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Departmental 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.

Jan 2025Oct 2026
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MonthQuestions
January 20258
February 202537
March 202580
April 202588
May 202573
June 202591
July 202590
August 20250
September 202588
October 202533
November 202591
December 202555
January 202631
February 202682
March 202658
April 2026107
May 2026150
June 202669
July 2026117
August 20260
September 2026108
October 202662

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.

  • 100% RDR11 from 1 TD · 1 seat today
  • Aontú5 from 2 TDs · 2 seats today
  • Fianna Fáil347 from 34 TDs · 48 seats today
  • Fine Gael340 from 24 TDs · 38 seats today
  • Green Party21 from 1 TD · 1 seat today
  • Independent87 from 10 TDs · 15 seats today
  • Independent Ireland159 from 3 TDs · 4 seats today
  • Labour Party83 from 11 TDs · 11 seats today
  • People Before Profit-Solidarity29 from 3 TDs · 3 seats today
  • Sinn Féin347 from 34 TDs · 39 seats today

The TDs who asked most

Members of the Government answer questions rather than ask them. Each question counts once.

  1. 146
  2. 51
  3. 44
  4. 42
  5. 40
  6. 35
  7. 34
  8. 30

Asked of

Debated under the same heading

Debates whose official heading is exactly these words.

The questions

Donna McGettigan Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Environment
191. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of homes in Clare at each of the stages as described in scheme guidelines (details supplied). [11634/25]
Donna McGettigan Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Environment
192. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of homes in Clare that have applied for the warmer homes scheme since its inception, and in each of the years 2022 to 2024,in tabular form; to outline, of these homes considered ineligible, whether there is a breakdown of the reasons for this; and the measures the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland proposes…
Louise O'Reilly Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Environment
218. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he is aware of the solar panel scheme for medically vulnerable persons; if he understands that persons added to the medically vulnerable register after the cut-off date cannot apply for membership of the scheme; if he will provide details of any similar scheme that might be applicable for persons added to the register po…
Paul Murphy Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Housing
822. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he is aware of the delays to some interim remediation scheme pathfinder projects due to a requirement to re-tender for contractors; how he will address it; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10745/25]
Michael Cahill Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Agriculture
1262. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to expedite a payment in respect of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11170/25]
Ged Nash Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Health
1476. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Health to provide details of grant schemes available through her Department and the HSE to support frontline community-based health responders such as Irish Red Cross branches to access support for investment in equipment etc; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10598/25]
Mairéad Farrell Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Health
1481. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Health when she expects the free hormone replacement therapy scheme will be implemented; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10650/25]
Claire Kerrane Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Health
1482. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health when she intends to implement the proposed HRT scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10652/25]
Robert O'Donoghue Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Health
1502. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Health if she will provide an update on the free hormone replacement therapy scheme; to provide an approximate date of the roll out of the scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10722/25]
Seán Crowe Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Health
1512. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Health the date by which the free HRT scheme will be commenced; the reasons the commitment of a roll out in January 2025 was missed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10779/25]
Marie Sherlock Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Health
1514. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Health if she will consider adding the rental of breast pumps and attachments to the long-term illness scheme for tube fed children; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10789/25]
Pádraig Rice Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Health
1576. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health for an update on when the free hormone replacement therapy scheme will be available; the reasons for the delays in the scheme announced under Budget 2022; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11032/25]
Louis O'Hara Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Health
1584. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Health if she will extend the long-term illness scheme to people suffering from the condition fibromyalgia; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11046/25]
Claire Kerrane Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Health
1606. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Health when she intends to implement the proposed hormone replacement therapy scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11229/25]
Thomas Gould Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Health
1646. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Health the criteria required to claim reimbursement under the treatment abroad scheme. [11411/25]
Catherine Ardagh Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Health
1648. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Health the reason the roll out of free hormone replacement therapy (HRT) has been delayed since January 2025; the commencement date for the roll out of free HRT; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11426/25]
Catherine Ardagh Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Health
1649. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Health if she will provide information on any plans to reimburse those using hormone replacement therapy (HRT) for any costs incurred from January 2025, when the roll out of the free HRT scheme was due to commence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11427/25]
Paul Murphy Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Health
1691. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if she is aware of the delays regarding the free hormone replacement therapy scheme, which was announced in Budget 2025 and was due to begin in January 2025; when this will be made available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11652/25]
Michael Cahill Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Health
1711. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Health when hormone replacement therapy will be made available for free (details supplied); the reason for the delay in same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11737/25]
Louise O'Reilly Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Health
1835. Deputy Louise O'Reilly asked the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to the dialysis-at-home scheme; if she is aware that the scheme is a valuable tool to ensure that patients can remain in their home and not have to attend hospital; if she is aware that the scheme only facilitates a rebate for those paying tax (or living in a household with a taxpayer); if she will agree that this could potenti…
Barry Ward Written 19 Mar 2025 · to Health
1845. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Health the position regarding a target launch date for the rollout of State-funded hormone replacement therapy (details supplied); the efforts being made to ensure that this deadline is met; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12392/25]
Willie O'Dea Written 6 Mar 2025 · to Environment
187. Deputy Willie O'Dea asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications his plans to reduce the three-year waiting time for the energy upgrades under the warmer homes scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10365/25]
Pa Daly Written 6 Mar 2025 · to Environment
194. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide a breakdown of the number and value of grants that have been awarded to the retrofitting of multi-unit dwellings as part of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland community energy grant scheme in each of the years 2020 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10418/25]
Pa Daly Written 6 Mar 2025 · to Environment
195. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he will provide a breakdown of the number of applications his Department has received for the retrofit of multi-unit dwellings as part of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland community grant scheme in each of the years 2020 to date, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10419/25]
John Connolly Written 6 Mar 2025 · to Agriculture
343. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a review was undertaken of the Brexit fish processor transition scheme following its conclusion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10258/25]