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115 questions match, newest first.

Eoin Hayes Written 12 Nov 2025 · to Education
472. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Education and Youth the annual funding for youth services in Dublin City across all Departments from 2000, or latest available data to 2025 or most recent available data; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62007/25]
Noel McCarthy Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Education
44. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Education and Youth the measures being taken by her Department to support both youth worker-led and volunteer-led youth services across the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50187/25]
Mairéad Farrell Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Education
60. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her attention has been drawn to youth programmes in disadvantaged areas, such as the Ballinfoile Youth Activities Project in Galway, that wish to expand their capacity to engage with more children, but are limited by a lack of funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55824/25]
Darren O'Rourke Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Education
866. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide the name and location of UBU-funded youth services, per ETB; the funding provided to each service in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025; the planned allocation for 2026; the number of staff and the number of young people engaged in the service for each of those years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. […
Darren O'Rourke Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Education
867. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide details of the funding provided to each national youth organisation in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025; the planned allocation for 2026; the number of staff and the number of young people engaged for each of those years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [59789/25]
Eoin Ó Broin Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Education
926. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason an application for UBU funding for an area was not successful (details supplied); if this application will be reviewed given the real and increasing need for youth services for young people in the community; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60133/25]
Eoin Ó Broin Written 4 Nov 2025 · to Education
927. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to ensure sufficient youth services and spaces in an area (details supplied) given the local need for such amenities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60134/25]
Brian Brennan Written 21 Oct 2025 · to Education
395. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the breakdown of the way in which expenditure allocated to youth work in Budget 2026 will be spent; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56841/25]
Malcolm Byrne Written 14 Oct 2025 · to Education
477. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth the capital programmes that may be available to youth projects (details supplied), to expand their operations. [55201/25]
Darren O'Rourke Written 14 Oct 2025 · to Education
506. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the breakdown of the €8 million provided for the youth sector in budget 2026; and the amount specifically for capital projects. [55319/25]
Michael Cahill Written 14 Oct 2025 · to Education
522. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will support the local version of the National Youth Council of Ireland's All Ages for Youth Work campaign by providing increased funding to County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55421/25]
Eoghan Kenny Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Education
165. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on the implementation plan of the National Strategy for Youth Work and Related Services 2024-2028, which was published in September 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52958/25]
Eoghan Kenny Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Education
167. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth the amount that has been given to the youth sector for capital projects in the past ten years, broken down per county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52978/25]
James O'Connor Written 7 Oct 2025 · to Education
227. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will reconsider her Department's policy for the UBU project applications submitted for each county; if she will reconsider that Cork should be allowed more than one project, as per her Department's guidelines; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53711/25]
Liam Quaide Written 25 Sep 2025 · to Education
254. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Education and Youth the current staffing levels at a service (details supplied); the catchment area served; if it extends beyond County Cork; and her plans for further investment in staffing levels. [50947/25]
Liam Quaide Written 25 Sep 2025 · to Education
255. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of young persons attending a service (details supplied); and the average number attending on a daily basis. [50948/25]
Duncan Smith Written 23 Sep 2025 · to Education
281. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Youth is she aware of the increase in referrals of youths to youth services in Swords from the fast growing Donabate area (details supplied); and the means by which she intends to address this matter as a priority; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49781/25]
Joe Cooney Written 23 Sep 2025 · to Education
306. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Education and Youth the budget allocation for the local youth club grant scheme in 2023, 2024 and 2025, in tabular form. [50017/25]
Ruairí Ó Murchú Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Education
434. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Education and Youth if there are plans in her Department, including Budget 2026 plans, for an assessment of the funding of youthwork services in the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47554/25]
Ruairí Ó Murchú Written 17 Sep 2025 · to Education
435. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Education and Youth if there are plans in her Department, including Budget 2026 plans, for an assessment of the funding of youthwork services in the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47576/25]
John Brady Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Education
1105. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will consider an approach of multi-annual funding commitment for the youth work sector to allow for more sustainable planning; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42183/25]
Eoin Hayes Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Education
1173. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Education and Youth the analysis her Department or the Department previously with responsibility for youth, has done on the viability of integrated youth hubs as a model for delivering youth services and programmes rather than assorted grant schemes and service programmes. [42965/25]
Malcolm Byrne Written 17 Jul 2025 · to Education
96. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth to outline the supports that are available for capital development for youth facilities from her Department; the plans she has to expand these; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40070/25]
Paul McAuliffe Written 17 Jul 2025 · to Education
105. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department is aware of financial constraints currently being experienced by independent youth projects in Dublin; if she will put in place a bespoke solution to alleviate any constraints, in partnership with the City of Dublin Youth Services board; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39999/25]
Jen Cummins Written 17 Jul 2025 · to Education
163. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth the work that has been undertaken since youth work came under her remit. [39686/25]