Results 161-180 of 7,314 for speaker:Darren O'Rourke

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (8 Jul 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 435. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of carrying out a review of all science labs in the country to ensure they are up to date and capable of performing well in exams. [37753/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service (8 Jul 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 436. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of NEPS psychologists employed and working in the system to date. [37754/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (8 Jul 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 437. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of sensory rooms there in schools across the State; and the further number required to address demand. [37756/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (8 Jul 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 438. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of implementing the DEIS plus programme from September 2025. [37757/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (8 Jul 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 441. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average cost of opening a new Gaelcholáiste in Dublin. [37847/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (8 Jul 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 543. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 495 of 1 April 2025, the number of graduate planner posts and staff officer posts in the first tranche of supports. [37842/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (8 Jul 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 544. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 495 of 1 April 2025, the job titles that the graduate planners from the first tranche of supports took in Meath County Council planning department. [37843/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (8 Jul 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 545. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 495 of 1 April 2025, if the supports from him increased capacity in the planning department. [37844/25]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Road Safety (3 Jul 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: I thank the Minister of State for that response. I did not go directly to TII myself. I await a response from it, but this response from the Minister of State is helpful because it sets out the position. Meath County Council has pointed to a pathway involving a TII-initiated process. That does not look like it is happening. In TII's inspection and its review Carlanstown has not come...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Road Safety (3 Jul 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: Gabhaim buíochas leis an gCeann Comhairle. I thank the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this issue for debate. It is an important one and sits within road safety. This was a tragic day on our roads in Donegal and east Meath. I extend my deepest condolences to all those affected. Internationally, in the world of sport, there was a very high-profile death on the roads. Road safety is...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (3 Jul 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: Funding for further education and training has been cut by approximately €40 million. In my own area under the Louth and Meath Education and Training Board, the funding cut is in the region of €14 million. That is very significant and will have an impact on apprenticeships and further education courses. They will be delayed, postponed or cancelled. We have also been...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (3 Jul 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 28. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if a facility (details supplied) is still being considered to house applicants for international protection; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35259/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Trade Sanctions (3 Jul 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 94. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures he is taking to protect Irish whiskey in international markets; the plans for expansion in that regard; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35260/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Enterprise Support Services (3 Jul 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 199. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures he is taking to support food enterprise and innovation in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35261/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (3 Jul 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 211. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will reintroduce the route for people who undertook an early childhood care bachelor degree to attend a postgraduate course in St. Nicholas Montessori college (previously offered a route 4 pathway to Teaching Council recognition) and extend this to other colleges. [36742/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (3 Jul 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 212. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports being put in place to help undergraduates to progress from their early childhood education degree to furthering their studies to become a teacher. [36743/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (3 Jul 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 388. To ask the Minister for Health if she will agree to allow a GP in County Meath (details supplied) access to the GMS scheme while he is waiting for a lift to be installed in his practice; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36967/25]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Youth: Education for Children with Special Educational Needs: Discussion (2 Jul 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: I thank all the witnesses. I will focus specifically on school buildings for the newly sanctioned classes. The parents’ opening statement referred to their concerns about buildings being in place. Will they reflect on that point? I would ask the same of the other witnesses. They talk of the possibility of a plan B. The IPPN mentioned the prospect of an emergency SET-plus plan....

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Youth: Education for Children with Special Educational Needs: Discussion (2 Jul 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: What is it? Is it planning or bureaucracy?