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School Enrolments

308 questions from 75 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 22 October 2026.

308
questions
307 written, 1 oral
75
TDs have asked
10
parties and groups
Independents counted together
1
departments asked

Questions per month

The record holds no questions for August, when the Dáil does not sit.

Jan 2025Oct 2026
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MonthQuestions
January 202511
February 202518
March 202517
April 202510
May 202512
June 202513
July 202521
August 20250
September 20252
October 20255
November 202525
December 202521
January 202627
February 202629
March 202614
April 202617
May 202617
June 202615
July 202621
August 20260
September 20269
October 20264

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.

  • Aontú9 from 2 TDs · 2 seats today
  • Fianna Fáil48 from 20 TDs · 48 seats today
  • Fine Gael44 from 8 TDs · 38 seats today
  • Green Party5 from 1 TD · 1 seat today
  • Independent20 from 4 TDs · 15 seats today
  • Independent Ireland2 from 1 TD · 4 seats today
  • Labour Party21 from 4 TDs · 11 seats today
  • People Before Profit-Solidarity6 from 3 TDs · 3 seats today
  • Sinn Féin100 from 25 TDs · 39 seats today

The TDs who asked most

Members of the Government answer questions rather than ask them. Each question counts once.

  1. 21
  2. 18
  3. 18
  4. 15
  5. 15
  6. 15
  7. 15
  8. 14

Asked of

Debated under the same heading

Debates whose official heading is exactly these words.

The questions

Pat Buckley Written 1 Jul 2025 · to Education
392. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Education and Youth the availability, location and number of places in ASD units in primary schools in the constituency of east Cork. [36032/25]
Jennifer Whitmore Written 1 Jul 2025 · to Education
401. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware that a school in Bray (details supplied) missed the enrolment quota for an additional teacher by one student and will now lose a teaching post resulting in a single class of 39 students; if she will instruct her Department to reconsider this decision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36077/25]
Jennifer Whitmore Written 24 Jun 2025 · to Education
378. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will consider putting in place a common enrolment process for students in the Greystones area before the 2026-2027 academic year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33569/25]
Darren O'Rourke Written 19 Jun 2025 · to Education
286. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 85 of 12 June 2025 regarding the more than 92% of children who have been allocated a place or are in the process of being allocated a place, the exact number of children this refers to, and for a breakdown of same, by county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33337/25]
Liam Quaide Written 19 Jun 2025 · to Education
290. Deputy Liam Quaide asked the Minister for Education and Youth for a breakdown of new special school provision for the 2025-2026 school term, and for the expected locations nationally of this provision. [33400/25]
Joe Neville Written 12 Jun 2025 · to Education
111. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Education and Youth to outline the plan her Department has to introduce more new school in north Kildare given an increase in housing that is being introduced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30990/25]
James Geoghegan Written 12 Jun 2025 · to Education
162. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will outline any plans her Department has to deliver a new secondary school in Dublin 2,4 or 6; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31305/25]
Joe Neville Written 11 Jun 2025 · to Education
144. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Education and Youth the steps being taken to follow through in the Programme for Government’s plan to ensure, through the NDP process, that adequate funding is available for new school places in areas of demographic growth and new special education provision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28258/25]
Jen Cummins Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Education
506. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason a school (details supplied) has been instructed not to accept any more junior infants from the local area. [29081/25]
Aidan Farrelly Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Education
509. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide the current and planned expansions of primary schools in north Kildare, in tabular form, and the status of same. [29086/25]
Jen Cummins Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Education
518. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of the D15 pilot scheme for common enrolment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29141/25]
Jen Cummins Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Education
519. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth the schools engaged in the D15 pilot scheme for common enrolment, in tabular form. [29142/25]
Jen Cummins Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Education
520. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth her plans to extend the D15 pilot scheme for common enrolment to other areas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29143/25]
Grace Boland Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Education
684. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth the work her Department is undertaking to map the number of children who will be enrolling in mainstream primary school in the next five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30576/25]
Grace Boland Written 10 Jun 2025 · to Education
685. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth the work her Department is undertaking to map the number of children who will be enrolling in mainstream post-primary school in the next five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30577/25]
Denise Mitchell Written 29 May 2025 · to Education
339. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will ensure that a child (details supplied) with a diagnosis of autism (level 3) has a school place in the local area for the upcoming academic year; if the new special school located temporarily on the grounds of a school will be open for the 2025/2026 academic year; when applications for places for this school will open; and if she will m…
Aengus Ó Snodaigh Written 28 May 2025 · to Education
198. Deputy Aengus Ó Snodaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of students enrolled at each school year through primary school and post-primary school in the State, in tabular form. [28007/25]
John Brady Written 27 May 2025 · to Education
318. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children attending primary school in Greystones, County Wicklow, broken down by class level and per school, in tabular form. [27506/25]
John Brady Written 27 May 2025 · to Education
319. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children attending primary school in Kilcoole, County Wicklow, broken down by class level and per school, in tabular form. [27507/25]
John Brady Written 27 May 2025 · to Education
320. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children attending primary school in Newtownmountkennedy, County Wicklow, broken down by class level and per school, in tabular form. [27508/25]
John Brady Written 27 May 2025 · to Education
321. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children attending primary school in Roundwood, County Wicklow, broken down by class level and per school, in tabular form. [27509/25]
John Brady Written 27 May 2025 · to Education
322. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children attending primary school in Newcastle, County Wicklow, broken down by class level and per school, in tabular form. [27510/25]
John Brady Written 27 May 2025 · to Education
323. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children attending secondary school in Greystones, County Wicklow, broken down by class level and per school, in tabular form. [27511/25]
John Brady Written 27 May 2025 · to Education
324. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Education and Youth to outline the pupil capacity of the secondary schools in Greystones, County Wicklow; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27513/25]
John Brady Written 27 May 2025 · to Education
325. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Education and Youth to outline the pupil capacity of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27514/25]