1366. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the details of capital funding programmes or grants which his Department or any body under his aegis has responsibility, for which community organisations are eligible to apply for; the details of any funding programme or grant that is currently open or the date of when a subsequent prospective funding programme or grant is schedule…
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.
Jan 2025Oct 2026
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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
1497. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on an application (details supplied) under the National Developer Providing Infrastructural Resolution Programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41905/25]
2080. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the reason the total funding amount allocated to the Ireland Against Racism fund has decreased from €1.1 million in 2024 to 1 million in 2025. [42972/25]
2086. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the details of the capital funding programmes or grants which his Department or any body under his aegis has responsibility, for which sporting organisations are eligible to apply for; the details of any funding programme or grant that is currently open or the date when a subsequent prospective funding programme or grant is schedu…
2087. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the details of capital funding programmes or grants which his Department or any body under his aegis has responsibility, for which community organisations are eligible to apply for; the details of any funding programme or grant that is currently open or the date of when a subsequent prospective funding programme or grant is schedu…
2147. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he is considering providing significant additional funding to the Ballymun Implementation Board, in a similar model to the NEIC Implementation Board, to address long-standing issues in Ballymun identified in the Montague Report; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44431/25]
2458. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether the LGBTI+ Community Services Fund will fund the outhouse community casework service in 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43281/25]
2497. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether she plans to sanction the final €5 million in funding needed to complete a complex (details supplied) which would, upon completion, serve to considerably reduce waiting times for assessments and therapies for children with disabilities.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43837/25]
2498. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if an annual €3 million funding uplift can be provided to an organisation (details supplied) starting in 2026 on the grant register to address their current funding deficit position and stop the escalating financial losses on funded services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43893/25]
2499. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will consider putting in place an annual inflationary increase on section 56 funding as was the practice prior to the 2008 financial crash which would assist certain organisations that support children (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43896/25]
2515. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will outline any new funding or staffing measures being put in place to clear the assessment of need backlog, particularly in high-pressure areas such as CHO9; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44194/25]
2522. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the estimated total recurring and accumulated funding deficits reported by State-funded service providers across the childcare and disability sectors. [44326/25]
3085. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Health the details of the capital funding programmes or grants which her Department or any body under her aegis has responsibility, for which sporting organisations are eligible to apply for; the details of any funding programme or grant that is currently open or the date when a subsequent prospective funding programme or grant is scheduled to be opened for which a …
3086. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Health the details of capital funding programmes or grants which her Department or any body under her aegis has responsibility, for which community organisations are eligible to apply for; the details of any funding programme or grant that is currently open or the date of when a subsequent prospective funding programme or grant is scheduled to be opened that a commu…
3386. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the capital works projects within his Department that were funded by the EU in the years of 2024 and to-date in 2025; and the amount of funding received per project, in tabular form. [42803/25]
3394. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to provide details on the breakdown of funding of €600m as announced in June 2025 as part of the amendment of the National Training Fund (NTF) to enable skills development, to list what these skills are and the cost for each skill, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42993/2…
3395. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to provide details on the breakdown of funding of €600m as announced in June 2025 as part of the amendment of the National Training Fund (NTF) specifically for the research sector including what the increase in the PhD stipend; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42994/25]
3403. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the details of the capital funding programmes or grants which his Department or any body under his aegis has responsibility, for which sporting organisations are eligible to apply for; the details of any funding programme or grant that is currently open or the date when a subsequent prospective funding p…
3404. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the details of capital funding programmes or grants which his Department or any body under his aegis has responsibility, for which community organisations are eligible to apply for; the details of any funding programme or grant that is currently open or the date of when a subsequent prospective funding p…
3405. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the amount of funding allocated to each HEI and ETB as part of the fund for students with disabilities in each of the years 2014 to 2024, and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43203/25]
3418. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the special educational accommodations, such as rest facilities, flexible scheduling or assisted learning support that have been implemented in further and higher education institutions for students diagnosed with narcolepsy post-pandemrix vaccination; whether additional funding is planned to support thes…
3423. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the funding set aside for the North South Research Fund; the number of applicants and the awards given to successful applicants, in 2025 and in previous years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44024/25]
3472. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the details of the capital funding programmes or grants which his Department or any body under his aegis has responsibility, for which sporting organisations are eligible to apply for; the details of any funding programme or grant that is currently open or the date when a subsequent prospective funding programme or g…
3473. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the details of capital funding programmes or grants which his Department or any body under his aegis has responsibility, for which community organisations are eligible to apply for; the details of any funding programme or grant that is currently open or the date of when a subsequent prospective funding programme or g…
28. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation when the allocations for the Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund operated by his Department will be made known; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39171/25]