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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

Eoghan Kenny Written 4 Mar 2025 · to Education
372. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education for a detailed timeframe on the building works at a college (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9219/25]
Thomas Gould Written 4 Mar 2025 · to Education
375. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Education the status of a plan to open SEN classes in a school (details supplied); and if this will include a needed extension of the school building. [9297/25]
Thomas Gould Written 4 Mar 2025 · to Education
376. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Education the status of the application for capital works by a school (details supplied). [9298/25]
Albert Dolan Written 4 Mar 2025 · to Education
384. Deputy Albert Dolan asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on the summer works scheme for a school (detail supplied); and if permission will be given for the works to go ahead as a matter of urgency. [9392/25]
Niamh Smyth Written 4 Mar 2025 · to Education
390. Deputy Niamh Smyth asked the Minister for Education to expedite a school project to the next stage (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9532/25]
Mattie McGrath Written 4 Mar 2025 · to Education
398. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Education if a school in south Tipperary (details supplied) which has applied to open an ASD unit will be approved; the status of the application; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9656/25]
James Geoghegan Written 4 Mar 2025 · to Education
403. Deputy James Geoghegan asked the Minister for Education if she will assist in the issues raised (details supplied) to ensure the State’s investment in a new school is not damaged and the final elements can be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9709/25]
Carol Nolan Written 4 Mar 2025 · to Education
407. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Education if both the emergency works and summer works schemes will be available in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9785/25]
Mark Ward Written 27 Feb 2025 · to Education
12. Deputy Mark Ward asked the Minister for Education the reason for the move of school building for children in a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6634/25]
Barry Heneghan Written 27 Feb 2025 · to Education
13. Deputy Barry Heneghan asked the Minister for Education to outline the current stage of development for a school (details supplied), including the timeline for completion; if she will commit to visiting the site to discuss progress with school representatives; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8618/25]
Noel McCarthy Written 27 Feb 2025 · to Education
21. Deputy Noel McCarthy asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on a request for additional accommodation for a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8429/25]
Aisling Dempsey Written 27 Feb 2025 · to Education
29. Deputy Aisling Dempsey asked the Minister for Education if she will give a progress report on the school campus promised at a location (details supplied); and if she will confirm all the schools that will be located there and any sporting or other facilities that will be co-located there. [8603/25]
Michael Cahill Written 27 Feb 2025 · to Education
35. Deputy Michael Cahill asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on extensions to schools in Kerry. [8645/25]
Aindrias Moynihan Written 27 Feb 2025 · to Education
38. Deputy Aindrias Moynihan asked the Minister for Education when the summer works scheme 2025 will be open for applications; whether the categories of works covered in previous years will continue to be available under this scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8370/25]
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn Written 27 Feb 2025 · to Education
48. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education when a school (details supplied) will be included in the school capital buildings programme, considering its seriously inadequate school facilities and amenities in a landlocked site, as well as the dangerous location of the school from a road-safety perspective. [8590/25]
Tony McCormack Written 27 Feb 2025 · to Education
49. Deputy Tony McCormack asked the Minister for Education for an update on work for a school (details supplied), including the works on an ASD unit. [8372/25]
Shane Moynihan Written 27 Feb 2025 · to Education
50. Deputy Shane Moynihan asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on the progress on school building projects and the projected completion dates for schools in Dublin mid-west (details supplied). [8473/25]
Tom Brabazon Written 27 Feb 2025 · to Education
67. Deputy Tom Brabazon asked the Minister for Education when a new school building will be provided for a school (details supplied); what stage of the development process the project is at; when construction will commence and be completed; if she will visit the school to allay the concerns of staff, students and parents in relation to delays in the delivery of the project; and if she will make a statement on the mat…
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn Written 27 Feb 2025 · to Education
71. Deputy Pádraig Mac Lochlainn asked the Minister for Education if she is aware of the extent to which defective concrete blocks were used in the construction of school buildings across the State; the impact of the use of same on schools; the number of schools and the locations of schools which have reported or raised concerns about the presence of defective concrete blocks in their school buildings; and if she wil…
Claire Kerrane Written 27 Feb 2025 · to Education
75. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Education if she plans to re-introduce the summer works scheme in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5538/25]
Malcolm Byrne Written 27 Feb 2025 · to Education
229. Deputy Malcolm Byrne asked the Minister for Education the number and categories of schools, at both primary and second level, identified by her Department as requiring emergency works; the criteria used to determine funding allocations in that regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6359/25]
Jennifer Whitmore Written 27 Feb 2025 · to Education
236. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Education the future plans for the temporary school build, currently being used by a college (details supplied); if she envisages it remaining in the current location and continuing as an educational facility; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8693/25]
Thomas Gould Written 27 Feb 2025 · to Education
238. Deputy Thomas Gould asked the Minister for Education the location of a new special school to be opened on Cork’s northside in 2025; when applications will open for same; and the number of places that will be available. [8752/25]
Maeve O'Connell Written 27 Feb 2025 · to Education
247. Deputy Maeve O'Connell asked the Minister for Education the total number of school infrastructure projects ongoing within Dublin Rathdown, or that have been devolved for completion to an alternative body; to report on the current phase of each project; the function of each project, be they for sports facilities, full new builds, or for special educational classrooms, in tabular form; and if she will make a state…
Catherine Ardagh Written 27 Feb 2025 · to Education
251. Deputy Catherine Ardagh asked the Minister for Education to provide details, by reference to building works of autism units and special schools scheduled for completion between June 2025 to September 2025, if these works are on schedule to be completed by September 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8953/25]