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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

Barry Ward Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Education
1094. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide details of the delays in progressing a new school building for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74507/25]
Barry Ward Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Education
1095. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her attention has been drawn to the protest led by the school community in a school (details supplied) in relation to the delay in progressing a new school building; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74508/25]
Barry Ward Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Education
1096. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her attention has been drawn to the reporting in relation to the delay of progressing a new school building for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74509/25]
Barry Ward Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Education
1097. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will meet with the principal in a primary school (details supplied) in relation to the delay progressing a new school building; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74510/25]
Thomas Gould Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Education
1118. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding an application for an extension for a school (details supplied). [74685/25]
Eoin Ó Broin Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Education
1123. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Youth if consideration will be given to a request from a school (details supplied) for replacement of a prefab with a modular building, given the prefab is not now fit for purpose; and replacement would assist the school in providing education to more children with additional needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74699/25]
Richard Boyd Barrett Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Education
1133. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will commit to a start date for the long-overdue construction of a permanent building for a school (details supplied); if she acknowledges that planning permission was secured in 2023 for a permanent building at the site of the former Dún Laoghaire fire station and a design team appointed but the project has not progressed since; and …
Holly Cairns Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Education
1147. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education and Youth if an application by a school (details supplied) for the summer works climate action scheme 2026 was assessed. [74824/25]
Ryan O'Meara Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Education
1150. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding an ASA application by a school (details supplied) for a new modular classroom; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74851/25]
Eoghan Kenny Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Education
1152. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on school building works (details supplied); and when she or her Department was last in contact with the board of management of the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [74868/25]
Holly Cairns Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Education
1155. Deputy Holly Cairns asked the Minister for Education and Youth the timeline for the building of an approved extension at a school (details supplied). [74873/25]
Eoghan Kenny Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Education
1180. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a timeline for the development of two new post-primary schools in Ballincollig, County Cork on lands acquired by Cork County Council has been published; if so, if the timeline will be provided; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1168/26]
Emer Currie Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Education
1202. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on building works at a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1385/26]
Eoghan Kenny Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Education
1210. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on a school building project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1533/26]
Colm Burke Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Education
1242. Deputy Colm Burke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a school (details supplied) will be permitted to progress from stage 2b of the additional accommodation scheme for a new building; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1851/26]
Eoin Ó Broin Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Education
1254. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason proposals for a new secondary school for Newcastle, County Dublin have been refused up to this point; if her Department will reconsider this decision given secondary school students must travel to neighbouring towns to avail of education at this school level; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2166/26]
Pádraig Rice Written 13 Jan 2026 · to Education
1265. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Education and Youth for a detailed update on her Department’s progress on the tender process for a Cork school since December (details supplied); the timeline for when the tender is due to be released; the reasons for these delays; if her Department is aware of the deadline imposed on this school’s current site; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2306/26]
Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin Written 18 Dec 2025 · to Education
410. Deputy Fionntán Ó Súilleabháin asked the Minister for Education and Youth the details of the reasons for the delay with building works for a school (details supplied) a project that was authorised by the Department of Education and Youth to proceed to the tender stage in November 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [68635/25]
Mark Wall Written 18 Dec 2025 · to Education
419. Deputy Mark Wall asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on the provision of a new secondary school in Kildare town (details supplied), including the expected start of construction, completion of the project and opening of the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73302/25]
Ged Nash Written 18 Dec 2025 · to Education
461. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware of the extensive population growth on the north side of Drogheda; if her Department has any plans to develop a new second-level school to address the needs of the area or to extend existing secondary schools in the area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73533/25]
Darren O'Rourke Written 18 Dec 2025 · to Education
462. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding a school building project at a school (details supplied); to provide an indicative timeline for construction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [73550/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 17 Dec 2025 · to Education
219. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on all new school building projects in Longford and Westmeath, including those at planning, design, tender and construction stages.; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [72633/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 17 Dec 2025 · to Education
220. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the expected delivery timelines for new primary and post-primary schools in Mullingar, Athlone, Longford town and surrounding areas. [72634/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 17 Dec 2025 · to Education
221. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether land acquisition for new schools in Westmeath and Longford is progressing on schedule, and if any additional sites are being considered. [72635/25]
Sorca Clarke Written 17 Dec 2025 · to Education
222. Deputy Sorca Clarke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of new school building or major extension projects in Longford and Westmeath included in the 2026 capital programme. [72636/25]