260. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will provide a list of all the School Completion Programme clusters in the country, outlining total population of school children within each cluster and the number of WTE coordinators and WTE project workers assigned to each cluster, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23279/26]
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
5
departments asked
Questions per month
The record holds no questions for August, when the Dáil does not sit.
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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 |
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
285. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Youth the progress to date in advancing a project (details supplied); when this proposal will advance to the next stage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23461/26]
286. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Youth the progress to date in advancing a project (details supplied); when this proposal will advance to the next stage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23462/26]
287. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Youth the progress to date in advancing a project (details supplied); when this proposal will advance to the next stage; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23463/26]
81. Deputy Michael Murphy asked the Minister for Education and Youth the current status of the Stage 2A application for additional accommodation by a school (details supplied); the reason for the delay in progressing this project, which has been ongoing for over a year; when a decision will issue on the revised submission recently provided to the Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22555/26]
89. Deputy Séamus McGrath asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the proposed building extension for a school (details supplied) [22613/26]
90. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason the tender for a long-awaited school project (details supplied) collapsed prior to works commencing in 2025. [22614/26]
91. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Youth when sign off for previously agreed phases and refurbishments regarding a school building project will be forthcoming (details supplied); the current timeline for the commencement and completion of the project; if commitments are available regarding timelines, given the desperate need for further capacity and upgraded facilities and the lengthy wait o…
92. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of the emergency works application submitted by a school (details supplied) originally approved in January 2025 for €750,000; if the tender report submitted to the Emergency Works section in December 2025 reflecting an updated project cost of €1,029,675 has been reviewed by the Department's quantity surveyor; the reason for the delay in is…
133. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding school planning for Knocknacarra County Galway; if consideration is being given to providing a new secondary school for the area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22915/26]
448. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth the construction timeline and amount of funding approved for the permanent building recently approved for a school (details supplied). [21384/26]
455. 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. [21396/26]
456. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason for shutting down a particular school during term time to facilitate a move to a building (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21398/26]
458. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on funding for the development of a new school campus (details supplied); the reason the special education classrooms will not be delivered; if this decision can be reconsidered; the contact she has had with the schools on this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21400/26]
471. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will confirm a school building development in Kildare south (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21465/26]
533. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on a new school building project (details supplied); the number of tenders received for this project; and a timeline for the commencement of construction. [22257/26]
535. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department has considered a Stage 2b report for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22274/26]
548. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of large-scale school building projects which are not included on the 105 NDP priority list that will need to apply for planning permission again in full rather than for an extension due to being unable to commence construction; if any consideration of this fact was given when selecting the priority projects or if it will be given now; …
549. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware that a school in County Meath (details supplied) will have to apply in full, again, for planning permission due to the fact that ten year planning expires in August 2026 and it cannot extend the permission further; if funding can be provided to progress this project now, to avoid further delay; and if she will make a statement on t…
280. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason a school (details supplied) was not selected as a priority building project along with the 105 schools listed for 2026/2027; if she is aware of the extensive dilapidation and damage to the current school building; and if she will provide a timeline of when she expects this building project will commence. [21006/26]
287. Deputy John Lahart asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of the long-delayed major capital project for a school (details supplied); the reasons for the continued lack of meaningful engagement with the boards of management despite fifteen years of progression attempts; and when her Department will provide clear timelines to allow this urgently needed redevelopment to proceed, in view of the worsen…
292. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding the status of a building project (details supplied), including its current stage in the Department’s approval process, expected timelines for progression to the next phase, and the anticipated schedule for delivery of the permanent school building; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21254/26]
611. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of new schools building projects and extensions currently underway in Kerry, by stage and date the project entered that stage, including the number of pupils currently in the school, in tabular form. [18309/26]
613. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of new school development projects in County Wexford currently in stage 3 of the development process; the date each project entered stage 3, in tabular form. [18311/26]
622. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education and Youth the timeframe for the provision of school buildings for a school (details supplied). [18344/26]