Results 161-180 of 7,087 for speaker:Darren O'Rourke

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (10 Jun 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 913. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of extending the school meal scheme for post primary schools to all post primary schools in the State. [29774/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (10 Jun 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 914. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the average cost of children's allowance paid to parents each month. [29775/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (10 Jun 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 915. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cost of providing breakfast club to all DEIS primary schools. [29780/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (10 Jun 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 930. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of providing breakfast clubs to all DEIS primary schools in the state. [29837/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (10 Jun 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 916. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of providing the back-to-school allowance universally for all families in the State; and the estimated cost of a 10% increase on the current number provided to eligible parents and a 10% increase for all parents under a universal measure. [29783/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (10 Jun 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 927. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost to provide a €100 support to single/lone parents as a once off yearly payment. [29813/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (10 Jun 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 928. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the estimated cost of providing the school meals programme to all post-primary schools in the State. [29832/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (10 Jun 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 929. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of people claiming children’s allowance in 2025 and the estimated cost of providing a double payment in August 2025 to parents. [29836/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (10 Jun 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 947. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of primary and post primary DEIS schools that were denied funding for breakfast club for the school year 2024-2025, in tabular form. [30245/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (10 Jun 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 949. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of primary and post primary DEIS schools not being provided with a breakfast club; and the estimated cost of providing these schools with funding for a breakfast club. [30353/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (10 Jun 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 971. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of new marked and unmarked vehicles added to Garda technical bureau fleet in 2024 and to-date in 2025; and the number of vehicles withdrawn from this fleet during same period, in tabular form. [28972/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Inquiries (10 Jun 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 1264. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 336 of 20 February 2025, for an update on the epilim inquiry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [28942/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (10 Jun 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 1266. To ask the Minister for Health the number of WTE dental nurses and dental hygienists based in each primary care centre and health centre within Meath in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [28959/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (10 Jun 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 1267. To ask the Minister for Health the number of minor and major treatment bays within accident and emergency department of Our Lady's Hospital, Navan. [28960/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (10 Jun 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 1268. To ask the Minister for Health the hours per week each consultant oral and maxillofacial surgeon is based at St. James's Hospital in 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [28961/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (10 Jun 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 1269. To ask the Minister for Health the level of funding provided for tobacco cessation services in 2024 and 2025, in tabular form. [28962/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Staff (10 Jun 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 1270. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant podiatrists posts within Meath. [28963/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Status (10 Jun 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 1618. To ask the Minister for Health when a person in County Meath (details supplied) will receive MRI results and a follow-up appointment at Beaumont Hospital; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [30548/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (10 Jun 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 1654. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason further education and training funding to the LMETB was cut (details supplied) for service plan 2025; if he will immediately reverse this cut; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29673/25]

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Education Schemes (29 May 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: There is no doubt they are essential and welcome when they come but they are not enough. That is the reality. I need the Minister of State, the Minister and Department to hear that. Schools are screaming from the rooftops. All you need to do is look at the Dáil record and see the number of times school funding has been raised by Deputies across the House. I think there is a former...