355. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on major ongoing school building projects in south Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41108/26]
Parliamentary questions
Questions
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
Which departments get asked most
Department names as the record prints them. Some changed in June 2025.
All 20 departments
| Department | Questions | Oral | Written |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health | 27,764 | 145 | 27,619 |
| Education | 14,148 | 145 | 14,003 |
| Transport | 11,178 | 139 | 11,039 |
| Justice | 9,962 | 135 | 9,827 |
| Housing | 9,139 | 160 | 8,979 |
| Children | 8,691 | 142 | 8,549 |
| Social | 5,914 | 135 | 5,779 |
| Finance | 5,884 | 153 | 5,731 |
| Agriculture | 4,894 | 136 | 4,758 |
| Enterprise | 3,942 | 139 | 3,803 |
| Climate | 3,915 | 130 | 3,785 |
| Foreign | 3,868 | 190 | 3,678 |
| Public Expenditure | 3,737 | 167 | 3,570 |
| Further and Higher Education | 3,437 | 140 | 3,297 |
| Taoiseach | 2,665 | 1,495 | 1,170 |
| Defence | 2,599 | 179 | 2,420 |
| Culture | 2,492 | 147 | 2,345 |
| Rural | 2,361 | 140 | 2,221 |
| Environment | 1,029 | 26 | 1,003 |
| Tourism | 703 | 31 | 672 |
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356. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans for providing additional opportunities for Irish-language immersion for graduate teachers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41109/26]
357. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth the progress made on the Programme for Government commitment to reduce class sizes in line with European averages; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41113/26]
358. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the criteria that was considered, and the engagement she had with representative bodies and the Department of Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation regarding the reinstatement of the special education teacher diploma allowance for primary school teachers. [41117/26]
359. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of primary school teachers per county, who are currently in receipt of the special education teacher diploma allowance, in tabular form. [41120/26]
360. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of primary school teachers, currently teaching in any special education setting in a mainstream school, who hold the special education teacher diploma but are not in receipt of the special education teacher diploma allowance. [41121/26]
361. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans for expenditure regarding the remaining funding in phase one of the local bargaining fund. [41122/26]
362. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the establishment of the taskforce on models of provision for Irish-Medium Education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41132/26]
363. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth to significantly increase funding for building works and modernisation works to national primary and secondary schools across County Kerry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41290/26]
364. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will review the decision to reduce the mainstream teaching allocation for a school (details supplied) for the 2026-2027 school year; if she will consider allowing the school to retain its current teaching post in light of the likely impact on class sizes and educational supports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41323/26]
365. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of parents or guardians required to complete forms or applications relating to children leaving school at age 16 in each of the past five years, despite the majority of young people now remaining in second-level education until age 18 or 19; whether consideration has been given to extending supports such as child benefit until age 19 in …
366. Deputy Niall Collins asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on emergency works funding applications by a school (details supplied); if these have been approved; if not, the alternatives available to the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41338/26]
367. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Education and Youth if there is any reduction of funding for the July provision programme in national schools; if she will commit to restoring and safeguarding this funding to ensure adequate provision for summer 2026 and beyond; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41358/26]
368. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide a report on the progress made implementing the Programme for Government commitments within her remit and on the achievements since the formation of the Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41383/26]
369. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of special education classes in each of the years 2020 to date, broken down by county, in tabular form. [41396/26]
370. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of SNAS in each of the years 2020 to date, broken down by county, in tabular form. [41397/26]
371. Deputy Pa Daly asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of early intervention classes in each of the years 2020 to date, broken down by county, in tabular form.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41398/26]
372. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Education and Youth the current rules governing the award of incremental credit to teachers returning to the State who have taught abroad; the rationale for the distinction in treatment between teaching service in EU member states, which is recognised under Circular 0027/2016, and teaching service in private schools outside the EU, which is not; if she will review thes…
373. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of applications received in each of the past five years from teachers returning from abroad seeking incremental credit for overseas teaching experience; the number approved and refused in each year, in tabular form; the engagement her Department has had with the teacher unions on the recognition of non-EU teaching experience; the steps be…
374. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the measures being taken to improve digital connectivity and public service access in rural communities with limited broadband coverage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40914/26]
375. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the amount of sport related grant funding allocated that remains unspent and the year those funds were allocated, by local authority, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40929/26]
376. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he will provide a report on the progress made implementing the Programme for Government commitments within his remit and on the achievements since the formation of the Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41381/26]
377. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 373 of 15 January 2026, for an update on the plans to provide a 50 metre swimming pool for Cork (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41404/26]
378. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the progress made towards publishing guidelines for solar energy projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40853/26]
379. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the progress made towards publishing guidelines for battery energy storage projects; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40854/26]