Results 101-120 of 7,087 for speaker:Darren O'Rourke

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (12 Jun 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 353. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the funding provided for the HSCL scheme to schools currently and the estimated cost of a 5%, 10% and 20% increase in this funding, in tabular form. [31578/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Scoileanna DEIS (12 Jun 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 354. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of providing trauma-informed care training to teachers in DEIS schools and then an overall cost for all teachers. [31579/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (12 Jun 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 355. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of nurture rooms open and active in schools across the State. [31580/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Policies (12 Jun 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 356. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has any intention to remove the Irish language requirement for SET’s, particularly when some SET teachers are already working in a classroom without the Irish language for a year or two before they are required to return to studies to meet the Irish language criteria. [31605/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Reviews (12 Jun 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 361. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of a full review of the PME. [31649/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Citizens' Assembly (12 Jun 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 362. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the cost of holding a citizens’ assembly on education. [31650/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Staff (12 Jun 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 462. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the estimated cost of providing enough staff to reduce assessment of need waiting times to six months. [31575/25]

Proposed Approval of the Agreement Between the European Organization for Nuclear Research and Ireland: Motion (11 Jun 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: I am sharing time with Deputy McGettigan. This a good day and a positive day. It has been a while coming and I know the Minister will agree with that, but it is welcome. There is significant opportunity with it for Irish scientists. There is an opportunity to collaborate, connect and lead of their own volition. That is there now and that is to be welcomed. I encourage the Minister to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Training (11 Jun 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 141. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the estimated cost of providing training to student teachers and qualified teachers to complete work placements in special education settings; and the resources already being provided to help qualified teachers upskill and become more knowledgeable of children with extra educational needs or disabilities. [31211/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (11 Jun 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 142. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures the Government is taking to tackle the inequalities between school children with extra educational needs or disabilities. [30281/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (11 Jun 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 145. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will include school secretaries and caretakers in the public service pension scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27338/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Energy Infrastructure (10 Jun 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: I am firmly of the opinion that this project will never be delivered at the current rate and if the current approach is maintained. I do not say this with any degree of satisfaction. I accept the points made by the Minister in terms of the strategic importance of it and need for it and everything that goes with that but there have been incredible delays. I foresee this continuing because...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Energy Infrastructure (10 Jun 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: We are talking past each other, which has been the difficulty. I am being straight with the Minister. It is my firm belief, as an elected Member who knows these communities, that this project is not going to proceed as currently planned. The only way I see it being delivered is underground. The 2021 review said that in the future, not only qualitative but more quantitative elements and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Energy Infrastructure (10 Jun 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 108. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government for an update on the North-South interconnector project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30279/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Energy Infrastructure (10 Jun 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: Will the Minister provide an update on the North-South interconnector project?

Housing: Statements (10 Jun 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: In my two minutes, I want to focus on the issue of affordable housing in Meath East for working people to buy and rent. I looked at daft.ie before I came to the Chamber. Four-bedroom second-hand properties are €535,000 to buy, on average, with three-bedrooms €430,000 and two-bedrooms €240,000. There are no properties at all to rent. Not a single affordable unit has...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence: Research Ireland (10 Jun 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: I welcome the establishment of the committee. It is important. From a health sector point of view, I have a background in biomedical science. I have worked with large data sets, gene sequencing for targeted therapies, bioinformatics and the potential opportunity in diagnostics and patient management. Examining the potential of AI in health services, hopefully in an ethical way, is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence: Research Ireland (10 Jun 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: Dr. Leavy mentioned that to some degree we might be a standard bearer in terms of regulation and it was a case of implementation. I have heard the counterargument that the Digital Services Act is light touch. The devil is in the detail as regards what companies are captured by it. For instance, it does not capture Roblox and YouTube. Specifically, on the issue of recommender algorithms,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Artificial Intelligence: Introduction to Artificial Intelligence: Research Ireland (10 Jun 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: My understanding is that there were earlier drafts of the Irish legislation that included it and the final Act did not.