896. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science for a detailed breakdown of funding allocations for CERN in 2024, 2025 and 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56843/25]
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
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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
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The questions
897. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science for a detailed breakdown of funding allocations for Quality and Qualifications Ireland for 2024, 2025 and 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56844/25]
87. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if he will consider increasing the LEADER allocation for County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54825/25]
121. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if consideration will be given to providing additional funding for community and voluntary organisations to assist with running costs given currently the grant schemes that exist are for capital works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55308/25]
124. Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht for a list of projects in Longford allocated funding by his Department in each of the past three years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55608/25]
37. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide a breakdown of the budget allocations for each programme under the subhead B4 of the revised estimate in each of the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form. [55772/25]
38. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide a breakdown of total capital and current funding allocated to the solar PV scheme under subhead b4 of the revised estimate in each of the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and to provide a breakdown of the allocation under this scheme dedicated to domestic and non-domestic solar PV, respectively [55774/25]
42. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the funding provided for community energy grants in 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55778/25]
68. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the estimated cost of establishing a new shared mobility hub; the total funding provided in 2025 and to be provided in 2026 to support the roll-out of shared mobility hub; and the number of hubs expected to be in place by the end of 2026. [55593/25]
69. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the total funding in 2025 and to be provided in 2026, for grants support for ZE vehicle take-up by households and businesses. [55594/25]
70. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the total funding in 2025 and to be provided in 2026, for the provision of e-bikes in urban centres around Ireland; and to list the urban centres where NTA-supported e-bikes are expected to be in place by the end of 2026. [55595/25]
71. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport the total funding in 2025 and to be provided in 2026, for roll-out of a nationwide EV charging network; and the progress in meeting EU targets for public EV charge points. [55596/25]
73. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Transport if he plans to allocate funding to expand free travel for children under nine years to commercial bus operators under the 2026 PSO funding allocation of €940 million; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55599/25]
99. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Finance the number of staff working in each of Revenue’s frontier management branches as of the end of September 2025; the level of funding allocated in 2025 for these staff; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55575/25]
100. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Finance if there has been an increase during 2025 in the number of x-ray scanners available to the Revenue Commissioners for detection of smuggling; and the plans for further investment in scanners in Budget 2026. [55577/25]
171. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education and Youth the funding that may be available to help a school (details supplied) to provide toys for the classroom; if a parents association can apply for this funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55955/25]
178. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to increase funding for youth services in south Dublin City; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55985/25]
182. Deputy Jennifer Murnane O'Connor asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on a request for funding to equip two modular SEN classrooms, as currently, the school cannot fully equip the classroom for full operation (details supplied). [55989/25]
209. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total SEEP funding requested by Cork City Council under the NWQR in 2025; and the total amount allocated. [56030/25]
210. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether his Department reviews SEEP funding requests by Cork City Council on a project-by-project basis and allocates individually, or whether an overall allocation is provided. [56031/25]
227. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Social Protection the funding sources available to foodbanks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55752/25]
247. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide the plans for increasing funding allocations for youth services for Ringsend/Sandymount area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56007/25]
270. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will intervene, with the HSE, to ensure that funds are immediately released for the Wexford Strengthening Children's Disability Services project, which was formally approved by the HSE with a commitment that the initial payment would be processed in October (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [559…
280. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to outline the additional money that has been allocated for Core Funding in 2026; the additional money which has been allocated for Core Funding across the 2026-27 programme year; for a breakdown of what the additional money is for, and the amount of it that is tied to staff pay; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5600…
368. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if he will outline the allocation to rural regeneration and development fund in each of the years 2020 to 2025, and for 2026; the measures that this allocation supported, by year in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55716/25]