Results 121-140 of 7,546 for speaker:Darren O'Rourke

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (17 Sep 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 493. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of secondary school students in the State. [48175/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (17 Sep 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 494. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the approximate number of secondary school students in each year group. [48176/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (17 Sep 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 495. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of secondary school students, by county. [48177/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Qualifications (17 Sep 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 514. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will implement criteria that acknowledges the service of those teaching abroad if they return to Ireland and teach here; and if, the service spent abroad will be recognised on the point scale for teachers salary, rather than being put on point 1 of the scale, disregarding their experience in a different jurisdiction. [48285/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pension Provisions (17 Sep 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 515. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware that teachers who return to Ireland from teaching abroad find that there is no scheme for repaying public sector pension contributions (details supplied); and the steps she will take to review the situation ensuring that teachers returning from abroad have the ability to contribute to their Irish pension. [48286/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Policies (17 Sep 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 569. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the time-bound provision; and if she will confirm that the provision will open in Q4 of 2025. [48913/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (17 Sep 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 735. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the steps he is taking to ensure schools affected by companies pulling out of contracts due to procurement criteria in the hot school meal scheme are resolved; and or if he will introduce a temporary measure to ensure these children are catered for. [48053/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (17 Sep 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 743. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures he is taking to ensure that schools affected by food companies pulling out of the hot school meals scheme due to updated procurement criteria, are provided with hot meals; the interim measures in place; and when he expects this issue will be resolved, allowing all schools to avail of the free hot school meal...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (17 Sep 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 737. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which food waste is monitored in the hot school meals scheme; the latest data in relation to same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48091/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (17 Sep 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 793. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he is aware that rent supplement is only available to those who work under 30-hours-per-week; and if he plans to expand the criteria to 40-hours-per-week, taking into account that many people who are in need of rent supplement work a full 40-hour week. [49018/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (8 Sep 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 741. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he is aware of the variation in compensation levels for Board members (details supplied); and if he intends to ensure pay equality for board members sitting on these interview panels. [46479/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (8 Sep 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 954. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she intends to increase the compensation of LMETB board members sitting on interview panels from €130 to €260, in line with those sitting on community school interview boards. [46480/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (8 Sep 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 823. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when her Department expects a school (details supplied) to move to construction phase of works. [45521/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (8 Sep 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 824. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to visit the United Arab Emirates to attract Irish trained teachers to return home and work in the Irish Educational System. [45522/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Refurbishment (8 Sep 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 825. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when her Department expects refurbishment works at a school (details supplied) to be completed. [45523/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (8 Sep 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 826. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of primary and post primary schools in County Offaly that received funding for works under emergency works scheme in the 2023 to 2024 and the 2024 to 2025 school term, in tabular form. [45524/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (8 Sep 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 827. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the capital funding her Department provided to a school (details supplied) in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [45525/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (8 Sep 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 828. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of teachers on the substitute supply panel in Carlow at present and the number in 2020, in tabular form. [45526/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (8 Sep 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 956. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if newly qualified teachers are entitled to payment during the school holidays if they are covering a teacher on sick leave indefinitely and employed on a year-by-year basis. [46484/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (8 Sep 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 957. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if teachers who are employed on a year-by-year basis, or a fixed contract, to cover a teacher who is on sick leave have to sign on for jobseeker's benefit during the holidays. [46485/25]