Questions asked 36 total

• Education 15 questions

  • 2025-02-18 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education the number of DEIS schools in County Sligo; and the location and name of those schools, in tabular form. [5463/25]
  • 2025-02-18 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education when refurbishment works at a school (details supplied) will be completed. [5464/25]
  • 2025-02-18 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education when refurbishment works at a school (details supplied) will be completed. [5465/25]
  • 2025-02-18 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education when refurbishment works at a school (details supplied) will be completed. [5466/25]
  • 2025-02-18 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education when refurbishment works at a school (details supplied) will be completed. [5467/25]
  • 2025-02-18 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education when she expects refurbishment works a school (details supplied) to move to the construction phase of works. [5468/25]
  • 2025-02-18 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education when she expects refurbishment works a school (details supplied) to move to the construction phase of works. [5469/25]
  • 2025-02-18 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education her plans to increase primary school place numbers in Dunshaughlin, County Meath for 2025/2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5572/25]
  • 2025-02-18 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education if she plans to change the eligibility criteria for school transport to include children attending a non-denominational secondary school on the basis of ethos, such that non-denominational schools would be treated like minority-religion schools currently; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5801/25]
  • 2025-02-18 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education the number of schools which charge fees for conducting mock exams; the extent to which this is common practice and the range of fees charged; if she will review this added expense for parents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [5979/25]
  • 2025-02-18 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on planning for special class admissions in September 2025; the indicated new demand compared to September 2024; if she will ensure that no child will be left without a school place; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6436/25]
  • 2025-02-20 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education if she will detail her Department’s capital budget in each of the past five years; and the percentage of that budget spent at 31 December in each of those years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6830/25]
  • 2025-02-20 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education if she will provide an update on her Department's work to develop a roadmap for inclusive education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7009/25]
  • 2025-02-20 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education the procedure for forward planning and identifying the number, type and location of special classes in mainstream primary and post-primary schools for 2025-2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7014/25]
  • 2025-02-20 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education the number of children with special educational needs accessing the home tuition grant scheme currently; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [7025/25]
• Justice 3 questions

  • 2025-02-18 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Justice the number of Gardaí, by rank, attached to the Meath serious crime hub. [5475/25]
  • 2025-02-18 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Justice if there is an Irish citizenship ceremony planned for March 2025. [5476/25]
  • 2025-02-18 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Justice the number of WTE probation officers, by grade, employed by his Department as of 10 February 2025. [5477/25]
• Health 3 questions

  • 2025-02-18 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE community nurses based in Meath in 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [5471/25]
  • 2025-02-18 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE vacancies across maxillofacial services across the public health service. [5472/25]
  • 2025-02-20 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health for an update on the epilim inquiry; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6864/25]
• Foreign 2 questions

  • 2025-02-18 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of passport renewals made in January 2025; and to provide the corresponding figures for January 2023 and January 2024, in tabular form. [5473/25]
  • 2025-02-18 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs the engagements his Department has had with the government of Mexico in the past 12 months. [5474/25]
• Transport 2 questions

  • 2025-02-18 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport for an update on the Programme for Government commitment to extend the ten-year rule for 2015 taxi vehicles; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5548/25]
  • 2025-02-20 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport the amount of funding allocated by the NTA to the R135 cycle network scheme in Ashbourne, County Meath; the schedule of payments for this project; the expected full cost of the project after disputed claims; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6882/25]
• Tourism 2 questions

  • 2025-02-18 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the current and capital funding provided to each national cultural institution in 2025, in tabular form. [5479/25]
  • 2025-02-18 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the engagements his Department has had with the government of Australia and/or any state body of the government of Australia in 2024 and to date in 2025, in tabular form. [5480/25]
• Environment 2 questions

  • 2025-02-19 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications if he is concerned at the sale of Bord na Móna’s waste collection arm; if he has assessed the impact of this on waste collection services in Ireland; if he intends to intervene in this sale perhaps for the State to take a greater role in waste-collection services; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6468/25]
  • 2025-02-20 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications for an update on the national hydrogen strategy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6406/25]
• Enterprise 2 questions

  • 2025-02-20 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he intends to expand the Power Up grant to include businesses that are currently excluded; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6408/25]
  • 2025-02-20 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if he is aware of the prospect of job losses at a company (details supplied) ; to outline the efforts he is making to mitigate job losses; the efforts to support workers at risk of redundancy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6409/25]
• Children 2 questions

  • 2025-02-20 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there has been a change in the past three years in relation to transport entitlements for disability adult day services (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6832/25]
  • 2025-02-20 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will detail the transport budget for the HSE in CHO8 to support adults to get to and from disability adult day services, for each of the past five years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6833/25]
• Defence 1 question

  • 2025-02-18 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the capital budget allocation for his Department in 2024 and 2025, in tabular form. [5478/25]
• Social 1 question

  • 2025-02-18 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Social Protection if his predecessor spoke formally with her US counterpart in 2024. [5470/25]
• Agriculture 1 question

  • 2025-02-18 Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his predecessor spoke formally with his US counterpart in 2024. [5481/25]