120. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the number of applications received per year in 2023 and 2024, per county, for funding under the Community Recognition Fund; the number therein that were successful and the number that were unsuccessful in each county; the allocation that will be provided to each county in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matt…
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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Debates whose official heading is exactly these words.
The questions
134. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science for an update on funding to replace or upgrade basic research equipment in our universities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37372/25]
269. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Transport the funding provided for footpaths to each of the 31 local authorities in each of the past five years; the distance of footpaths covered with this funding in each local authority, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37406/25]
270. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Transport for an update on additional funding to meet the possible cost of the acquisition of a new boat for Cahore Inshore Rescue, and other plans for funding for similar voluntary bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37414/25]
387. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding any engagement her Department has had with an organisation (details supplied); if her attention has been drawn to its pre-Budget 2026 submission; if she will be engaging with this group as part of Budget negotiations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37153/25]
532. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if capital assistance scheme funding will be provided to an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37738/25]
649. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide a detailed list of the supports available to a group in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37557/25]
738. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the additional supports available for an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37560/25]
936. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the supports available to an organisation in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37561/25]
937. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht for a progress report in regard to an urgent matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37713/25]
938. Deputy Seán Fleming asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the reasons which prevent organisations combining Leader and Sports Capital Programme on a single project notwithstanding there can be different phases and stages in projects and separate funding might be required for each of these stages; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37718/25]
139. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if the Carlingford Lough Commission can avail of the shared Island civic fund for the maintenance of navigational equipment (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36683/25]
141. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if there are any funding streams available for the Carlingford Lough Commission for the maintenance of navigational equipment (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36717/25]
198. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if there are any funding streams available for the Carlingford Lough Commission for the maintenance of navigational equipment (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36685/25]
256. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide a schedule of all blueway projects currently being funded; and the funds released to date and status of each project to include completion date. [36834/25]
5. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade further to Parliamentary Question No. 988 of 24 June 2025, his views on the success of the Mitchell Scholarship Programme; his plans to ensure the long-term viability of this programme going forward; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36298/25]
279. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the reason funding to an organisation was cut (details supplied); if he will review the allocation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36257/25]
287. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if a school (details supplied) is recognised as a ‘designated institute’ will it have access to funding streams like other HEIs within the Higher Education Authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36354/25]
288. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if a school (details supplied) will be allocated capital development funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36355/25]
292. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the measures in place to support the Universal Design for Learning in Higher Education Institutions; to list the institutions which received funding under Path 4 Phase 1 of the National Access Plan; and the amount of funding they received. [36409/25]
338. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Education and Youth to clarify the situation regarding funding that was approved for a school (details supplied) approximately six years ago for the renovation of its science laboratory; the reasons for the delay; when these works will take place; if she will ensure that her Department liaises with the school as a matter of urgency on this; and if she will make a sta…
343. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Youth to re-consider the refusal of a grant (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35347/25]
388. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will ensure that a school (details supplied) is a recipient of all supports outlined in the Education Plan 2025 and, in particular, supports offered through the new education therapy service, which will see therapists working in special schools in the next school year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35932/25]
551. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration when the 2025 rounds of the International Protection Fund, the National Integration Fund and the Community Integration Fund will each be opened for applications; the amounts that will be available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35249/25]
643. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will commit to funding a community neuro-rehabilitation team for the southeast in Budget 2026, in line with the Programme for Government commitment to complete the national rollout. [34817/25]