119. Deputy Ruairí Ó Murchú asked the Minister for Education and Youth when additional space can be provided at a school (details supplied) to accommodate extra classrooms and additional ASD places; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40550/26]
Topics / School Accommodation
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsSchool Accommodation
572 questions from 117 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 22 October 2026.
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566 written, 6 oral
117
TDs have asked
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parties and groups
Independents counted together
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Questions per month
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| Month | Questions |
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| January 2025 | 29 |
| February 2025 | 55 |
| March 2025 | 37 |
| April 2025 | 25 |
| May 2025 | 15 |
| June 2025 | 39 |
| July 2025 | 23 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 21 |
| October 2025 | 11 |
| November 2025 | 36 |
| December 2025 | 31 |
| January 2026 | 36 |
| February 2026 | 27 |
| March 2026 | 42 |
| April 2026 | 21 |
| May 2026 | 50 |
| June 2026 | 26 |
| July 2026 | 16 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 9 |
| October 2026 | 23 |
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The questions
137. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will request the Health and Safety Authority and the local fire chief to provide a comprehensive report to her Department on the condition of each prefab used by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40609/26]
145. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Education and Youth the total costs incurred in Clare for land rental and prefab rental for primary and for post primary schools for the years 2020-2025; the total duration for which each school has had prefab accommodation; the comparison cost of long-term rental against the cost of permanent construction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40523/26]
161. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will publish a breakdown of schools currently relying on temporary or modular accommodation and the duration for which that accommodation has been in place, by county; if her Department has a definition of ‘temporary accommodation’; if there is a policy timeline trigger at which a prefab unit must be replaced by a permanent structure; and if she…
167. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the progress of the accommodation project for a school (details supplied), especially in light of the sustainability report carried out on the school building in January 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40548/26]
171. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the progress of the additional school accommodation project for a school (details supplied), specifically in terms of consideration of the green field site proposed by the LOETB; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40547/26]
342. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on the national school capacity/accommodation inventory referred to by the Comptroller and Auditor General; whether it is fully integrated into the Department GIS system; the way in which it is used to decide between expanding existing school capacity and providing new schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. …
343. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether her Department provides formal observations or aggregated school-capacity evidence to local authorities when major rezoning proposals or development plan variations could substantially increase child population in a school planning area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41091/26]
352. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to expand primary school capacity in Kildare town, considering that schools are currently operating considerable waiting lists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41105/26]
353. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of applications currently being processed for capital works; the breakdown of these per county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41106/26]
85. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding an application by a school (details supplied) for additional school accommodation; the timeline for same; if it can be prioritised given the current conditions in the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40379/26]
103. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of the sanctioned additional accommodation scheme project at a school (details supplied) in County Sligo; the projected completion timeline for this project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40778/26]
104. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of the sanctioned additional accommodation scheme project at a school (details supplied) in County Sligo; the projected completion timeline for this project;; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40779/26]
105. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of the sanctioned additional accommodation scheme project at a school (details supplied) in County Sligo; the projected completion timeline for this project;; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40780/26]
106. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of the sanctioned additional accommodation scheme project at a school (details supplied) in County Leitrim; the projected completion timeline for this project;; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40781/26]
107. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of the sanctioned additional accommodation scheme project at a school (details supplied) in County Leitrim; the projected completion timeline for this project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40782/26]
108. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of the sanctioned additional accommodation scheme project at a school (details supplied) in County Leitrim; the projected completion timeline for this project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40783/26]
109. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding plans for additional accommodation at a post-primary school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40784/26]
609. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 305 of 7 May 2026, if she will review a matter (details supplied); the way in which the projected deficit of 691 post-primary school places in the Newcastle-Rathcoole school planning area by 2028 will be addressed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39739/26]
616. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 506 of 19 May 2026, to provide the figure for the highest amount of funding approved or issued by her Department in 2026 for the provision of a modular classroom; and the details of the project or school to which this funding related. [39897/26]
142. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on matters raised in correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38138/26]
465. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update regarding an additional accommodation project under the school capital programme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36577/26]
467. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth for update on a project (details supplied; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36614/26]
493. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the current status of a school's (details supplied) application under the emergency works scheme; when decisions will be issued in the case as the works are urgently needed by the school and its pupils before the winter arrives, which could do severe damage to the prefabs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36860/26]
505. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will consider a proposal from a school (details supplied) which would create extra recreational space for the schoolchildren and free up land in the existing boundary for the creation of a number of special classes; if she will commit to exploring the proposal with the principal and engage in talks with the landowner; and if she will m…