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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

Mark Wall Written 2 Apr 2025 · to Housing
173. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount of CASS funding allocated in each of the past three years; the organisation this funding was allocated to, and each amount; if he will be continuing the funding; if he will confirm the amount of future funding, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15916/25]
Eoin Ó Broin Written 1 Apr 2025 · to Housing
492. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of repair and lease homes funded by his Department from 2020 to 2024, in tabular form. [15730/25]
Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh Written 1 Apr 2025 · to Justice
545. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Justice for an update on funding for an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15300/25]
Peter 'Chap' Cleere Written 1 Apr 2025 · to Children
654. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth regarding increase in capital funding for an organisation (details supplied); and the supports in place to help them purchase-lease land given that they may lose their current home [15578/25]
Claire Kerrane Written 1 Apr 2025 · to Children
685. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the action that has been undertaken in furtherance of the stated commitment in the Programme for Government to 'review and increase core funding'; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15791/25]
Paul Murphy Written 1 Apr 2025 · to Health
692. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health to outline whether there are plans to provide additional financial assistance to drugs and alcohol task forces to assist with the extra costs associated with the commencement of pension auto-enrolment from September 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14981/25]
Eoin Ó Broin Written 1 Apr 2025 · to Health
695. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Health to confirm the funding provided by her Department to CareGivers Ireland in 2022, 2023 and 2024; to confirm which section of the relevant legislation this funding comes from; and to provide an explanation as to why employees of this not for profit organisation were not covered in the recent WRC agreement related to workers employed through section 39 funding. [149…
John Lahart Written 1 Apr 2025 · to Health
714. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health the progress of allocating the historic funding for pulmonary fibrosis in Budget 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15078/25]
Cian O'Callaghan Written 1 Apr 2025 · to Health
753. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health her plans to fund a community neurorehabilitation team for the north Dublin area as promised in 2019, in order to provide access to vital therapies for people living with neurological conditions throughout north Dublin; if she is aware that the north Dublin area, the location of the National Neuroscience Centre in Beaumont Hospital, and the Major National Tra…
Niall Collins Written 1 Apr 2025 · to Health
755. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Health if she will assist a group with funding for an event (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15317/25]
Mairéad Farrell Written 1 Apr 2025 · to Health
793. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health if additional funding will be allocated for transgender services before the national clinical programme for gender healthcare is complete; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15625/25]
Cian O'Callaghan Written 1 Apr 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
851. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will increase the core funding for higher education institutions and ensure that it is index linked going forward; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15701/25]
Cian O'Callaghan Written 1 Apr 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
853. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will ensure that Marino Institute of Education is recognised as eligible for the various additional funding streams provided for by the HEA (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15705/25]
Cian O'Callaghan Written 1 Apr 2025 · to Further and Higher Education
854. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will ensure that Marino Institute of Education is allocated devolved grant funding for campus maintenance and sustainability initiatives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15706/25]
William Aird Oral 27 Mar 2025 · to Rural
82. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will allocate funding to the community recognition fund for 2025. [14504/25]
Colm Burke Written 27 Mar 2025 · to Rural
105. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount of funding provided to community groups in the north-west local electoral area of Cork city by his Department in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14537/25]
Brendan Smith Written 27 Mar 2025 · to Rural
107. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if financial assistance will be provided towards the repair of community facilities that were damaged as a result of storm Éowyn; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14611/25]
James Geoghegan Written 27 Mar 2025 · to Rural
120. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development what funding schemes his Department has to support projects located within the Dublin City Council administrative area or Dublin City Council itself; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14538/25]
Brendan Smith Written 27 Mar 2025 · to Rural
123. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if additional funding will be provided to his Department this year to meet additional costs arising from storm Éowyn; if such funding is provided, the programmes and schemes that will benefit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14610/25]
Colm Burke Written 27 Mar 2025 · to Rural
128. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the amount of funding provided to community groups in Cork by his Department in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14531/25]
Michael Cahill Written 27 Mar 2025 · to Finance
193. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Finance for a detailed up-to-date progress report on the Future Ireland Fund and the Infrastructure, Climate and Nature Fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14873/25]
Willie O'Dea Written 27 Mar 2025 · to Health
367. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 1490 of 19 March 2025, his views on a matter (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14919/25]
John Connolly Written 26 Mar 2025 · to Housing
97. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the funding available within his Department to provide financial support to local authorities to purchase lands for their use as cemeteries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14482/25]
Peadar Tóibín Written 26 Mar 2025 · to Children
181. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the current status of the Child Law Project; if her Department is currently funding the organisation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14271/25]
Paul McAuliffe Written 26 Mar 2025 · to Rural
274. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he has plans to ensure that more funding can be targeted at areas experiencing very high levels of deprivation. [14364/25]