91. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if the grassroots music venues support scheme will re-open, given the high level of interest; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32994/25]
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 |
|---|---|
| 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
92. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport for an update on the development of the new basic income for artists scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33068/25]
161. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health to outline the postnatal supports and services available to new mothers in the community; the steps being taken to ensure that there is a coordinated approach to support postnatal women; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33064/25]
181. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will make SUSI available to students studying full-time online; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33003/25]
484. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport Minister if he will provide an update on the cultural capital scheme application of a group (details supplied). [32579/25]
664. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on the mother and baby institutions payment scheme; the number of applications received; the number of appeals submitted; and the number of those appeals that have been overturned. [31856/25]
665. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the amount of funding that has been drawn down under the redress component of the mother and baby institutions payment scheme. [31857/25]
666. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when a review of the mother and baby institutions payment scheme is expected to take place; if her Department is considering extending redress to all children who spent less than six months in mother and baby homes as part of that review. [31858/25]
693. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of applications for HSE home support (disability) in CHO 4 in 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32118/25]
694. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of refusals for HSE home support (disability) in CHO 4 in 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32119/25]
695. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the average number of hours granted to HSE home support (disability) clients in CHO4, broken down by LHO, in 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32120/25]
809. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Health the progress made in introducing a tuition-fee support scheme for graduate entry medicine, as outlined in the Programme for Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32100/25]
823. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if she will instruct her Department to extend the special leave with pay scheme past June 2025, given the fact that there remains a large number of public health workers still affected by long Covid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32199/25]
959. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the status of the commitment to introduce a tuition support scheme for graduate entry medicine; if he accepts the urgent need to deal with the financial costs facing students in light of the discontinuation of Bank of Ireland’s graduate entry medicine loan scheme; if he will ensure a financial support sol…
546. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Health if she can provide a number of updates on a scheme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31568/25]
558. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Health if consideration will be given to extending the special leave with pay scheme, and that some form of long term support will be put in place for these workers, particularly in view that approximately 166 employees of the HSE are affected by long-Covid since 2020 as a result of working on the front line during the Covid-19 pandemic; and if she will make a statement o…
559. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Health the reason the temporary scheme of paid leave for public health service employee’s unit for work post Covid-19 infection is ending on 30 June 2025; the provisions that will be put in place for people on this scheme that are medically unable to return to work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31606/25]
586. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht the amount of outdoor recreation infrastructure scheme funding that has been drawn down by Kerry County Council for the Inch Beach infrastructure plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31451/25]
180. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will consider altering the criteria for the means test for fuel allowance to allow a greater income threshold for those living alone considering the fixed cost of maintaining a household; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30738/25]
205. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Social Protection the first- and full-year cost of expanding the free travel scheme to include those in receipt of domiciliary care allowance. [31198/25]
258. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a 2024 ACRES scheme payment will issue to a farmer in County Kerry (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30890/25]
259. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine how independent valuers can apply for roles under the on-farm market valuation scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30894/25]
260. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for a date for the payment of ACRES 2023 and 2024 for a person [details supplied]; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30915/25]
114. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the progress in meeting the 2030 retrofitting and heat pump targets; the measures his Department taking to accelerate this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30274/25]
145. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will conduct a review of the SEAI home energy grants as there are a number of issues for people applying for the grants in relation to the time it takes to get approval and complete the works; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30080/25]