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Darren O'Rourke

Sinn Féin Meath East TD in this Dáil since 29 November 2024

Official Oireachtas profile

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1,809
questions asked
Oral and written, to government departments
93,019
words spoken in the chamber
Across 530 contributions. Plus 27 contributions from the chair, not counted
435
votes recorded
Each Yes, No or Abstained in a recorded vote
270
topics asked about
Across 20 departments

From the Dáil chamber only: committee meetings are not in this archive.

What they ask about

The subject headings the Oireachtas filed their questions under.

Who they ask

The departments their questions were addressed to.

Month by month

Low months are usually recesses, when the Dáil does not sit. The archive runs to 22 October 2026.

Questions asked 1,809 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026

Contributions to debates 530 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026
Show as a table
MonthQuestionsContributions
December 2024 0 0
January 2025 25 0
February 2025 112 30
March 2025 96 8
April 2025 54 17
May 2025 91 38
June 2025 121 28
July 2025 198 41
August 2025 0 0
September 2025 76 13
October 2025 97 21
November 2025 109 24
December 2025 71 29
January 2026 77 32
February 2026 181 52
March 2026 100 22
April 2026 90 45
May 2026 60 31
June 2026 129 39
July 2026 42 22
August 2026 0 0
September 2026 27 16
October 2026 53 22

Debates they spoke in most

Plus 407 contributions in the regular slots, such as Leaders' Questions and Priority Questions. Speech from the chair is not counted.

Asked about similar topics

Worked out by computer from the subject headings of each TD's questions, giving more weight to headings few TDs use. It shows shared subjects, not shared views.

Party, constituency and offices

  1. constituency Meath East 29 November 2024 to now
  2. party Sinn Féin 29 November 2024 to now
Darren O'Rourke Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Education
986. Deputy 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]
Darren O'Rourke Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Education
987. Deputy 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]
Darren O'Rourke Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Education
988. Deputy 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]
Darren O'Rourke Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Education
1027. Deputy 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]
Darren O'Rourke Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Education
1028. Deputy 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]
Darren O'Rourke Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Education
1029. Deputy 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]
Darren O'Rourke Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Education
1072. Deputy 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]
Darren O'Rourke Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Education
1073. Deputy 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]
Darren O'Rourke Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Education
1074. Deputy 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]
Darren O'Rourke Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Education
1075. Deputy 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]
Darren O'Rourke Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Education
1076. Deputy 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]
Darren O'Rourke Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Education
1127. Deputy 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]
Darren O'Rourke Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Education
1128. Deputy 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]
Darren O'Rourke Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Education
1129. Deputy 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]
Darren O'Rourke Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Education
1131. Deputy 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]
Darren O'Rourke Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Education
1132. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the average cost of providing a nurture room in a school. [42509/25]
Darren O'Rourke Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Education
1133. Deputy 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]
Darren O'Rourke Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Education
1134. Deputy 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]
Darren O'Rourke Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Education
1135. Deputy 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]
Darren O'Rourke Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Education
1136. Deputy 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]
Darren O'Rourke Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Education
1137. Deputy 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]
Darren O'Rourke Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Education
1138. Deputy 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]
Darren O'Rourke Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Education
1139. Deputy 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]
Darren O'Rourke Written 29 Jul 2025 · to Education
1179. Deputy 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]