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Sports Funding

405 questions from 100 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 21 October 2026.

405
questions
364 written, 41 oral
100
TDs have asked
10
parties and groups
Independents counted together
6
departments asked

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 20257
February 202518
March 202514
April 202518
May 202521
June 202519
July 202528
August 20250
September 202524
October 202527
November 202532
December 20255
January 202631
February 202618
March 202635
April 202617
May 202626
June 202628
July 20266
August 20260
September 202610
October 202621

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.

  • Aontú2 from 1 TD · 2 seats today
  • Fianna Fáil149 from 28 TDs · 48 seats today
  • Fine Gael83 from 20 TDs · 38 seats today
  • Green Party1 from 1 TD · 1 seat today
  • Independent20 from 8 TDs · 15 seats today
  • Independent Ireland17 from 2 TDs · 4 seats today
  • Labour Party23 from 8 TDs · 11 seats today
  • People Before Profit-Solidarity6 from 3 TDs · 3 seats today
  • Sinn Féin90 from 23 TDs · 39 seats today

The TDs who asked most

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

  1. Pádraig O'Sullivan
    20
  2. Joanna Byrne
    17
  3. Michael Cahill
    16
  4. Emer Currie
    12
  5. James O'Connor
    11
  6. Ken O'Flynn
    10
  7. Peter 'Chap' Cleere
    10
  8. Ruairí Ó Murchú
    10

Asked of

Debated under the same heading

Debates whose official heading is exactly these words.

The questions

Pádraig Mac Lochlainn Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Tourism
692. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media if any projects received funding from the recent tranche of the Large-Scale Sports Infrastructure Fund which were not identified by the relevant local authority as the number one priority for their county. [1045/25]
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Tourism
693. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the reason a centre (details supplied) was not allocated funding in the most recent tranche of the Large-Scale Sports Infrastructure Fund. [1046/25]
Brian Brennan Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Tourism
695. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media whether her Department provides any grant aid or funding to assist a sports club in acquisition of land; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1258/25]
Robert Troy Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Tourism
698. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media to outline any grants available through her Department to assist a sports club in developing a five-year development plan. [1642/25]
Mark Wall Written 22 Jan 2025 · to Tourism
705. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the plans for another round of sports capital grants this year; the possible timeframe involved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2116/25]