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A subject heading for parliamentary questions

Departmental 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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MonthQuestions
January 202520
February 202576
March 202573
April 202598
May 202583
June 2025104
July 2025126
August 20250
September 2025125
October 202572
November 2025143
December 202589
January 202655
February 2026140
March 202677
April 2026188
May 2026135
June 202698
July 202686
August 20260
September 202655
October 202665

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.

  • 100% RDR4 from 1 TD · 1 seat today
  • Aontú84 from 2 TDs · 2 seats today
  • Fianna Fáil378 from 34 TDs · 48 seats today
  • Fine Gael349 from 23 TDs · 38 seats today
  • Green Party19 from 1 TD · 1 seat today
  • Independent94 from 10 TDs · 15 seats today
  • Independent Ireland163 from 2 TDs · 4 seats today
  • Labour Party84 from 11 TDs · 11 seats today
  • People Before Profit-Solidarity42 from 3 TDs · 3 seats today
  • Sinn Féin569 from 34 TDs · 39 seats today

The TDs who asked most

Members of the Government answer questions rather than ask them. Each question counts once.

  1. 157
  2. 100
  3. 72
  4. 67
  5. 62
  6. 61
  7. 53
  8. 51

Asked of

Debated under the same heading

Debates whose official heading is exactly these words.

The questions

Darren O'Rourke Written 12 Jun 2025 · to Education
352. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the amount of funding provided, per pupil, for technological devices for school use in DEIS schools across the State. [31577/25]
Darren O'Rourke Written 12 Jun 2025 · to Education
353. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the funding provided for the HSCL scheme to schools currently and the estimated cost of a 5%, 10% and 20% increase in this funding, in tabular form. [31578/25]
Pa Daly Written 12 Jun 2025 · to Education
365. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Education and Youth the funding allocated to safe routes to school in each of the years 2020 – 2025, by year. [31731/25]
Pa Daly Written 12 Jun 2025 · to Education
366. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Education and Youth the funding allocated to school transport school in each of the years 2020 – 2025, by year. [31733/25]
Pa Daly Written 12 Jun 2025 · to Education
367. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Education and Youth the cost of an additional 1000 school transport places. [31734/25]
Pa Daly Written 12 Jun 2025 · to Housing
374. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the funding that has been allocated to implement the Nature Restoration Regulation (details supplied) broken down by year, in tabular form. [31621/25]
John Connolly Written 12 Jun 2025 · to Housing
385. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the mechanism through which funding allocations allocated to each local authority for the provision of disabled persons grant and the improvement works in lieu schemes for local authority housing stock were arrived at; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31522/25]
David Cullinane Written 12 Jun 2025 · to Health
516. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the funding allocated to the Access to Care fund from 2021 to date, broken down by year, by hospital, by amount allocated to each hospital, public and private each year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31457/25]
David Cullinane Written 12 Jun 2025 · to Health
517. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the number of consultants paid in bands (details supplied) on an annual basis from the access to care fund from 2021 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31458/25]
David Cullinane Written 12 Jun 2025 · to Health
519. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health if a framework is in place regarding contractual and pricing agreements on funding programmes under the Access to Care funds; if she will publish any such frameworks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31460/25]
David Cullinane Written 12 Jun 2025 · to Health
520. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the date and the mechanism by which she received a report from CHI into concerns regarding NTPF funding at CHI hospitals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31461/25]
Rose Conway-Walsh Written 12 Jun 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
574. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the amount of current and capital funding that was given for the establishment of the Taighde Éireann – Research Ireland; and the amount of current and capital funding Taighde Éireann – Research Ireland was given in its first year and the projected current and capital funding of Taighde Éireann – Resear…
John Paul O'Shea Written 12 Jun 2025 · to Rural
587. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if Kerry County Council has provided a timeline for the commencement of the works on the Kilderry loop amenity walk in Milltown, County Kerry; if any of the outdoor recreation infrastructure scheme funding for this project has been drawn down to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31452/25]
Michael Cahill Written 12 Jun 2025 · to Rural
589. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if funding is available to develop a town park following the fabulous gesture by a family (details supplied) to donate approximately 16 acres of land on the banks of the River Laune in Killorglin, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31524/25]
Pa Daly Written 11 Jun 2025 · to Climate
21. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide a breakdown of the funding provided to the warmer homes scheme in each of the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form. [31614/25]
Pa Daly Written 11 Jun 2025 · to Climate
22. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide a breakdown of the funding provided for smart heater control grants in each of the years 2020 to 2025, by year, in tabular form. [31602/25]
Michael Cahill Written 11 Jun 2025 · to Climate
23. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the number of sustainable energy communities that were funded in the years of 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30898/25]
Pa Daly Written 11 Jun 2025 · to Climate
27. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide a breakdown of the funding available to renewable energy communities in each of the years 2020 to 2025; the amount that was drawn down each year; the amount carried over each year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31329/25]
Pa Daly Written 11 Jun 2025 · to Climate
28. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide a breakdown of the funding available for smart heat control grants in each of the years 2020 to 2025; the amount drawn down each year; the amount carried over each year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31330/25]
Pa Daly Written 11 Jun 2025 · to Climate
29. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide a breakdown of the funding available for circular economy grants in each of the years 2020 to 2025; the amount that was drawn down each year; the amount carried over each year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31332/25]
Pa Daly Written 11 Jun 2025 · to Climate
30. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide a breakdown of the funding available through the circular economy innovation grant scheme in each of the years 2020 to 2025; the amount that was drawn down each year; the amount carried over each year, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31333/25]
Pa Daly Written 11 Jun 2025 · to Climate
32. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide a breakdown of the funding provided for the better energy warmer homes scheme in each of the years 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31335/25]
David Cullinane Written 11 Jun 2025 · to Health
330. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to outline the cost of providing locum cover at CHI hospitals in the event consultants cannot provide on-call hours since 2019, broken down by year and by hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31006/25]
David Cullinane Written 11 Jun 2025 · to Health
331. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the cost of providing locum cover at all public hospitals in the event consultants cannot provide on-call hours since 2019, broken down by year and by hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31007/25]
William Aird Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Climate
263. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if any new or expanded funding supports are planned to assist Laois County Council to develop district heating schemes as part of Ireland’s climate and energy goals; if he will provide details of any such commitments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30637/25]