150. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the total amount of funding allocated to the wool council since its establishment on 5 April 2023; if all of the €30,000 allocated in seed funding to the Council has now been drawn down; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13800/25]
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 |
|---|---|
| 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
363. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education the conditions or guidelines attached to the £20 million allocated to the Department of Education in the north of Ireland by the Shared Island Unit for the RAISE Programme. [13609/25]
364. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education if she is aware that, due to the design of the RAISE Programme, some of the most deprived areas in the north of Ireland will be excluded. [13610/25]
365. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education the input the Shared Island Unit has in developing and assessing the formula used to determine which areas qualify for inclusion in the RAISE Programme. [13611/25]
366. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education the measures the Shared Island Unit will take to monitor the impact of the RAISE Programme. [13612/25]
564. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Justice the names of projects within the Dublin north Garda division that received funding under the Community Safety Innovation Fund in 2023 and 2024, and the amount received per project, in tabular form. [13999/25]
893. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development for an outline of all grant schemes offered and or issued to community and rural groups by his Department from 2021 to year end 2025, including opening, closing and award dates, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13446/25]
911. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the up-to-date position on an application (details supplied) under the community recognition fund; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14213/25]
213. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications further to Parliamentary Question No. 194 of 6 March 2025, the total amount of funding awarded under the community energy grant to the retrofitting of MUDs; the amount of funding that was provided to energy poor homes; the way in which ‘energy poor homes’ are defined; the total amount of funding provided to approved housing bodies,…
295. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the funding opportunities available for a community horse project; to outline the application process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13248/25]
514. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if his Department offers financial support grants or programmes to community sports teams (details supplied) travelling abroad for training camps; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12965/25]
517. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the criteria for a community horse project to be included in Pobal funding; the programmes that Pobal can offer for a community horse project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13246/25]
199. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications to provide financial support and utilise the objectives of Sustainable Killarney 2030 as a pilot scheme whereby it will be Ireland’s first sustainable town (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11791/25]
334. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Transport for a breakdown of the schemes submitted by Dublin City Council to the Greenways and National Roads Active Travel Infrastructure fund for the most recent round of allocations. [11883/25]
729. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Education the grants and payments made to a company operating special playgroups for autistic children (details supplied) between the years 2000 and 2011; the funding streams under which these were made; the amounts paid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12333/25]
1093. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Justice the status of an application for a funding from an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10682/25]
1116. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Justice if he will ensure that the funding for the role of community prison links worker with an organisation (details supplied) remains in place in order that the job vacancy can be filled as soon as possible; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11236/25]
1471. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Health her plans to increase funding for drugs task forces; if this funding will be ringfenced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10588/25]
1490. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Health if she will consider increasing funding for a service (details supplied) which has been funded by the HSE since 2021; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10685/25]
1508. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the steps she is taking to ensure that funding is provided to a mental health service (details supplied) following the announcement that its messaging service will close; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10759/25]
1515. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Health the reason that a charitable organisation (details supplied), which is partially funded by the HSE, is allowed to refuse services to an individual with an acquired brain injury on the grounds that the injury was caused by alcohol consumption, in light of the fact that medical professionals working with the individual support the referral for rehabilitation. [1080…
1533. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health when funding will be provided for the planned 20 new beds for those suffering with eating disorders that were originally intended to open between 2018 – 2023. [10888/25]
1536. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Health her plans to provide bridging funding for an organisation (details supplied) as they continue to work with the HSE regarding a possible service level agreement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10896/25]
1670. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health if she will provide funding for a scheme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11556/25]
1779. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health if she will ensure that the underspend of approximately €42,000 in the funds allocated to an organisation (details supplied) in 2024 can be carried over to this organisation's Budget 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11996/25]