264. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the funds that have been provided to local authorities and approved housing bodies for initiatives aimed at reducing fuel poverty over the past five years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30638/25]
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.
Questions per month
The record holds no questions for August, when the Dáil does not sit.
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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
424. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation when funding will be made available to Galway County Council to complete the takeover and refurbishment of Dunguaire Castle, Kinvara, County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29310/25]
554. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide a breakdown of the youth affairs funding schemes and the funding allocated to each in 2025, in tabular form; the breakdown of the funding, per scheme, by county or other geographical basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29557/25]
568. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the breakdown of ICT and minor works funding (details supplied), by county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29676/25]
582. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the first and full year costing of funding Junior Certificate and Leaving Certificate mock exams in tabular form. [29830/25]
626. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth the estimated cost to increase funding for the summer programme by 15% by first year, full year and school year cost, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29911/25]
627. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth the estimated cost to increase funding for the assistive technology scheme by 20% by first year, full year and school year cost, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29912/25]
718. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the funding stream whence the recent €25,000 allocation to the Listowel Writer’s Week Literary Festival came; if this funding opportunity was advertised and available to other arts festivals throughout the State; and if he will outline the application process and how funding allocations were decided. [30175/25]
806. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if the Housing Agency will be provided with additional resources in 2026 via Budget 2026, in order that it can commence the work of regulating the owners' management companies sector, as promised in the Programme for Government. [29670/25]
825. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether he is aware that the allocation of funding to Fingal County Council for tenant in situ accommodation has been exhausted and the council is not engaging with any more proposals this year in relation to tenant in situ acquisitions; whether he will allocate sufficient funding to local authorities to enable appropriate tena…
845. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the measures his Department has put in place to make sure that the Housing Agency has enough resources in 2026 through the budgetary process in order that it can commence regulating the owners' management companies sector as promised in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30391/25]
846. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will review the decision not to provide funding to Galway County Council to take ownership of Dunguaire Castle, Kinvara, County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30412/25]
851. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the Housing Agency will commence regulating the owner management company sector as promised in the Programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30464/25]
868. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the progress to date in ensuring sufficient resources are put in place in Q4 2025 to enable the unit in the Housing Agency to regulate owners’ management companies, as envisaged in the Programme for Government, to commence its work on an administrative basis in Q1 2026. [30670/25]
1093. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide the costing and a detailed breakdown of the costing for the funding provided by his Department to the Irish Retired Greyhound Trust care centres in County Kildare and County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29164/25]
1096. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the amount in funding Horse Sport Ireland receives each year from the State. [29247/25]
1113. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the projects at a company (details supplied) that received funding under CAP schemes for the climate and the environment. [29771/25]
1140. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department is seeking to ring-fence the €32 million paid to the tillage sector as part of Budget 2025 for the next five years, and for Budget 2026 in particular; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30651/25]
1143. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide funding for a community neurorehabilitation team for the midlands in Budget 2026, in line with the commitment in the Programme for Government to complete the national rollout of community neurorehabilitation teams; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30641/25]
1156. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when funding will be provided for an occupational therapy service in south Tipperary; to outline the current position; the reasons for the delay in resolving this matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29119/25]
1162. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if funding will be provided in this year’s Budget to deliver a community neurorehabilitation team for the Midlands and North East in line with the Programme for Government commitment to complete the rollout of community neurorehabilitation teams across the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29198/25]
1174. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if funding will be provided in Budget 2026 to deliver a community neurorehabilitation team for the midlands and north east, in line with the Programme for Government commitment to complete the rollout of community neurorehabilitation teams across the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29435/25]
1179. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will ensure that a sustainable funding stream will be provided to a centre in Tipperary that provides training, support and employment for people with mental health issues in south Tipperary to ensure the sustainability of the centre; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29654/25]
1187. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of childcare providers, by county and city local authority administrative area that have exited from the core funding scheme in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; the number of families impacted by same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29759/25]
1188. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if there are plans to increase the amount of funding an applicant can apply for under the building blocks funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29785/25]