Mon, 28 Jul – 3 Aug 2025 · 4 TDs · 0 bills voted on · 70 questions · 0 new lobbying filings
Darren O'Rourke — Sinn Féin
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70 questions ·
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Questions asked70 total
Education64 questions
2025-07-29Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of staff who work in early intervention classes across the State. [40741/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the estimated first- and full-year cost of increasing staff in early intervention classes by 5%, up to a maximum of 50%. [40742/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the estimated first- and full-year cost of expanding the home school community liaison scheme by 5%, up to a maximum of 40%, in DEIS urban band one schools. [40743/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the estimated first- and full-year cost of expanding the home school community liaison scheme by 5%, up to a maximum of 40%, in DEIS schools. [40744/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of applicants for the school transport scheme in 2024. [40745/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of students who received a place on the school transport scheme in 2024. [40746/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of applications for the school transport scheme in 2025. [40747/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of students who received a place on the school transport scheme in 2025. [40748/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the estimated first and full-year cost of providing a nurture room to all DEIS plus schools. [40749/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the estimated first and full-year cost of providing a nurture room to all DEIS school that do not currently have one, but have ASD classes. [40750/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the estimated first and full-year cost of providing one nurture room to a school. [40751/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the estimated first and full-year cost of providing a nurture room to all DEIS urban band 1 schools. [40752/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the estimated first and full-year cost of retrofitting science labs in one and up to a maximum of 20 DEIS secondary schools. [40753/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the estimated first and full-year cost of re-introducing the allowance at the same rate for teachers teaching in Irish in Irish medium education schools to pre 2012. [40754/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the estimated number of additional NEPS educational psychologists needed for 2025-2026 to keep pace with public need. [40755/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the estimated cost of providing ten, up to a maximum of 100, additional NEPS educational psychologists to the system. [40756/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware of the FASD Ireland pilot project in secondary schools in County Clare; and if she would expand this pilot project elsewhere. [41077/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will roll out a classroom based programme that raises awareness of foetal alcohol spectrum disorder in every secondary school across the State for students in transition year. [41078/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the measures she is taking to ensure people are educated about foetal alcohol spectrum disorder in post primary schools. [41079/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the safeguards that are in place to ensure that redeployment does not result in SNAs repeatedly being treated as the “last in” in every new post under the SNA redeployment scheme. [41692/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if there will be a cap on the number of redeployments an SNA can undergo, or a time limit on their probationary status in a new school. [41693/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the maximum distance an SNA may be required to travel if redeployed to a different school under the redeployment scheme for SNAs. [41694/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth what happens in a situation where a SNA cannot realistically travel to the new school offered under the SNA redeployment scheme; and if they cannot travel, whether they remain in their current school. [41695/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth in circumstances where an SNA with ten years’ service in a school and is redeployed to a different school with SNAs who have less than ten years’ service built up, whether the transferee will have seniority. [41696/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools, DEIS, primary and secondary schools, respectively, that require students to have an iPad for learning instead of traditional textbooks. [42504/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of non-Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools, DEIS, primary and secondary schools, respectively, that require students to have an iPad for learning instead of traditional textbooks. [42505/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of teachers working in the State across both primary and secondary schools. [42506/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of educational psychologists working in NEPS to date. [42507/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children who register for a place on the school transport scheme; and the number of places that would need to be delivered to cope with capacity. [42508/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the average cost of providing a nurture room in a school. [42509/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of students who received a place on the school transport scheme in 2024. [42510/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of applicants who applied for the school transport scheme in 2025. [42511/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of students who received a place on the school transport scheme in 2025. [42512/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of additional NEPS educational psychologists that are needed for 2025/2026 to keep up with public need. [42513/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the amount of funding allocated to special education from 2020 to date in 2025. [42514/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of additional teachers in the system from 2020 to date in 2025. [42515/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth in view of the increase in capitation funding to €224 for primary schools please outline how much that is per child per day. [42516/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the estimated cost of providing an additional 1 and 100 school transport places. [43020/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the estimated first- and full-year cost of increasing capitation rates for primary and post-primary school pupils, respectively, by an additional €10 per pupil in the 2025-2026 academic year, compared with the baseline capitation rates allocated in the academic year 2024-2025, in tabular form. [43021/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the estimated cost of providing a €100 allowance towards iPads for students in secondary schools; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43022/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the