1374. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of new primary schools that have been opened in County Meath for the years 2010 to 2025 respectively; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25257/26]
Topics / Departmental Data
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsDepartmental Data
4,236 questions from 140 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 22 October 2026.
4,236
questions
4,233 written, 3 oral
140
TDs have asked
11
parties and groups
Independents counted together
20
departments asked
This is one of the catch-all headings the Oireachtas uses for how a department runs rather than what a question is about, so it is left out of the range and focus figures.
Questions per month
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| Month | Questions |
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| January 2025 | 34 |
| February 2025 | 83 |
| March 2025 | 109 |
| April 2025 | 199 |
| May 2025 | 70 |
| June 2025 | 294 |
| July 2025 | 286 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 289 |
| October 2025 | 144 |
| November 2025 | 345 |
| December 2025 | 296 |
| January 2026 | 192 |
| February 2026 | 284 |
| March 2026 | 121 |
| April 2026 | 263 |
| May 2026 | 415 |
| June 2026 | 310 |
| July 2026 | 260 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 124 |
| October 2026 | 118 |
Who asks, by party
The party each TD belonged to on the day, in alphabetical order. Parties differ a lot in size, and members of the Government answer questions rather than ask them, so this shows who raised it, not how much a party cares about it.
The TDs who asked most
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The questions
1375. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of new post primary schools that have been opened in County Meath for the years 2010 to 2025 respectively; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25258/26]
1382. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the average class size in both primary and post primary schools in County Meath for the years 2020 to 2025, and to date in 2026, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25265/26]
1385. Deputy Johnny Guirke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the amount that has been allocated for the years 2020 to 2025 on continuous professional development for teachers in schools across the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25268/26]
1398. 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; the cost of purchasing the land; the estimated construction cost for the delivery of a new school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25324/26]
1404. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Education and Youth the total expenditure incurred by her Department on modular, prefab and temporary school accommodation, including both rental and leasing costs and purchased accommodation costs, in each year from 2020 to 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25431/26]
1405. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth the total pay bill for the civil service in her Department for each year from 2016 to 2025 inclusive. [25441/26]
1423. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth to confirm proposals to reintroduce fees for students taking the Junior Certificate and the Leaving Certificate examinations; if the fees will apply to DEIS schools; if consideration will be given to postponing the fees in light of the prolonged cost of living challenges many families are facing; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25603…
1426. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Education and Youth to publish the criteria and data used in determining eligibility for the DEIS Plus scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25610/26]
1441. Deputy Sinéad Gibney asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide a list of AI pilot projects which have taken place in her Department within the past three months; the expenditure associated with those projects; and whether they are still ongoing, in tabular form. [25793/26]
1451. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth for a breakdown of summer works and emergency works funding that has been provided to a school (details supplied) over the last ten years. [25925/26]
1485. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of primary school teachers currently in full time employment with her Department. [26435/26]
1486. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of primary school teachers currently in job sharing arrangements. [26436/26]
1487. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of second level school teachers currently in full time employment with her Department. [26437/26]
1488. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of second level school teachers currently in job sharing arrangements. [26438/26]
1496. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide a breakdown of total DEIS funding from 2016 to 2026. [26582/26]
1497. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth the overall budget for DEIS including DEIS Plus; and the percentage increase in funding for DEIS Plus. [26583/26]
1505. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of WTE senior quantity surveyor grade 1 that is employed within the Department as of 7 April 2026, in tabular form. [26652/26]
1544. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Education and Youth the level of capital funding provided to primary and post-primary schools in County Waterford in each of the years 2016-2025, by school, in tabular form. [27318/26]
1545. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Education and Youth the level of capital funding provided to primary and post-primary schools in each of the years 2016-2025, by county, in tabular form. [27319/26]
1558. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the value and duration of contracts and service provision arrangements his Department and all bodies under his aegis have or had with a company (details supplied) in the past ten years to date in 2026; if he will clarify whether his Department was the beneficiary of professional work or services from the company over that same period…
1604. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport the funding provided by Sport Ireland to Tennis Ireland in each of the years of 2024, 2025 and 2026, in tabular form. [26673/26]
1611. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport to provide an estimate of the total volume of data currently stored by or on behalf of the State by her Department in data centres in Ireland, data centres outside of Ireland but within the European Union, data centres outside of the European Union and data storage facilities within his own Department; and if he will make a statement …
1621. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage given that a housing form/application is required to request a long-term residential place for an adult with an intellectual disability, the number of people in this category; the number of people on such a list in each county; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27143/26]
1639. Deputy Keira Keogh asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the amount of CPO completions in each local authority in the State for the last three years; and the average time taken to complete these CPOs, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23714/26]