124. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Education and Youth if funding is available for caretaking and facilities management of a new school (details supplied). [40093/25]
Topics / School Funding
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsSchool Funding
457 questions from 102 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 22 October 2026.
457
questions
454 written, 3 oral
102
TDs have asked
10
parties and groups
Independents counted together
7
departments asked
Questions per month
The record holds no questions for August, when the Dáil does not sit.
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| Month | Questions |
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| January 2025 | 9 |
| February 2025 | 11 |
| March 2025 | 28 |
| April 2025 | 25 |
| May 2025 | 44 |
| June 2025 | 46 |
| July 2025 | 60 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 17 |
| October 2025 | 19 |
| November 2025 | 39 |
| December 2025 | 26 |
| January 2026 | 26 |
| February 2026 | 20 |
| March 2026 | 9 |
| April 2026 | 12 |
| May 2026 | 28 |
| June 2026 | 17 |
| July 2026 | 12 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 4 |
| October 2026 | 5 |
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
Members of the Government answer questions rather than ask them. Each question counts once.
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The questions
444. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth 524. the number of ICT grants awarded to post primary schools in County Louth during the 2024-2025 school term. [38672/25]
453. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide the steps she has taken to deliver on the commitment in the Programme for Government to increase the primary capitation grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38806/25]
473. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Education and Youth the estimated full-year costs if the ancillary services grant increased to €190 per pupil in primary schools and increased to €245 per pupil in post primary schools. [39191/25]
506. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will consider providing funding to a theatre (details supplied) as a production created specifically for leaving certificate English students across Munster; if she will advise on alternative funding avenues which may be available; and if she will consider funding annual productions in line with the leaving certificate curriculum in the future…
512. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Education and Youth the current process where schools can apply for new or upgraded DEIS status; if this is carried out on an annual or intermittent basis; the deadline for application if it is time-based; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39624/25]
434. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the cost of increasing extra support for those learning Irish as an additional language. [37752/25]
440. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware of a request for financial support from a newly amalgamated school (details supplied) where only one grant funding will be provided to subsidise the pay of secretaries upon amalgamation, reducing the amount the school receives from €46,550 to €23,275 despite no reduction in staffing levels; if she will support the request for fundin…
442. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether a funding model will be provided to introduce talks from former gambling industry employees to secondary school students; as schools are currently asked to provide funding to invite guests themselves which is often not feasible; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37852/25]
222. Deputy Michael Lowry asked the Minister for Education and Youth if additional funding can be allocated to small rural DEIS schools, such as (details supplied), to cover health and safety essential works, given the significant financial strain these schools face in maintaining their facilities, and if she will consider their application for emergency works to be carried out. [36796/25]
233. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will consider changing the criteria of the capitation grant for special schools to consider all school staff or the square meter area of the school premises, in order to provide special school to receive a greater amount under the grant to meet their day-to-day costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36883/25]
234. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will consider extending the €74 per-pupil allocation under the minor works grant in special schools to also take account of teacher and SNA numbers, in order to better reflect the resource needs of special schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36884/25]
235. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department will provide funding to a school (details supplied) to provide for a sunken trampoline that was recommended by the occupational therapist and physiotherapist; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36885/25]
92. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware of issues impacting a school (details supplied) regarding the minority works grant; if she has any plans to increase funding for the grant and to improve the grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36321/25]
95. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if the increase in the capitation grant to a school (details supplied) given on a “once-off” basis in 2024 will be paid again in 2025 and thereafter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36351/25]
96. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Education and Youth in light of the exponential rise in the cost-of-living index since 2005, when the block grant for a school (details supplied) was set, if she plans to increase this block grant; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36352/25]
113. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Education and Youth for a timeline for the introduction of a new national small schools project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36562/25]
115. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if consideration has been given to the amount by which the capitation grant will increase per pupil within the lifetime of this Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36564/25]
339. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding funding opportunities for primary schools to provide new outdoor recreation facilities and upgrade existing outdoor spaces; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35312/25]
241. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will engage with her Department to build a sports hall for a school (details supplied), as it is the only school in the county without a sports hall; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35096/25]
91. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth the total funding allocated to schools in each county, by funding scheme, for each of the past ten years, in tabular form. [34845/25]
433. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the funding available for primary and post-primary schools for cybersecurity. [34202/25]
434. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the funding and supports available for primary and post-primary schools for cyber security audits. [34203/25]
435. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the supports available to schools for their GDPR compliance on their technology platforms (details supplied). [34204/25]
446. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department has a specific capital support scheme in place to provide financial assistance to schools to maintain and adapt long standing school gymnasia and other sports facilities; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34335/25]