Results 861-880 of 1,477 for speaker:Grace Boland

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Schemes (8 Sep 2025)

Grace Boland: 1697. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will outline the confidential reporting mechanisms and debt intimidation support programmes currently in place for individuals and families affected by criminal gang debt, and the extent of inter-agency cooperation to address such cases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47115/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Schemes (8 Sep 2025)

Grace Boland: 1698. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will detail any recent or planned An Garda Síochána or community-based campaigns aimed at preventing criminal gang debt and raising awareness of the supports available to those targeted by such intimidation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47116/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Control of Dogs (8 Sep 2025)

Grace Boland: 1822. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the steps his Department are taking to establish a centralised microchip database accessible to authorised officers and welfare organisations; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47180/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Control of Dogs (8 Sep 2025)

Grace Boland: 1823. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if his Department has considered linking licences to microchip numbers to improve compliance and enforcement; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47181/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Breeding (8 Sep 2025)

Grace Boland: 1824. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is planning to introduce mandatory health testing for all commercially bred dogs and consider banning the breeding of brachycephalic breeds, as done in Norway and the Netherlands; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47182/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Assisted Animal Reproduction (8 Sep 2025)

Grace Boland: 1825. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he is planning on regulating canine fertility clinics and ban surgical insemination as recommended by the Joint Oireachtas Committee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47183/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Schemes (8 Sep 2025)

Grace Boland: 1826. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will implement a reimbursement scheme for rescue organisations that neuter dogs taken from pounds; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47184/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Departmental Policies (8 Sep 2025)

Grace Boland: 2009. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the status of the childcare forward planning unit and when outputs of their work will be seen; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47086/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Childcare Services (8 Sep 2025)

Grace Boland: 2010. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of public childcare providers operational in north county Dublin; the plans to expand the network to this area which is one of the youngest and fastest growing areas in the country; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47087/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Childcare Services (8 Sep 2025)

Grace Boland: 2011. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of childminders registered with her Department from north county Dublin; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47088/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Departmental Policies (8 Sep 2025)

Grace Boland: 2012. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the plans her Department is working on to support childminders to continue to deliver their much needed services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47089/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Childcare Services (8 Sep 2025)

Grace Boland: 2013. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of childcare providers in north county Dublin that have withdrawn from CORE funding since its introduction; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47090/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Departmental Schemes (8 Sep 2025)

Grace Boland: 2014. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if a provider withdraws from CORE funding, can parents access the national childcare scheme and if so, the way in which they can this; the rate the NCS reimbursed them; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47091/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Early Childhood Care and Education (8 Sep 2025)

Grace Boland: 2015. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she is aware of the financial hardship experienced by Early Years Educators during the summer period, and if she will outline any measures being considered to support these workers during period of income loss; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47177/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Early Childhood Care and Education (8 Sep 2025)

Grace Boland: 2016. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if consideration will be given to establishing a more stable income support mechanism for Early Years Educators during seasonal employment gaps; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47179/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Early Childhood Care and Education (8 Sep 2025)

Grace Boland: 2017. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the scope of the public consultation for the proposed detailed action plan to build an affordable, high-quality, accessible early years childhood education and care system with State-led facilities; if the provision of a publicly funded and publicly managed early years and school age care system will be included; and if she will...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Health Services Staff (8 Sep 2025)

Grace Boland: 2018. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of administrative staff linked to the assessment of need process in HA2 Swords and Balbriggan teams; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47286/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Health Services Staff (8 Sep 2025)

Grace Boland: 2019. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the average number of assessment of need referrals received each month in 2024 and 2025 by HA2 Swords and Balbriggan teams (Dublin north county); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47287/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Health Services Staff (8 Sep 2025)

Grace Boland: 2020. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the average waiting time for children who are accepted onto the assessment of need waiting list in HA2 Swords and Balbriggan teams (Dublin north county); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47288/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Health Service Executive (8 Sep 2025)

Grace Boland: 2021. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the way in which resource allocations are determined for CDNT and primary care by the HSE; if they are determined on population numbers; and how often the allocation is reviewed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47289/25]