598. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding the basis for the significant delays in progressing the new school building for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30571/26]
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
11
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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The questions
624. Deputy Denise Mitchell asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of the new school building project for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30879/26]
636. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Education and Youth when the emergency works application submitted by a school (details supplied) will be approved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30979/26]
637. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the phase two redevelopment of a school (details supplied); when will it be approved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30980/26]
3. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her attention has been brought to the long and complex planning history of a new school building project (details supplied); that ten-year planning permission for the new school building project will expire in August 2026; the measures she will take to ensure this project is advanced before planning expires, or the steps that will need to be take…
11. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Education and Youth to explain the process around School Building Projects; the project process and if there are currently delays in the process. [29148/26]
14. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on the capital works for a school (details supplied) which has been waiting on ASD classrooms, a sensory room and a general purpose hall; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29137/26]
18. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth the rationale her Department has in choosing particular schools for priority building lists, to outline the denomination of each of the 105 schools chosen by category; if schools that are currently at stage 2b will be progressed over the next two years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28885/26]
24. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on the school building projects for a number of schools in Dublin mid-west (details supplied). [28459/26]
25. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Education and Youth the latest correspondence her Department has had with a school (details supplied); when all necessary EWS works will be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29110/26]
29. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the planned capital project for a school (details supplied). [29012/26]
33. Deputy Martin Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will give an update on the application for extra facilities at a school (details supplied).; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29021/26]
34. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the status of the capital project at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28744/26]
35. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the planned capital project for a school (details supplied). [29013/26]
41. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Youth the current status of the revised stage 2A submission for additional accommodation at a school (details supplied); the reason the project has not progressed beyond stage 2A despite being in development for over a year; when a decision will issue on the revised submission lodged in March 2026; whether the project is being considered for inclusion in …
43. Deputy Peter Roche asked the Minister for Education and Youth when national schools in Galway east, including Dunmore and Carrabane among others, can expect their approved building projects to break ground, given ongoing concerns regarding the condition of existing facilities for students; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29100/26]
46. Deputy Edward Timmins asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the three secondary schools in west Wicklow (details supplied) that are awaiting building projects to proceed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29144/26]
54. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on a school project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29073/26]
61. Deputy David Maxwell asked the Minister for Education and Youth the current status of proposals to acquire lands adjacent to a school (details supplied); to confirm whether her Department is engaged in discussions regarding the potential purchase of these lands; whether funding has been identified for such an acquisition; whether this would facilitate the provision of additional facilities, including a sports hal…
65. Deputy Joe Neville asked the Minister for Education and Youth the timeline for the length of time it will take to complete the designs and full cost planning for the three-school campus in Celbridge to ensure it moves from Stage 2a to 2b pre-tender; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29111/26]
67. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the timeline for the progression to construction of a new school building (details supplied); the current status of the tender assessment process; the number of tenders received for the project; whether construction is expected to commence in 2026 as previously indicated; the revised timeline for the commencement of works; and if she will make a sta…
68. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on a school building project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28168/26]
78. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil asked the Minister for Education and Youth the supports available to a school (details supplied) to progress necessary roof works now assessed as being beyond further patch repair, following the outcome of its emergency works scheme application; whether her Department’s technical staff can engage with the school in light of the health and safety concerns outlined; and if she will make a st…
82. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will visit a school (details supplied) to view the unacceptable conditions for the children, teachers and staff at the school and to advise them on the way in which plans can be advanced for a new school on the new site offered free of charge to the State, within the town boundaries of Milford. [28754/26]
86. Deputy John Paul O'Shea asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the status of the capital project at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28745/26]