Aidan Farrelly
Ceist:533. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of ICT grants awarded to post-primary schools in County Kildare. [3741/26]
Amharc ar fhreagraTuesday, 20 January 2026
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The Digital Strategy for Schools to 2027 and its associated Implementation Plan are underpinned by €200 million in ICT Infrastructure grant funding over the lifetime of the Strategy, as committed under Ireland’s National Development Plan (NDP).
In total €345m has been invested in schools across the country since the implementation of the first Digital Strategy for Schools commenced in 2015 to date.
This ICT funding is being provided to schools to enable the continued embedding of digital technologies in their teaching, learning and assessment. This is the third tranche of ICT funding under the Digital Strategy for Schools to 2027.
The Digital Strategy for Schools to 2027 and it's associated implementation plan is underpinned by funding of €200m over the course of the strategy, committed to under Ireland’s NDP. The funding allocation model is provided for in the NDP, with funding to issue over the period of the NDP, applied by the Department for the Digital Strategy duration (to 2027 for the current strategy). The next tranche of funding some €35m, is due to issue directly to schools in January, under the grant scheme for ICT infrastructure.
Including the €35m due to issue this month, a total of €170 million of the €200 million committed for in the NDP for the strategy will have issued to schools through the ICT grant. While the NDP commitment did not guarantee a specific amount in each year it is anticipated that providing €35m this year, will enable the balance of €30million to issue to schools over the remaining years of the current strategy to 2027.
In relation to the information requested, a total of 9 tranches under the Digital Strategy ICT grant funding between 2016 and 2025 totalling some €14.9m has issued to 29 Post Primary Schools in Kildare. The attached table is a breakdown per school year of these payments.
County Kildare ICT Grant paid to all recognised Post Primary schools 2016-2025