Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to list every application currently being considered for capital funding, and its estimated cost and timeframe, by any Irish medium or Gaeltacht school, in tabular form. [27992/25]

Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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The issue in question spans a number of areas within my Department and requires some time to coordinate and compile. Officials in my Department are currently working on this query and will issue a response directly to the Deputy once this has been finalised. 

Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of updating the Drumcondra Irish language test and expanding the test to all schools in the State. [27993/25]

Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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Deputy, significant additional resources have been identified and it is intended to commence work on updating the primary standardised tests for Irish medium schools (TGD-G) and English medium school (TDG-R). It is expected that this work will take 3 years to complete with costs for the development in the region of €5.18m

Additional grants to English medium schools to purchase the Irish tests would be required from the year that the tests were available. Data for schools under the Free Education Scheme 2023-2024 indicates there are 556,084 learners in recognised primary and special schools, with an estimated figure of 503,329 learners in English medium schools. An additional €1.50 per pupil in English medium school’s would be required with an estimated additional cost of €754,993.