567. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department accepts that the Newcastle/Rathcoole/Saggart/Citywest area is experiencing significant pressure on school place capacity; if she will outline how a projected post-primary demand deficit of 691 places by 2028, as identified in records released under FOI Ref. DES-FOI-2026-0107, will be addressed in circumstances where key per…
Topics / Schools Building Projects
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsSchools Building Projects
1,752 questions from 137 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 22 October 2026.
1,752
questions
1,730 written, 22 oral
137
TDs have asked
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parties and groups
Independents counted together
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departments asked
Questions per month
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| January 2025 | 45 |
| February 2025 | 99 |
| March 2025 | 56 |
| April 2025 | 100 |
| May 2025 | 40 |
| June 2025 | 60 |
| July 2025 | 102 |
| August 2025 | 0 |
| September 2025 | 79 |
| October 2025 | 61 |
| November 2025 | 126 |
| December 2025 | 92 |
| January 2026 | 75 |
| February 2026 | 248 |
| March 2026 | 121 |
| April 2026 | 86 |
| May 2026 | 95 |
| June 2026 | 83 |
| July 2026 | 71 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 54 |
| October 2026 | 59 |
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579. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth the progress made to date regarding additional accommodation project under the school capital programme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39520/26]
595. Deputy William Aird asked the Minister for Education and Youth when it is expected that a school (details supplied) will receive approval for their Stage 2A submission and move to Stage 2B of her Department's school building and capital programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39718/26]
618. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on the proposed extension to a school (details supplied) for which they have full planning permission, including accommodation for four new special classes for autistic pupils and 16 mainstream classrooms. [39922/26]
624. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Education and Youth when stage 2 of the multi-million euro extension project for special needs classrooms, sensory spaces, and enhanced learning support facilities at a school (details supplied) will be advanced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39996/26]
638. Deputy Pat the Cope Gallagher asked the Minister for Education and Youth when approval will issue for a project at a school (details supplied) to progress to stage 2A, noting that stage 1 approval was granted and the associated funding was drawn down almost a year ago; the reasons for the delay, given the urgent need for the additional accommodation within the school community; and if she will make a statement o…
144. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on an application (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38142/26]
146. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason no new schools will be opening in the next five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38159/26]
147. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her plan is not to open any more new schools in the next five years, if she will outline her plans to fulfil the Programme for Government commitment to open more Gaelcholáiste. [38160/26]
148. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her plan is not to open any more new schools in the next five years, if she will outline her plans to increase the number of multi-denominational schools. [38161/26]
159. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Youth the discussions that are taking place with a landowner in respect of the acquisition of CI zoned land at Ballisk Common, Donabate adjacent to schools (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38359/26]
496. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether a school (details supplied) was designed and constructed in compliance with relevant planning and design guidelines for existing developments, including minimisation of overlooking and loss of privacy for adjoining landowners; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36925/26]
498. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 305 of 6 May 2026, to confirm the total cost to her Department arising from the remediation of defects across the 40 new school builds; and the breakdown of the schools by local authority area. [37116/26]
536. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 229 of 5 February 2026, if she will provide an update on her Department’s considerations on the site identified; if she will outline her Department’s plans for the potential uses of this land; if there are no plans, if she will instruct her Department’s officials to engage with school management to discuss the …
544. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 19 of 23 April 2026, to provide an update on her Department’s review of the scope of works and associated costs in providing an entrance and access way to a site (details supplied); the timeline for completion of access works to the site; if access will be made available ahead of the upcoming 2026-2027 school ye…
567. Deputy Ann Graves asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question Nos. 571, 583 and 592 of 12 May 2026, to please give a clear and detailed timeline for the opening of the special school in Balbriggan. [37912/26]
302. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether the tender stage for a new building for a school (details supplied) has been completed, as a delay in proceeding to construction may mean that the school's current lease expires before the new build is complete, causing an extremely difficult position; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35928/26]
311. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the current status of the building project at a school (details supplied); the stage it is at within her Department’s planning and delivery process; the reasons for any delays in progressing the project; and the expected timeline for advancement to the next stage and delivery of the additional accommodation. [36422/26]
327. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on the major extension project at a school (details supplied); and her Department’s response to the proposal from Donegal ETB to construct a new school building on an adjacent site. [36502/26]
328. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on the plans for the future development of a school (details supplied). [36503/26]
94. Deputy Peter Roche asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide a list of all school building, extension, refurbishment and other capital projects delivered under the remit of her Department which have been completed on time and within budget in Galway in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35652/26]
533. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide a list of all school building, extension, refurbishment and other capital projects delivered under the remit of her Department which have been completed on time and within budget in the Wicklow Wexford constituency in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33961/26]
537. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the proposed building extension for a school (details supplied). [33985/26]
540. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on a school building project (details supplied) that is part of a school amalgamation of three secondary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34047/26]
541. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide a list of all school building, extension, refurbishment and other capital projects delivered under the remit of her Department which have been completed on time and within budget in Fingal in each of the past five years, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [34053/26]