237. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware that her Department has completed a refurbishment plan for a school (details supplied); the immediate steps she will take to sanction this much needed refurbishment plan as the school has been waiting for some time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8918/26]
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
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Independents counted together
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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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241. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education and Youth the next steps for a school (details supplied) on the Tranche 1 list to progress to construction;; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8961/26]
243. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth to publish the data sets that were used against the criteria her Department indicated were the determining factors for the selection of school construction projects as announced on 28 January 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8982/26]
244. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide a list of all schools with planned capital projects that are at Stage 2B; the list by county, and if possible, constituency; when each project first engaged with her Department on same capital project, and when the project was listed as being at Stage 2B. [8983/26]
254. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on each new school building project in County Galway, including those at planning, design, tender and construction stages; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9020/26]
257. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the current status of a proposed new extension building for a national school (details supplied); the stage of the project; the delays or issues impacting delivery; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9087/26]
258. Deputy Conor Sheehan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of applications for emergency works grants submitted by schools for the years 2020-2026 to date; the number of applications approved in the same timeframe; and the amount of consultant fees repaid to schools upon approval of an emergency works grant in this timeframe; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9112/26]
259. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Youth if any school projects in Donabate are included in the recently announced prioritised school projects that will progress to tender or construction in 2026/2027, given the Donabate area is one of the fastest growing areas in the country with children already leaving the peninsula to avail of a school place; and if she will make a statement on the matt…
465. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth when refurbishment works at a school (details supplied) will be completed. [7380/26]
466. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth when refurbishment works at a school (details supplied) will be completed. [7381/26]
476. Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of an application for a new school building (details supplied). [7488/26]
549. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Youth when contracts will be signed for the construction of a new school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8337/26]
551. Deputy Seán Ó Fearghaíl asked the Minister for Education and Youth when she expects construction to commence on a new school (details supplied); the estimated date on which students are likely to take up occupation of the building; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8341/26]
573. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on the status of a school building project for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8484/26]
574. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on the status of school building project for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8485/26]
575. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on the status of school building project for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8486/26]
576. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on the status of a school building project for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8487/26]
577. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on the status of school building project for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8488/26]
578. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on the status of a school building project for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8489/26]
579. Deputy Grace Boland asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on the status of a school building project for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8490/26]
580. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide a list of all school capital building projects that are at Stage 2B of the development process, and were not included on the priority list of projects in the Sectoral Investment Plan, by the school roll number and the date it entered Stage 2B, if planning permission has been achieved in each case, and when that planning permission will exp…
581. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide a list of all school capital building projects that have achieved Stage 2A approval, and were not included on the priority list of projects in the Sectoral Investment Plan, by the school roll number and the date that it achieved Stage 2A approval, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8493/26]
582. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth if all school capital building projects that are currently at Stage 3, are included on the priority list of projects in the Sectoral Investment Plan; the list of those schools at Stage 3 that are not included in the plan over 2026 and 2027; when planning permission will expire, in each case, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the ma…
583. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth if all school capital building projects in the Accelerated Delivery of Architectural Planning and Tendering programmes, are funded through the Sectoral Investment Plan; the breakdown of each school project included in the ADAPT 4 – Programme 4 bundles indicating whether construction is already underway; if not if these are included in the priority li…
589. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 485 of 16 December 2025, to provide an update on progress made to reconfigure an annex building to provide two special education classrooms at a school (details supplied) so that children are not walking off site daily to access a classroom elsewhere (in a domestic dwelling), and to meet enrolment need for Sept…