Results 281-300 of 6,812 for speaker:Darren O'Rourke

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (13 Feb 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 23. To ask the Minister for Finance if he plans to address the inequity between the treatment of ETFs for tax purposes and the taxation of other gains from the disposal of financial instruments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4771/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (13 Feb 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 43. To ask the Minister for Finance if he plans to act on the recommendation of the Welfare and Taxation Commission that a working group should be established to review and propose changes to the taxation of funds, life assurance policies and other investment products with the goals of simplification and harmonisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4772/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Health Services Staff (13 Feb 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 68. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to outline his role and his Department’s role on the issue of pay parity for medical scientists; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4774/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Development Plan (13 Feb 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 108. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the proposed timeline and scope for the review of the National Development Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4773/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (13 Feb 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 192. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary school classrooms of 30 pupils or more, and their locations, for 2022/2023 and 2023/2024; the measures she is taking to reduce the number of very large classes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5410/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (13 Feb 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary school classrooms of 30 pupils or more in County Meath in each of the past five years; the measures she is taking to reduce the number of very large classes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5411/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (13 Feb 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary school children with additional needs who are without a school place in 2024/2025; how this compares with each of the past five years; the measures she is taking to address the shortage of school places for children with additional needs; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5412/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Youth Services (12 Feb 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 242. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for an update on “Opportunities for Youth National Strategy for Youth Work and Related Services”; if she is committed to funding this and to its implementation, given that it is not included in the Programme for Government; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4940/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (11 Feb 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 289. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the application, selection process and criteria that apply for a secondary school to gain DEIS status; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4333/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (11 Feb 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 292. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the selection process and criteria that apply for a secondary school to participate in the breaking the cycle scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4336/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (11 Feb 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 293. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the selection process and criteria that apply for a secondary school to participate in giving children an even break scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4337/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (11 Feb 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 294. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the application, selection process and criteria that apply for a secondary school to participate in the disadvantaged area scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4338/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (11 Feb 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 295. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the selection process and criteria that apply for a secondary school to participate in home school community liaison scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4339/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (11 Feb 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 296. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the selection process and criteria that apply for a secondary school to participate in the school completion programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4340/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (11 Feb 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 290. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether a school (details supplied) can apply for DEIS status; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4334/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (11 Feb 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 291. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether a school (details supplied) can apply for DEIS status; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4335/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (11 Feb 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 324. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if any record is kept of children who join a secondary school in the middle of the school year due to moving home, returning to Ireland, expulsion from another school, other reasons; if, so, to provide that data, including the number of children who have been refused a school place in such circumstances and the reasons for same; and if she...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (11 Feb 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 325. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if any record is kept of children who join a primary school in the middle of the school year due to moving home, returning to Ireland, expulsion from another school, other reasons; if, so, to provide that data, including the number of children who have been refused a school place in such circumstances and the reasons for same; and if she will...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Admissions (11 Feb 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 326. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the options available to children who have been refused a school place in all local schools when returning to Ireland during the middle of the school year due to lack of capacity locally; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4842/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (11 Feb 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 391. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps he is taking to ensure the nutritional value of food in the hot school meals programme; if there are specific obligations on schools and providers in this regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4760/25]