Results 921-940 of 1,477 for speaker:Grace Boland

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Ombudsman for Children (17 Sep 2025)

Grace Boland: 1074. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if legislative change will be required to establish a statutory child death review mechanism; if so, when draft legislation will be brought before the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48227/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (18 Sep 2025)

Grace Boland: 22. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence to report on the progress of recruitment campaigns for school leavers and women into careers in the Defence Forces; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49114/25]

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces (18 Sep 2025)

Grace Boland: 41. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence if the provision of accommodation for Defence Force members is being pursued to improve recruitment and retention of members; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49115/25]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Waste Management (18 Sep 2025)

Grace Boland: 124. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when a new a waste action plan for a circular economy is planned to be delivered after the current plan is due to expire at the end of 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49113/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Child Protection (23 Sep 2025)

Grace Boland: 8. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to set out the timeframe within which her Department intends to bring forward proposals for the establishment of a child death review mechanism; when implementation is expected to commence; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50199/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Child Protection (23 Sep 2025)

Grace Boland: In light of the recent and heartbreaking death of Daniel Aruebose, I raise the urgent need for a statutory child death review mechanism. The Ombudsman for Children in the April 2025 child death review again raised his concerns as to the current system and provided clear recommendations for the Government. Such a mechanism is also provided for in the programme for Government, which is very...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Child Protection (23 Sep 2025)

Grace Boland: While the State cannot control every tragedy, we do have a duty to respond to tragic deaths such as this with clarity and compassion, and that means heeding the ombudsman's recommendations. One of the ombudsman's recommendations relates to the Minister's Department where he is looking for immediate engagement with his office to find a resolution to the many limitations with the NRP in...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Child Protection (23 Sep 2025)

Grace Boland: The Minister will know from the review and also from engagement with the ombudsman that one of the things he is really calling for is that the reports of the NRP should be shared with families and every effort be made to remove barriers to information. The frustration with timelines and communication with families can be seen throughout the report. Like everything in life, communication and...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Pension Provisions (25 Sep 2025)

Grace Boland: 90. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection his plans to develop a pension solution for foster carers, in recognition of the enormous contribution they make to vulnerable children in our society, as committed to in the programme for Government; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50587/25]

National Social Enterprise Policy: Statements (25 Sep 2025)

Grace Boland: The Deputy is eating into his colleagues' time.

National Social Enterprise Policy: Statements (25 Sep 2025)

Grace Boland: Thank you, Deputy.

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Legal Cases (29 Jul 2025)

Grace Boland: 6. To ask the Taoiseach the amount spent on legal fees associated with litigation, advice and settlements in each of the past three years by his Department and agencies under its aegis. [40888/25]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Legal Cases (29 Jul 2025)

Grace Boland: 8. To ask the Taoiseach if all external legal fees incurred by his Department, and by any bodies under its aegis, are charged at negotiated discounted rates; and how fees are monitored for compliance. [41512/25]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Legal Cases (29 Jul 2025)

Grace Boland: 9. To ask the Taoiseach if his Department conducts regular benchmarking, or market testing, to ensure that the rates paid for legal services, solicitors and barristers, represent value for money for the taxpayer. [41530/25]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Legal Cases (29 Jul 2025)

Grace Boland: 10. To ask the Taoiseach to detail the procurement processes used when engaging external legal firms and barristers, including whether panels are used; how often these are refreshed; the criteria used for selection and performance review; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41548/25]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Legal Cases (29 Jul 2025)

Grace Boland: 11. To ask the Taoiseach if his Department has conducted any audits or reviews in the past five years on legal fee spend; if so, to publish the findings or summaries of those reviews; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41566/25]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Legal Cases (29 Jul 2025)

Grace Boland: 12. To ask the Taoiseach the internal oversight that exists within his Department to monitor the scope, duration, and cost escalation of legal services once engaged; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41584/25]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Legal Cases (29 Jul 2025)

Grace Boland: 13. To ask the Taoiseach if his Department makes use of capped fee arrangements, fixed-fee briefs, success-based fee models or other such arrangements in its legal engagements; and, if not, the reason such options are not considered. [41602/25]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Legal Cases (29 Jul 2025)

Grace Boland: 14. To ask the Taoiseach whether any legal engagements have exceeded their initial estimated or approved cost in the past three years; if so, the number of such cases and total overrun; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41620/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Departmental Legal Services (29 Jul 2025)

Grace Boland: 41. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the total spend by his Department on external legal services in each of the past three years; the main areas of legal activity for which external advice was sought; if he will provide a breakdown by case or category; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [40836/25]