Darren O'Rourke

9. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on EU and international affairs will next meet. [37507/25]

15. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Taoiseach to report on his discussions with the new Canadian Prime Minister. [37508/25]

20. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on housing will next meet. [33553/25]

39. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Taoiseach on his attendance at the Global Ireland Summit. [39269/25]

47. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet Committee on Government Co-ordination will next meet. [39270/25]

53. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Taoiseach if he will report on his recent meeting with the President of the European Commission in Brussels. [39271/25]

63. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Taoiseach to report on the updated national digital and AI strategy. [35254/25]

124. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Finance the date his Department plans to publish the summer economic statement; the way in which it plans to account for any announcements regarding EU-US tariffs in its published estimates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38948/25]

143. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Finance to outline plans to reduce the VAT rate in the hospitality sector; the specific proposals being considered presently; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38947/25]

172. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number and percentage of staff based at the Irish Embassy in Tokyo who are fluent in speaking and writing in Japanese. [38659/25]

235. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the percentage of the capital and current funding of his Department that has been spent in the first six months of 2025; and if he will provide the same figures for the corresponding period in 2024, in tabular form [38675/25]

258. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport if he has spoken to his US counterpart to date in 2025. [38673/25]

323. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport the number of Bus Éireann bus mechanics employed at Broadstone Depot; the number of unfilled posts; the length of time posts have been unfilled; plans to fill same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39441/25]

324. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport the number of Bus Éireann bus drivers employed at Broadstone Depot; the number of unfilled posts; the length of time posts have been unfilled; plans to fill same; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39442/25]

325. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport if there is any exception to the need for a person to complete a driver theory test when their licence is expired for a decade or more (details supplied); if there is ‘reasonable accommodation’-type support available to complete the driver theory test i.e. for people who are not familiar with technology; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39483/25]

438. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of special schools that have received the first day of CPI training, to date in 2025, in accordance with the ‘Understanding Behaviours of Concern and Responding to Crisis Situations’ guidelines published by the Department of Education in December 2024; the number of special schools that have, received the second day of CPI training, to date in 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38666/25]

439. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the rationale for the removal of the ‘direct training model’ delivered by CPI to a ‘train the trainers’ model; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38667/25]

440. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the amount of capital funding her Department provided to a school (details supplied) in 2023, 2024 and to-date in 2025, in tabular form. [38668/25]

441. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the estimated full-year cost to increase the number of SNAs to 24,200. [38669/25]

442. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the number of school transport applications submitted in County Monaghan from 2022 to 2025, including the number of applications approved during this period, in tabular form. [38670/25]

443. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the capital works projects her Department funded at a school (details supplied) in 2024 and to date in 2025; to list out capital works funding projects applications that are being considered by the Department, as of 4 July 2025. [38671/25]

444. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth 524. the number of ICT grants awarded to post primary schools in County Louth during the 2024-2025 school term. [38672/25]

495. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the estimated cost of opening an additional 20 naíonraí across the State. [39394/25]

497. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the position regarding the survey for school communities in relation to school denomination; when this survey will be rolled out; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39436/25]

498. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth to list the special classes that were in place for 2024 to 2025 but that will be suppressed for 2025 to 2026 (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39437/25]