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TDs ask ministers questions to get answers on the record, most of them in writing. Here is every one asked in the 34th Dáil, by the department it went to and the subject heading it was filed under. How questions work

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Thomas Gould Written 15 Jul 2026 · to Education
229. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of applications received from schools in Cork under the emergency works scheme; and the number granted to date in 2026. [54168/26]
Niamh Smyth Written 14 Jul 2026 · to Education
286. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education and Youth to review the case of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52773/26]
Malcolm Byrne Written 8 Jul 2026 · to Education
105. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide the amounts by which her Department or agencies within the aegis of her Department that has been defrauded as a result of a cyberattack; and the total amount which has been recovered for each of the years 2021 to 2025, and to date in 2026. [51981/26]
Shane Moynihan Written 7 Jul 2026 · to Education
327. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the main policy achievements of her Department since 22 January 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50799/26]
Emer Currie Written 2 Jul 2026 · to Education
314. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth for a list of the emergency works applications received by her Department in 2024, 2025 and to date in 2026 for a school (details supplied). [50508/26]
Niamh Smyth Written 30 Jun 2026 · to Education
343. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education and Youth to review a case (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49033/26]
Emer Currie Written 18 Jun 2026 · to Education
286. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of students that have attended a school (details supplied) in the past ten years from the Lucan north area. [46538/26]
Aengus Ó Snodaigh Written 18 Jun 2026 · to Education
288. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of students enrolled at each school year through primary school and post-primary school in the State; the estimated cost of restoring the Capitation Grant for Gaeltacht summer colleges at the rate per child of the scheme previously operated by her Department before its abolition; and the estimated cost of restoring the primary school …
Mairéad Farrell Written 18 Jun 2026 · to Education
293. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Education and Youth the total cost for the national conversation on education; to provide a breakdown of the costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46736/26]
Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh Written 16 Jun 2026 · to Education
460. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of youth spaces and young services, by county, for each of the years from 2020 to 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45273/26]
Mattie McGrath Written 9 Jun 2026 · to Education
728. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of teachers with English as an additional language (EAL) employed by her Department in each of the past five years; the costs of an EAL teacher per school; the criteria for a school to be granted an EAL teacher; if the costs of these posts are fully covered by her Department; the projected increase in EAL posts required over the next two…
Malcolm Byrne Written 9 Jun 2026 · to Education
739. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth to list those subjects at second level where there are identified teacher shortages; and the way in which those shortages are quantified. [41488/26]
Malcolm Byrne Written 9 Jun 2026 · to Education
740. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth the measures in place to hire teachers in subject areas at second level where there are currently teacher shortages. [41489/26]
Barry Ward Written 9 Jun 2026 · to Education
747. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding the number of Gaelscoileanna operating within the country, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41570/26]
Barry Ward Written 9 Jun 2026 · to Education
748. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding the percentage of children attending Gaelscoileanna as a percentage of overall primary school children, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41571/26]
Barry Ward Written 9 Jun 2026 · to Education
749. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding the percentage of children attending Gaelcholáistí as a percentage of overall primary school children, by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41572/26]
Pádraig O'Sullivan Written 9 Jun 2026 · to Education
798. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of available places in special schools for children aged 13 to 15 within the Cork city school planning area; the schools in which these places are available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42053/26]
Pádraig O'Sullivan Written 9 Jun 2026 · to Education
799. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of available places in special schools for children aged 16 to 18 within the Cork city school planning area; the schools in which these places are available; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42054/26]
Pádraig O'Sullivan Written 9 Jun 2026 · to Education
800. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of general learning disability special classes in Cork city and county; her plans to expand the number of such classes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42055/26]
Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh Written 9 Jun 2026 · to Education
803. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of successful section 29 appeals since 2020 onwards, broken down by county, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42103/26]
Ivana Bacik Written 9 Jun 2026 · to Education
812. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education and Youth the total amount sought from religious orders and associated trusts and organisations for statutory compensation schemes in respect of child abuse, including sexual abuse, in tabular form; the total amount pledged by religious orders and associated trusts and organisations; the total amount paid out by religious orders and associated trusts and organi…
Ivana Bacik Written 9 Jun 2026 · to Education
813. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education and Youth the value of unpaid pledges by religious orders to statutory redress schemes in respect of child abuse, including sexual abuse. [42135/26]
Ivana Bacik Written 9 Jun 2026 · to Education
814. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education and Youth the total State expenditure by her Department on compensation forming part of statutory redress schemes since records began, separated by scheme; the total State expenditure on compensation forming part of statutory redress schemes since records began, adjusted for inflation; and the total State expenditure on compensation forming part of statutory re…
Ivana Bacik Written 9 Jun 2026 · to Education
815. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will supply a schedule of requests by her Department to religious orders for contribution to compensation and redress for survivors of institutional child sexual abuse; and the outcome of each request. [42143/26]
Louis O'Hara Written 9 Jun 2026 · to Education
817. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of early intervention pre-school classes in County Galway; the number that were in place for each of the previous five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42145/26]