496. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Youth to confirm the allocated budget in her Department for a climate-focused summer works programme for 2025; if significant roof replacement works can be considered in terms of applications from schools that also have strategic plans developed by recognised consultants to decarbonise their energy sources and make their schools more energy efficient as part o…
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
507. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide an update on the scheduling of the minor works grant; the reasons for its delay this year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29084/25]
508. Deputy Shónagh Ní Raghallaigh asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide an update on the scheduling of the payment of the ICT grant; the reasons for its delay this year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29085/25]
511. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will address concerns raised in correspondence (details supplied) regarding funding for primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29088/25]
522. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Education and Youth if there are plans to make additional funding available for schools if the capitation and ancillary grant does not cover the cost of a cleaner and caretaker; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29202/25]
523. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education and Youth what funding or grants schools can avail of to update their library space. [29214/25]
532. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 217 of 22 May 2025, if she will provide further assistance to a school (details supplied) in its campus arrangement; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29315/25]
536. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education and Youth when national schools and special schools will receive the 2025 minor works grant; if there will be an increase in the amount payable to offset current inflationary pressures; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29343/25]
621. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth to engage with various Ministers to provide a once off stand alone grant to a sports and leisure complex in County Kerry (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29906/25]
637. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Education and Youth if the introduction of an annual schedule of guaranteed school grants can be provided to all primary schools in advance of the academic year going forward; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29997/25]
638. Deputy Eoin Hayes asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department has conducted a review of the sufficiency and timing of the current funding allocated to primary schools; if she will share the outcome of that review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29999/25]
668. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Education and Youth the timeline for the roll out of supportive therapies art, drama, equine therapies, wellbeing supports and nurture room grants to name some to mainstream primary and secondary schools, notwithstanding the prioritisation of special schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30423/25]
670. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the estimated cost of increasing funding for Gaelscoileanna by 5%, 10%, and 20%, in tabular form. [30487/25]
673. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the date on which ancillary grants were paid to schools and the amount in total, for 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025; the changes that have been made to the ancillary grant to take account of the changed status of secretaries but not caretakers, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30509/25]
678. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide a breakdown of school funding in 2024 and 2025, per county, in tabular form. [30535/25]
365. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Youth if additional financial support will be provided for primary schools; particularly smaller schools where capitation funding is inadequate to meet essential expenditure due to increased costs over recent years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28842/25]
366. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Youth when the next IT grant will be issued to primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28851/25]
368. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Youth when the remainder of capitation grant payments will issue to primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28853/25]
206. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the estimated first- and full-year cost of increasing the capitation rates for primary and post primary school pupils, by an additional €10 per pupil in the 2025-2026 academic year compared with the baseline capitation rates allocated in the academic year 2024-2025 academic year, in tabular form. [28223/25]
207. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the estimated first- and full-year cost of increasing rates for primary and post primary school pupils, respectively, by 10%, in the 2025-26 academic year compared with the baseline capitation rates allocated in the 2024-2025 academic year, in tabular form. [28224/25]
208. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the estimated cost of a 20% increase in the ancillary grant provided to every school for the year 2026. [28225/25]
209. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the estimated cost of increasing the minor works grant ceiling by 1%, 5% and 10% respectively, in tabular form. [28226/25]
210. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the estimated cost of increasing the capacity of school transport by 100,000 seats by 2030, in tabular form. [28227/25]
211. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the estimated first- and full-year cost of increasing the number of special needs assistants by 500, 1,000 and 1,500 respectively, in tabular form. [28228/25]
213. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the estimated first- and full-year cost of increasing the guidance counselling funding by 5%, 10% and 20% respectively, in tabular form. [28230/25]