834. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science for an update on a new school building (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15797/25]
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
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1,730 written, 22 oral
137
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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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837. Deputy Frankie Feighan asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if she will consider exploring the feasibility of establishing a wind turbine trade school in the northwest to boost apprenticeships and employment in the green energy industry; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15207/25]
262. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education the steps she will take to address the delays in delivering school building projects under the National Development Plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14920/25]
338. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education the status of a new building for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13316/25]
350. Deputy Roderic O'Gorman asked the Minister for Education the date for when the stage 2(a) meeting will take place between her Department and a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13455/25]
374. Deputy Rory Hearne asked the Minister for Education further to Parliamentary Question No. 456 of 5 February 2025, for a status update on her Department’s efforts to secure the necessary statutory approvals for the development of the permanent buildings for a school (details supplied); if she will provide further updates relating to the project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13879/25]
375. Deputy Brian Brennan asked the Minister for Education when a contractor will be appointed for a school (details supplied); when works will commence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13881/25]
400. Deputy Natasha Newsome Drennan asked the Minister for Education the reason her Department has not sanctioned a school (details supplied) to go to tender for the necessary extension of six classrooms and associated works; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14035/25]
415. Deputy Jen Cummins asked the Minister for Education to provide details of plans to build primary and secondary schools in an area (details supplied). [14128/25]
427. Deputy John Brady asked the Minister for Education to confirm if there are any plans to develop a new secondary school in an area (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14227/25]
297. Deputy Seamus Healy asked the Minister for Education the funding provided for capital projects for schools in County Tipperary from 2021 to date in 2025, in tabular form. [12958/25]
308. Deputy John Connolly asked the Minister for Education for an update of the development of a new school (details supplied); the plans for the temporary location of the school while the new building is being developed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13044/25]
552. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Education if she will expedite an application made by a school in County Clare (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10616/25]
554. Deputy Pearse Doherty asked the Minister for Education if assistance will be provided to a school (details supplied) in County Donegal encountering a shortfall in funding to complete a special education classroom; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10726/25]
567. Deputy Emer Currie asked the Minister for Education when the next Stage 2a meeting (details supplied) will be held, following a previous meeting in October 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10796/25]
577. Deputy Pádraig O'Sullivan asked the Minister for Education for an update on the progress in attaining a site for a special school in Cork (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10970/25]
592. Deputy Donna McGettigan asked the Minister for Education for an update on the tendering process for the expansion of the ASD unit in a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11067/25]
611. Deputy Paul McAuliffe asked the Minister for Education if she is aware of delays with the construction project for a new purpose-built school (details supplied); the action her Department is taking to ensure that the school will be completed by June 2025; and if she will provide a date by which the school will be completed and available to the school community. [11176/25]
622. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Education the current timescale for opening the third primary school site with planning permission for a 32-classroom building at a location (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11280/25]
623. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Education the rationale for applying for planning permission for a new primary school on a site (details supplied); if this confirms that her Department will not be seeking this site for a second-level school as per the flexibility provided by An Bord Pleanála; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11281/25]
624. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Education the expected timescale for opening the fourth primary school at a location (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11282/25]
625. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Education the interim plans in place to expand a school’s (details supplied) Junior Cycle capacity in advance of the completion of the 32-classroom building on a third named site, earmarked for an eventual doubling of classroom space; if this will involve temporary modular buildings or any type of buildings at the fourth named site; if so, the estimated timesca…
626. Deputy Paul Nicholas Gogarty asked the Minister for Education if the third and fourth primary schools at a location (details supplied) will be designed to facilitate multiple autism classrooms as well as pre-school and after-school capacity for the local community; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11284/25]
673. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education for an update on a school building project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11801/25]
674. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education for an update on a school building project (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11802/25]