jQuery events on responsive datatables not working

I would suggest use .on instead and attach your click function and data attribute to <a> instead of <i> as below:

DEMO HERE

Your last column of each row would change to

<td width="10%">
    <a href="#" class="deleteMe" data="some text 1">
        <i alt="Delete" class="fa fa-trash fa-lg" id="questionDelete" ></i>
    </a>
</td>

Same for other columns which is there in demo

JS for delete would be:

$(".dataTable").on('click','.deleteMe', function () { 
    var dataString = $(this).attr('data');
    alert(dataString);
});