35. Deputy Peter Roche asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if his Department has considered establishing a dedicated community project support officer within each local authority whose role would be to assist voluntary community organisations in identifying suitable funding opportunities, preparing grant applications, managing procurement requirements, completing drawdown document…
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
42. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the funding available from his Department for communities for new-build community facilities where the area is within the boundaries of a city, rather than a county council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53270/26]
119. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Transport to examine the issue of traffic congestion at a roundabout (details supplied); to examine the availability of funding to progress plans to install a signalised traffic light junction at the roundabout; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52776/26]
128. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide a schedule, by local authority in respect of the amount of funding he allocated for local, national road improvement and or maintenance in 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026. [52917/26]
142. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Transport to urgently provide the necessary funding to deliver significant new connectivity between east Kerry, north Cork and Mallow (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53040/26]
172. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Transport the amount of funding allocated by his Department to each local authority under the regional and local road maintenance and restoration grant schemes in each of the years 2021 to 2026, inclusive; the amount allocated to Dublin City Council in each of those years; the criteria used to determine those allocations; whether his Department has assessed if the cur…
173. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Transport to provide the necessary funding for the design, planning and construction of Listry Bridge, County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53599/26]
654. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 693 of 30 June 2026, if she is satisfied that Tusla is adequately resourced and capable of dealing with 106,000 referrals each year; the way in which she assesses this capability; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52789/26]
675. Deputy Daniel Ennis asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she is aware of any early learning and childcare providers leaving core funding since the most recent price cap reduction from €198 per week to €183.70 per week; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53083/26]
684. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the estimated cost of the maximum pay uplift proposed by trade unions and Section 39 providers through the KOSI Section 39 process; the number of staff that would have been covered in said proposal; and based on this number, the estimation of the cost of funding full pay parity between Section 38 and Section 39 workers in the ma…
791. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the funding to a service (details supplied). [53061/26]
792. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the funding to a post (details supplied). [53062/26]
816. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Health the funding provided for erectile dysfunction research on an annual basis between 2015 and 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53153/26]
817. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Health the funding provided for erectile dysfunction treatment on an annual basis between 2015 and 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53154/26]
828. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Health the funding provided for endometriosis services between 2021 and 2025 on an annual basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53167/26]
945. Deputy Seamus Healy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht to provide an annual grant to (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53663/26]
17. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will outline the funding announced under the Agriculture and Climate Joint Research and Technology Initiative; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52133/26]
61. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the TB incidence rate in 2019 and 2025; the amount spent by the State in support of its eradication; and the related new obligations which have been introduced since 2019. [52299/26]
68. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will consider providing more funding to farmers to allow an expansion of rewilding projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52313/26]
5. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to explain the apparent reluctance to adequately fund the Department of Education and Youth, particularly in view of the Government’s stated commitment to prioritising education; the reason there is currently a €500 million shortfall in education funding; the way in which this aligns with ongoing s…
7. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the criteria applied in assessing projects under the digital public service transformation fund, including the way in which service improvement, efficiency gains and potential for wider roll-out are considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51534/26]
60. Deputy Peter Roche asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation for an update on investment into critical infrastructure in Galway county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51524/26]
161. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport the funding allocated to sustainability hubs, broken down by cap ex and op ex funding in each of the years 2020 to date, in tabular form. [50820/26]
162. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport the funding allocated to sustainability hubs in each of the years 2020 to date, broken down by cap ex and op ex funding in each of the years 2020 to date, in tabular form. [50821/26]
163. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport the funding allocated to active travel, broken down by cap ex and op ex funding in each of the years 2020 to date, in tabular form. [50822/26]