Darren O'Rourke
Oral
11. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on justice, migration and social affairs will next meet. [64814/26]
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Darren O'Rourke
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1,809
questions asked
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Darren O'Rourke
Written
246. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 165 of 30 June 2026, if she will provide Army Nursing Corps reinstating the ANS as opposed to outsourcing this essential service, in light of the fact that outsourcing is not only more expensive, it does not allow for nurses to deploy with Defence Forces units; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [60704/26]
Darren O'Rourke
Written
541. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport whether the Transport Appraisal Framework and National Investment Framework for Transport in Ireland require or permit reasonable combinations of measures to be considered during option development. [63094/26]
Darren O'Rourke
Written
542. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport the body responsible for ensuring compliance with the Transport Appraisal Framework before the Department's first formal decision gate; and the mechanism exists to examine concerns about the evidence used to eliminate reasonable options before the option set is narrowed further. [63093/26]
Darren O'Rourke
Written
543. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport whether there is a mandatory pass/fail criterion regarding AADT or the traffic-reduction benchmark under the Transport Appraisal Framework; and whether an option may appropriately be eliminated for failing to achieve it on a standalone basis. [63092/26]
Darren O'Rourke
Written
51. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if she met formally with the Saudi Arabian Crown Prince during her recent visit to the Gulf region. [55616/26]
Darren O'Rourke
Written
52. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the amount collected in consulate fees from each Irish Embassy in 2025 and to-date in 2026, in tabular form. [55617/26]
Darren O'Rourke
Written
384. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport the monetary value his Department attributes to the connectivity provided by hub and transfer traffic at Dublin Airport; the analysis or methodology underpinning that valuation; whether a cost-benefit analysis of such traffic has been carried out by or for his Department accounts for the noise and emissions costs borne by residents under the flight paths; a…
Darren O'Rourke
Written
680. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he plans to address the inequity between the treatment of exchange-traded funds for tax purposes, and the taxation of other gains from the disposal of financial instruments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55130/26]
Darren O'Rourke
Written
697. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether his Department or the tax strategy group has assessed the revenue potential of a levy on transfer and self-connecting passengers at Irish airports, being passengers whose journeys neither begin nor end in the State; if his attention has been drawn to a 2023 study commissioned by the Ministry of Finance of the Netherlands that estimated an…
Darren O'Rourke
Written
876. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the number of tenders that the Office of Government Procurement put out for the provision of hospitality staff during Ireland's Presidency of the EU; and the names of those companies that were awarded the contract to provide this service. [55625/26]
Darren O'Rourke
Written
985. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Enterprise, Tourism and Employment the number of WTE forensic accountants and enforcement lawyer posts that have been filled at Corporate Enforcement Authority as of 15 July 2026, in tabular form. [55628/26]
Darren O'Rourke
Written
1177. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of WTE structural engineers employed within her Department as of 14 July 2026, in tabular form. [55619/26]
Darren O'Rourke
Written
1178. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of teachers on the substitute supply panel in Donegal at present; and the number in 2022, in tabular form. [55620/26]
Darren O'Rourke
Written
1197. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on her Department's preparation, in conjunction with the European Agency for Special Needs and Inclusive Education, of a roadmap for inclusive education here; if the roadmap or report has been published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55908/26]
Darren O'Rourke
Written
1221. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on the supports that were committed to be delivered for survivors of industrial and reformatory schools (details supplied); if the supports have all been delivered; if not, when they will be delivered; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56154/26]
Darren O'Rourke
Written
3282. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health the amount that the HSE spent under the high-tech drug scheme in 2025 and for the first six months of 2026, in tabular form. [55626/26]
Darren O'Rourke
Written
3283. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultant urologist posts filled at the Mater Hospital as of 15 July 2026, in tabular form. [55627/26]
Darren O'Rourke
Oral
1. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of children with additional needs who require but have yet to receive an offer of an appropriate school place for September 2026, based on her most recent meeting with the National Council for Special Education, NCSE; the date of same; the measures she is taking to ensure that every child with additional needs has an appropriate school pl…
Darren O'Rourke
Oral
3. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if her attention has been drawn to the fact that Ireland has the largest primary school class sizes in the EU; the measures she is taking to address the recruitment and retention crisis in primary school teaching; if she will provide for 1,000 more primary teachers in budget 2027 to allow more individual attention, more effective teaching, and stron…
Darren O'Rourke
Written
27. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the degree to which the ‘procedures on the use of school property and school sports facilities outside of school hours’ is monitored and measured; if barriers to access have been identified and if they will be addressed; if she supports the call by an organisation (details supplied) for a dual-use facilities strategy and recognise the importance of…
Darren O'Rourke
Written
40. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth to provide an update on the implementation of the school transport review; the measures she is taking to ensure every child who wants a place on their local school bus receives one for this September; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54036/26]
Darren O'Rourke
Written
48. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will commit to urgently re-engage with SNAs and their representatives in the wake of their rejection of workforce development plan proposals in order to reach resolution; the date on which this will take place; if she will immediately introduce those measures agreed as part of the local bargaining clause in the meantime; and if she will make…
Darren O'Rourke
Written
90. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the reason the full findings and analysis of the youth worker workforce survey and employer workforce questionnaire conducted to inform the Youth Work Workforce Development Strategy have not been published to date; whether comprehensive analysis of the data has been undertaken; whether such analysis has been shared with stakeholders; when the Depar…
Darren O'Rourke
Written
93. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she is aware of the increased use of digital devices in secondary schools and the associated growing digital divide (details supplied); the measures she is taking to address this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [54037/26]