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Schools 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
11
parties and groups
Independents counted together
5
departments asked

Questions per month

The record holds no questions for August, when the Dáil does not sit.

Jan 2025Oct 2026
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MonthQuestions
January 202545
February 202599
March 202556
April 2025100
May 202540
June 202560
July 2025102
August 20250
September 202579
October 202561
November 2025126
December 202592
January 202675
February 2026248
March 2026121
April 202686
May 202695
June 202683
July 202671
August 20260
September 202654
October 202659

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.

  • 100% RDR3 from 1 TD · 1 seat today
  • Aontú4 from 2 TDs · 2 seats today
  • Fianna Fáil526 from 36 TDs · 48 seats today
  • Fine Gael425 from 24 TDs · 38 seats today
  • Green Party31 from 1 TD · 1 seat today
  • Independent89 from 10 TDs · 15 seats today
  • Independent Ireland5 from 2 TDs · 4 seats today
  • Labour Party125 from 10 TDs · 11 seats today
  • People Before Profit-Solidarity34 from 3 TDs · 3 seats today
  • Sinn Féin412 from 38 TDs · 39 seats today

The TDs who asked most

Members of the Government answer questions rather than ask them. Each question counts once.

  1. 70
  2. 68
  3. 56
  4. 49
  5. 47
  6. 38
  7. 34
  8. 33

Asked of

Debated under the same heading

Debates whose official heading is exactly these words.

The questions

Keira Keogh Written 6 May 2026 · to Education
318. Deputy Keira Keogh asked the Minister for Education and Youth when a primary school (details supplied) that is awaiting a decision for works to be carried out under the emergency works scheme will receive approval; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31980/26]
Louis O'Hara Written 6 May 2026 · to Education
325. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education and Youth when construction will begin on a new school building (details supplied); the timeline for completion of the works; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32002/26]
Aidan Farrelly Written 6 May 2026 · to Education
339. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide an update in respect of the NDFA’s project Shannon; if she will clarify the extent to which it is funded; and if she will clarify the hierarchy in which projects contained within project Shannon will be advanced. [32162/26]
Carol Nolan Written 6 May 2026 · to Education
375. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the average time taken from project commencement to on-site delivery under the new Modular Framework compared with the previous system; the number of special class modular projects currently delayed by more than six months; and the steps being taken to address these delays; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32277/26]
Pádraig Rice Written 6 May 2026 · to Education
413. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 838 of 18 March 2026, to provide clarity for when a school (details supplied) will receive further guidance on a report; if she is aware of the lack of communication the school has received; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32559/26]
Louis O'Hara Written 6 May 2026 · to Education
422. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education and Youth when construction will begin on a new school building (details supplied); the timeline for completion of the works; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32801/26]
Pat Buckley Written 6 May 2026 · to Education
431. Deputy Pat Buckley asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will meet with a group in relation to building a special school (details supplied). [32974/26]
Albert Dolan Written 6 May 2026 · to Education
452. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of the school building project for a school (details supplied); the current stage of the project within her Department’s capital programme, the expected timeline for progression to construction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33184/26]
Séamus McGrath Written 6 May 2026 · to Education
455. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update regarding the proposed building extension for a school (details supplied). [33310/26]
Séamus McGrath Written 6 May 2026 · to Education
456. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update in relation to a new school building project (details supplied); and if the Stage 1 Addendum Report has been fully assessed. [33313/26]
Brian Stanley Written 6 May 2026 · to Education
459. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department will provide the shortfall in funding to complete the construction of a school (details supplied), and to make it operational; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33322/26]
Marie Sherlock Written 6 May 2026 · to Education
460. Deputy Marie Sherlock asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of a school building project (details supplied) to bring the school which is spread over two sites onto one site; when the building project will commence; the reason for any delays; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [33352/26]
Charles Ward Written 30 Apr 2026 · to Education
286. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on an ASA scheme application for a school in Donegal (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31533/26]
John Lahart Written 30 Apr 2026 · to Education
300. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 254 of 29 January 2026, the outcome of the review being undertaken by her Department into the tender report submitted by the design team for the school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31596/26]
John Clendennen Written 30 Apr 2026 · to Education
314. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Education and Youth the name, location, roll number, and current stage of all additional school accommodation scheme school building projects in County Offaly that are currently at the ‘Approved’ or ‘Tender Stage’ and could commence works if additional capital funding was brought forward; the estimated capital required for each such project to proceed; and if she wil…
John Clendennen Written 30 Apr 2026 · to Education
315. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Education and Youth the name, location, roll number, current stage of development for each school building project in County Offaly under the additional school accommodation scheme that is not yet on site; the date it reached that stage; the estimated capital required for its progression to the next stage; the specific reasons for any delays in projects at the ‘Appro…
John Clendennen Written 30 Apr 2026 · to Education
316. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the additional school accommodation scheme project for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31695/26]
John Clendennen Written 30 Apr 2026 · to Education
317. Deputy John Clendennen asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update further to correspondence (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31696/26]
Peadar Tóibín Written 30 Apr 2026 · to Education
320. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Education and Youth for any update regarding the Educate Together School that is planned for a site (details supplied); and if there is a timeframe for the proposed building. [31782/26]
Emer Currie Written 29 Apr 2026 · to Education
114. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether an application has been received by her Department for a new school building (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31059/26]
Cian O'Callaghan Written 29 Apr 2026 · to Education
131. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she can confirm that the addendum has been added to the invitation to tender for the new school building project for (details supplied); to confirm a date for when tenders have to be returned by; to confirm that the project remains on schedule to commence construction in Q2 of 2026, as confirmed by the former Minister for Education and Youth, …
Albert Dolan Written 29 Apr 2026 · to Education
139. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the major building project at a school (details supplied); when progress to the next stage can be expected; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31469/26]
Eamon Scanlon Written 28 Apr 2026 · to Education
543. Deputy Eamon Scanlon asked the Minister for Education and Youth the current status of the proposed classroom extension at a school (details supplied); the reasons for the delays in the progression of this project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30029/26]
Barry Ward Written 28 Apr 2026 · to Education
595. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding the permanent new school building for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30568/26]
Barry Ward Written 28 Apr 2026 · to Education
597. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will facilitate a meeting with members of the board of management for a school (details supplied) to discuss their concerns related to the delays in progressing a new school building; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30570/26]