Written answers
Thursday, 17 July 2025
Department of Education and Skills
Capital Expenditure Programme
Peter Cleere (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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310. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a list of all capital projects currently underway in Kilkenny city and county, in tabular form; the stages the various projects are at; the amount of capital estimated and spent on each project to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40292/25]
Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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Since 2020, my department has invested over €6 billion in our schools throughout the country under the National Development Plan, involving the completion of over 1,400 school building projects. Government support for this investment, including by way of supplementary capital funding, has delivered real benefits for school communities. A recent Government decision has approved €210m supplementary capital funding for my department which brings the total capital allocation for 2025 for my department to €1.6 billion.
Since 2020, the total capital invested in Co. Kilkenny schools is over €179.27m.
From 2020 to date, 46 school building projects have been completed in Co. Kilkenny.
Currently there are 13 school building projects (Large Scale/ASA/Modular) under construction in Co. Kilkenny, of which 1 is a new school building.
There are also 21 school building projects (Large Scale/ASA/Modular) in Co. Kilkenny moving through the various stages of design, of which 2 are new school buildings.
These projects are being delivered to ambitious timeframes, details of all Large Scale and Additional School Accommodation (ASA) projects are available on the Departments' website at (www.gov.ie).This is updated on a regular basis to reflect project’s progressing through the various stages. Please see below details for all Modular project’s underway in Kilkenny City & County.
Peter Cleere (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail)
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311. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a list of all capital projects currently underway in County Carlow, in tabular form; the stages the various projects are at; the amount of capital estimated and spent on each project to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40293/25]
Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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Since 2020, my department has invested over €6 billion in our schools throughout the country under the National Development Plan, involving the completion of over 1,400 school building projects. Government support for this investment, including by way of supplementary capital funding, has delivered real benefits for school communities. A recent Government decision has approved €210m supplementary capital funding for my department
Since 2020, the total capital invested in Co. Carlow schools is over €45.79m.
From 2020 to date, 22 school building projects have been completed in Co. Carlow.
Currently there are 9 school building projects (Large Scale/ASA/Modular) under construction in Co. Carlow.
There are also 15 school building projects (Large Scale/ASA/Modular) in Co. Carlow moving through the various stages of design, of which 2 are new school buildings.
These projects are being delivered to ambitious timeframes, details of all Large Scale and Additional School Accommodation (ASA) projects are available on the Departments' website at .
This is updated on a regular basis to reflect project’s progressing through the various stages. Please see below details for all Modular project’s underway in County Carlow.
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