2278. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the projects located within the Galway West constituency that are being funded under the Public Private Partnership (PPP) Programme, the Higher Education PPP (HEPPP) Programme, the Technological Sector Strategic Projects Programme (TSSPP), the Higher Education Strategic Infrastructure Programme (HESIP), an…
Topics / Departmental Programmes
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsDepartmental Programmes
351 questions from 93 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 22 October 2026.
351
questions
312 written, 39 oral
93
TDs have asked
10
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
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| Month | Questions |
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| January 2025 | 5 |
| February 2025 | 6 |
| March 2025 | 17 |
| April 2025 | 30 |
| May 2025 | 23 |
| June 2025 | 44 |
| July 2025 | 24 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 22 |
| October 2025 | 11 |
| November 2025 | 41 |
| December 2025 | 6 |
| January 2026 | 10 |
| February 2026 | 8 |
| March 2026 | 14 |
| April 2026 | 15 |
| May 2026 | 25 |
| June 2026 | 21 |
| July 2026 | 16 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 8 |
| October 2026 | 5 |
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
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The questions
2294. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the person or body with responsibility for the TidyTowns programme, including oversight and administration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19573/26]
2315. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the position regarding the Islands Minor Capital Works Programme in Galway West constituency; the progress made under the programme; the forthcoming phases and expected timelines for delivery; and the estimated cost range associated with the programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [20675/26]
2316. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the position regarding Údarás na Gaeltachta capital works and business supports programme in Galway West constituency; the progress made under the programme; the forthcoming programme stages and expected timelines for delivery; and the estimated cost range associated with the programme; and if he will make a statement …
154. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the way in which local authorities will assist in delivering START programme projects in Kildare north, particularly in the Clane-Maynooth area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14770/26]
822. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide a list of all State agencies within his Department that allocate programme and project funding to section 39, section 56 and section 10 organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14383/26]
348. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether her Department, or any agency or body under its aegis, has worked with, supported, promoted, facilitated, or otherwise engaged with schools in relation to participation in a programme (details supplied); whether schools have been encouraged or assisted to participate in this programme through her Department; and if she will make a statement …
366. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will ensure that a primary school will be included in the next expansion of the DEIS programme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11566/26]
367. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will ensure that a school will be included in the next expansion of the DEIS programme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11567/26]
368. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a school (details supplied) will be included in the next expansion of a programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11570/26]
162. Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Education and Youth to confirm the list of schools in receipt of the Deis plus programme; to clarify the progress of the programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10856/26]
1063. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 995 of 20 January 2026, the rationale of the way the community pharmacy service can provide full medication optimisation, given that it does not have the access to the GP and the full patient medical history held by the GP, which was core to the success of the proven iSIMPATHY project; and if she will make a statement on…
178. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his attention has been drawn to the concerns of community organisations seeking to support vulnerable people under the community sponsorship framework of the Humanitarian Admissions Programme; if he believes that the level of communication with these groups is adequate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5994/26]
269. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Defence the position regarding Ireland’s national sail training program; whether there are plans to acquire a new national sail training vessel as a successor to Asgard II; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5726/26]
270. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Defence for an update on any and all engagements or funding supplied, to an organisation (details supplied) over the past five years, in relation to potential scoping, purchase and retrofit of Lady Ellen / Grace O'Malley ship which had been proposed to be the new Irish national sail training vessel; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5727/26]
409. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation which programmes recorded expenditure overruns in the 2025 Appropriation Accounts and the corrective actions taken. [5679/26]
1166. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the way in which investments such as the National Challenge Fund and COALESCE programme will measurably impact pressing societal issue including climate adaptation, flood risk, and social wellbeing beyond academic outputs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6242/26]
1176. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht when applications will open for the community centre enhancement programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5758/26]
995. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2668 of 8 September 2025, if she will clarify where responsibility lies for the potential risk to older patients from possible suboptimal medication management as well as the potential unnecessary expenditure on medications, given that both the Health Service Executive and the her Department have been made aware of these …
1615. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if, following recent calls for the establishment of a national register of wills, his plans to establish it; if there are any plans to progress with the legislation necessary to put it in place; the reasons the Bill proposed in 2011, again in 2016, and again in 2021 was never progressed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. …
1734. Deputy Shay Brennan asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if his Department has considered the establishment of a central register of wills; if he will provide an update on any analysis, consultation or scoping work undertaken to date on the feasibility, legal implications and potential benefits of such a register; and his plans to progress the creation of a national system to record the ex…
1782. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has any events/initiatives planned to coincide with the International Year of the Woman Farmer 2026; if any funding has been allocated for any events/initiatives planned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [73876/25]
399. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 382 of 11 December 2025, the date by which his Department will furnish the information stated as “currently being collated”; if the evaluation framework for the built to innovate programme exists in draft or interim form; and to identify the official or unit responsible for finalising this material.…
321. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the timeline for the next national cyber security centre's SME cybersecurity outreach programme; and when sector-specific briefings will commence. [72746/25]
234. Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Minister for Defence when she intends to publish the National Capability Development Programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [71318/25]