Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 16 December 2025
452. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of new school building projects and extensions currently underway in Limerick, by stage, and date the project entered that stage including the number of pupils currently in that school, in tabular form. [71679/25]
View answerSince 2020, my department has invested over €6 billion in our schools throughout the country under the National Development Plan, involving the completion of over 1,300 school building projects. In addition, over 200 SEN Repurposing projects have been delivered maximising the use of existing accommodation while creating opportunities for inclusion and integration. Government support for this investment, including by way of supplementary capital funding, has delivered real benefits for school communities. Supplementary capital funding of €210 million approved by Government has brought the total capital allocation for 2025 for my department to €1.6 billion.
In July the Government announced a capital allocation of €7.55 billion for the Department of Education and Youth for the period 2026-2030 under the National Development Plan.
Government departments are currently in the process of publishing their sectoral NDP Implementation Plans. The sectoral plan for the Education and Youth sector will be published shortly and the first tranche of projects to progress to construction will be published in January 2026. This NDP Implementation Plan will optimise outputs from the NDP allocations, with a strong focus on maximising existing school capacity, progressing priority projects where local capacity across schools in the area is insufficient, and ensuring delivery that is affordable, offers value for money, and meets functional needs.
My department has invested over €287m in capital expenditure since 2020 in County Limerick. This investment in County Limerick has supported the completion of 54 school building projects, including 4 new school buildings and currently there are 8 school building projects in construction of which one is a new school building.
The table attached lists large scale school building projects in County Limerick.
The current status of all projects is set out, under item number ten, at the following link (www.gov.ie). This is updated on a regular basis to reflect project progress through the various stages of capital appraisal, site acquisition, design, tender and construction.
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Large Scale School Building Projects Co. Limerick |
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Roll Number |
School Name |
Townland |
School Level |
Project Type |
Current Stage of Project |
Start Date of Current Stage of Project |
Enrolments 2025/2026 |
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64260M |
Laurel Hill Secondary School FCJ |
Limerick City |
Post Primary |
New School Building |
Stage 2a |
03/10/2024 |
725 |
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64270P |
Laurel Hill Coláiste FCJ |
Limerick City |
Post Primary |
New School Building |
Stage 2a |
03/10/2024 |
343 |
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19200M |
St. Vincent's Special School |
Lisnagry |
Special Education |
New School Building |
Stage 2a |
19/12/2024 |
100 |
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81014R |
Crescent College Comprehensive |
Limerick City |
Post Primary |
Extension |
Stage 2a |
31/01/2025 |
922 |
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20311F |
Red Hill School |
Patrickswell |
Special Education |
New School Building |
Stage 2a |
31/01/2025 |
62 |
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64200R |
Coláiste Mhichil |
Limerick City |
Post Primary |
Extension & Refurbishment |
Stage 2b |
30/06/2022 |
346 |
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64290V |
Ardscoil Mhuire |
Limerick City |
Post Primary |
New School Building |
Stage 2b |
30/05/2024 |
574 |
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20405O |
St. Mary's NS |
Limerick City |
Primary |
Refurbishment |
Stage 2b |
08/04/2025 |
140 |
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17937H |
Scoil Moin A Lin |
Castletroy |
Primary |
New School Building |
Stage 4 |
30/09/2025 |
847 |
