311. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if a start date has been agreed for the commencement of remedial works on Cairn T at the Loughcrew heritage site near Oldcastle, County Meath; if he can confirm the plan and schedule for the re-opening of Cairn T to the public; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3185/25]
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
312. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform when the 14-storey Opera Tower at the Opera site in Limerick will be considered by Cabinet; for an update on the status of the tower; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2168/25]
313. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the number of European election candidates that have received reimbursement of their election expenses, in each of the three constituencies of the 2024 election, including the dates on which those payments were made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2188/25]
326. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform the amount raised in revenue from third parties taking a leased fixing on a Garda communications mast in 2024 and to date in 2025, by the revenue raised and by station and or location of the mast. [2796/25]
328. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to provide the full costs involved in strategic reviews, studies, consultations, and plans in relation to the Phoenix Park, including the Phoenix Park Visitor Experience, the Phoenix Park Transport and Mobility Options Study, and Phoenix Park Parking Strategy, in tabular form. [2954/25]
529. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the projects that received funding from the recent tranche of the large-scale sports infrastructure fund which were not the identified by the relevant local authority as the number one priority for their county. [2445/25]
530. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to outline the levels of support, including financial, provided by his Department and agencies under the aegis of his Department to amateur theatre and amateur musical theatre in Ireland in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2458/25]
531. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to provide a list of all projects funded under stream E of the cultural capital programme of his Department for each of the years 2022, 2023 and 2024. [2459/25]
532. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to provide an update on actions taken by his Department in response to the Joint Committee on Tourism, Culture, Arts, Sport and Media Report on the Development of Local and Community Arts published on 11 July 2024. [2460/25]
896. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the reason the midlands is one of only two regions of the country which still has not been funded for a community neurorehabilitation team; the plans she has to change this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2148/25]
930. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide funding for a project in County Kerry (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2561/25]
1406. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the projects in counties Carlow and Kilkenny that were funded from the most recent CLÁR programme, 2023 and 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3124/25]
1409. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he plans to make an allocation of funding to local authorities under the LIS scheme in 2025; and if he will seek match funding from the Minister for Transport to boost the funding allocation to assist local authorities in reducing their LIS waiting lists. [3236/25]
678. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the grants available to a community group to assist with the cost of a yearly musical festival; the terms involved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2123/25]
688. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the grants that are available for arts collectives; and if officials in her Department could contact an organisation (details supplied) to support it to apply for same. [46651/24]
700. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to urgently address the lack of available funding for dancers who have made it to the World Cup, but who have to forfeit their place as there is a lack of funding available to assist with travel and accommodation costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1788/25]
713. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status the interim fire safety defects funding; if funding has now been approved; the amount and for what projects; and when all other approved developments can expect to be able to secure funding for the interim fire safety works. [46345/24]
714. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the status of the retrospective funding for remediation of Celtic tiger era defects in multi-unit developments. [46346/24]
730. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if additional funding will be made available in 2025 to Uisce Éireann in order for the utility to provide new connections to more than 35,000 new homes per year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46698/24]
955. Deputy James Lawless asked the Minister for Justice the reason funding was refused for the child development centre in Kildare; whether this can be funded in another way; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46489/24]
971. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Justice if funding already approved under the immigrant investor programme will be released to enable the completion of the national child development centre in Kildare; if there is a reason why this funding has not been released; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46756/24]
1065. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Justice the up-to-date position with funding for a project in Kildare South (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2124/25]
1138. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount of Government funding received by an organisation (details supplied) in 2024; the remit of the organisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46320/24]
1199. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline the funding available under the play and recreation scheme for 2025; and if consideration will be given for once off funding for large urban areas to develop and build playgrounds. [46867/24]
1311. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health if funding has been allocated to the lymphoedema model of care to date; if so, the amount of funding that has been allocated, and in what years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46268/24]