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School Facilities

285 questions from 81 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 22 October 2026.

285
questions
281 written, 4 oral
81
TDs have asked
10
parties and groups
Independents counted together
2
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 202517
February 202512
March 202512
April 202521
May 20259
June 20258
July 202516
August 20250
September 202510
October 20255
November 202512
December 202535
January 202614
February 202633
March 202628
April 20268
May 202614
June 20265
July 202616
August 20260
September 20264
October 20266

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.

  • Aontú3 from 1 TD · 2 seats today
  • Fianna Fáil78 from 22 TDs · 48 seats today
  • Fine Gael73 from 13 TDs · 38 seats today
  • Green Party5 from 1 TD · 1 seat today
  • Independent16 from 6 TDs · 15 seats today
  • Independent Ireland3 from 2 TDs · 4 seats today
  • Labour Party19 from 9 TDs · 11 seats today
  • People Before Profit-Solidarity6 from 2 TDs · 3 seats today
  • Sinn Féin64 from 20 TDs · 39 seats today

The TDs who asked most

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

  1. 19
  2. 15
  3. 12
  4. 11
  5. 10
  6. 10
  7. 9
  8. 8

Asked of

Debated under the same heading

Debates whose official heading is exactly these words.

The questions

Naoise Ó Muirí Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Education
1335. Deputy Naoise Ó Muirí asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will outline the results of the City Connects Programme; if an evaluation report has been completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24911/26]
Réada Cronin Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Education
1402. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the delivery of a car park for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25385/26]
Réada Cronin Written 14 Apr 2026 · to Education
1406. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the delivery of a car park for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25457/26]
Albert Dolan Written 26 Mar 2026 · to Education
257. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of the request issued by the National Council for Special Education (NCSE) to a school (details supplied) to open a special class; when a decision will be made on this request; the timeline involved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23241/26]
Roderic O'Gorman Written 26 Mar 2026 · to Education
258. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Education and Youth the supports her Department is providing for a school (details supplied) as it undertakes the movement of the entire school from its current temporary location back to its permanent building between Wednesday 29 April 2026 and Friday 8 May 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23273/26]
Michael Murphy Written 26 Mar 2026 · to Education
263. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on the status of the revised change order submission relating to roof works at a school (details supplied); and when a final decision is expected. [23291/26]
Barry Heneghan Written 26 Mar 2026 · to Education
271. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide a status update on the planned science labs for a school (details supplied);; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23341/26]
Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire Written 26 Mar 2026 · to Education
283. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will address the need to provide additional funding for sports halls in schools. [23421/26]
Gillian Toole Written 26 Mar 2026 · to Education
293. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Education and Youth the forward planning methodologies and datasets being used to ensure the timely or advance delivery of social infrastructure in the rapidly developing towns of Meath east, in particular the provision of new schools’ facilities and the upgrade of existing school facilities (details supplied). [23515/26]
Seán Ó Fearghaíl Written 24 Mar 2026 · to Education
460. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 525, 526 and 527 of 14 October 2025, whether her Department has advised schools and ETBs that it is a matter for themselves to decide the type of phone storage solution which they use, and which is most appropriate for their school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21419/26]
Louis O'Hara Written 24 Mar 2026 · to Education
461. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education and Youth the person or body responsible for a school site (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21431/26]
Denise Mitchell Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Education
728. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide details of all schools that have received funding for a gym since 2020; the amount each school was granted, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19055/26]
Denise Mitchell Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Education
729. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide details of all schools that have received funding for a physical educational room since 2020; the amount each school was granted, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19056/26]
Denise Mitchell Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Education
730. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Education and Youth the criteria being used to select schools for funding of gyms; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19057/26]
Denise Mitchell Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Education
731. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Education and Youth the criteria being used to select schools for funding of physical educational rooms; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19058/26]
Ivana Bacik Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Education
743. Deputy Ivana Bacik asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide a timeline for the installation of urgent ramp accessibility works at a school (details supplied); and if her Department sanctioned the accessibility works at this school. [19127/26]
Réada Cronin Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Education
774. Deputy Réada Cronin asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding additional infrastructure such as additional transport and after-school facilities for North Kildare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19377/26]
Sean Fleming Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Education
834. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Youth the up-to-date position regarding additional school accommodation facility at a school (details supplied); if the school has requested an ASD unit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19836/26]
Seán Ó Fearghaíl Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Education
839. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will address concerns raised in correspondence regarding resource deficits at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19896/26]
Ruth Coppinger Written 5 Mar 2026 · to Education
356. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Youth her current plans to deal with structural issues in a school ( details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18096/26]
Marie Sherlock Written 4 Mar 2026 · to Education
115. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Education and Youth when a decision will be made regarding the repeated applications for emergency works submitted by Dublin and Dun Laoghaire Education and Training Board, seeking emergency works funding repairs for a school (details supplied), which creates an unsafe working environment for students and staff; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17244/2…
Cathal Crowe Written 4 Mar 2026 · to Education
120. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will urgently arrange for officials from the buildings unit of her Department to visit a primary school in County Clare (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17271/26]
Cian O'Callaghan Written 4 Mar 2026 · to Education
123. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her attention has been drawn to a school (details supplied) that has submitted an additional school accommodation application to build modulars to expand their special education provision; if can she confirm whether approval will be granted for the necessary modular accommodation for (details supplied), a school which has been actively seeking…
Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh Written 4 Mar 2026 · to Education
128. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of special class places currently vacant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17371/26]
Michael Cahill Written 4 Mar 2026 · to Education
134. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding provision of modular building for a school (details suppled); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [17415/26]