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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (9 Oct 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 26. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Gardaí serving in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52991/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (9 Oct 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 42. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the measures he is taking to reduce the spend on IPAS accommodation made to private landlords; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52992/25]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Funding (9 Oct 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 363. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the funding available through his Department which could be used to repair, maintain and improve a public playground in urban County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54271/25]

Financial Resolutions 2025 - Financial Resolution No. 5: General (Resumed) (8 Oct 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: This is a budget in excess of €9 million that has, incredibly, left people worse off. It contains broken election promise after broken election promise. I will focus my comments on the education and youth sector. People can rightly see through Government spin and that was well captured on the "Prime Time" programme last night. We heard a grandparent from Coolock talking about his...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Provision (8 Oct 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 8. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the measures he is taking to increase the amount of affordable housing in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52989/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Provision (8 Oct 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: Affordability is the biggest issue in County Meath. The county has met its housing targets. Those targets are too low. They are being increased, but there is a track record of delivering housing without affordable housing. The schemes the Minister of State is talking about do not deliver affordable housing either. We have huge numbers of adult children living at home with their parents -...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Provision (8 Oct 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: I will speak on behalf of every single one of them and tell the Minister of State that the Government is crucifying them for years to come. These properties are not affordable. The Government is crucifying them, and probably their children after them, with a level of mortgage and financial burden that is completely unsustainable. That will impact every decision they make in their lives,...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Provision (8 Oct 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: They want houses.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Housing Provision (8 Oct 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: Three-bedroom houses for €500,000.

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

Darren O'Rourke: 92. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government his plans to improve the fairness in local government funding to individual local authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52990/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (8 Oct 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 222. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of full time teaching posts that were not filled in DEIS schools for the terms 2023/2024; 2024/2025; 2025/2026, respectively. [54171/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (8 Oct 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 223. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of full time teaching posts that were vacant in DEIS schools for the terms 2023/2024 and 2024/2025. [54172/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (8 Oct 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 224. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of days children in DEIS schools across the State did not have a full time teacher for a certain subject for the terms 2023/2024 and 2024/2025, respectively. [54173/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (8 Oct 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount budgeted for DEIS schools last year but not spent. [54174/25]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Artificial Intelligence and Disability: Discussion (7 Oct 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: I thank all of the witnesses for being here. I joined late but I listened to the full meeting in my office. Picking up on that theme about how we move towards or ensure that we have a robust legislative and regulatory framework that protects interests and rights and is inclusive and participative, what do the witnesses think of the notion of codesign in the space of AI? There are real risks...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Artificial Intelligence and Disability: Discussion (7 Oct 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: Is Dr. Begley saying that to do it well, you need to resource it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Artificial Intelligence and Disability: Discussion (7 Oct 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: Does Mr. Culhane want to add to that?

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Contracts (7 Oct 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 19. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the position regarding any product or services acquired or purchased by his Department from Australia in the past three years. [53614/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (7 Oct 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 118. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport when the sectoral investment plan will be ready for his Department with respect to public transport projects and the National Development Plan review; the funding which will be provided for the Navan Rail project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53731/25]