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Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Home Care Packages (13 May 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: Some things are coming through these figures consistently. There is a pattern within them. I expect this would be the case if we were to look at the geographic variation. I know much of the challenge in CHO 8 concerns the fact that it is very difficult to get staff because it is exceptionally expensive to live in Dublin or the greater Dublin area. There is then a variation across the...

Housing and Critical Infrastructure: Motion [Private Members] (13 May 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: I am a TD for the Meath East constituency. As long as I have been there, which is my whole life, a permanent feature has been Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael in government here and Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael in government in Meath County Council. We have seen nothing but failure in terms of forward planning for critical infrastructure. For as long as I was a county councillor, and since...

Power of Higher Education, Research and Skills as Economic Enablers in a Changing World: Statements (13 May 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this important issue. I commend the work of Dunboyne College of Further Education and the Youthreaches in County Meath. I am familiar with a number of them, including in Kells and Ashbourne. Along with Deputy Mary Lou McDonald and Councillor Maria White, I visited Laytown-Bettystown Youthreach last Friday and saw the really important work it does to...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (13 May 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 156. To ask the Minister for Health the number of acute hospital bed days that were lost due to the lack of availability of home care packages and availability of nursing home places, in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23594/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Air Services (13 May 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 308. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if the DAA, AirNav and the IAA are subject to the Climate Action and Low Carbon Development (Amendment) Act 2021; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23477/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Education (13 May 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 551. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a course (details supplied) will be recommended for recognition; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23209/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (13 May 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 569. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the comments made by Government colleagues regarding sacrament preparation outside of school time; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23494/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Health and Safety (13 May 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 570. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the guidance for lab health safety for secondary schools was last updated; if there are plans to update guidance; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23516/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home Schooling (13 May 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 574. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when a child (details provided) will be provided with home tuition support; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23681/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (13 May 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 617. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she intends to allow individuals with a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) degree in inclusive education to become teachers and work with children who have additional needs in order to reduce teacher shortages in SEN classes in schools. [24332/25]

Parental Choice in Education: Motion [Private Members] (8 May 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: I wish to share time with colleagues.

Parental Choice in Education: Motion [Private Members] (8 May 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: I thank the Social Democrats for bringing forward this motion. Sinn Féin has a long-standing policy on choice and diversification within our education system. We reaffirmed that position in our 2024 general election manifesto and I do so again now. Children have a right to an education in a school that matches their and their family’s values. Sinn Féin firmly believes...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (8 May 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 162. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to outline his plans for investment at Gormanston Camp; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17085/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (8 May 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: Will the Tánaiste outline his plans for investment at Gormanston Camp?

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (8 May 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: That investment is welcome. It was welcome news in February. It is also welcome that the work is under way. It will be this time next year when it will be ready. Does the Tánaiste have an indication of when it will be operational or the numbers of people that will pass through it? I understand that it is for all units of the Defence Forces to use as a training camp. I wish to get a...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Defence Forces (8 May 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: I thank the Tánaiste. As I said, it is a welcome investment. I recognise the security considerations and other considerations, but is there an opportunity for the local community to access, in some shape or form, the likes of those facilities? We recognise that there are security considerations and other considerations, but if, for example, there were a transition period during...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tourism Promotion (8 May 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: The Minister is absolutely right. We look to the monastic settlements, the round tower, the high crosses, St. Columcille's House and the Spire of Lloyd. The Minister mentioned those. There are incredible sites of historic significance. The Minister will know, and I suppose it is the point he is making, that local individuals and communities through their effort and initiative have made so...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tourism Promotion (8 May 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: No, no, no.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tourism Promotion (8 May 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 99. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the initiatives he is implementing to promote tourism in Kells, County Meath, to enhance the town’s appeal as a destination for visitors. [22820/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Tourism Promotion (8 May 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 111. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the initiatives he is implementing to promote tourism in Meath and enhance the region’s appeal as a destination for visitors. [22819/25]