Results 881-900 of 1,477 for speaker:Grace Boland

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

Grace Boland: 2022. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the length of time the HSE internal recruitment process takes when one staff member is moving from one section to another, for example from mental health services to disability services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47290/25]

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

Grace Boland: 2023. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if her Department is actively working to reduce the time period for the internal recruitment process to ensure staff transfers are as efficient as possible; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47291/25]

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

Grace Boland: 2024. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the incentives being offered by the HSE to entice people to work in disability services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47292/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Misuse of Drugs (8 Sep 2025)

Grace Boland: 2034. To ask the Minister for Health if he is aware of recent data indicating a rise in illicit drug use across the State; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47110/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (8 Sep 2025)

Grace Boland: 2035. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant primary care posts currently within HA2 Swords and Balbriggan (Dublin north County), in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47293/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff (8 Sep 2025)

Grace Boland: 2036. To ask the Minister for Health the number of vacant primary care posts currently by location (details supplied), in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47294/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (8 Sep 2025)

Grace Boland: 2044. To ask the Minister for Health if she will confirm the areas that are included in CHO9; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44448/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (8 Sep 2025)

Grace Boland: 2045. To ask the Minister for Health if she will confirm the areas that are included in the newly created Area 6; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44449/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (8 Sep 2025)

Grace Boland: 2046. To ask the Minister for Health to provide details if there are any walk in services available to the community in Balbriggan Community Centre; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44450/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Schemes (8 Sep 2025)

Grace Boland: 2641. To ask the Minister for Health the plans her Department has to include Amfexa (quick release Dexamfetamine) for the treatment of ADHD in the drugs payment scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47107/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Schemes (8 Sep 2025)

Grace Boland: 2642. To ask the Minister for Health whether the demand for HRT medication has increased since the launch of the free HRT scheme in June 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47108/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: General Practitioner Services (8 Sep 2025)

Grace Boland: 2653. To ask the Minister for Health if GPs can refer their patients directly for x-rays and other radiology services locally without the need to refer them to accident and emergency departments; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47312/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (8 Sep 2025)

Grace Boland: 2654. To ask the Minister for Health the average waiting time for patients referred by their GPs for an x-ray in Beaumont Hospital, Connolly Hospital and Lourdes Hospital, in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47313/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (8 Sep 2025)

Grace Boland: 2737. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports that are being provided to DDL-ETB to develop flagship FET colleges of scale; the way in which these developments align with national targets for lifelong learning and skills development; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47306/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education and Training Boards (8 Sep 2025)

Grace Boland: 2738. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the way in which DDL-ETB is being supported to make FET an attractive pathway for school leavers, particularly in areas with high youth unemployment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47307/25]

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Sep 2025)

Grace Boland: I reiterate that I want the National Transport Authority, NTA, to come in. As we can see here, this project has been pushed out by several years and the cost overruns are huge. It is something this committee needs to look at, as well as the fact we have the contract with Indra relating to the deployment of a very complex IT project right across a large number of the NTA bodies in terms of...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (18 Sep 2025)

Grace Boland: I thank the Chair. I flagged that I wanted the NTA to come in. We have dealt with that already. It is important that we invite the DAA in. I know it is a commercial State body, but it is 100% State owned. With everything that has happened there in recent weeks, the committee has a duty to examine the settlement and whether it represents value for money and the code of practice has been...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Transport (17 Sep 2025)

Grace Boland: 220. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the estimated cost of the next generation ticketing project; the profile of expenditure over the lifetime of the project; whether this is provided for in the National Development Plan; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48244/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Transport Authority (17 Sep 2025)

Grace Boland: 365. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department has signed off on the business case for the National Transport Authority’s next generation ticketing project; if not, when a decision is expected; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48243/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: National Transport Authority (17 Sep 2025)

Grace Boland: 366. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the assessment his Department has made of the value for money of the next generation ticketing project; if an external assurance process was undertaken; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48245/25]