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Written Answers — Department of Health: Eating Disorders (2 May 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: 15. To ask the Minister for Health if he will report on treatment for adults with eating disorders; how it was envisaged that 20 new beds would be provided with no new additional funding; if he is aware of the issues raised in a documentary (details supplied) that aired on 25 April 2024; how many children are on a waiting list for treatment for an eating disorder in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and...

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (2 May 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: 43. To ask the Minister for Health the number of GPs currently practicing in Meath; the number of new GPs who have taken up work in each of the years 2021, 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024; if he plans to increase this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19726/24]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (2 May 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: 270. To ask the Minister for Health when a response will issue to Parliamentary Question No. 102 of 29 February 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19956/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (1 May 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: 147. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has applied for an extension of the existing planning permission for a school (details supplied) in light of current delays; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19621/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (1 May 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: 148. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what contingency plans are in place for pupils in a school (details supplied) for the 2024/2025 school year in light of current delays with the anticipated new school building; if additional accommodation will be available; if this will be at the current site; if agreement has been reached with the local landlord in this regard; and if she...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (1 May 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: 182. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if she is aware of the anomaly that some people with less contributions are receiving greater State pensions due to the method of calculation (details supplied); if she has assessed this anomaly; if she intends to address it, perhaps by moving away from the ‘first date of contribution’ criteria; and if she...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (1 May 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: 206. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a service of general economic interest exists, or has ever existed, in relation to software for farm management; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19613/24]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Industry (1 May 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: 207. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if companies (details supplied) are now part of a national agtech service of general economic interest; if not, whether they have ever been part of one; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19614/24]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Child Protection (30 Apr 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: 96. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide a breakdown of the number of children deemed at risk who have not been allocated a social worker in County Meath in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19188/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (30 Apr 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: 168. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide a breakdown of the number of heat pumps installed broken down, by scheme, to date in 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19193/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Conservation (30 Apr 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: 169. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide a breakdown of overall number of heat pumps installed to date in 2024, in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19194/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Infrastructure (30 Apr 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: 172. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will report on the National Broadband Plan and its roll-out; if there will be further works in the Ashbourne LEA areas of Kentstown and Skryne; what plans there are to improve broadband access to those households who have not yet been covered by the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19278/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Infrastructure (30 Apr 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: 173. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his Department’s preparations for the switch-off of copper based broad band services; the measures he is taking to ensure that all services have migrated to fibre based networks in advance of the switch off; the percentage of households currently still use copper based services; the percentage of businesses...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Broadband Infrastructure (30 Apr 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: 176. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if he will report on connectivity blackspots in terms of Ireland’s broadband network; the breakdown of postcodes that are not included in the national roll-out nor commercially available; his plans to address these blackspots; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19395/24]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Renewable Energy Generation (30 Apr 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: 179. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the measures he is planning to introduce to reduce the amount of renewable energy that is wasted; if he plans to introduce measures to redirect more surplus renewable energy to those living in energy poverty (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19458/24]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Broadband Infrastructure (30 Apr 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: 277. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if digital innovation vouchers can be used to help businesses migrate from a copper broadband connection to a fibre broadband connection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19405/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (30 Apr 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: 327. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on teacher shortages; her plans to address them; if she plans to collate data on the number of unfulfilled teaching positions overall as well as across various different types of roles such as permanent, fixed-term and maternity leave positions; if not, the measures she will deploy in order to effectively access the scale of the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (30 Apr 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: 328. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reasons data is not collated on unfulfilled teaching positions; how the lack of collated data impacts on her ability to assess the impact of shortages on the provision of education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19258/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (30 Apr 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: 329. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to report on unqualified teachers currently working in the education system; the reasons her Department does not collate data on the number currently active in the teaching professions; how she assesses the impact of unqualified teachers working in the education system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19259/24]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (30 Apr 2024)

Darren O'Rourke: 330. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what measures she and her Department have taken to increase diversity within the teaching profession; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19260/24]