740. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on plans to establish a new Towns and Cities Infrastructure Investment Fund, to replace the Urban Regeneration and Development Fund. [23766/25]
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
741. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on his plans to create a new strategic fund to invest in infrastructure, to acquire land, assemble sites, and de-risk sites in existing towns and cities, to maximise their potential growth. [23767/25]
889. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice to identify any existing oversight mechanisms or audits that are conducted to assess the effectiveness of funding allocated to non-governmental organisations under the aegis of his Department (details supplied). [23892/25]
890. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice to state whether any review or audit has been conducted to evaluate the effectiveness, redundancy, and administrative costs of State funding for non-governmental organisations (NGOs) under the aegis of his Department; if such a review has not yet been conducted, to request a detailed timeline and plan for implementing a comprehensive review of NGO funding under t…
891. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice to provide a summary of any specific steps taken to streamline non-governmental organisations under the aegis of his Department, eliminate redundancies, and prevent the duplication of services where organisations may be competing for similar grants or operating in the same areas with little co-ordination (details supplied). [23928/25]
893. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice to provide a full and detailed explanation of how his Department monitors and ensures transparency in the use of public funds by non-governmental organisations under his aegis (details supplied). [23964/25]
930. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to identify any existing oversight mechanisms or audits that are conducted to assess the effectiveness of funding allocated to non-governmental organisations under the aegis of his Department (details supplied).; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23881/25]
931. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to state whether any review or audit has been conducted to evaluate the effectiveness, redundancy, and administrative costs of state funding for non-governmental organisations (NGOs) under the aegis of his Department; if such a review has not yet been conducted, to request a detailed timeline and plan for implementing a comprehensive revi…
932. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide a summary of any specific steps taken to streamline non-governmental organisations under the aegis of his Department, eliminate redundancies, and prevent the duplication of services where organisations may be competing for similar grants or operating in the same areas with little coordination (details supplied). [23917/25]
934. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide a full and detailed explanation of how his Department monitors and ensures transparency in the use of public funds by non-governmental organisations under his aegis. (details supplied). [23953/25]
972. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to specify the total amount of funding allocated to each of the identified non-governmental organisations (NGOs) under her Department's aegis over the past five years, broken down by State funding directly administered through central government agencies, departments, or any other public bodies; grants provided by local authorities or re…
973. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide a breakdown of the number of non-governmental organisations under her Department’s aegis that charge fees for their services, including membership fees, participation fees, or any other forms of charge to the public; to specify which of these organisations charge fees while also receiving public funding, and how this practice …
974. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to identify any existing oversight mechanisms or audits that are conducted to assess the effectiveness of funding allocated to non-governmental organisations under the aegis of her Department (details supplied). [23882/25]
977. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to outline the total administrative costs associated with non-governmental organisations under the aegis of her Department, including the overhead costs related to compliance, reporting, and auditing requirements; and to compare these costs to the overall financial aid allocated to the organisations, identifying whether the administrativ…
987. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if there is funding available for a local non-profit organisation to build a creche on local community owned land; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24358/25]
1282. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development to provide details of total funding for SICAP in each of the last ten years, in tabular form; if he accepts that SICAP funding has not kept pace with increasing social need, and if he will commit to a substantial funding increase in Budget 2026. [23397/25]
1286. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the reason there are ongoing delays in disbursing community recognition fund allocations, to detail all delayed allocations in tabular form by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23534/25]
1290. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development to specify the total amount of funding allocated to each of the identified non-governmental organisations (NGOs) under his Department’s aegis over the past five years, broken down by State funding directly administered through central government agencies, departments, or any other public bodies; grants provided by local authorities or reg…
312. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the level of funding available in 2025 for the increased cost of business scheme; if a new round of this scheme will be announced shortly; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23101/25]
338. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media whether he supports the introduction of a tourism accommodation levy to support the funding of the Dublin City Council taskforce recommendations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12864/25]
340. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the number of IT projects within his Department, or bodies under its aegis, which have been allocated funds in excess of €1 million in the years 2020 to date; the purpose of any projects; the initial estimate to complete for such projects; the total amount expended to date; the total estimated cost to complete; the est…
385. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to review the case of a funding application (details supplied) [23073/25]
232. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media for a list of all grants and funding available for community centres and sports organisations; the opening date for each, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22764/25]
262. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to confirm the funding to be made available to the Housing Activation Office; if media reports of a €1 billion fund over five years is correct; if so, if this funding will come from within the existing expenditure allocation; and if not, if it will be additional and require a further supplementary estimate for 2025. [22448/25]
267. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to detail the amount of capital advance leasing facility funding approved for people with a disability, by county, by regional health area, year-on-year over the past six years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22511/25]