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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

Pa Daly Written 7 Jul 2026 · to Transport
164. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport the funding allocated to greenways, broken down by cap ex and op ex funding in each of the years 2020 to date, in tabular form. [50823/26]
Pa Daly Written 7 Jul 2026 · to Transport
166. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport the funding allocated to mobility hubs, broken down by cap ex and op ex funding in each of the years 2020 to date, in tabular form. [50828/26]
Pa Daly Written 7 Jul 2026 · to Transport
168. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport if he will report on the connecting Ireland rural mobility plan; to provide a detailed breakdown of all associated costs broken down by cap ex and op ex funding in each of the years 2020 to date; to provide a detailed breakdown of new services delivered in each of the years 2020 date; to provide a detailed breakdown of the funding allocated to the connecting Irelan…
Jen Cummins Written 7 Jul 2026 · to Education
340. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth the amount of funding that has been provided for the incredible edible programme annually since it launched, in tabular form. [50986/26]
Jen Cummins Written 7 Jul 2026 · to Education
341. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth the percentage of schools engaged with the incredible edible programme. [50988/26]
Eoin Ó Broin Written 7 Jul 2026 · to Education
398. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Youth the financial supports in place to meet the cost of purchasing mandatory laptops for students at post primary level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51730/26]
Ivana Bacik Written 7 Jul 2026 · to Culture
419. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport to provide an update on his plans to support the night-time economy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51597/26]
Gary Gannon Written 7 Jul 2026 · to Justice
558. Deputy Gary Gannon asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration when the National Integration Fund 2026 will open; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51160/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 7 Jul 2026 · to Justice
596. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 591 of 30 June 2026, which did not address the specific matter raised regarding representations made (details supplied); if his Department received correspondence or a meeting request from or on behalf of this organisation; if so, the date on which it was received; the reason no response has issued…
Sorca Clarke Written 7 Jul 2026 · to Children
629. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the estimated cost in 2027 if an extra 475,000 extra personal assistant hours were provided. [50790/26]
Claire Kerrane Written 7 Jul 2026 · to Children
662. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if funding is available in her Department to fund furniture, toys and outdoor equipment for early years services who have completed extensions to build capacity supporting them with high costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51434/26]
Peadar Tóibín Written 7 Jul 2026 · to Rural
905. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the funding available and the supports provided by his Department to ensure that rural villages and communities retain their social hubs such as shops and pubs; if any supports are available for rural villages and communities who have lost their shop and pubs to have those social hubs restored; and if he will make a sta…
Erin McGreehan Written 2 Jul 2026 · to Further and Higher Education
94. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to detail the investment being made into further education in County Louth. [50088/26]
Thomas Gould Written 2 Jul 2026 · to Further and Higher Education
111. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science whether he has funded any innovation or research on Meanwhile Use. [49384/26]
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 2 Jul 2026 · to Further and Higher Education
112. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science whether he will respond to a recently published open letter with over 2,000 signatures, calling on Research Ireland to ringfence funding for non-commercial research at third level institutions. [50263/26]
Jen Cummins Written 2 Jul 2026 · to Further and Higher Education
120. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the funding available for a new registration system in TU Dublin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48309/26]
Donna McGettigan Written 2 Jul 2026 · to Further and Higher Education
130. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to address concerns raised by over 2,000 academics about the future of research in Ireland following an open letter to him recently. [49640/26]
Pa Daly Written 2 Jul 2026 · to Climate
168. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the funding that was provided to retrofitting, broken down by each programme in each of the years 2020 to 2026, in tabular form. [50344/26]
Pa Daly Written 2 Jul 2026 · to Climate
169. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the breakdown of the funding that was allocated for solar PV as part of the warming homes scheme in each of the years 2020 to 2026, in tabular form. [50345/26]
Pa Daly Written 2 Jul 2026 · to Climate
170. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the breakdown of the funding that was allocated for solar PV in each of the years 2020 to 2026, in tabular form. [50346/26]
Pa Daly Written 2 Jul 2026 · to Climate
175. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment further to parliamentary Question No. 155 of 24 February 2026, the breakdown of solar PV grants granted in each of the years since the schemes inception ; the breakdown of heat pump grants granted in each of the years since the schemes inception; the number of retrofits completed as part of the Government’s retrofitting programme in each o…
Pa Daly Written 2 Jul 2026 · to Climate
179. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the funding that was allocated to SEAI community grants in each of the years 2020 to-date in 2026. [50377/26]
Pa Daly Written 2 Jul 2026 · to Climate
195. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide a breakdown of the funding provided to the Irish Environmental Network in each of the years 2020 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50402/26]
Pa Daly Written 2 Jul 2026 · to Climate
198. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide a detailed breakdown of the funding allocated to support climate action regional offices, LA CAPS and EU Climate Neutral and Smart Cities Mission and Decarbonizing Zones respectively in each year from 2020 to date, in tabular form. [50406/26]
Pa Daly Written 2 Jul 2026 · to Climate
199. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide a detailed breakdown of the funding he has allocated to accelerate the delivery of offshore wind broken down by programme in each of the years from 2020 to date, in tabular form; to report on progress toward 2030 target; his views that the measures introduced will be sufficient to reach this target; and if he will make a stateme…