778. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department has reneged on its written agreement of November 2024 to build a nine-room configuration for a school (details supplied); if her Department is now offering a token three rooms given the huge increase in numbers in the school and the large demographic increase in its catchment area; if she will clarify the reason behind the decision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41730/26]

884. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding the additional accommodation project application lodged by a school (details supplied); to detail the level of engagement which has taken place with school on accommodation needs since December 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42908/26]

887. Deputy James O'Connor asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding the additional accommodation project application lodged by a school (details supplied); the timeline for a decision; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42912/26]

894. Deputy Eoghan Kenny asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason her Department has reneged on its written agreement (November 2024) to build a 9-room configuration on the site already purchased next door for a school (details supplied) ; if she will honour the original agreement which is a critical matter for families seeking education through Irish; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42981/26]

919. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason her Department is refusing to meet the urgent need it already formally recognised in November 2024 for the promised nine-room extension for a school (details supplied). [43406/26]

920. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth the way in which her Department can justify spending €56,000 annually on top of the €500,000 already wasted on failing prefabs in a school (details supplied) while leaving purchased land adjacent to the school mostly vacant [43407/26]

921. Deputy Conor D. McGuinness asked the Minister for Education and Youth the exact timeline for the promised nine-room extension to meet the future needs of a school (details supplied); and the reason the schoolchildren must wait in substandard conditions in the interim. [43408/26]

I propose to take Questions Nos. 778, 884, 887, 894, 919, 920 and 921 together.

The school referred to by the Deputy submitted a revised application to my department in late 2024 for capital funding under the additional school accommodation scheme for the provision of 4 mainstream classrooms, 2 special education classrooms and 3 special education tuition rooms.

The department has engaged extensively with the school authority regarding this proposed project including more recently, a meeting between department officials and school representatives. The Department is proposing to prioritise the progression of 2 mainstream and 2 special classes and include within the remit of the design team the master-planning of the site for a subsequent phase of development at the school. The school’s preference is for modular delivery of the project. This prioritised component of the proposed brief will enable the school to open 2 special classes and accommodate two mainstream classes which are currently accommodated through temporary arrangements.

The department is anxious to support the school in expediting the delivery of this accommodation as soon as possible and now require the school’s agreement to proceed in advance of a department-led prioritisation process under the NDP Implementation Plan. This process involves engagement with key stakeholders and individual schools and will ultimately inform the next tranches of programme rollout.