Schools Building Projects

Thursday, 28 May 2026

Questions (138)

Louis O'Hara

Question:

138. Deputy Louis O'Hara asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on the County Galway school building projects prioritised in the NDP Sectoral Investment Plan published by her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40154/26]

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Minister for Education and Youth

Since 2020, the Department of Education has provided €264.25 million in capital funding for Galway schools. Over this period, a total of 89 schools have been upgraded either through provision of a new school building, a large-scale extension or provision of modular accommodation.

There were 10 school building projects in County Galway prioritised in the NDP Sectoral Investment Plan to go to Tender/Construction over the course of 2026 and 2027.

Of these 10 projects, 2 projects are currently onsite (Stage 4), 4 are at Tender stage (Stage 3) , 4 projects are at Detailed Design stage ( Stage 2B/Stage 2).

10 Projects included in the first tranche of 105 NDP Projects

Project Type	Roll Number	School Name	Constituency 2025	School Level	Current Stage
Large Scale	17444H	SN Seosamh Naofa	Galway East	Primary	Stage 3
Large Scale	19529C	Scoil Mhuire	Galway West	Primary	Stage 2b
Large Scale	20042E	Scoil an Chroí Naofa	Roscommon-Galway	Primary	Stage 2b
Large Scale	20237T	Gaelscoil Riada	Galway East	Primary	Stage 3
Large Scale	76102K	Coláiste an Eachréidh	Galway East	Post Primary	Stage 3
Large Scale	71250A	Coláiste Cholmcille	Galway West	Post Primary	Stage 3
ASA	91412M	Scoil Phobail	Galway West	Post Primary	Stage 4
ASA	19047H	St. Joseph's Special School	Galway West	Special School	Stage 2b
Modular	71390Q	Archbishop McHale College	Galway East	Post Primary	Stage 4
Modular	10863P	SN Na Coille Glaise	Galway East	Primary	Stage 2

These projects along with the current status of all other projects, including completions, 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.