293. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Transport further to Parliamentary Question No. 30 of 2 July 2025, the steps his Department has taken to develop a new needs-based, grant-led scheme for vehicle adaptations, as proposed under the national disability inclusion strategy; when this new scheme is expected to be introduced; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37825/25]
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
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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
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The questions
399. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will consider extending the teaching hours extension scheme, which currently applies to post-primary schools, to include primary schools also; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37261/25]
507. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to provide the cost to the Exchequer of the croí cónaithe scheme in each of the years since its creation, in tabular form; and an estimation of the cost for each year from the last year for which final numbers are available until 2030. [37193/25]
928. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the amount spent by his Department each year from 2020 to 2025 inclusive on the provision of personal alarms under the senior alert scheme; if these alarms continue to operate on copper broadband technology; if so, the measures his Department intend to take to ensure that these devices and the terms of this scheme a…
237. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will consider renaming the leave of absence following assault scheme to more appropriately reflect the complex and unintentional nature of incidents in special education settings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36887/25]
152. Deputy George Lawlor asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of employers claiming wage subsidy scheme funding under each of the three strands, for each year from 2020 to 2024; the number of participants for each strand for each year from 2020 to 2024; the total expenditure on wage subsidy scheme in each year from 2020 to 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36317/25]
232. Deputy Danny Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Health to examine the case for an addition to the drugs payment scheme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36269/25]
209. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Transport if his Department will contribute to the local improvement scheme fund in recognition of the wider public usage of roads being funded under the scheme; when his Department was last approached by the Department of Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht with a view to securing a contribution; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35303/2…
434. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the measures taken to implement a State savings scheme such as the Social Democrats-proposed ‘Homes for Ireland’ State savings scheme, submitted to him and the Taoiseach on 19 May 2025, which would leverage the €160 billion in deposits to fund affordable housing delivery. [36247/25]
457. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will consider establishing a dedicated scheme as part of budget 2026 for local authorities to access funding for the retrofitting or replacement of substandard historical housing stock, perhaps with a trial in Dún Laoghaire and Dublin city, where older stock is widespread; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3543…
482. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the progress made on establishing a deposit protection scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35905/25]
506. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Social Protection if parents of Irish babies born through surrogacy can avail of the newborn baby grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35206/25]
607. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department will contribute to the local improvement scheme fund in recognition of the significant proportion of roads being funded under the scheme to enable and improve access to agricultural holdings; if his Department has ever been approached by the Department of Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht with a view…
669. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Health when the community mothers scheme will be reintroduced.. [36165/25]
692. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Health if she will clarify the monthly quantity limits for each hormone replacement therapy (HRT) product covered under the free HRT scheme (details supplied); whether there is a cap on the number of packs dispensed per month for products such as oestrogen patches and lenzetto spray; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35343/25]
782. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of reducing the drug payment scheme threshold to €10 per month; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35674/25]
4. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if she will act to protect front-line healthcare workers impacted by long Covid and who are in receipt of the special scheme of paid leave; if she plans to extend this scheme or recognise long Covid as an occupational illness to quality for occupational injury benefit payments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34984/25]
74. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health if she will acknowledge that the exclusion of inflammatory bowel disease IBD from the long-term illness scheme is a policy decision rather than a legal requirement, given that section 59(3) of the Health Act 1970 does not list specific qualifying conditions but permits the provision of supports to those with a permanent or long-term illness; if she will commit …
83. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Health her plans for reform of the long-term illness schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34623/25]
91. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Health the number of women who have availed of the new HRT scheme to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34436/25]
127. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the process undertaken for deciding on successful grant applicants for the grassroot music venues support scheme funding; if regional dispersal of the awards was considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34955/25]
204. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Transport if his Department would examine the matter of bringing CIÉ 1951 pension scheme entitlements onto a more stable footing that would allow for an unfreeze on pension increases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35017/25]
211. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Transport if he will instruct Zero Emission Vehicles Ireland to consider, in conjunction with relevant stakeholders, how a scheme for safe electric vehicle charging points might work where the charging cable needs to be routed under a pavement in high density areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35160/25]
222. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she has engaged with an organisation (details supplied) regarding the treatment of abuse survivors and the need for a redress scheme for survivors of abuse; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35122/25]
314. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Health if the proposed vaccine damage compensation scheme will include retrospective eligibility for individuals who made submissions to the vaccine damage steering group prior to the scheme’s implementation, including cases dating back to the 1970s (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35005/25]