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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

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Debated under the same heading

Debates whose official heading is exactly these words.

The questions

Jen Cummins Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Education
749. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will outline the steps being taken by her Department to expedite the delivery of a project (details supplied), given that the school is an area of very concentrated disadvantage and deprivation with a very high level of students with complex needs and currently operating across two separate campuses; and if she will make a statement on the matt…
Jen Cummins Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Education
751. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether the Department the position regarding the timeline for a project (details supplied). [19179/26]
Jen Cummins Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Education
752. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding the timeline for a project (details supplied). [19179/26]
Mark Wall Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Education
757. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding the extension project at a school (details supplied) which is currently at Stage 2B; the cause of the continuing delay in progressing this project; if the project will be included in the next round of approvals for advancement; and the Department's plan to address the lack of any special class provision for girls in the Crosshaven…
Conor D McGuinness Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Education
765. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of school building projects approved in every county, in each of the past five years, in tabular form. [19326/26]
Conor D McGuinness Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Education
766. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth the total spend of her Department on new school buildings, renovations and extensions in each county, in each of the past five years, in tabular form. [19327/26]
Michael Cahill Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Education
775. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth to urgently increase the funding levels of the minor works scheme, in line with the huge increases in the costs or repair and maintenance services in recent times (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19401/26]
Michael Cahill Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Education
776. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will consider basing the minor works scheme on the square footage of the school and not pupil numbers; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19406/26]
Joe Cooney Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Education
779. Deputy Joe Cooney asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will outline when a school (details supplied) will be issued with approval to proceed to Stage 2a; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19415/26]
Barry Ward Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Education
780. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding a school (details supplied); if a permanent site can be provided for this school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19442/26]
Albert Dolan Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Education
799. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department has been in contact with a national school (details supplied) following the recent announcement relating to its capital project; and if she will outline the next steps in the process. [19545/26]
Shane Moynihan Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Education
811. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason provision is not being made for an extension to a new school building (details supplied), despite having been agreed last year. [19585/26]
Emer Currie Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Education
812. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of emergency works applications that have been submitted by a school (details supplied) in relation to current roof issues; when they were submitted; and the reasons for refusal. [19589/26]
Pádraig Rice Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Education
814. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Education and Youth if plans have advanced for a new school building in Cork (details supplied); to provide clarification on the delays associated with the project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19612/26]
Máire Devine Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Education
816. Deputy Máire Devine asked the Minister for Education and Youth to review a situation regarding a school building project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19667/26]
Barry Ward Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Education
817. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her attention has been drawn to the emergency works application by a school (details supplied); the actions she will take to expedite this application to reflect the urgency in progressing these works; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19681/26]
Eoin Ó Broin Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Education
819. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Youth reason two SEN classroom extensions requested by her Department are not now being provided alongside an ongoing project (details supplied); if reasoning is based on budgetary constraints; if so, the reason funding was not available for these important classroom additions; if the decision to omit the SEN classrooms will be reviewed and overturned give…
Darren O'Rourke Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Education
822. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware that a school (details supplied) has been waiting for a permanent school building for 15 years despite progress such as her Department approving the plan for the building and planning permission notices going up, this project was not selected in the 105 priority list for school buildings; if she will consider funding this project t…
Brian Brennan Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Education
833. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Education and Youth to confirm that a school building project remains in progress (details supplied); the current position and a timeline for progress to the next phase; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19831/26]
Brian Brennan Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Education
835. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Education and Youth to confirm that a school building project (details supplied) remains in progress; the current position; the timeline for progress to the next phase; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19857/26]
Pádraig Rice Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Education
838. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 354 of 5 March 2026, to provide the timeline 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. [19895/26]
Sorca Clarke Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Education
847. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education and Youth when construction of the promised new school building for a school (details supplied) will commence; and if she will provide a clear timeline for the delivery of the project. [19939/26]
Sorca Clarke Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Education
851. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of schools in the Longford-Westmeath constituency that have received approval for a new school building but where construction has not yet commenced; and if she will provide a list of those schools; and the current status of each project.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [20022/26]
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Education
887. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason urgent funding has not been provided from her Department to a school (details supplied) to replace two derelict prefab classrooms, in an already overcrowded school campus. [20455/26]
John Connolly Written 18 Mar 2026 · to Education
902. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the building project for a school (details supplied) a post primary project categorised as an extension and refurbishment; the progress made to date; the forthcoming stages in the project lifecycle; the expected timelines for those stages; and the estimated cost range for the project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. …