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Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (11 Feb 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 682. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on interim funding for an organisation (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4639/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (11 Feb 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 702. To ask the Minister for Health if she intends to scrap parking charges for cancer patients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4781/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Cards (11 Feb 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 703. To ask the Minister for Health if she intends to make medical cards an automatic entitlement for cancer patients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4782/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services (11 Feb 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 704. To ask the Minister for Health if she is aware that stem cell therapy is treated as an elective procedure for cancer patients and that this has a direct impact in terms of access to beds; if she will review this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4783/25]

Road Safety: Statements (13 Feb 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: I extend my condolences and deepest sympathies to all the families and loved ones who have lost somebody on the roads, in particular in the last year. The Minister spelled it out: there is a large number of contributing factors and there are measures the Government can take in response, be they engineering, roads funding, and the use of improved technologies. However, ultimately the major...

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]

Provision of Special Education: Motion [Private Members] (18 Feb 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: I move: That Dáil Éireann: recognises: — the fundamental right of every child to access the education system; — the current and projected demand for special education placements is growing; — the current shortage of special classes and appropriate school places, leaving children, particularly those with additional needs, without access to suitable...

Provision of Special Education: Motion [Private Members] (18 Feb 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: I thank everyone who contributed to this debate. Earlier I met people from Waterford with Deputies David Cullinane and Conor D. McGuinness and people from Laois with Senator Maria McCormack. A number of people have contacted us through different forums. What we hear from parents, which is something they want the Minister to hear, is that they feel that their children are being left behind....

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]

Maximising Artificial Intelligence: Statements (19 Feb 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this issue. AI is an incredibly powerful technology. I welcome the appointment of a Minister of State with responsibility for it. It requires a whole-of-government approach and response because this technology has incredible potential but needs to be managed in the right way. There are real risks. We are trying to get our heads around the potential...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Energy Policy (20 Feb 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 82. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment for an update on the national hydrogen strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6406/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Energy Policy (20 Feb 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: I ask the Minister for an update on the national hydrogen strategy and if he will make a statement on the matter.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Energy Policy (20 Feb 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: Concern has been expressed, including by Hydrogen Ireland, that there is an urgent need for progress on the strategy. The strategy was welcomed and we published legislation in the previous Dáil term for it to be prepared. We welcomed it when it was prepared. It is then a matter of making it happen. There is concern that there has not been enough progress to date. While I welcome the...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Energy Policy (20 Feb 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: The message from everybody would be to keep at that work and to ensure that those timelines are met. We must show Ireland, the stakeholders here, and the world that Ireland is going to be a leader in the area of green hydrogen. The potential is there, particularly with the offshore potential that we have but again, that needs to be delivered. The energy security review is ongoing and we...