62. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to provide a breakdown of the applications received for the infrastructure, climate and nature fund, by Department; to provide the funding that has been awarded so far; if this funding will comprise part of the budget package for 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39944/25]
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
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1,893 written, 15 oral
133
TDs have asked
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Independents counted together
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departments asked
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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 |
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63. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to report on the criteria for application for funding under the infrastructure, climate and nature fund; the metrics by which project applications will be evaluated; the necessary criteria that have been identified; the successful criteria that have been identified; and if he will make a statement on…
188. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if a matter (details supplied) has been brought to his attention; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39197/25]
537. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he will consider providing funding to a theatre (details supplied) as a production created specifically for Leaving Certificate English students across Munster; if he will advise on alternative funding avenues which may be available; and if he will consider funding annual productions in line with the Leaving Certificate curriculum in…
539. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport to outline all funding and grant opportunities available to theatre companies; if he has considered establishing a specific funding stream for productions that are linked to the curriculum of Junior and Leaving Certificate courses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39620/25]
599. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the funding allocated under the CAS programme to AHBs in 2025. [39509/25]
779. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider increasing funding for an organisation (details supplied) in view of the fact that veterinary care costs have increased significantly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38823/25]
780. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding provided to Cork City Council for the control of horses in each of the first six months of 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form. [38842/25]
815. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to address and clarify the recent decision to decline reduced ratio funding to a service (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39058/25]
820. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if funding will be made available to Cork County Council allowing them to install accessible beach infrastructure (details supplied) on beaches in east Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39170/25]
828. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the current status of the Programme for Government commitment to undertake a cross-departmental examination of where disability spending delivers best results, to inform future funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39518/25]
839. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she has received a funding request from a naíonra (details supplied) to develop a new building and to address outstanding safety concerns and double their capacity; if she will grant funding to the naíonra; if not, the reason why; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39555/25]
840. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality in light of the fact that an organisation (details supplied) which provides full time residential care accommodation for 200 people while meeting the respite needs of up to 100 other people with disabilities continues to be funded on an ad hoc basis, if she plans to address this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3959…
980. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Health if the HSE imposed changes in the funding arrangement for the services provided by a company (details supplied), as was claimed in a letter issued by said provider to its employees on 30 November 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39543/25]
982. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health if the medical ulcer service at St. James’s Hospital, Dublin is still available to patients that have been treated there in the past; if she is aware of a funding issue relative to this service that has caused senior posts and other positions to remain vacant; the number of outpatients that availed of the service and if they have been referred elsewhere; and i…
994. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health if she will financially support the roll out of an organisations service (details supplied) who wish to employ nine senior physiotherapists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39639/25]
1015. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if SOLAS is in receipt of sufficient funding from the State to ensure adult education teachers can retain employment and do not lose hours and that adult learners access to education is not impacted; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38793/25]
1020. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the actions he will take to address the uncertainty which has arisen in relation to the funding and employment conditions for adult education teachers (details supplied); the actions he will take to address the shortfalls in funding provided by SOLAS and his Department which has caused uncertainty as to whe…
1021. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if HGV traineeships operated by ETBs will be funded and go ahead this year in light of a recent submission to the Oireachtas Transport Committee (details supplied); if this funding issue is due to a lack of funding of SOLAS by his Department or whether it is due to SOLAS failing to receive EU education fund…
1026. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the measures he is taking to address the funding shortfall of Solas that has resulted in adult education teachers being told they have no jobs to return to in September; to outline his plans to protect those teaching positions and the course availability for students; and if he will make a statement on the ma…
1027. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science for an update on the roll out of the Global Talent Initiative; if it will involve the provision of additional funding to higher education institutions to attract new staff; if the disciplines that academic staff will be targeted in have identified yet; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [392…
1044. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if there are plans for capital investment into further and higher education facilities within Donegal within the next 12 months; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39666/25]
1046. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the percentage of the capital and current funding of his Department that has been spent in the first six months of 2025; and if he will provide the same figures for the corresponding period in 2024, in tabular form. [38674/25]
1060. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the capital allocations for the Gaeltacht programme area in 2024 and 2025; to provide a list of the projects funded in each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39166/25]
1061. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht to provide an update on expenditure of increased funding of over €1.5 million for the development of Irish language and cultural centres across the whole island announced in Budget 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39167/25]