372. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if the necessary funding will be provided to a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70790/25]
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
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The questions
411. Deputy Erin McGreehan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the criteria by which schools will be selected for inclusion in the DEIS Plus scheme; the timeline for the finalisation of the scheme; the date on which it will be published; the additional resources that will be provided to schools under the scheme; whether a shortlist of schools has already been drawn up; and when schools will be formally notifie…
225. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth in the case of Elevate 25, carried out by DAA, the number of other State-owned companies that provide funding to schools; and if this will become more prominent in the years ahead. [67446/25]
226. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the obligations placed on schools that receive funding from State-owned companies (details supplied). [67447/25]
233. Deputy Michael Healy-Rae asked the Minister for Education and Youth if funding be granted for urgent electric works at a location (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67484/25]
253. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth if it is permissible for a public school to require a monetary payment deposit to maintain an application open for the school; if this has been communicated to schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67651/25]
265. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the ESD to 2030 funding call for schools 2025, for which applications closed in October; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67715/25]
273. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the steps she will take to secure emergency funding for a situation generating issues of major concern for a school (details supplied) in County Offaly; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67760/25]
286. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth if full capital funding has been allocated for the construction of new buildings for a school (details supplied), and if she will outline the total estimated cost for the project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68001/25]
318. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide details of the financial supports available to small rural primary schools that are struggling to meet basic operational costs in 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67137/25]
319. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is satisfied that current capitation rates are adequate to meet the real costs of running a school; if her Department has carried out a recent review; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67138/25]
320. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Youth if additional funding will be provided to schools facing high heating and electricity costs, particularly in older buildings and rural schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67139/25]
322. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware of the increasing reliance on parent and community fundraising to cover core operational expenses in many small rural schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67141/25]
326. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide funding for energy-efficiency upgrades in older school buildings, including many small rural schools where energy costs are disproportionately high; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [67145/25]
166. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding the climate action summer works application by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66336/25]
167. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding emergency works application submitted by a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66337/25]
168. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the budget allocated for free sanitary products for secondary schools since the launch in 2022; to list the schools that have availed of the scheme in Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66346/25]
169. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the supports available to schools (details supplied) to help them address the issue of period poverty; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66347/25]
174. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Education and Youth when period products will be available for free in all secondary schools, as per the Programme for Government commitment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [66440/25]
183. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth when the increased capitation grant for primary and post-primary schools announced in Budget 2026 will come into effect. [66619/25]
410. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason a school (details supplied) did not receive funding under the recently announced climate action summer works scheme; if there will be further rounds before next summer for funding to be made available to that school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65866/25]
421. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Youth if schools that were unsuccessful in obtaining climate action summer works scheme funding in the current round will be automatically considered in the next round; the date she expects to be in a position to announce those successful in the next round; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65922/25]
422. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education and Youth the funding streams open to schools that had applications submitted for the climate action summer works scheme but were not included in the 2026 allocation and require works to be carried out; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65923/25]
423. Deputy Joanna Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of schools in County Louth that have sought assistance from the Financial Support Service Unit for each of the years 2020 to 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [65935/25]
442. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide a breakdown of the number of schools, per county, that were approved under the muti-annual summer works scheme for the years 2022 to 2025 to date, respectively, in tabular form. [66049/25]