1189. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the amount allocated to the building blocks funding; the amount that was drawn down; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29786/25]
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
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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
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The questions
1191. Deputy Johnny Guirke 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. [29838/25]
1210. Deputy Joanna Byrne 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 roll out of community neurorehabilitation teams across the country. [30307/25]
1218. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her plans to provide capital investment to build or purchase State-owned childcare facilities; if this will be a priority for the Minister as part of the current review of the National Development Plan; the engagement she has had with the Minister for Public Expenditure to date on this matter; and if she will make a statement on the mat…
1219. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the engagement her Department has had with the Department of Education and Youth regarding the construction of childcare facilities at schools which can then be contracted out to providers; her views on how this model will be progressed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30363/25]
1439. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Health 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. [29655/25]
1510. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the funding available from her Department to support the development of new national health registries; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29977/25]
1670. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the budget allocation for Charities Regulator in 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form. [28905/25]
373. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to detail the actual draw down of funds by successful applicants, for each year from 2019 to May 2024, and to date in 2025, under the large scale sports infrastructure funding programme, and list the projects and amounts, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28408/25]
374. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media regarding the €173 million allocated to successful applicants in the large scale sports infrastructure funding in 2024, the amount that is forecast and budgeted to be drawn down, for each year from 2025 to 2029; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28409/25]
375. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if there is a deadline or timeline for the drawdown of funds awarded in the 2024 large scale sports infrastructure round of funding; if there are time-specific key performance indicators that must be met; if there is a cutoff date by which the funds must be drawn down and used; and if he will make a statement on the mat…
464. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Justice when the next funding call for the community safety fund will happen; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28588/25]
496. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether there is any capital funding that a family centre in Clondalkin that receives funding from Tusla can apply for to finance a new build; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28536/25]
501. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the cost of implementing the Autism Innovation Strategy. [28591/25]
502. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the cost of increasing funding for disabled person representative organisations by 10%. [28592/25]
505. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the cost of delivering on outstanding de-congregation commitments. [28595/25]
513. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the estimated cost of replacement residential places to complete de-congregation; the current and capital cost; and the number of places required. [28606/25]
725. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if there is a payment rate for LDA for QQI levels 1-3; if this is drawn from programme budgets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28879/25]
726. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development when funding will be made available under the Public Realm Plan programme for an access road (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28519/25]
728. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development to urgently acknowledge the role played by women in the home and in Irish life and society by introducing a funding stream for women’s sheds in County Kerry and across the country as a matter of priority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28502/25]
729. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if there are plans to increase the amount of funding an applicant can apply for under the Building Blocks funding; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28537/25]
730. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount allocated to the Building Blocks funding; the amount that was drawn down; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28538/25]
99. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Transport the annual budget his Department allocated to organisations that save lives, for example, the Irish Coast Guard and the Naval Service and search and rescue services, in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27929/25]
173. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the funding provided to an organisation (details supplied) in 2023 and 2024 and the projected funding for 2025. [28377/25]
275. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the funding that was allocated to local authorities to conduct hedgerow surveys in the years 2020 to 2024, inclusive, and the amount that was drawn down in each of those years. [28283/25]