Results 141-160 of 6,781 for speaker:Darren O'Rourke

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Renewable Energy Generation (20 Mar 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 48. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when he will introduce planning guidelines for solar farms in line with the Programme for Government commitment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6405/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Attendance (20 Mar 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 320. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of students on reduced hours; for a breakdown of same for each of the past three years and categorised based on primary or secondary school and SEN recommendation or not; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13146/25]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Water Services (19 Mar 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: The solution is the immediate prioritisation or fast-tracking of the Staleen water treatment plant to Windmill Hill reservoir project. I want to put a couple of points on the record. A public meeting is scheduled on this issue for tomorrow week, Thursday, at 8.30 p.m. in the Duleek-Bellewstown community centre. I would encourage representatives of Uisce Éireann and the Minister or...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Water Services (19 Mar 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for selecting this important issue for discussion tonight and the Minister of State for being here. This is a familiar issue which is frustrating for residents and business owners in the area of Duleek, Donore and surrounding areas. The issue is creaking water infrastructure leading to water bursts all too frequently. They are unscheduled and in many cases are...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (19 Mar 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 561. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for a county-by-county breakdown of the 3,275 children now identified as requiring a special educational place for September 2025 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10775/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (19 Mar 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 562. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for a school-by-school breakdown of unused SEN places as of 4 March 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10776/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (19 Mar 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 563. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for a county-by-county breakdown of the 3,900 special educational places expected to be delivered for September 2025 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10777/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (19 Mar 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 564. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the process for identifying demand for special education places; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10778/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (19 Mar 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 745. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if consideration has been given to specific proposals for a right to switch off for secondary school students given the increased communication from teachers to students via email; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [12502/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Data (19 Mar 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 1405. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will provide information on research commissioned previously to inform plans to modernise youth information services; if this research has been published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11927/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (19 Mar 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 1930. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason apprentice wage norms in engineering have not been reviewed since July 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12402/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Apprenticeship Programmes (19 Mar 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 1931. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason discriminatory rates of payments to apprentices exist between the electrical, construction, mechanical and engineering industries where apprentices attain the same qualification; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12403/25]

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Social Media (6 Mar 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 47. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the measures he is taking to regulate the use of social media by children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10172/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (6 Mar 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 145. To ask the Minister for Health when a person in County Meath (details supplied) will receive a CAMHS appointment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10178/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (6 Mar 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 167. To ask the Minister for Health if she plans to protect and enhance services at Our Lady’s Hospital, Navan, including the emergency department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10179/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (5 Mar 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 81. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she has considered legislative or regulatory changes to aid the fast-track delivery of temporary school building accommodation to increase special school- and special class-provision for September 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9992/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Transfers (5 Mar 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 215. To ask the Minister for Health when a transfer will be facilitated for a person (details supplied) to CIRRUS Rehabilitation Unit, Our Lady’s Hospital, Navan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10174/25]

Oideachas trí Mheán na Gaeilge: Tairiscint [Comhaltaí Príobháideacha] (4 Mar 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: Mo bhuíochas leis an Teachta Ó Snodaigh as an rún seo a chur faoi bhráid na Dála. Tá mé ag labhairt mar urlabhraí oideachais mo pháirtí, ach níos tábhachtaí arís, tá mé ag labhairt mar thuismitheoir páistí ar mhaith liom go mbeadh oideachas trí mheán na Gaeilge acu. Teastaíonn an deis...

Policing and Community Safety: Statements (4 Mar 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: I want to return to the issue of Garda numbers, as I often do, in regard to County Meath. County Meath is the county with the lowest number of gardaí per head of population, something which has been the case for a long time. By way of comparison, in 2009 there were 315 gardaí in County Meath, with a population at that time of 172,000 people. At the end of 2024, there were 316...

Policing and Community Safety: Statements (4 Mar 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: Can I call for a quorum? We do not have a quorum. We need five in the Chamber. Is that the case? I think it is. It is an important debate.