Results 7,021-7,040 of 7,192 for speaker:Darren O'Rourke

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (17 Jun 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 413. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views of existing restrictions on teachers taking parental leave in individual days as can contribute to a lack of continuity between students and individual teachers; if she intends to review existing restrictions on teachers taking parental leave in individual days; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32125/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (17 Jun 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 417. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she intends to introduce job-sharing arrangements for primary school principals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32135/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (17 Jun 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 418. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she intends to introduce job-sharing arrangements for secondary school principals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32136/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (17 Jun 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 419. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she plans to review the use of the supplementary panel used in primary school teacher recruitment in Catholic schools; if open recruitment would not be a fairer and more efficient way to recruit; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32137/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (17 Jun 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 449. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the 1,600 additional SNA posts promised by her have been awarded. [32626/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (17 Jun 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 450. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are now over 23,600 SNAs for the coming academic year. [32627/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (17 Jun 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 451. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of SNA posts that are part-time hours or job-sharing posts. [32628/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (17 Jun 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 452. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she plans to reverse the national budgetary cap on SNA posts. [32629/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Nursing Homes (17 Jun 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 734. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will prepare a dedicated nursing home care policy; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32772/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Nursing Homes (17 Jun 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 735. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she has engaged with the nursing home sector regarding their potential role in providing ‘rehabilitation services’, for example to support people transition from an acute hospital to their own home; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32773/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (17 Jun 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 894. To ask the Minister for Health to provide an update on the approval of the givinostat (brand name duvyzat), for Duchenne muscular dystrophy in Ireland; if she will provide a timeline for implementation in Ireland; and the length of time the reimbursement process will take. [32595/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (17 Jun 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 923. To ask the Minister for Health if she is considering an early access programme to givinostat (details supplied) for Duchenne muscular dystrophy patients in Ireland, similar to that provided in Scotland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32733/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (17 Jun 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 924. To ask the Minister for Health if she is considering providing access to fivinostat for non-ambulant Duchenne muscular dystrophy patients in Ireland in addition to ambulant patients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [32734/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Artificial Intelligence (17 Jun 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 990. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the degree to which he is pursuing the ‘CERN for AI’ proposal (details supplied); if he sees opportunity in State-led AI collaboration, research and investment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32739/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Job Losses (19 Jun 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 92. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he or his officials have had engagement with a company (details supplied) and the examiner located there since announcement of the company entering into examinership; the extent to which the Department can support this process to ensure workers there are supported; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32742/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Job Losses (19 Jun 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: It was a shock for the whole community because we are talking about 217 jobs. Some workers in the area I grew up in and in the wider area have been in that factory for decades. It was known as a really good employer in the area and the impact on both direct and indirect employment is significant. It is an important employer in the area. In the first instance, this period of...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Job Losses (19 Jun 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: In the first instance, this is about protecting as many jobs as possible. I have raised with the Minister for enterprise the importance of making every effort to identify an investor and save as many good jobs as possible. This is also about ensuring that those who lose their jobs are supported in every way possible in terms of understanding their rights and entitlements and the supports...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (19 Jun 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: In the area of special education, hundreds of children do not have an offer of a school place. They number in excess of 250 and possibly in excess of 260. Many more children have an offer but their offered places will not be ready for 1 September. I have one such example in Corpus Christi National School in Drumcondra in Dublin. This is a major concern. We potentially have hundreds of...

Healthcare (Transparent Payments) Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (19 Jun 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: I move: "That the Bill be now read a Second Time." I welcome the opportunity to discuss the Healthcare (Transparent Payments) Bill 2022, which I am co-sponsoring with my colleagues Deputies David Cullinane and Seán Crowe. I thank Dr. James Larkin, senior postdoctoral fellow at the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, for his research in this area and for his help in preparing the...

Healthcare (Transparent Payments) Bill 2022: Second Stage [Private Members] (19 Jun 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: I thank all the Deputies on both sides of the House for their contributions on this Second Stage debate. In particular, I thank Deputy Toole, my constituency colleague, with whom I previously discussed this legislation. She has a particular interest. This is an important intervention we are trying to make from a number of different perspectives. We have touched on a few of them. I...