total funding provided by her Department for trauma informed practice training for teachers carried out by the National Educational Psychological Service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43023/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the total number of nurture groups in schools across the State, broken down by primary and post-primary school level, in tabular form. [43024/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the maximum amount of capital funding available for schools who wish to re-configure existing spaces within the school building to accommodate nurture groups in schools or to construct additional accommodation, such as a nurture room; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43025/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the total allowance that was available for teachers who taught in Irish in Irish-medium schools before it was abolished; the estimated cost of reinstating this allowance; if there are any plans in her Department to review this allowance or reintroduce it; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43026/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her Department has set aside any funding for the development of a new policy on Irish-medium education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43027/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the estimated cost of establishing an expert group to develop policy for the Irish language in the early years education system from early childhood to third level education based on the Common European Framework of Reference; and if any similar expert groups have been established within the education sector in recent years. [43028/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the total funding allocated to the climate action summer works scheme in 2026 and beyond, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43029/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the estimated cost of carrying out a review in her Department, for example, a review of the Professional Master of Education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43030/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the average salary of one full-time home school community liaison coordinator; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43031/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the total funding allocated for improving safety in school science; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43032/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the total funding allocated for the Deis Plus programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43033/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the total funding allocated to Traveller/Roma/Refugee capitation supports in primary and post-primary schools respectively, in tabular form. [43034/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the estimated cost of increasing the number of staff in early intervention classes by 10%; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43035/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the estimated total savings in 2026 from the phased roll-out of the private school subsidy, assuming it will be rolled-out over a five-year period; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43036/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the total funding allocated in 2025 to continue the implementation of the schoolbooks scheme at primary level; the total grant per pupil in 2025; and the number of pupils who will benefit from the scheme this year, in tabular form. [43839/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the estimated cost of providing an additional 100 mainstream school transport places if contract rates remain the same as they currently are and there is no spare capacity. [44208/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the estimated cost of providing an additional 100 special educational needs school transport places if contract rates remain the same as they currently are and there is no spare capacity. [44209/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of DEIS primary and post primary schools currently in the State, in tabular form. [44212/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the estimated cost of providing an additional school completion project to cover the remaining DEIS schools without one, in tabular form. [44213/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the estimated cost of providing an additional guidance counsellor in a DEIS post primary school. [44214/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the estimated cost of providing an additional guidance counsellor in a post primary school. [44215/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the estimated cost of providing an additional home school completion officer to a DEIS school. [44216/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of DEIS schools that currently do not have a HSCL officer or do not have sufficient HSCL officers. [44217/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the funding amount provided to special schools which cater for children with MGLD and other learning disabilities. [44218/25]
Social2 questions
2025-07-29Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of primary and post primary DEIS schools that currently do not offer a breakfast club, and to provide the estimated cost of providing breakfast club in these schools regardless of whether the request to offer the service. [44210/25]
2025-07-29Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Social Protection the estimated average cost of a DEIS primary and secondary school offering a breakfast club respectively, in tabular form. [44211/25]
Housing1 question
2025-07-29Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage to request from An Coimisiún Pleanála a copy of any submissions received from national or regional health authorities regarding the recent decision permitting continued night flights at Dublin Airport, specifically addressing public health and sleep disruption risks for surrounding communities; if he will confirm whether expert respiratory or sleep medicine consultants provided An Coimisiún Pleanála with specialised health reports or assessments to assist in evaluating the health implications for affected populations in view of the fact that since August 2022, over 400 households entitled to noise mitigation measures have remained without protection; if he will advise whether any public health assessment or population-level risk analysis was submitted to, or considered by, An Coimisiún Pleanála prior to their decision. [43840/25]
Justice1 question
2025-07-29Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will publish the interim report of the Garda Recruitment and Training Capacity Group; the date on which the full report will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41223/25]
Children1 question
2025-07-29Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if a second additional year of ECCE will be made available to a child (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41483/25]
Health1 question
2025-07-29Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health for an update on the assessment, funding and use, including early use through an early access scheme, of givinostat for muscular dystrophy patients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [40811/25]