Questions

122. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Education and Youth the date the next tranche of the NDP roll out of new school buildings will be announced; and the amount of funding allocated to her Department in Budget 2027 for this. [74895/26]

138. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide a breakdown, by programme subhead, of the additional €646 million allocated to her Department in 2026, distinguishing between pay and non-pay; the projected end of 2026 outrun for each subhead; and whether her Department currently projects any further expenditure beyond its revised 2026 allocation. [74462/26]

1170. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Education and Youth the efficiency and reform proposals that her Department has submitted to the Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation in response to their request for such proposals with a deadline of the 17 July 2026; the impact that these spending cuts will have on public services within her Department; and if …

110. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the costs incurred by her Department for the delivery of training to staff on the Relate Framework in the 2025/2026 academic year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52190/26]

111. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the costs incurred by her Department for the delivery of the Relate Lead School Pilot in the 2025/2026 academic year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52191/26]

348. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Education and Youth the total cost of engagement with a company (details supplied) in each of the years 2020 to 2025, across her Department, by project, year and value; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49090/26]

284. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Education and Youth the total number of taxis contracted to her Department nationwide for the most recent year for which the requested data is available; the total expenditure in respect of these contracts by the Department; the total number of passenger journeys made, by county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46533/26]

455. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether for procurement spend, a purchase order can be raised within her Department's financial management systems without reference to a contract, framework agreement, procurement process or other authorising arrangement; if so, the circumstances in which this may occur; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45162/26]

456. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether an invoice can be paid by her Department without an associated purchase order having first been raised; if so, the circumstances in which this may occur; the number and value of payments made during quarter one of 2026 which were not associated with a purchase order; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45180/26]

823. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the total amount spent by her Department on public procurement in 2025; to provide a breakdown, where available, by goods, services, works procurement expenditure, by expenditure procured directly by her Department and expenditure procured through central purchasing arrangements or frameworks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42166/26…

833. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of bicycle shelters installed across the State by her Department on behalf of Government Departments, local authorities, and State agencies in each of the past five years; the total expenditure incurred in each year; the average cost per unit; and if she will provide a breakdown by Department, local authority and agency. [42256/26]

834. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth the total amount spent on IT systems and related projects by her Department and agencies under its remit in each of the past five years; to provide a detailed breakdown of all such projects, including original budget, final cost, and delivery timelines; the number and value of projects that exceeded their original budget or timeline; the number and …

862. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth the total spend on renting prefabs each year for the last five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42730/26]

305. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide a copy of the recent correspondence issued by the Minister for Public Expenditure; National Development Plan Delivery and Reform to her Department referred to in media reports (details supplied); if she will provide details of the percentage reduction(s) in spending in her Department referenced in the correspondence; and if she will make a sta…

325. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide a breakdown of spending on advertising which was funded or overseen by her Department, and bodies under its aegis, in each of the past five, including a breakdown by medium that is radio, television, social media, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36487/26]

497. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Education and Youth the annual costs of renting the land and prefab classrooms for a school (details supplied) for each of the years 1998 to 2025 inclusive; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28295/26]

509. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Education and Youth the full breakdown of expenditure by her Department on St. Patrick’s day related activities; the details of any travel abroad; the number of officials that travelled; the costs involved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21820/26]

447. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth to list all schemes, funding programmes, capital funds, grant streams or other expenditure headings administered by her Department in 2025 and 2026 which result in allocations, awards, or spending that can be identified with a specific geographical location including county, district, town, or project site, to group these by funding stream or program…

448. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide the web link to her Department’s Q4 2025 published report of purchase orders/payments over €20,000, in line with the FOI model publication scheme requirements; the date on which this report was published; and if it has not yet been published, the planned publication date. [16566/26]

449. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth to confirm, in respect of her Department’s published quarterly reports of procurement-related payments or purchase orders over €20,000 (details supplied), where such reports are published in PDF format but originate from an Excel or similar spreadsheet file, that the underlying data was fully expanded and validated prior to conversion so that all col…

607. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding the total level of Exchequer funding spent by her Department on funding NGOs, by organisation, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11795/26]

608. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding the total level of Exchequer funding spent on funding NGOs by her Department, in each of the years since 2022, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11813/26]

609. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding the assessments that are carried out to determine the level of Exchequer funding that any NGO receives from her Department on an annual basis; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11831/26]

610. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding any direct lobbying she has received from any NGO in relation to her annual funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11853/26]

355. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Education and Youth the amount expended by her Department and by each agency for which she is responsible on advertising, promotion, advertising companies and external communications companies or consultants in 2025 and the expected costs for 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11349/26]