Results 5,241-5,260 of 6,816 for speaker:Darren O'Rourke

Written Answers — Department of Finance: National Treasury Management Agency (27 Jul 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 416. To ask the Minister for Finance the amount of the connectivity fund invested to date; the projects and entities in which the funding has been invested; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41130/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (27 Jul 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 980. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 777 of 15 June 2021, if the estimated €1,000 per student covers costs such as the additional buses and drivers needed to provide extra places on the school transport scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40051/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (27 Jul 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 981. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of purchasing one new school bus for use on the school transport scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40052/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service (27 Jul 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 984. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of NEPS psychologists that are assigned to schools in County Meath; if psychologists assigned are based on school population; if the psychologists work on referrals during the school break; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40078/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service (27 Jul 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 985. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if a record is kept of the number of students who are referred by their school for a private psychological assessment each year due to the limited number of NEPS referrals assigned to an individual school in one year in each county; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40081/21]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Covid-19 Pandemic (27 Jul 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 1204. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the length of time the Covid-19 rules on the number of children in a pod will be in place for childcare facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39428/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (27 Jul 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 1847. To ask the Minister for Health the way persons who did not register on the HSE vaccination portal given they were in priority groups 4 or 7 for example, and as such did not provide an email address will receive their digital Covid certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35647/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (27 Jul 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 2577. To ask the Minister for Health if children who are not vaccinated and travel from Britain to Ireland after 19 July 2021 with a negative PCR test will need to quarantine at home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38140/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (27 Jul 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 2578. To ask the Minister for Health if children who are not vaccinated and travel from an EU member state to Ireland after 19 July 2021 with a negative PCR test will need to quarantine at home; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38141/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Strategies (27 Jul 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 2632. To ask the Minister for Health the status of the implementation of action Item 3.13 of the National Breastfeeding Action Plan which pertains to the WHO Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38450/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Healthcare Policy (27 Jul 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 2735. To ask the Minister for Health the status of Ireland’s progress on implementing via legislation the WHO Code of Marketing on Breast-milk Substitutes; and the reason there has been limited progress made in this regard since 2013. [38447/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (27 Jul 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 2853. To ask the Minister for Health the cost to the State of the mandatory hotel quarantine system to date by category; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39375/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cannabis for Medicinal Use (27 Jul 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 3038. To ask the Minister for Health when the HSE applied for and was granted licences for the importation of medicinal cannabis products; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40082/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (27 Jul 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 3039. To ask the Minister for Health when staff who have been deployed from respite care to cover day service hours in residential houses will return to providing five-day a week respite services at Clann Mór House, Commons Road, Navan, County Meath; if funding will be provided to ensure this happens; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40083/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (27 Jul 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 3040. To ask the Minister for Health if elderly persons in County Meath are entitled to free chiropodist visits each year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40084/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Services (27 Jul 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 3041. To ask the Minister for Health when rehab services for persons with intellectual disabilities will resume to their pre-pandemic levels in County Meath; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that persons with intellectual disabilities in County Meath have had their hours cut from 30 hours per week to six hours per week; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40085/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (27 Jul 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 3042. To ask the Minister for Health when diabetes clinics will return to pre-pandemic services; if his attention has been drawn to the fact that many persons with diabetes have not had in-person consultations with their consultant or diabetic nurse for a number of years as a result of the pandemic; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40086/21]

Ceisteanna ar Reachtaíocht a Gealladh - Questions on Promised Legislation (15 Jul 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: I raise the concern that taxi drivers have about the pandemic unemployment payment, PUP. They have heard directly from the Taoiseach and the Minister for Transport, Deputy Ryan, that the PUP will be extended until February 2022 and that self-employed people will continue to be able to earn €960 after expenses over an eight-week period while retaining their full PUP entitlement. The...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (15 Jul 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 161. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he plans to change the power of a motorbike a driver can operate with a full category B car licence and initial basic training to bring the rules into line with similar requirements in Europe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39043/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (15 Jul 2021)

Darren O'Rourke: 162. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his attention has been drawn to the fact that some persons have been left out of pocket as a result of the recent extension of the expiration date for driver licences due to the fact that many persons obtained a medical examination to renew their driver licence but now cannot do so and will need to pay to obtain another medical...