Grant Payments
An official questions-paper heading. 323 questions (13 oral, 310 written), first 2025-01-22, latest 2026-07-15.
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| May 2025 | 29 |
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| Jul 2025 | 49 |
| Sep 2025 | 18 |
| Oct 2025 | 25 |
| Nov 2025 | 25 |
| Dec 2025 | 14 |
| Jan 2026 | 22 |
| Feb 2026 | 7 |
| Mar 2026 | 9 |
| Apr 2026 | 15 |
| May 2026 | 19 |
| Jun 2026 | 4 |
| Jul 2026 | 9 |
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| Department | Questions |
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| Further and Higher Education | 138 |
| Climate | 38 |
| Agriculture | 34 |
| Housing | 33 |
| Education | 14 |
| Social | 13 |
| Transport | 9 |
| Public Expenditure | 7 |
| Health | 6 |
| Culture | 6 |
| Environment | 5 |
| Enterprise | 5 |
| Children | 4 |
| Finance | 3 |
| Rural | 2 |
| Defence | 2 |
| Justice | 1 |
| Taoiseach | 1 |
| Tourism | 1 |
| Foreign | 1 |
Debates under the same heading
Dáil debate sections whose official heading is exactly these words.
| Date | Debate section |
|---|---|
| 2026-05-12 | Grant Payments |
| 2026-02-24 | Grant Payments |
| 2026-01-29 | Grant Payments |
| 2026-01-29 | Grant Payments |
| 2026-01-29 | Grant Payments |
| 2025-10-16 | Grant Payments |
| 2025-10-09 | Grant Payments |
| 2025-05-22 | Grant Payments |
| 2025-05-22 | Grant Payments |
| 2025-05-22 | Grant Payments |
| 2025-02-27 | Grant Payments |
The questions
Albert Dolan
written
2025-07-29 · to Rural
3441. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht to provide the total number of grant payments issued by the Department in each of the past five years, along with the total value of those grant payments for each year, in tabular form; and to confirm whether these figures include all schemes and discretionary grant programmes administered directly b…
Sinéad Gibney
written
2025-07-17 · to Culture
356. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if there have been any funding or grant requests with his Department or bodies under its aegis in the past 12 months for the operation of pop-up pools. [40566/25]
Sinéad Gibney
written
2025-07-17 · to Culture
357. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if his Department is aware of any pop-up pools which were funded through capital grants from his Department or Sport Ireland which are not currently in use; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40567/25]
Marie Sherlock
written
2025-07-17 · to Further and Higher Education
584. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the grounds on which a SUSI grant recipient can change their status from dependent to independent; and the documentation required as evidence of that. [40283/25]
Erin McGreehan
written
2025-07-15 · to Agriculture
783. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will confirm whether he intends to do more than provide a modest seed grant to the Wool Council; whether there are any plans to ensure oversight and accountability mechanisms for this independent body; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39039/25]
Erin McGreehan
written
2025-07-15 · to Agriculture
784. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the actions he is taking to support the development of value-added wool products, such as insulation and other innovative applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39040/25]
Erin McGreehan
written
2025-07-15 · to Agriculture
785. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the supports that are envisaged to incentivise Irish SMEs to invest in the processing and marketing of Irish wool; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39041/25]
Erin McGreehan
written
2025-07-15 · to Agriculture
786. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the engagement that has taken place with Enterprise Ireland, the SEAI, or other relevant agencies to develop a cross-departmental approach to Irish wool commercialisation; if he will consider establishing a dedicated funding stream or innovation challenge to accelerate this work; and if he will make a statement on t…
Brendan Smith
written
2025-07-08 · to Further and Higher Education
119. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if the same income eligibility limits for SUSI grants are applicable for students attending approved colleges and courses outside our jurisdiction, such as in Northern Ireland, Britain or the rest of the EU, as are applicable for students attending approved colleges or courses in this St…
Malcolm Byrne
written
2025-07-08 · to Further and Higher Education
123. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science to outline the number of students in receipt of various levels of SUSI grant; his plans to improve access to higher education by expanding the SUSI grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37373/25]
Paul Lawless
written
2025-07-08 · to Further and Higher Education
140. Deputy Paul Lawless asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if his Department has looked at streamlining and simplifying the SUSI application process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37584/25]
Peter Roche
written
2025-07-08 · to Further and Higher Education
144. Deputy Peter Roche asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if the increases in SUSI grants have kept pace with the cost-of-living increases in the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37405/25]
Pearse Doherty
written
2025-07-08 · to Housing
521. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if any financial support is available for housing extensions where household income is over the financial threshold to qualify for a sufficient local authority housing adaptation grant for disabled people to carry out necessary adaptations for disabled persons to continue to live at home; and if he will make a…
Marie Sherlock
written
2025-07-02 · to Further and Higher Education
281. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the means by which a SUSI grant applicant (details supplied), who is being accommodated through the rent-a-room scheme, can satisfy the requirement to confirm their independent residency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36274/25]
Richard Boyd Barrett
written
2025-07-01 · to Further and Higher Education
873. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated full-year cost of doubling maintenance grants and restoring the grant adjacency rate to 24 km; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35664/25]
Erin McGreehan
written
2025-07-01 · to Further and Higher Education
877. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science for details of SUSI grant eligibility conditions for a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35723/25]
Michael Cahill
written
2025-06-25 · to Climate
13. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will urgently address the long delays, currently over two years, in SEAI grant processing times in County Kerry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34882/25]
Michael Cahill
written
2025-06-17 · to Climate
165. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to urgently address the long delays in SEAI grant processing times, that are over two years long; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32060/25]
Louis O'Hara
written
2025-06-17 · to Finance
270. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Finance if there are any grant funding schemes in place to support car adaptations for people with a disability or medical issues; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31999/25]
Jen Cummins
written
2025-06-17 · to Further and Higher Education
945. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated cost of increasing the student maintenance grant by €1,000 for full-time students at third level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31791/25]
Jen Cummins
written
2025-06-17 · to Further and Higher Education
946. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated cost of increasing the non-adjacent maintenance grant by €1,000 for full-time students at undergraduate and postgraduate level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31792/25]
Jen Cummins
written
2025-06-17 · to Further and Higher Education
947. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated cost of extending the current fee contribution grants for eligible undergraduate part-time students to part-time post-graduate students. [31793/25]
Cian O'Callaghan
written
2025-06-17 · to Further and Higher Education
948. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if the Government will act on their commitment in the Programme for Government to provide subsidies for students pursuing graduate entry medicine in line with undergraduate medicine; the methods of financial support that will be developed; the timeline for reform; and if he will make …
Donna McGettigan
written
2025-06-17 · to Further and Higher Education
969. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will be capping the current grants to Solas for further education and training, to the welcome increase from €537,474 to €589, 221 in 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32539/25]
Naoise Ó Muirí
written
2025-06-17 · to Further and Higher Education
989. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if an applicant (details supplied) will be considered for SUSI assistance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32706/25]