School Funding

192. Deputy Peter 'Chap' Cleere asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will set out the process by which schools may apply for funding for the development of playground facilities, particularly where such facilities would be available for use both by pupils and by the wider community; and if she will provide details of any funding schemes or application processes currently available to …

203. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth to urgently address the underinvestment in schools, the overcrowded classrooms, the stretched resources and the growing demands on staff (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53401/25]

205. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 506 of 30 September 2025, the plans to allow private independent music schools access to funding for the delivery of subsidised music lessons (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53434/25]

211. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth to clarify the amount of the €450,000 total Education for Sustainable Development Fund available for schools that has been drawn down; and the amount of the fund that is remaining for schools to apply for. [53561/25]

215. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the amount of capital funding her Department provided to a school (details supplied) in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [53617/25]

228. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her attention has been drawn to the concerns of school principals related to the level of capitation funding not keeping pace with the rate of cost increases for schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53721/25]

230. Deputy Michael Fitzmaurice asked the Minister for Education and Youth if an increase in capitation funding for primary schools will be considered in view of rising costs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53783/25]

289. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide an update on a project in a school (details supplied); if her Department will review the emergency works scheme applications in relation to the project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52700/25]

495. Deputy Cormac Devlin asked the Minister for Education and Youth the current capitation grant rates at primary level (mainstream, special school, and special class top-ups); the aggregate annual outturn for capitation since 2019; her assessment of the adequacy of the €224 standard rate against schools' non-pay running costs; the full-year cost of increasing the standard rate by €75 per pupil i…

501. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason an application for emergency works for a school (details supplied) was refused an increase in funding; if additional funding will be allocated to cover the cost of these works given the significant financial strain the works will put on the school and to acknowledge the increase in construction inflation; if the s…

516. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will ensure that capitation grants for primary and post-primary schools are increased in recognition of the substantial increase in operating costs; if she proposes to introduce emergency funding to schools in 2025 for this purpose; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52061/25]

273. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will consider an application under the CASWS which was uploaded in error to the emergency works portal and accepted; if the application which was submitted within the timeframe albeit to the incorrect portal will be accepted and processed as the work outlined in the application is urgent. [49723/25]

313. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on a climate action summer works scheme application for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50236/25]

325. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware that many schools are in need of a grant calendar to ensure they can budget for upcoming expenses and not have to rely on the financial support services unit or parents for guidance or financial assistance due to delays in grant payments or reductions in grant amounts; the timeframe for a full implementation o…

326. Deputy Rose Conway-Walsh asked the Minister for Education and Youth the measures she is taking to ensure schools have sufficient knowledge of when they will receive a grant, and how much the grant amounts to, in order to budget throughout the year as a school (details supplied) cannot budget for the year ahead or carry out the accounting requests from the FSSU; and if she will make a statemen…

333. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will consider increasing the capitation grant for primary schools, specifically a €75 increase per pupil, as proposed by an organisation (details supplied) in its pre-Budget 2026 submission, to help schools manage rising costs and avoid the need for excessive fundraising; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5…

338. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will prioritise investment in primary and special education for Budget 2026, in line with the proposals put forward by an organisation (details supplied) to ensure that all pupils have access to the resources and support they need to succeed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50405/25]

340. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department has consulted with education stakeholders, including teachers' unions, school principals, and rural school representatives, on the way to effectively allocate resources and investment in Budget 2026, particularly given concerns in relation overcrowded classrooms and insufficient funding; and if she will make a …

574. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Education and Youth the potential funding options available to a Waterford school for a project (details supplied). [49017/25]

767. Deputy Seán Fleming asked the Minister for Education and Youth to reply to correspondence regarding rural school funding (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44689/25]

886. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth if within her internal budgetary process she has identified a need to increase funding for the capitation grant in primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46000/25]

887. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth if within her internal budgetary process she has identified a need to increase funding for the capitation grant in post-primary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46001/25]

888. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth for a timeline and budget allocation for the implementation of the DEIS+ programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46003/25]

934. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will give a commitment that the funding required for a special school (details supplied) is made available in the forthcoming Budget. [46336/25]

1001. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Education and Youth to examine the case of the funding situation of a school (details supplied) with a view to providing some mechanism for the school to unwind its debt, or to have the debt take on by her Department given that there are similar schools, limited in number, where debts of this source are a huge burden on the entire school community an…