Results 721-740 of 1,477 for speaker:Grace Boland

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Policy (15 Jul 2025)

Grace Boland: 455. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she has taken to deliver on the commitment in the Programme for Government to establish a new national small schools project; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38808/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (15 Jul 2025)

Grace Boland: 456. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she has taken to deliver on the commitment in the Programme for Government to create special educational needs coordinators; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38809/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (15 Jul 2025)

Grace Boland: 457. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if pupils with a diagnosis of dyslexia will be allowed additional time to complete their State exams in 2026; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38869/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Legislative Reviews (15 Jul 2025)

Grace Boland: 802. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality her intentions following the review of the Equality Acts published in 2003 which found that the equality legislation is not easy to navigate and requires an overhaul and codification; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38812/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Departmental Strategies (15 Jul 2025)

Grace Boland: 803. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for the timeline on the publications of the National Strategy for Women and Girls; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38813/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Parental Leave (15 Jul 2025)

Grace Boland: 804. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide an update on any progress made to encourage employers to publish statistics of the take up by both genders of parental leave and flexible working; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38814/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Parental Leave (15 Jul 2025)

Grace Boland: 805. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality how she envisions the Government can encourage more employees to take parental leave; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38815/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Assessments (15 Jul 2025)

Grace Boland: 862. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department has assessed the cost-effectiveness of integrated primary support services for young people through dedicated State run youth spaces; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38718/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Mental Health Services (15 Jul 2025)

Grace Boland: 863. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department has considered combining existing community-based and State supports in a more accessible and joined-up way to reduce pressure on crisis mental health services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38719/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (15 Jul 2025)

Grace Boland: 873. To ask the Minister for Health her plans to expand the opening hours of the D-Doc services for Balbriggan, Skerries, Rush and Lusk, given the increase in population seen in recent times; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38811/25]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Irish Aviation Authority: Engagement (16 Jul 2025)

Grace Boland: I thank the witnesses for coming in today. I am a TD for Dublin Fingal West so Dublin Airport is in my constituency. It is fantastic that we have such a facility in our constituency. It provides a lot of employment, but it does have an impact on the local community in relation to traffic, noise and its general environmental impact on the area. I want to get a general understanding about...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Irish Aviation Authority: Engagement (16 Jul 2025)

Grace Boland: The prescribed flight path.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Irish Aviation Authority: Engagement (16 Jul 2025)

Grace Boland: How do we work out if the flights are adhering to those flight paths and what is the authority’s role?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Irish Aviation Authority: Engagement (16 Jul 2025)

Grace Boland: By?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Irish Aviation Authority: Engagement (16 Jul 2025)

Grace Boland: Does the IAA get a deviation report?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Irish Aviation Authority: Engagement (16 Jul 2025)

Grace Boland: Does the IAA routinely get deviation reports?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Irish Aviation Authority: Engagement (16 Jul 2025)

Grace Boland: Does the IAA publish those?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Irish Aviation Authority: Engagement (16 Jul 2025)

Grace Boland: A lot of my constituents would complain that aeroplanes are banking very quickly once they take off. I was on a flight recently that banked almost immediately after take-off. My constituents would say that this is not what was agreed in terms of the environmental impact. It is difficult to understand whether that is the case and whether they have legitimate concerns that all of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Irish Aviation Authority: Engagement (16 Jul 2025)

Grace Boland: When were those procedures last submitted to the IAA?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Irish Aviation Authority: Engagement (16 Jul 2025)

Grace Boland: I would appreciate that. Turning to the issue of disability, I recently travelled through Dublin Airport with my 80-year-old mother. I had booked assistance for her and we had a very successful progression from the terminal to the aeroplane on the way out. However, on the way back, we had a very disappointing experience. We were also travelling with my small children. My mother was to...