224. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of applications for the Power Up grant deemed eligible for support by Fingal County Council in 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8817/25]
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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Debated under the same heading
Debates whose official heading is exactly these words.
The questions
225. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment when the appeals process for the Power Up grant will be opened; and if his Department has provided any guidelines for applicants on how to submit an appeal. [8865/25]
301. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Social Protection how the Government plans to support employers in explaining the auto-enrolment scheme to their employees, or if there is a plan to communicate and educate employees directly about the scheme; if a worker must earn €20,000 to date before being enrolled, or whether one week’s earnings of €384.62 will be sufficient to trigger inclusion; when the opt-ou…
392. Deputy Cathy Bennett asked the Minister for Health the reason that the free HRT scheme announced under Budget 2025 is delayed; the timeframe in which she intends for it to be in place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8759/25]
415. Deputy Natasha Newsome Drennan asked the Minister for Health for an update on the vaccine damage scheme for Covid-vaccine injury; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8891/25]
599. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Social Protection when the extreme weather event assistance scheme will be established; who will qualify for support under this scheme; if assistance will be granted to businesses, clubs, farmers and others affected by storm Éowyn; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7715/25]
764. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to examine the case of a person (details supplied) appealing refused redress; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7575/25]
898. Deputy Seán Fleming asked the Minister for Health with regard to people with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus who have required insulin from the outset but have not received reimbursement from her Department under the continuous glucose monitoring in respect of the system for continuous glucose monitoring sensors which came into effect on the 1 December 2023 will receive reimbursement; and if she will make a statement o…
84. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications the number of homes in the constituency of Carlow-Kilkenny currently on the waiting list for the warmer homes scheme; and the approximate wait time. [6681/25]
265. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an update on the progress of commitments in the Programme for Government regarding expanding the first home scheme to first time buyers of second-hand homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7098/25]
304. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there is a prohibition on those people availing of the accommodation recognition payment from offering or paying an additional financial sum, above the €800 State subsidy per month, to the owner of the property; the way this is regulated; if there have been any instances whereby his Department was informed of this …
305. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to reconsider the end date for the accommodation recognition payment scheme for Ukrainian refugee’s living in Ireland, the scheme is due to end 31 March 2025. [7117/25]
229. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Transport the number of applications for the wheelchair-accessible vehicle grant scheme during the January 2025 application opportunity; the number that were successful; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6024/25]
314. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education if she will consider extending the parental leave scheme to allow for it to be taken in blocks of one day a week (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5503/25]
875. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the reason voluntary labour is not taken into account as part of the outdoor recreation infrastructure scheme 2024; if his Department will reconsider its inclusion in this scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6031/25]
36. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Finance for the up-to-date position on a replacement scheme for the disabled driver's scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5070/25]
225. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Justice to outline plans for the accommodation recognition payment with the scheme scheduled to expire on the 31 March 2025; mitigation measures that will be put in place to ensure the orderly unwinding of the scheme; if he will comment on the matter. [5158/25]
226. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Justice to outline the total number of receipt hosts and persons benefitting from accommodation under the accommodation recognition payment, by county; the number of new entrants into the scheme each month since January 2023; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5160/25]
226. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to confirm, in relation to applications to a scheme (details supplied), the amount applicants will be reimbursed for already-installed barriers; when these payments will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4777/25]
454. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Justice the number of social enterprises using the Immigrant Investor Programme process since 2020; the projects and location of each; if funding to the enterprises was subject to one or more approvals; the projects which secured additional funding following the closure of the scheme; the dates on which such approval, if any, was granted, in tabular form; and if he …
687. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Health if the hardship scheme will be expanded to allow for forms and prescriptions from GPs to be accepted in place of those from paediatricians; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4679/25]
296. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Finance to provide information on the Motor Insurers Insolvency Compensation Fund (MIICF); the annual revenue into the MIICF since 2018; the rate applied each year since 2018; the total cumulative amount in the fund each year since 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3142/25]
319. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if eligibility for the individual property protection scheme for east Cork will be extended to include property owners who narrowly averted flooding on 18 October 2023 by being home on the day and able to erect makeshift barriers to keep flood waters out of their properties; and if he will make a statement…
320. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if all applications to a scheme (details supplied) will be given urgent attention to avoid any further damage to properties due to stormy weather; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2651/25]
322. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will confirm the Department, agency or authority that can deem a property to be in a location where there is a risk of flooding; how a decision of such a body can be challenged; if his Department has funded any flood relief measures either directly or through Kilkenny County Council for Paulstown…