Darren O'Rourke

1405. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will provide information on research commissioned previously to inform plans to modernise youth information services; if this research has been published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [11927/25]

1930. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the reason apprentice wage norms in engineering have not been reviewed since July 2016; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12402/25]

1931. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science the reason discriminatory rates of payments to apprentices exist between the electrical, construction, mechanical and engineering industries where apprentices attain the same qualification; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12403/25]

47. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media the measures he is taking to regulate the use of social media by children; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10172/25]

145. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health when a person in County Meath (details supplied) will receive a CAMHS appointment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10178/25]

167. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health if she plans to protect and enhance services at Our Lady’s Hospital, Navan, including the emergency department; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10179/25]

81. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education if she has considered legislative or regulatory changes to aid the fast-track delivery of temporary school building accommodation to increase special school- and special class-provision for September 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9992/25]

215. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health when a transfer will be facilitated for a person (details supplied) to CIRRUS Rehabilitation Unit, Our Lady’s Hospital, Navan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [10174/25]

34. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Taoiseach when the Cabinet committee on children and education and disability will meet next. [8320/25]

131. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide an update on fare restructuring; when the new structure will be finally implemented following the delay since autumn 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9241/25]

146. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport if he will provide an update on Bus Éireann driver and mechanic recruitment in the past six months, particularly as it relates to services in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9243/25]

247. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Transport for an update on the Navan rail project; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9240/25]

301. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Finance when the residential zoned land tax maps will be finalised; when the tax will be levied; the rate at which it will be levied; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9250/25]

365. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education the date on which revised salary and annual leave entitlements for school caretakers will be introduced; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9136/25]

366. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education when school secretaries and caretakers will be included in the public service pension scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9137/25]

611. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will identify the posts in children’s disability network teams in Meath; the posts filled and vacant at 25 February 2025; the length of time the vacant posts have been vacant, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9309/25]

631. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Health if she will identify the posts in children’s primary care disability services in Meath; the posts filled and vacant at 25 February 2025; the length of time the vacant posts have been vacant, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9308/25]

1. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education if she is aware of the concerns raised by school leaders in relation to the accelerated roll-out of senior cycle reform; if she accepts that the accelerated timeline does not allow enough time for essential preparations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8924/25]

3. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education what additional demand for special class and special school places for September 2025 is now anticipated at primary and secondary school level; what measures she is taking to ensure the necessary school buildings, staff and resources are in place to meet that demand; if emergency measures are expected; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8925/25]

5. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education to outline her assessment of the teacher recruitment and retention emergency at primary and secondary school level; the measures she intends to address it; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8926/25]

7. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education the current number of full-time equivalent educational welfare officer positions across Ireland, by county, in tabular form; the number of these positions currently vacant; the timeline for filling these vacancies; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8491/25]

8. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education how she intends to deliver on the programme for Government commitment to expand opportunities for students to attend Gaelscoileanna and Gaelcholáistí; if it is her commitment, as it was her predecessor’s, to “work towards doubling the number of young people currently in Irish-medium schools” (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8490/25]

41. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education to provide an update on the counselling in primary schools pilot; the counselling hours delivered to date and the number of children to benefit; the way in which this pilot is monitored and evaluated; her plans for its further rollout; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8492/25]

57. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education for an update on Strand I and II of the educational therapy support service; if she intends to transition this service to a national therapy service in education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8488/25]

64. Deputy Darren O'Rourke asked the Minister for Education the measures she is taking to increase access to, and participation in, transition year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8489/25]