Results 141-160 of 7,546 for speaker:Darren O'Rourke

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Public Appointments Service (8 Sep 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 958. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her plans to change the interview process for permanent posts in schools to an independent public appointment board or service. [46486/25]

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

Darren O'Rourke: 963. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children who left school without a junior certificate in each of the years between 2019 and 2024, inclusive and as a percentage of total number of students sitting and eligible for the junior certificate, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46561/25]

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

Darren O'Rourke: 964. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of children who left school with a junior certificate but without a leaving certificate in each of the years between 2019 and 2024 inclusive and as a percentage of total number of students sitting and eligible for the leaving certificate, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46562/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Meetings (8 Sep 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 1079. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment when he last met with the director general of TG4; the issues discussed; when is he next scheduled to meet the director general of TG4. [45528/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (8 Sep 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 1163. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide clarity for local councils on the issue of self-employed people wishing to put their name on the social housing list in relation to the discretionary requirement from individual councils to request a minimum of two years' accounts with an auditor’s report and a notice of assessment and/or...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (8 Sep 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 1164. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the reason Meath County Council is permitted the use of its own discretion when requesting a self-employed person, seeking to apply to join the social housing list to provide a submission of two years' accounts with an auditor’s report and a notice of assessment and/or self-assessment acknowledgement for the...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (8 Sep 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 1165. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he intends to introduce legislation compelling county councils to request self-employed individuals seeking to join the social housing list to provide minimum of two years’ accounts with an auditor’s report and a notice of assessment and/or self-assessment acknowledgement letter for the preceding 12-months....

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (8 Sep 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 1341. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason widows who work full-time and are in receipt of a widow's pension and pay PRSI and all other taxes are not eligible for normal illness benefit. [44954/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (8 Sep 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 1348. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason the contributory widows pension is taken into consideration as an criteria for eligibility for widows seeking a social benefit such as illness benefit; and if there are plans to remove the contributory pension from being considered when seeking said benefits. [45069/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (8 Sep 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 1349. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason the contributory widows pension is taken into consideration as an criteria for eligibility for widows seeking back to school clothing and footwear allowance; and if there are plans to remove the contributory pension from being considered when seeking said benefits. [45070/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Staff (8 Sep 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 1362. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of whole time equivalent network cyber security ICT specialists at the grade of executive officer working within his Department as of 18 August 2025, in tabular form. [45527/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (8 Sep 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 1399. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the responsibility that is on his Department to ensure that citizens are appropriately educated and informed about the terms of individual social welfare payments and the potential implications of availing or not availing of a particular payment, for example that some count as credits for a State pension and others do not;...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Waiting Lists (8 Sep 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 2306. To ask the Minister for Health the number of persons awaiting surgical removal of their wisdom teeth in CHO8, in tabular form. [45529/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (8 Sep 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 2307. To ask the Minister for Health the full year cost to fully staff three extra perinatal mental health teams. [45530/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (8 Sep 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 2308. To ask the Minister for Health the number of whole time equivalent staff by job title in HSE adult safeguarding teams within CHO8; and the timeframe for filling each of the vacancies, in tabular form. [45538/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (8 Sep 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 2309. To ask the Minister for Health the estimated full year cost to recruit two additional WTE senior pharmaceutical technicians; and two additional senior pharmacists to work in the Public Health Services. [45539/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (8 Sep 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 2366. To ask the Minister for Health the number, category and response time for ambulance call-outs to addresses in Ashbourne, County Meath in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45693/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service (8 Sep 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 2367. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to improve ambulance services serving Ashbourne, County Meath; if she intends to provide a dedicated service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45694/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (8 Sep 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 2473. To ask the Minister for Health the number of consultancy rooms for doctors practicing privately in the new Children's Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46223/25]

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

Darren O'Rourke: 2710. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to visit the east coast of the United States before year end 2025. [45540/25]