29th May 2025: €65 Million in ICT Funding and Minor Works Grant for schools
Minister for Education and Youth Helen McEntee today (29 May 2025) announced a €65 million investment in schools to support digital learning and fund minor building works.
€35 million in funding for ICT infrastructure will issue shortly to all recognised special, primary and post-primary schools, while €30 million in minor works funding will be provided to primary and special schools to use for maintenance and small-scale improvements to schools.
ICT Funding
The €35m in ICT grant funding represents the third tranche of ICT funding under the Digital Strategy for Schools to 2027 and builds on the €210m already allocated under the previous Digital Strategy for Schools 2015-2020 Enhancing Teaching Learning and Assessment and the €100m that has issued to date under the current strategy.
In the case of a primary school the Digital Strategy ICT grant will consist of a €2,000 basic grant plus €25.33 per mainstream pupil, €30.40 per pupil with special educational needs attending a special school or attending a special class attached to a mainstream school, and €27.86 per pupil in DEIS schools.
For example, a 100 pupil-primary school will receive €4,533 and a 500 pupil-school will receive €14,665.
In the case of a post-primary school this will consist of a €2,000 basic grant plus €30.40 per mainstream student and €33.44 per student in DEIS schools. A 500 student-school would receive €17,200 and a 1,000 student-school would receive €32,400.
The Press Release is available here:
The associated Circular (0042/2025) is available here:
These grants will issue automatically to schools.
Digital Learning Planning
Information on Digital Learning Planning for schools can be found at www.dlplanning.ie which has been developed to support schools to embed digital technologies into teaching, learning and assessment.
Digital Technology Infrastructure Guidance and information
Guidance on Digital Technology Infrastructure (DTI) can be accessed here:
If schools have specific queries in relation to DTI these can be emailed to ictadvice@oide.ie
