Darren O'Rourke

499. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth to list the special classes that were sanctioned for 2025 to 2026 but which now have been withdrawn by the National Council for Special Education and her Department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39438/25]

501. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the estimated cost of providing language transition programmes and anti-racism training for primary and post-primary schools, respectively. [39508/25]

503. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth if he will arrange that a comprehensive plan be developed and implemented to increase the provision of Irish-medium education from 6% to 20% over a 20-year period. [39542/25]

673. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of detective sergeant posts filled within Meath-Westmeath Division, as of 7 July 2025, in tabular form. [38676/25]

775. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current vacancies by job title at the Agri-Food Regulator; and the expected timeframe for filling each of those vacancies in tabular form. [38658/25]

850. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health the number of WTE consultants in critical care medicine based at St James's Hospital in the years of 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025 in tabular form. [38655/25]

851. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health the staffing budget allocation for Our Lady's Hospital, Navan in the years of 2023, 2024 and 2025 in tabular form. [38656/25]

852. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health the locations within Meath where HSE community specialist teams provide respiratory outreach service clinics and diabetes outreach service clinics in tabular form. [38657/25]

1033. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the estimated cost of increasing apprentice wage to the minimum wage. [39507/25]

1046. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development and the Gaeltacht 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. [38674/25]

316. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health the number of psychiatric wards or units there are in Meath. [38328/25]

317. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health the number of psychiatric wards or units there are in Leinster. [38329/25]

318. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health the number of new psychiatric wards or units opening in County Meath within the next five years. [38330/25]

68. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth for an update on a new school building project (details supplied); if tenders have been assessed and awarded; if so, to whom; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38226/25]

8. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on children and education will next meet. [33552/25]

27. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on infrastructure will next meet. [37506/25]

109. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science for an update on the funding cut to apprenticeships in Meath and across the State; his assessment of the practical impact of this cut; the measures he is taking to address this; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37297/25]

170. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science if he will provide an update on the new building for Dunboyne College of Further Education; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37298/25]

403. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the cost of updating the safety in school science guidelines. [37292/25]

404. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the estimated cost of bringing secondary school science labs up to date and modernised for the new senior cycle reforms. [37293/25]

426. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the estimated cost of providing an allowance covering the cost of a device (details supplied) for each child in a school that teaches using such a device rather than traditional textbooks. [37697/25]

427. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the estimated cost of a pilot programme to cover the cost of a device (details supplied) per student in all DEIS schools who teach using such devices rather than traditional textbooks. [37698/25]

428. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the estimated cost of a pilot programme to cover the cost of a device (details supplied) per student in 20 school’s irrespective of DEIS status who teach using such devices rather than textbooks. [37699/25]

433. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the cost of reintroducing the allowance for teachers teaching Irish in Irish-medium schools since after 2012. [37751/25]

434. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education and Youth the cost of increasing extra support for those learning Irish as an additional language. [37752/25]