51. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to provide an update on the rollout of the east Cork individual property protection scheme to date. [74724/26]
Topics / Departmental Schemes
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsDepartmental Schemes
1,518 questions from 134 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 22 October 2026.
1,518
questions
1,497 written, 21 oral
134
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 | 8 |
| February 2025 | 37 |
| March 2025 | 80 |
| April 2025 | 88 |
| May 2025 | 73 |
| June 2025 | 91 |
| July 2025 | 90 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 88 |
| October 2025 | 33 |
| November 2025 | 91 |
| December 2025 | 55 |
| January 2026 | 31 |
| February 2026 | 82 |
| March 2026 | 58 |
| April 2026 | 107 |
| May 2026 | 150 |
| June 2026 | 69 |
| July 2026 | 117 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 108 |
| October 2026 | 62 |
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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Debates whose official heading is exactly these words.
The questions
103. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding any review or reassessment available for four schools in the Dún Laoghaire constituency in relation to their allocation under the Home School Community Liaison Programme; and her views on whether their current assessment is acceptable in the context of significant increases in school population and a shift in demographics since t…
143. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Education and Youth when the next tranche of the annual climate action summer works scheme for commencement in summer 2027, will be announced. [73905/26]
202. Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Transport the total number of successful applications processed under the recent ICE2EV pilot scrappage scheme; the timeline for completing the departmental review into the scheme's emission-reduction impacts and geographic value for money; if he will explicitly state whether provisions will be made from the increased €143 million EV funding allocation in Budget 2027…
23. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Transport whether businesses that were eligible for, but did not apply to, the initial round of the road transport support scheme will be eligible to apply under the recently announced extension of the scheme; if not, the rationale for excluding otherwise eligible operators who did not submit an application during the original application window; whether consideration i…
24. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Transport if a person (details supplied) will be reconsidered for the road transport support scheme. [74639/26]
36. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of homes purchased with assistance from the help to buy scheme, broken down per year from 2016 to date in 2026, in tabular form. [74567/26]
92. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on the remediation scheme to fix defects in apartments and duplexes; when he expects to bring legislation before the house; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [74571/26]
95. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide an update on the interim fire safety scheme, the fire detection and alarm safety scheme and the retrospective payments scheme for people living with defects including applicant numbers, approval numbers, funding allocations, drawdowns and number of homes that have completed each of these schemes. [74702/26]
96. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether apartment owners in pyrite-affected multi-unit developments can access State remediation supports; will they be treated equitably with homeowners in traditional housing developments affected by similar defects; and will he explore the establishment of further remediation schemes where existing arrangements do not adequately …
99. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage when the adopt a monument scheme will open to new applicants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [74925/26]
130. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 217 and 218 of 1 July 2026, the position regarding the future use of rapid-build modular accommodation developments (details supplied); the progress made by the interdepartmental group examining their long-term use; whether the potential transfer of these units for permanent social or affordab…
132. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 217 and 218 of 1 July 2026, the extent of engagement between his Department, the interdepartmental working group and Tipperary County Council regarding the long-term future of a development (details supplied); whether discussions have specifically addressed the potential transfer or repurposin…
133. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether he will give an undertaking that no decision to remove, dispose of or decommission the modular accommodation units at a location (details supplied), will be taken without first completing a full assessment of their suitability for permanent social and affordable housing, in consultation with the Minister for Housing, Local G…
134. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration for an update on the interdepartmental process examining the long-term future of the 654 rapid-build modular accommodation units across 11 sites; the progress made since July 2026; whether a preferred future use has been identified for a development (details supplied); and when final decisions are expected. [74800/26]
135. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether the planning regularisation and necessary modifications required to convert the Heywood modular accommodation development in Clonmel to permanent residential housing have been assessed; the estimated costs involved; and the anticipated timeline for completing such an assessment. [74799/26]
136. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether his Department has undertaken a specific assessment of the potential to repurpose the modular accommodation development at Heywood, Clonmel, County Tipperary, for permanent social or affordable housing; and the outcome of such an assessment. [74795/26]
137. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the nature and extent of engagement between his Department and Tipperary County Council regarding the future use of the Heywood modular housing development in Clonmel; and whether the council has been invited to consider taking responsibility for the development. [74797/26]
163. Deputy Daniel Ennis asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of providers who have left core funding since the scheme began; if any attempt has been made by her Department to incentivise providers who have left the scheme to rejoin; and the measures in place to prevent further providers from leaving the scheme. [74710/26]
220. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment further to the flexibility introduced by SEAI in July 2026 on the heat loss indicator requirement for the one-stop shop, community energy grant and warmer homes schemes, the mechanism under consideration to extend that flexibility to the better energy homes scheme; and the timeline for its introduction. [73906/26]
222. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment whether a homeowner may avail of the one-stop shop scheme for the installation of a heat pump without other fabric upgrades; and the minimum building energy rating or energy improvement that applies to such a project. [73909/26]
227. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if there is a retrospective element available, or being considered, in relation to the solar grant scheme for people in receipt of certain payments from the Department of Social Protection. [74333/26]
314. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Transport whether businesses that did not apply under the initial phase of the road transport support scheme, RTSS, will be eligible to apply under the recently announced phase of the scheme; if he will outline the rationale for restricting eligibility to previous applicants; and whether consideration has been given to reopening the application portal to allow new appli…
349. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Transport if his Department will consider correspondence in relation to the Transport RTSS scheme (details supplied). [74066/26]
359. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will review the help-to-buy scheme rules for returning emigrants to take into account taxes paid in the State before applicants emigrated. [73493/26]