Results 7,441-7,460 of 7,634 for speaker:Darren O'Rourke

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (29 Jul 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 1746. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated average cost of a DEIS primary and secondary school offering a breakfast club respectively, in tabular form. [44211/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (29 Jul 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 1954. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will publish the interim report of the Garda Recruitment and Training Capacity Group; the date on which the full report will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41223/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Early Childhood Care and Education (29 Jul 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 2328. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if a second additional year of ECCE will be made available to a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41483/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medicinal Products (29 Jul 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 2551. To ask the Minister for Health for an update on the assessment, funding and use, including early use through an early access scheme, of givinostat for muscular dystrophy patients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40811/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Early Childhood Care and Education (23 Sep 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 71. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the measures she is taking to address the shortage of childcare places in County Meath; when she will deliver on the Programme for Government commitment to provide State-owned services where gaps exist; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49706/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Disabilities Assessments (23 Sep 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 87. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for an update on the waiting lists for assessments of needs in CDNTs in County Meath; the way in which the waiting lists in 2025 compares to 2023 and 2024; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49707/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Safety (23 Sep 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 175. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures he is taking to protect motorcyclists on our roads; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49930/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home Schooling (23 Sep 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 287. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures being taken to ensure that students educated at home have equal access to the newly implemented additional assessment component in the first tranche of subjects, namely biology, physics, chemistry and business which is 40% of their leaving certificate exam. [49859/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home Schooling (23 Sep 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 288. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which the newly implemented additional assessment component for the first tranche of subjects will affect students taught at home; and the oversight will be provided to ensure fairness and equity for these students undertaking their studies outside of the traditional school environment. [49860/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disabilities Assessments (23 Sep 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 296. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures being taken to ensure that the statutory timeframes for assessments of need under the Disability Act 2005, and obligations under the Education for Persons with Special Educational Needs Act 2004, are aligned with school placement deadlines, in order that children with additional needs are not excluded from education in breach of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Disabilities Assessments (23 Sep 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 297. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the way in which it is acceptable that a child (details supplied), red-flagged for developmental concerns since the age of two, whose family had to go to court to secure access to therapy and an educational report, was left waiting almost two years for a cognitive assessment only to be informed too late to apply for a special class and...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (23 Sep 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 304. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the extension of a school (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50006/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (23 Sep 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 305. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when funding will be made available for repairs to prefabs at a school (details supplied) while they wait for their new extension; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50007/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Official Engagements (25 Sep 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 12. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide an update on his engagements with a company (details supplied) during their period of examinership; the supports and advice available to workers who will lose their jobs; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49708/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Motor Industry (25 Sep 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 78. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the measures he is taking to support the tyre sales industry in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49709/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (25 Sep 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 113. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason widows/widowers who work full-time and are in receipt of a widow's/widower's pension and pay PRSI and all other taxes are not eligible for illness benefit; his plans to change this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49710/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Employment Support Services (25 Sep 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 111. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures he is taking to support persons with disabilities into employment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49711/25]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Youth: Recruitment and Retention of Special Needs Assistants: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: I thank the witnesses for being here. There has been a huge amount of consternation in relation to the new guidelines for reviewing SNA allocations. Our guests have articulated the issues well in terms of the narrow timeline but I want to focus on the criteria. What I am hearing from SNAs is that it does not reflect the work they do in the real world. My experience as a constituency TD...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Youth: Recruitment and Retention of Special Needs Assistants: Discussion (24 Sep 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: Does Mr. Pike think there is a stricter application of it?