425. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education and Youth if schools which do not currently have DEIS status can submit an appeal with a view to being included in the programme; the way in which schools can submit such an appeal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32873/26]
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 |
|---|---|
| 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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Debated under the same heading
Debates whose official heading is exactly these words.
The questions
843. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health whether fair deal applications for persons currently in hospital can be fast-tracked. [31936/26]
1010. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any national clinical criteria, thresholds, or evidentiary standards are formally defined for determining what constitutes a “proven treatment” under the Treatment Abroad Scheme. [32563/26]
1013. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any cost ceilings, budget controls, or value-for-money assessments are applied to approvals under the Treatment Abroad Scheme. [32566/26]
1028. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health what formal audit schedule, risk assessment, or expenditure-control framework applies to the Treatment Abroad Scheme; who is responsible within her Department for oversight of that framework; and whether the Scheme is subject to periodic value-for-money review. [32592/26]
1061. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health what internal financial controls are applied to ensure that costs claimed under the Treatment Abroad Scheme are reasonable, necessary, and proportionate. [32653/26]
114. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Transport if a service (details supplied) will receive any support under the recently announced fuel cost package; if not, the reasons; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31277/26]
129. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Transport if he is satisfied that the current measures in place to address the price spikes that have occurred following the US and Israeli invasion of Iran; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31151/26]
143. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Transport if he will consider an emergency support package for taxi drivers who are seriously impacted by the current fuel price hikes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31343/26]
241. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Transport the progress to date in rolling out a local area hackney scheme; if further consideration will be given to the provision of hackney services in rural communities where it is not feasible to have a bus service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31771/26]
242. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Transport the supports that will be provided towards the provision of hackney services in rural communities where it is not feasible to have a bus service; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31772/26]
269. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation further to Parliamentary Question No. 219 of 27 May 2025, the amount expended to date on the Midleton Flood Relief Project; the currently projected overall cost of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31591/26]
270. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the number of engineers currently working on the Middleton flood relief scheme project; the amount allocated to date by his Department to ensure the appointment of additional engineers to the scheme; if all proposed engineering positions proposed under this funding are currently filled; his pl…
396. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to urgently consider including a large-scale business and co-ops (details supplied), in the reliefs that support licensed agricultural/fishing contractors; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32417/26]
14. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the measures being put in place to expedite warmer homes scheme applications, which are currently taking over two years to complete; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31009/26]
15. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the percentage of the capital funding for works under the better energy warmer homes scheme that were spent in the first three months of 2026; and if he will provide the same figures for the corresponding period in 2025, in tabular form. [31024/26]
37. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Transport to urgently consider including large scale business and co-ops (details supplied), in the excise duty reliefs that support licensed hauliers/freight operators, agricultural/fishing contractors or bus companies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31114/26]
38. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Transport if he will consider including a company in the road transport support scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31166/26]
61. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Transport if he will give favourable consideration to including a company in County Kerry in the road transport support scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31251/26]
72. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Transport his plans for expanding on the smart demand-responsive transport scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23031/26]
73. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Transport the position regarding the CIÉ pension scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27250/26]
94. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment further to Parliamentary Question No. 196 of 21 March 2024, to urgently review the eligibility for the insolvency payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31249/26]
313. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the reason changes were made to the local improvement scheme to exclude a category (details supplied); and if he plans to alter this scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31167/26]
148. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment if he has any plans to introduce a new Power Up scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30033/26]
268. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he is aware that eligibility for the recently introduced standalone grants for windows and doors requires homes to have wall insulation at a "good" standard, as defined by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland; whether he has received feedback that cavity wall insulation is often not readily available as a standalone upgr…