Results 7,561-7,580 of 7,634 for speaker:Darren O'Rourke

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (14 Oct 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 498. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills of the €3 billion in funding provided to special education in Budget 2026, the amount that is for existing levels of service and the amount for new measures. [55292/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Budget 2026 (14 Oct 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 478. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the Departmental funding allocation for youth affairs for 2026; if she can provide a breakdown of this funding in terms of existing levels of service, new development measures and capital funding; if she can provide a detailed breakdown of the €8 million additional funding to youth affairs being made available in Budget 2026, in terms...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Budget 2026 (14 Oct 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 489. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for a breakdown of the €16 million invested in school therapies in Budget 2026; and the number of SLTs and OTs she expects to provide, broken down by primary and post primary school. [55283/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Budget 2026 (14 Oct 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 500. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for a breakdown of the €16 million allocated in Budget 2026 to school-based therapies in special schools; when special classes and mainstream schools will start receiving these therapies; and when schools will receive this funding. [55313/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Budget 2026 (14 Oct 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 512. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the roll-out of school therapies is not coming into place with immediate effect following Budget 2026. [55325/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Budget 2026 (14 Oct 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 490. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a breakdown of the funding allocated in budget 2026 for the minor work grant, ICT grant, solar PV grant and climate action summer works scheme. [55284/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (14 Oct 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 491. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the DEIS plan currently supports 260,000 people; and the number of additional people the DEIS Plus programme will support. [55285/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Budget 2026 (14 Oct 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 492. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a breakdown of the funding allocated in budget 2026 for the DEIS plan and DEIS Plus programme. [55286/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (14 Oct 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 493. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of additional schools that will receive the extra €20 capitation grant because they are classed as DEIS urban band 1; and the amount of such funding. [55287/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (14 Oct 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 494. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the increase in capitation grant to €406 for children in special schools once they turn 12 will come into effect; and the number of special schools that will receive this. [55288/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Budget 2026 (14 Oct 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 495. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a breakdown of the €19 million allocated in budget 2026 to train teachers on how to deliver leaving certificate reform. [55289/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Budget 2026 (14 Oct 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 496. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide a breakdown of the €19 million allocated in budget 2026 to train teachers on how to deliver primary school curriculum reform. [55290/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Budget 2026 (14 Oct 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 509. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the breakdown of the €19 million allocated in budget 2026 to curriculum development; the amount that will be for Leaving Certificate reform; and the amount that will be for primary school curriculum reform. [55322/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Reform (14 Oct 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 497. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline who will provide the training to teachers to deliver Leaving Certificate reform and primary school curriculum reform. [55291/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (14 Oct 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 502. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she expects the implementation of DEIS Plus in the fourth quarter of 2025. [55315/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Grant Payments (14 Oct 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 503. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if the increase in the capitation grant by €50 for primary schools and €20 for post-primary will not come into effect until September 2026; the measures in place for schools for winter 2025 if they continue to struggle with costs. [55316/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Budget 2026 (14 Oct 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 504. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if it is the case that of the 1,042 additional teachers provided for in Budget 2026, 860 are special education teachers to cover special schools and special classes in mainstream schools; and if that means there is only an additional 182 mainstream teachers. [55317/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (14 Oct 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 505. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of additional teachers needed to reduce the pupil teacher ratio by one point; and the reason her Department has failed to reduce the pupil teacher ratio in classrooms by even one point, as budget 2026 only provides an additional 182 mainstream teachers. [55318/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pupil-Teacher Ratio (14 Oct 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 510. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the breakdown of the €3 million allocation in budget 2026 to provide additional deputy principals in primary and post-primary schools; and the number of additional deputy principals are expected to be hired, broken down by primary and post-primary level. [55323/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Youth Services (14 Oct 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 506. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the breakdown of the €8 million provided for the youth sector in budget 2026; and the amount specifically for capital projects. [55319/25]