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Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (10 Apr 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 21. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the date on which a private wires policy will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17088/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Policy (10 Apr 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 62. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the way in which the Eirgrid All Island Resource Adequacy Assessment 2025-2034 (details supplied) will impact on energy supply in the years ahead; if it means that more renewable and less fossil fuel generation capacity will be required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17087/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Financial Services (10 Apr 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 228. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 420 of 25 March 2025, if she will provide a list of the schools referred to the FSSU; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18229/25]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 Apr 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: There are real concerns.

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (9 Apr 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: Last night in the Dáil, the Minister for Education doubled down on her intention to continue with the accelerated roll-out of senior cycle reform and a start date of September 2025. This is despite the significant concerns raised by school leaders across the State, including the tens of thousands of teachers who protested on this issue last November. On the current trajectory, they...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: State Examinations (8 Apr 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: I have a later question that should have been grouped with this question. Will the Minister address the issue of artificial intelligence as a concern among those in the education sector?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Education Policy (8 Apr 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: I thank the Minister. Children are being exposed to extreme violence, including sexual violence and pornography, and some social media platforms trade on hate and division. That has real implications where people are suggesting, and I do not disagree with them, that there is a very significant experiment with our children and policymakers are very often behind the curve. There is a...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Education Policy (8 Apr 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: We need specific timelines and measures because we can all agree in the round here, and I do not disagree with a word that the Minister has said, but what we need from the Government is action and implementation on this. For example, while this is not the Minister's responsibility, we have light-touch regulation and it needs to be improved, with age verification and recommender settings....

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Education Policy (8 Apr 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: Some of that is already outdated.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: School Funding (8 Apr 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: The people who deserve a huge amount of credit here, given the financial pressure they are under, are school principals, school leaders and school communities. In many of these cases they are keeping schools operational that, without their effort, would be under the water. I recognise there have been increased levels of funding, but there has also been a far greater level of increase in...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: School Funding (8 Apr 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: We cannot be running from one crisis to the next.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: School Funding (8 Apr 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: That is exactly what is happening. You are robbing Peter to pay Paul.

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Education Policy (8 Apr 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 104. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures she is taking to ensure children are protected and safe in the online world while at school; if she will acknowledge that €9 million phone pouches are an expensive distraction and that a more comprehensive response is required; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16979/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Education Policy (8 Apr 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: What measures is the Minister taking to ensure children are protected and safe in the online world while at school, will she acknowledge that the €9 million phone pouches are an expensive distraction and that a more comprehensive response is required, and will she make a statement on the matter?

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: School Funding (8 Apr 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 102. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her views on the number of schools reporting funding crises, related to increased energy, insurance and other costs, and which have not been matched with increased central funding; if she is concerned with the number of schools referred to the financial services support unit, for example; how she intends to respond to this funding crisis; and...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: School Funding (8 Apr 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: I wish to ask the Minister her views on the number of schools reporting funding crises related to increased energy, insurance and other costs and that have not been matched with increased central funding; if she is concerned with the number of schools referred to the financial services support unit, for example; how she intends to respond to this funding crisis; and if she will make a...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: School Funding (8 Apr 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: It is evident that the Minister is not doing enough and her plan is to continue to not do enough. In the past month, a cursory look at the Dáil Chamber showed that at least 15 TDs from every party raised funding concerns on behalf of dozens of local schools. In every case, it was about insufficient funding and money that was intended for programme A, whether that be educational...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport (8 Apr 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 122. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the changes planned in the school transport scheme for the 2025-2026 school year in order to ensure all children will be accommodated; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16932/25]

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

Darren O'Rourke: 125. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures she is taking to address the recruitment and retention crisis in education and the related increase in numbers of unqualified teachers employed in the system; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16936/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (8 Apr 2025)

Darren O'Rourke: 200. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to provide an update on plans for senior cycle reform, in particular the practical steps that she has taken since previous Minister's Questions on 27 February 2025; the date on which sample papers will be published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [16935/25]