1246. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the amount of the €25 million funding allocated through the building blocks scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30493/25]
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
1278. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Health if she will consider adding Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis to the long-term illness scheme to assist with the cost of medication; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29025/25]
1398. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health the estimated full-year cost of reducing the drugs payment scheme threshold to €72, €50, and €0 respectively. [29494/25]
1453. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health if she is considering expanding the long-term illness scheme to include inflammatory bowel disease; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29718/25]
1518. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Health if she will consider adding Crohn’s disease/ulcerative colitis to the list of medical conditions covered under the long-term illness scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29996/25]
1545. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Health whether she is considering including hypothyroidism (underactive thyroid) in the long-term illness scheme, as it is a lifelong condition which requires medication throughout the lives of sufferers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30108/25]
1676. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht when he expects that his Department will next provide local improvement scheme funding to local authorities; if he will provide a commentary on the backlog of local improvement scheme applications in rural counties; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29242/25]
302. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Finance the minister for finance if he will provide an update in respect of the General Scheme of Finance (Local Property Tax) (Amendment) Bill 2025; and his timeline from introduction to enactment. [28811/25]
321. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the funding provided for the trading online voucher in 2024 and 2025; the funding which was drawn down in 2024 and 2025 to date; the estimated cost for the State to provide 90% and 150% funding based on 2024 data, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28789/25]
322. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of businesses, broken down by each local authority area in the State, which registered for the increased cost of business grant by close of scheme, as a percentage of all eligible or estimated eligible businesses, to date, in tabular form. [28790/25]
323. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of businesses, broken down by each local authority area in the State, which have registered for the increased cost of business grant by close of scheme, in tabular form. [28791/25]
324. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount of funding, broken down by each local authority area in the State, allocated to businesses that registered for the increased cost-of-business grant by close of scheme, in tabular form. [28792/25]
325. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of businesses, broken down by each local authority area in the State, which have registered for the Power Up grant by close of scheme, in tabular form. [28793/25]
326. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the amount of funding, broken down by each local authority area in the State, allocated to businesses that registered for the Power Up grant by close of scheme, in tabular form. [28794/25]
329. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the innovation voucher will be amended to allow SMEs purchase digital equipment and machinery for their business. [28797/25]
331. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the estimated cost of increasing funding for the innovation voucher scheme by 50% and 100%, in tabular form. [28817/25]
332. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the estimated cost of cost of increasing the innovation voucher scheme to €12,000. [28818/25]
649. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the estimated cost of expanding the free contraception scheme to cover all women. [28746/25]
650. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the full list of schemes and options available for patients in the south to receive medical treatment in the North; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28751/25]
651. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health to outline the full list of schemes and options available for patients in the North to receive medical treatment in the South; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28752/25]
676. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Health to examine a fair deal scheme appeal by a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28881/25]
727. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development if he will consider providing funding for the local improvement scheme on a multi annual basis, to ensure local authorities who administer the scheme can deliver them in a more efficient and cost-effective manner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28490/25]
108. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Transport to provide an update on the proposed new grant-based scheme to replace the disabled passengers scheme (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27976/25]
115. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Finance if he has examined the report submitted to his office prior to 19 March 2025 from the NDIS transport working group, recommending that the DDS be replaced with a modern, fit for purpose vehicular adaptation scheme, based on need rather than medical criteria; if he has accepted the recommendations therein; and if so, the timeline for development and rolling o…
219. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 306 of 8 May 2025, the breakdown of the €3.6 million expended to date on a scheme (details supplied), in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26998/25]