3424. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science when the Skillnet SME incentivisation scheme will be launched; and the reason for the delay in launching the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44081/25]
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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The questions
93. Deputy Edward Timmins asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to the roll-out and installation of solar panels in schools, if there are plans to work the ESB in relation to prioritising schools for installation or adjusting the payment rate for schools without smart metres to sell electricity back into the grid (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40201/25]
222. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Finance the amount of funding given to each county under the vehicle registration tax relief scheme in each of the years 2014 to 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40552/25]
229. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance the cost to the Exchequer of the approved profit-sharing scheme in 2025 and 2026. [40520/25]
267. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment to provide an update on the increased cost of business grant and power-up scheme appeals process that was recently approved; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40371/25]
388. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage for an update on his Department's plans for the tenant-in-situ scheme, given recent reports that both Fingal County Council and Dublin City Council have exhausted all of their available funds for 2025; if he intends to increase funding available for the scheme this year given the large waiting list for the scheme in both local …
393. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Social Protection if compensation under the victim’s payment scheme paid out to persons resident in the State, as a result of the ‘troubles in the North’ is disregarded as means for the assessment of the disability allowance. [40289/25]
564. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the amount of funding given to each county as part of community funded schemes 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. [40599/25]
565. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the amount of funding given to each county as part of the drugs payment scheme 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. [40600/25]
566. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Health the amount of funding given to each county as part of the oncology drugs management scheme 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. [40601/25]
591. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the amount of funding allocated to each county as part of the vocational training opportunities scheme in each of the years 2014 to 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40622/25]
620. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the total funding provided under the local improvement scheme, by local authority/local authority area, in each of the years 2014 to 2024, and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [40586/25]
621. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the total funding provided under the outdoor recreation infrastructure scheme, by local authority/local authority area, in each of the years 2014 to 2024, and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [40587/25]
32. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Transport to provide an update on the development of a successor scheme to the disabled driver and passenger scheme; if there is a timeline for the introduction of this successor scheme; the engagement ha has had with advocacy groups regarding the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39833/25]
163. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of applications under humanitarian assistance scheme 1 and humanitarian assistance scheme two which have been refused, in tabular form. [39873/25]
373. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Finance if the drivers and passengers with disabilities fuel grant is available to be claimed on fuel bought prior to the vehicle qualifying for the disabled drivers and disabled passengers scheme or for vehicles used by a disabled passenger or driver prior to applying for the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39721/25]
536. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport for an update on the cultural capital scheme application of a group (details supplied). [39485/25]
796. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the progress made on the introduction of a farm retirement scheme for older famers; and the timeline for when the scheme will commence. [39712/25]
989. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health when the Covid vaccine injury compensation scheme will be operational. [39591/25]
1049. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if he will support an application under the CLAR 2025 scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38893/25]
93. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht whether he intends to provide additional funding in 2025 for the local improvement scheme, LIS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36845/25]
95. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht if he will provide an additional allocation to Monaghan County Council for the local improvement scheme in 2025. [38304/25]
105. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the measures being taken to address the long wait time for applicants under the local improvement scheme in Cork North-West; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38149/25]
126. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht whether he intends on expanding the senior alerts scheme to include a wider range of technological supports as part of Budget 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38314/25]
212. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding any initiatives led by her Department that seek to promote outdoor education and improve local biodiversity for an existing school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38356/25]