives involving food supports. [58335/25]
1435. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the details of projects which has been organised to date for County Wexford’s coastline with the €7 million funding announced in March 2025 in conjunction with the EIP; in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58836/25]