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Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (10 Jun 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 916. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of providing the back-to-school allowance universally for all families in the State; and the estimated cost of a 10% increase on the current number provided to eligible parents and a 10% increase for all parents under a universal measure. [29783/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (10 Jun 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 927. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost to provide a €100 support to single/lone parents as a once off yearly payment. [29813/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (10 Jun 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 928. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of providing the school meals programme to all post-primary schools in the State. [29832/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (10 Jun 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 929. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of people claiming children’s allowance in 2025 and the estimated cost of providing a double payment in August 2025 to parents. [29836/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (10 Jun 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 947. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of primary and post primary DEIS schools that were denied funding for breakfast club for the school year 2024-2025, in tabular form. [30245/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (10 Jun 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 949. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of primary and post primary DEIS schools not being provided with a breakfast club; and the estimated cost of providing these schools with funding for a breakfast club. [30353/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (10 Jun 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 971. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new marked and unmarked vehicles added to Garda technical bureau fleet in 2024 and to-date in 2025; and the number of vehicles withdrawn from this fleet during same period, in tabular form. [28972/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Inquiries (10 Jun 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 1264. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 336 of 20 February 2025, for an update on the epilim inquiry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28942/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (10 Jun 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 1266. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE dental nurses and dental hygienists based in each primary care centre and health centre within Meath in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [28959/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (10 Jun 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 1267. To ask the Minister for Health the number of minor and major treatment bays within accident and emergency department of Our Lady's Hospital, Navan. [28960/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (10 Jun 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 1268. To ask the Minister for Health the hours per week each consultant oral and maxillofacial surgeon is based at St. James's Hospital in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [28961/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (10 Jun 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 1269. To ask the Minister for Health the level of funding provided for tobacco cessation services in 2024 and 2025, in tabular form. [28962/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (10 Jun 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 1270. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant podiatrists posts within Meath. [28963/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (10 Jun 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 1618. To ask the Minister for Health when a person in County Meath (details supplied) will receive MRI results and a follow-up appointment at Beaumont Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30548/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (10 Jun 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 1654. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason further education and training funding to the LMETB was cut (details supplied) for service plan 2025; if he will immediately reverse this cut; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29673/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Military Neutrality (12 Jun 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 12. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if he accepts that abolishing the triple lock was not necessary to release humanitarian deployments or secure the evacuation of Irish citizens abroad, as heard at a recent meeting of the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Defence and National Security; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30282/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Air Corps (12 Jun 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 79. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the measures he is taking to ensure the Air Corps remains fully operational at Casement Aerodrome in Baldonnel; his plans to recruit air traffic controllers and other personnel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30283/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Special Educational Needs (12 Jun 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 85. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline, in the context of special education preparedness for September 2025, the number of children with special educational needs but currently without an appropriate school place for September 2025, and the plans to address this; the way in which special needs assistant, SNA, posts will be allocated to these children and all children with...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Special Educational Needs (12 Jun 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: With regard to special education preparedness for September 2025, how many children with special educational needs are currently without an appropriate school place for September 2025? What plans are there to address this? In what way will special needs assistant be allocated to these children and all children with special educational needs in September 2025? Have all schools with new...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Special Educational Needs (12 Jun 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: I will drill down into those headline figures. They are figures which have been iterated for some time. My question was on the number of children with an identified recommendation that has been notified to the NCSE but who do not yet have an appropriate school place for September. Do we have that figure today? The Minister outlined that some schools have not yet opened up their offering...