Departmental Programmes
An official questions-paper heading. 338 questions (38 oral, 300 written), first 2025-01-22, latest 2026-07-28.
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| Month | Questions |
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| Jan 2025 | 5 |
| Feb 2025 | 6 |
| Mar 2025 | 17 |
| Apr 2025 | 30 |
| May 2025 | 23 |
| Jun 2025 | 44 |
| Jul 2025 | 24 |
| Sep 2025 | 22 |
| Oct 2025 | 11 |
| Nov 2025 | 41 |
| Dec 2025 | 6 |
| Jan 2026 | 10 |
| Feb 2026 | 8 |
| Mar 2026 | 14 |
| Apr 2026 | 15 |
| May 2026 | 25 |
| Jun 2026 | 21 |
| Jul 2026 | 16 |
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| Department | Questions |
|---|---|
| Rural | 59 |
| Health | 46 |
| Education | 44 |
| Children | 36 |
| Taoiseach | 35 |
| Justice | 29 |
| Housing | 17 |
| Further and Higher Education | 14 |
| Finance | 9 |
| Agriculture | 8 |
| Climate | 8 |
| Enterprise | 7 |
| Defence | 6 |
| Social | 6 |
| Transport | 5 |
| Foreign | 4 |
| Public Expenditure | 2 |
| Environment | 1 |
| Culture | 1 |
| Tourism | 1 |
Debates under the same heading
Dáil debate sections whose official heading is exactly these words.
| Date | Debate section |
|---|---|
| 2026-07-14 | Departmental Programmes |
| 2026-05-21 | Departmental Programmes |
| 2025-11-26 | Departmental Programmes |
| 2025-10-16 | Departmental Programmes |
| 2025-06-10 | Departmental Programmes |
| 2025-03-27 | Departmental Programmes |
The questions
Michael Healy-Rae
written
2025-09-17 · to Health
1229. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health his views on a review of the fair deal scheme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48281/25]
Paula Butterly
written
2025-09-17 · to Health
1232. Deputy Paula Butterly asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the development of the fair deal scheme to be extended to allow people to stay in their homes rather than be cared for in nursing homes. [48319/25]
Marie Sherlock
written
2025-09-17 · to Health
1283. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if every model 3 and model 4 hospital is now compliant with the national clinical programme for self-harm and suicide-related ideation guidance issued in 2024. [48639/25]
John Paul O'Shea
written
2025-09-17 · to Health
1348. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Health if she will incorporate inflammatory bowel disease into the National Chronic Disease Management Programme, in recognition of the long-term and often debilitating impact of the condition; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49047/25]
Colm Burke
written
2025-09-17 · to Health
1358. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if she will consider establishing a national radiotherapy equipment replacement programme featuring ring-fenced annual funding to support a planned ten-year replacement cycle (details supplied) guided by international best practice; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49082/25]
Marie Sherlock
written
2025-09-17 · to Health
1359. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health her plans to establish a National Radiotherapy Equipment Replacement Programme to ensure the timely upgrading of linear accelerator machines; the estimated timeline for its implementation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49083/25]
Colm Burke
written
2025-09-17 · to Health
1365. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if she will consider establishing a national radiotherapy equipment replacement programme featuring ring-fenced annual funding to support a planned ten-year replacement cycle (details supplied) guided by international best practice; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49127/25]
Malcolm Byrne
written
2025-09-17 · to Further and Higher Education
1415. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the measures his Department have in place to promote the DiscoverEU travel programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48373/25]
Colm Burke
written
2025-09-08 · to Justice
1695. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to clarify the approximate timescale when a decision will be made on an application which is currently pending for an investor under the Immigrant Investor Programme for an organisation (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47038/25]
Cormac Devlin
written
2025-09-08 · to Health
2632. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Health if the HSE medicines management programme will include alopecia areata therapies in its horizon-scanning outputs and publish periodic patient friendly updates on access status for new treatments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47017/25]
Roderic O'Gorman
written
2025-09-08 · to Health
2668. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Health if her Department is considering whether the Stimulating Innovation Management of Polypharmacy and Adherence in The Elderly or SIMPATHY pilot programme, which was evaluated in 2024, is to be mainstreamed; if so, will this be budgeted for in 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47444/25]
Louis O'Hara
written
2025-09-08 · to Rural
2747. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht when the community centre investment fund will reopen for applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44687/25]
Sean Fleming
written
2025-09-08 · to Rural
2757. Deputy Seán Fleming asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht when the applications will next be launched for the community centre investment fund; the expected timescale to process applications and approval issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45950/25]
Sean Fleming
written
2025-09-08 · to Rural
2758. Deputy Seán Fleming asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht when applications for the 2025 Clár programme will be examined; an estimated timetable as to when an announcement of approvals will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45951/25]
Grace Boland
written
2025-07-29 · to Finance
670. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Finance the means by which the delivery of the “Women in Finance” initiative will be delivered; if there is a timeframe for the delivery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41947/25]
Aindrias Moynihan
written
2025-07-29 · to Education
1006. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Education and Youth for expansion on the Safe Routes to School Programme; her engagement to date with the National Transport Authority on reopening this programme for new applications for schools that did not apply previously; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40947/25]
Grace Boland
written
2025-07-29 · to Children
2362. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department will be working alongside the Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment to support and implement the “Action Plan for Women in Business”, drawn up by Enterprise Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41948/25]
Eamon Scanlon
written
2025-07-17 · to Housing
377. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when he will publish the framework for the next multi-annual rural water programme beyond 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40372/25]
Conor D McGuinness
written
2025-07-17 · to Health
570. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the amount of funding given to each county as part of the Sláintecare healthy communities programme in each of the years 2014 to 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40605/25]
Conor D McGuinness
written
2025-07-17 · to Health
571. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the amount of funding given to each county as part of the EU4Health programmes in each of the years 2014 to 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40606/25]
Conor D McGuinness
written
2025-07-17 · to Rural
609. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the total funding provided under the Social Inclusion and Community Activation Programme, by local authority/local authority area in each year 2014 to 2024, and year to date, in tabular form.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40574/25]
Conor D McGuinness
written
2025-07-17 · to Rural
611. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the total funding provided under the RAPID programme, by local authority/local authority area in each year 2014 to 2024, and year to date, in tabular form. [40576/25]
Conor D McGuinness
written
2025-07-17 · to Rural
613. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the total funding provided under the National Organisations Supports Programme, by local authority/local authority area in each year 2014 to 2024, and year to date, in tabular form. [40579/25]
Conor D McGuinness
written
2025-07-17 · to Rural
614. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the total funding provided under the CLÁR programme, by local authority/local authority area, in each of the years 2014 to 2024, and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [40580/25]
Conor D McGuinness
written
2025-07-17 · to Rural
617. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the total funding provided under the community services programme, by local authority/local authority area, in each of the years 2014 to 2024, and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [40583/25]