80. Deputy Catherine Callaghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth when schools will be notified of and receive payment under the minor works grant scheme and the ICT infrastructure grant scheme for the 2027-2028 school year; and if her Department remains committed to the December/January payment schedule announced in December 2025. [74911/26]
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292. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth if initiatives such as youth clubs or youth cafes located in a clubs facilities (details supplied) are eligible for the local youth club grant scheme 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46725/26]
662. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update in relation to the underpayment of an ancillary services grant for a school (details supplied) in Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58006/25]
682. Deputy Ciarán Ahern asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 81 of 14 May 2025, for an update on the emergency works grant for a school (details supplied) ; her views on the urgency with which the approved funds need to be released given they must be spent in 2025 or else the school risks losing the grant funding; when the school can expect to receive the grant funding; an…
684. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Youth if grant funding awarded to a school (details supplied) in 2024 to develop an autism class provides for the provision of a sensory garden; if not, the funding pathway for the provision of same; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58180/25]
799. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if the mainstream class teacher grant, which encompasses a furniture and ICT grant will be paid to schools before the new school term begins in 2026; and the month she envisages the grant will be paid to schools. [59027/25]
494. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth when the increase in capitation grant to €406 for children in special schools once they turn 12 will come into effect; and the number of special schools that will receive this. [55288/25]
503. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if the increase in the capitation grant by €50 for primary schools and €20 for post-primary will not come into effect until September 2026; the measures in place for schools for winter 2025 if they continue to struggle with costs. [55316/25]
469. Deputy Martin Daly asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to review and increase the capitation grant for national schools in Budget 2026, in light of rising operational costs and the financial pressures faced by school communities. [51585/25]
473. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will increase the capitation grant for primary schools in Budget 2026, in order to ensure that schools can cover essential running costs such as heating, electricity, cleaning, insurance and maintenance, and to reduce reliance on voluntary contributions from parents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51619/25]
477. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will increase the capitation grant for schools in the upcoming Budget, in order to ensure that schools have sufficient funding to cover essential running costs such as heating, electricity, cleaning, insurance and maintenance, and to reduce the need for schools to fundraise or request voluntary contributions from parents; and if she will mak…
478. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Education and Youth the steps her Department is taking to address the shortfall in capitation funding for primary schools, given that many schools are currently unable to meet their basic operational costs without relying on parental contributions and fundraising; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51633/25]
479. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will consider introducing a mechanism to automatically adjust the capitation grant in line with inflation and rising utility costs, to ensure that schools are not forced to divert time and resources away from teaching and learning in order to fundraise for basic necessities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51634/25]
1025. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide the total number of grant payments issued by the Department in each of the past five years, along with the total value of those grant payments for each year, in tabular form; and to confirm whether these figures include all schemes and discretionary grant programmes administered directly by the Department or through its agencies. [41055/2…
268. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on when the minor works grant for 2025 will be made available to schools. [4082/25]