652. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will confirm that the promised uplift of the community neurorehabilitation team in the mid west region will take place in 2025, as committed to by the HSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35728/25]
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.
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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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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.
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The questions
653. Deputy Maurice Quinlivan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when the community neurorehabilitation team in the mid west region, which provides critical therapies including physiotherapy, speech and language, psychology and so on to neurological patients, will be funded to increase the number of posts from 6 to 12, as stipulated in the national neurorehabilitation strategy and in the Action …
655. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 712 of 24 June 2025, her plans to amend core funding to restrict the keeping of deposits where a child does not avail of a place, either at all, or within a prescribed period; and her plans to review the rates of maximum deposits that can be charged. [35979/25]
906. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht what funding has been and will be provided by his Department for community centres, libraries and recreational amenities in the Saggart, Citywest and Rathcoole areas. [36086/25]
199. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the funding provided to sustainable energy communities in each of the years 2020 to 2025; and the amount of money drawn down in each of those years, in tabular form. [35114/25]
207. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Transport if he will consider allocating extra funding for road maintenance to Tipperary County Council this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35113/25]
298. 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 commitment in the current Programme for Government to complete the nationwide rollout of community neuro-rehabilitation teams (details supplied). [35047/25]
330. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the specific funding allocated to the implementation of Sláintecare; if a ring-fenced budget has been provided to implement ‘Path to Universal Healthcare: Sláintecare and Programme for Government 2025+’; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35056/25]
331. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she will commit to producing an updated series of costings for Sláintecare; if her Department has carried out work to revise the costings originally provided for in appendix three of the 2017 Sláintecare report produced by the Committee on the Future of Healthcare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35057/25]
184. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health the 2025 funding allocation for the National Genetics and Genomics Office on a full-year basis; the 2025 funding allocation for the National Strategy for Accelerating Genetic and Genomic Medicine in Ireland 2022 on a full-year basis; the funding required to implement the strategy in full; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34580/25]
250. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if he will provide funding for the Silvermines playground if an application is received from Tipperary County Council for such funding. [34771/25]
551. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the funding and department supports are available under ‘Measure A8- Waste Water Collection and Treatment Needs for Villages and Settlements without Access to Public Waste Water Services’ of his Department’s Multi-Annual Rural Water Programme 2024-2026 and accompanying circular L1/22; the process for towns and settlements who are …
556. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if provision has been made to continue the Economic and Social Intervention Fund in Limerick in 2026 and beyond, given that it is a critical instrument to help address disadvantage in Limerick city; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34530/25]
577. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Social Protection the funding that is available for the provision of reasonable accommodations for individuals in the public sector workplace; if his Department has issued a list of pre-approved reasonable accommodations available; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33984/25]
578. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Social Protection his Department’s policy on the disability equality training available for staff in the Civil Service; if this training includes information on reasonable accommodations and neurodiversity; if those in managerial roles are required to attend additional training on this subject; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33986/25]
607. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if the EU is funding the development of modular homes for beneficiaries of temporary protection in Ireland given that the 11 sites being developed in the State are exempted developments and are being developed under the European Union (Planning and Development), (Displaced Persons from Ukraine Temporary Protection) Regulations 2022;…
691. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to detail each fishery harbour centre that was allocated capital funding since 1 January 2023 to date in 2025; and the total amount allocated to each fishery harbour centre since that date, in tabular form. [34059/25]
712. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she is aware of the practice of early years facilities charging prospective parents a non-refundable administrative fee in circumstances (details supplied); if the practice is permissible under the core funding agreement; and if she will make a statement on the need to transition childcare to being universally provided and accessible.…
713. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to urgently address and clarify the recent decision to decline reduced ratio funding to a school (details supplied) for the 2025-2026 academic year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33770/25]
720. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the breakdown of funding to local authorities under the play and recreation capital funding scheme in the years 2020 to 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33991/25]
942. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science his plans to support Muslim students in accessing financial support to continue their education in line with their faith. [33824/25]
947. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the position regarding the Mitchell scholarship and the funding for it; if he is supportive of the aims and continuation of this fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34280/25]
950. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science for an update on when his Department will activate the new phase of structural support funding for HEIs. [34389/25]
966. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if, further to the statement in the Programme for Government (details supplied) he will assist in progressing the development of a national social innovation fund to assist consortia of organisations in collaborating to meet the challenges of an ageing society. [33723/25]
967. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht whether he intends providing additional funding to Galway County Council to enable it progress a backlog of local improvement scheme applications, on hand since 2021, as a result of the high volume of applications lodged and the limited funding available each year; if he accepts the need for urgent upgrading of roads th…