Results 181-200 of 616 for speaker:Grace Boland

Committee on Transport: Driving Test and NCT Delays: RSA (11 Jun 2025)

Grace Boland: On the NCT - and I am lawyer by profession who has worked in procurement - I was interested in the fact that the RSA said it was legally not allowed to include penalties in its contracts. Where does that come from?

Committee on Transport: Driving Test and NCT Delays: RSA (11 Jun 2025)

Grace Boland: Is that because the RSA is a State entity?

Committee on Transport: Driving Test and NCT Delays: RSA (11 Jun 2025)

Grace Boland: Mr. Walsh might seek some clarity and send us a letter on that.

Committee on Transport: Driving Test and NCT Delays: RSA (11 Jun 2025)

Grace Boland: The other issue I wanted to ask about was the Deloitte supervision services contractor for the NCT. Does that continue to be necessary? Could the RSA not use technology for that? Is it not included in the contract that the contractor would provide a report of its service levels? Why is a third party needed to interpret that?

Committee on Transport: Driving Test and NCT Delays: RSA (11 Jun 2025)

Grace Boland: When the RSA returns to the committee, it would be good to hear about that. It strikes that me that Deloitte is reputable, but also very expensive.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Census of Population (11 Jun 2025)

Grace Boland: 6. To ask the Taoiseach the date for the next planned census. [31013/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (11 Jun 2025)

Grace Boland: 61. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of journeys taken by Leap card in teach of the years since its introduction, in tabular form. [31014/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (11 Jun 2025)

Grace Boland: 62. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost to the State of making all public transport free for persons aged under 18, under 25 and under 30 years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31016/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Contracts (11 Jun 2025)

Grace Boland: 63. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if framework-based procurement is included in his Department’s reporting of tendered procurement in its annual accounts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31017/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Contracts (11 Jun 2025)

Grace Boland: 64. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department can provide contracts awarded via framework mini-competition, contracts awarded via direct drawdown from a framework without competition; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31018/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Contracts (11 Jun 2025)

Grace Boland: 65. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide a list of frameworks run independently by his Department versus those centrally established by the Office of Government Procurement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31019/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Contracts (11 Jun 2025)

Grace Boland: 66. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the value of procurement for independent frameworks and those established by the Office of Government Procurement for the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31020/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Contracts (11 Jun 2025)

Grace Boland: 67. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide a list of all framework agreements used by his Department or its agencies since 2022, by name and description of framework; if it was established by his Department, the Office of Government Procurement or another central, sectoral body; if it is a single-supplier or multi-supplier framework; if drawdowns required...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: National Development Plan (11 Jun 2025)

Grace Boland: 68. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the amount of capital funding allocated to his Department under the national development plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31022/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Capital Expenditure Programme (11 Jun 2025)

Grace Boland: 69. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to provide the amount of capital funding that has not yet been spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31036/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (11 Jun 2025)

Grace Boland: 128. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when the schedule of grans for schools will be available for the 2025/2026 academic year; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31037/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (11 Jun 2025)

Grace Boland: 129. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills when special needs assistant allocations for mainstream classes for the 2025/2026 school year will be finalised by the NCSE; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31038/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (11 Jun 2025)

Grace Boland: 336. To ask the Minister for Health if women are offered information on alternatives as a matter of course, prior to their pregnancy termination; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31015/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (11 Jun 2025)

Grace Boland: 350. To ask the Minister for Health the current staffing levels within the HSE school dental programme in CHO 9; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31039/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (11 Jun 2025)

Grace Boland: 351. To ask the Minister for Health the number of children under 13 years old awaiting dental screenings in CHO 9, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31040/25]