Results 401-420 of 7,097 for speaker:Darren O'Rourke

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (27 Mar 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 266. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the means by which she will ensure that children with special educational needs receive timely assessments and adequate support in schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14924/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (27 Mar 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 267. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she will take to address the shortage of special needs assistants and ensure that they receive appropriate training and support; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14925/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (27 Mar 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 268. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the means by which she plans to promote inclusive education for students with disabilities, particularly in mainstream schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14926/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (27 Mar 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 411. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures he will take to address the funding crisis in higher education institutions to reduce the reliance on student contributions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14927/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (27 Mar 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 412. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the means by which he will support research and innovation in Irish universities to ensure Ireland remains competitive on the global stage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14928/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (27 Mar 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 413. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to address the high cost of student accommodation and improve access to affordable housing for third-level students; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14929/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (26 Mar 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 84. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question 343 of 18 February 2025, to list the 14 pilot projects underway for 2025 and any findings thus far; to outline how future pilots will be chosen; if there is opportunity for input into this process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14491/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Official Engagements (25 Mar 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 186. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he has met with the Malaysian ambassador to Ireland to date in 2025. [13926/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Official Engagements (25 Mar 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 187. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the level of engagement between his Department and the Government of Qatar in 2024 and to date in 2025. [13927/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Electric Vehicles (25 Mar 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 244. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if it is the case that the electric vehicle grant for SPSVs is closed; the date on which it closed, and the reason for its closure; his plans to re-open this scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13603/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Airport Policy (25 Mar 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 250. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress made in identifying potential alternative flight paths for the north runway at Dublin Airport, as committed to at the Oireachtas Committee on Transport on 19 June 2024 (details supplied); the engagements by the Dublin Airport Authority in the process, including with technical experts, agencies and the local community; and...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Official Engagements (25 Mar 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 261. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has spoken with his UK counterpart since his appointment. [13921/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Workplace Relations Commission (25 Mar 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 326. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the number of vacant WTE posts, by job title currently at the Workplace Relations Commission; and the estimated timeframe in which each of those vacancies will be filled, in tabular form. [13929/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments (25 Mar 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 351. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to a shortage of primary school places in Dunshaughlin for September 2025 and that her Department has been notified of at least one patron body of their willingness to facilitate additional students if they have the teaching resources and physical space to do so; her plans to ensure additional capacity in...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (25 Mar 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 353. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware that school bus escorts are left unemployed during the summer months and often experience delays with accessing social protection assistance; if she plans to employ school bus escorts all year round; the progress in that regard; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13528/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (25 Mar 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 360. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there is a cap on special needs assistants for 2025 and 2026; what that cap is, and if it is being reviewed in light of increased demand; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13599/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (25 Mar 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 361. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of SNA posts funded in Budget 2025; the level of support this will provide in the planned new special classes and special schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13600/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (25 Mar 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 362. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to list the colleges and courses where it is possible for a student to complete primary school teacher training entirely through the medium of Gaeilge; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13602/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (25 Mar 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 363. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the conditions or guidelines attached to the £20 million allocated to the Department of Education in the north of Ireland by the Shared Island Unit for the RAISE Programme. [13609/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (25 Mar 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 364. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware that, due to the design of the RAISE Programme, some of the most deprived areas in the north of Ireland will be excluded. [13610/25]