1920. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he is aware of the funding being directed towards a workshop (details supplied) and his views on whether utopia is appropriate given that it is referencing the ending of an unborn child’s life. [12092/25]
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 |
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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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The questions
1921. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the amount of funding being directed towards facilitating the workshops (details supplied). [12093/25]
1971. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will provide a schedule of the headings under which he can provide direct funding and-or grant aid to community groups and-or volunteer groups in respect of public realm upgrades and-or enhancements, maintenance of rights of way, walkways and so on; the direct funding he can provide to local authorities for disbursement; and if h…
1972. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will provide a schedule for each local authority of the amount of ORIS funding granted in each of the years 2019 to 2024 and to date in 2025; the heading and or purpose in which the funding was granted; if the funding was unused and or withdrawn and or surrendered back and reason for same; and the further breakdown of the local a…
31. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if he intends to increase the funding made available through Fáilte Ireland to support the ever-growing event that is Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann. [6712/25]
178. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs his plans to increase funding for international food and nutrition programmes given the United States administration’s recent spending cuts to its humanitarian programmes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10493/25]
198. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the total amount of funding/financial aid given by his Department and agencies under his Department’s remit to two organisations (details supplied) since 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10461/25]
217. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Transport if sufficient funding is in place to now complete the road project from Tahilla to Kenmare in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10359/25]
224. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide a breakdown of the amount of funding each local authority in the State has received for national, regional and local roads in 2022, 2023 and 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10422/25]
227. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport the amount of funding allocated to each local authority for the community involvement scheme in each of the years 2021 to 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10425/25]
234. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide a breakdown of funding allocated to Kerry Airport in each of the years 2016 to date, in tabular form. [10432/25]
235. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Transport if additional funding will be provided this year to local authorities for the repair of local and regional roads due to damage caused by recent heavy rainfall and storms; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10542/25]
296. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media his plans to continue funding for the basic income for the arts scheme announced as part of Budget 2025 beyond the current three-year pilot scheme; his plans to establish permanency in respect of this funding; if it will apply to the same cohort of artists who are currently recipients of the payment or if there will b…
410. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to make the necessary resources available for major commemorations in County Kerry to mark 250 years since the birth of Daniel O'Connell (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9079/25]
412. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to provide a detailed breakdown of the funding allocation for food tourism in each of the years 2011 to 2024, including a breakdown of the costs incurred, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9131/25]
414. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to provide a detailed breakdown of funding and sponsorship allocated to trade representative organisations by Fáilte Ireland from 2020 to 2024, including the purpose of each allocation, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9133/25]
442. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when funding will issue for 2025 to the local authorities for the tenant-in-situ scheme. [9342/25]
444. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there are plans to further extend the tenant-in-situ scheme into 2025. [9529/25]
448. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is aware that local authorities that have not received their 2025 social acquisition from his Department cannot proceed with the tenant-in-situ scheme; when the 2025 acquisition will be provided to local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9632/25]
450. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if all funds owing have been recouped to Kildare County Council in respect of private serviced sites which they have developed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9652/25]
452. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he expects the next round of urban regeneration and development fund funding for public realm works in County Cork to be announced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9681/25]
462. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of HAS1 and HAS2 applications received in the aftermath of storm Éowyn; the number of each that have been processed to date; the average length of time it is taking to process HAS1 applications, in tabular form, by county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9063/25]
466. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Social Protection the reason his Department is seeking to cut the rate of carer's allowance for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9332/25]
500. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice if he will report on the workings of the Community Safety Innovation Fund; the amount allocated to it in each of the years 2021 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9153/25]
542. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if there are plans to release funding to landowners and local authorities to enable potentially dangerous trees to be made safe and for all trees near power lines and building to be felled/made safe, in view of the number of storms and their impact the country has experienced in recent years; and if he will make a statement on the…