Results 7,401-7,420 of 7,634 for speaker:Darren O'Rourke

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (29 Jul 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 1027. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of the FASD Ireland pilot project in secondary schools in County Clare; and if she would expand this pilot project elsewhere. [41077/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (29 Jul 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 1028. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will roll out a classroom based programme that raises awareness of foetal alcohol spectrum disorder in every secondary school across the State for students in transition year. [41078/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (29 Jul 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 1029. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures she is taking to ensure people are educated about foetal alcohol spectrum disorder in post primary schools. [41079/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (29 Jul 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 1072. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the safeguards that are in place to ensure that redeployment does not result in SNAs repeatedly being treated as the “last in” in every new post under the SNA redeployment scheme. [41692/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (29 Jul 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 1073. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there will be a cap on the number of redeployments an SNA can undergo, or a time limit on their probationary status in a new school. [41693/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (29 Jul 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 1074. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the maximum distance an SNA may be required to travel if redeployed to a different school under the redeployment scheme for SNAs. [41694/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (29 Jul 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 1075. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills what happens in a situation where a SNA cannot realistically travel to the new school offered under the SNA redeployment scheme; and if they cannot travel, whether they remain in their current school. [41695/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (29 Jul 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 1076. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in circumstances where an SNA with ten years’ service in a school and is redeployed to a different school with SNAs who have less than ten years’ service built up, whether the transferee will have seniority. [41696/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (29 Jul 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 1127. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools, DEIS, primary and secondary schools, respectively, that require students to have an iPad for learning instead of traditional textbooks. [42504/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (29 Jul 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 1128. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of non-Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools, DEIS, primary and secondary schools, respectively, that require students to have an iPad for learning instead of traditional textbooks. [42505/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (29 Jul 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 1129. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers working in the State across both primary and secondary schools. [42506/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (29 Jul 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 1138. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of additional teachers in the system from 2020 to date in 2025. [42515/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (29 Jul 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 1132. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average cost of providing a nurture room in a school. [42509/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (29 Jul 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 1137. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the amount of funding allocated to special education from 2020 to date in 2025. [42514/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (29 Jul 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 1139. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the increase in capitation funding to €224 for primary schools please outline how much that is per child per day. [42516/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (29 Jul 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 1180. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated first- and full-year cost of increasing capitation rates for primary and post-primary school pupils, respectively, by an additional €10 per pupil in the 2025-2026 academic year, compared with the baseline capitation rates allocated in the academic year 2024-2025, in tabular form. [43021/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (29 Jul 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 1181. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of providing a €100 allowance towards iPads for students in secondary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43022/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service (29 Jul 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 1182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total funding provided by her Department for trauma informed practice training for teachers carried out by the National Educational Psychological Service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43023/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (29 Jul 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 1183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of nurture groups in schools across the State, broken down by primary and post-primary school level, in tabular form. [43024/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (29 Jul 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 1184. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the maximum amount of capital funding available for schools who wish to re-configure existing spaces within the school building to accommodate nurture groups in schools or to construct additional accommodation, such as a nurture room; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43025/25]