527. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the assistance, supports and remedies available from her Department for schools with buildings that are affected by the use of defective building materials containing muscovite mica; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29287/25]
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
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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
566. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department will consider building a second-level school tailored for children with disabilities and additional learning supports that teaches the mainstream curriculum; and her views on whether this is a viable option. [29637/25]
572. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Education and Youth if consideration has been given to the provision of a new co-educational school in the Cabra Phibsborough D7 school planning area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29697/25]
575. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Education and Youth when the tender process will begin for a new school building for a school (details supplied); when it is expected that the tendering process will be completed; and when it is expected that construction on the new school building will begin. [29712/25]
601. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on the delivery of a new school (details supplied) on the previously purchased site on Fosterstown lands; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [29874/25]
639. Deputy Paul Donnelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of her Department’s commitments in relation to a school building (details supplied); the timeline for the necessary emergency works; if an assurance will be given that student safety is being prioritised in all decision-making; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30036/25]
646. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if a design team has been appointed to a new school project (details supplied); the up-to-date position on advancing the new school buildings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30114/25]
655. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth the measures her Department can take to provide a co-educational primary or post-primary school in an area where no such option currently exists for parents, even if demographic data does not indicate the need for a new school, given that the new criteria for establishing school entities require all new schools to be co-educational; and if she will ma…
659. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education and Youth to consider providing a new co-educational secondary school in the Cabra/Phibsborough, D7 school planning area; whether current data available to the Department outlines a need for a new secondary school; to outline when her Department will next review the demand for school places in this area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30135/25…
660. Deputy Robert O'Donoghue asked the Minister for Education and Youth the expected timeline for the tender process and the commencement and completion of construction works in respect of a project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30192/25]
664. Deputy Charles Ward asked the Minister for Education and Youth when a new modular classroom which has been approved by her Department, will be in place for a Donegal school (details supplied). [30304/25]
675. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the progress of the new building for a school (details supplied), in light of the project now facing its fourth delay, with the estimated start date pushed to May 2026; the reasons for these repeated delays; if she will confirm the immediate steps being taken to ensure that no further delays occur; and if she will make a stateme…
341. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education and Youth when a school in Donegal (details supplied) will receive a decision regarding a capital works project application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28430/25]
342. Deputy Ryan O'Meara asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether primary schools will be paid the minor works grant before the end of the current academic year; specifically, if a school (details supplied) will be paid the minor works grant before the end of the current academic year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28431/25]
367. Deputy Brendan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Youth when payments will issue to primary schools under the minor works schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28852/25]
371. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Education and Youth the current status of the proposed new primary school building for Athenry, County Galway; the timeline for the progression of this project through the various planning and construction stages; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28886/25]
291. Deputy Micheál Carrigy asked the Minister for Education and Youth the status of the building project for the provision of one additional mainstream classroom at a school (details supplied) in County Galway; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27103/25]
303. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will take immediate action to resolve an issue (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27226/25]
305. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Education and Youth to outline to the nearest reasonable estimated month, the projected date of opening of the new school building for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27228/25]
311. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will outline her Department's plans to approve a refurbishment of an old school (details supplied); if she will outline if the ASD class for the same school will be approved following a supplementary report which was submitted in Q1 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27361/25]
203. Deputy Brian Stanley asked the Minister for Education and Youth when the viability report on the provision of two modular classrooms for a school (details supplied) will be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26385/25]
207. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the planned extension of a school (details supplied). [26399/25]
213. Deputy Duncan Smith asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on the delivery of the permanent school building for a school (details supplied); the current stage of the project within the School Building Programme; the projected timeline for progressing the school to construction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26445/25]
214. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Education and Youth if the wrapping of old school buildings that do not have cavities to pump will be included in the climate action summer works programme (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26480/25]
215. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on the provision of a ASD unit for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [26483/25]