Results 1,381-1,400 of 1,477 for speaker:Grace Boland

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Services (14 Oct 2025)

Grace Boland: 564. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has engaged with Uisce Éireann regarding reports of substantial delays in commissioning utility connections for completed housing units; the measures that are being taken to improve coordination between developers and utility providers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54599/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (14 Oct 2025)

Grace Boland: 565. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has undertaken a review of utility infrastructure deficits in rural towns and villages; the way in which these deficits are currently limiting the delivery of rural housing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54600/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Water Supply (14 Oct 2025)

Grace Boland: 566. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the recourse that is available to an applicant to compel connection in cases where a residential property remains unconnected for a period exceeding two years following payment to Uisce Éireann; whether any enforcement, appeals, or redress mechanism exist under current legislation or regulatory frameworks; and if he...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Childcare Services (14 Oct 2025)

Grace Boland: 787. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the current status of the national childcare strategy; when a formal strategy document is expected to be published; if stakeholder consultation has been completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55253/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Childcare Services (14 Oct 2025)

Grace Boland: 788. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when the forward planning unit within her Department will publish outputs from its work on mapping childcare provision and identifying gaps; if this data will be made available, by county and constituency; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55254/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Childcare Services (14 Oct 2025)

Grace Boland: 789. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the timeline for implementing targeted measures to address the deficit of childcare places in constituencies such as Dublin Fingal West; if capital investment or capacity-building supports are planned for areas with sustained population growth; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55255/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Childcare Services (14 Oct 2025)

Grace Boland: 790. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality when the building blocks capital grant scheme will be reopened; the eligibility criteria which will be appliable; the way her Department intends to prioritise areas with limited availability of places; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55256/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Childcare Services (14 Oct 2025)

Grace Boland: 791. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the way in which north county Dublin scored in the most recent round of allocations under the building blocks capacity grant scheme; if any applications from the area were successful; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [55257/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Further and Higher Education (14 Oct 2025)

Grace Boland: 914. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the current status of a school (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [54605/25]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Rural Bus Transport: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)

Grace Boland: I am delighted to see the witnesses in here again. I thank them for coming in. I regularly highlight the issues. I wish to start positively. I am a huge supporter of public transport. I take it an awful lot. I understand the customer experience. One of things that is working well is the B1 route in Balbriggan. Balbriggan is the youngest large town in the country. It is one of the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Rural Bus Transport: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)

Grace Boland: I am open to anything.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Rural Bus Transport: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)

Grace Boland: I would appreciate that. On TFI Anseo, I was interested in that in relation to the Skerries, Rush and Lusk area. How is that pilot working? What is the possibility of any other areas being considered? How would we get them to be considered?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Rural Bus Transport: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)

Grace Boland: The pilot will look at service use versus cost, for example, in a cost-benefit analysis. Is that how it will work?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Rural Bus Transport: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)

Grace Boland: It is an innovative idea. Well done. Regarding the timelines of that, the NTA is saying it will run for 12 months. How long is it to do the report?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Rural Bus Transport: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)

Grace Boland: I should clarify, in relation to the area that we are talking about, that there is the 33 bus service. As the witnesses know, however, it does not link up with the train times. Given it is on a rural and busy road, the entrance to the train station has regular accidents. Walking or taking other forms of active travel to the 33 bus service is not realistic, particularly coming from the Rush...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Rural Bus Transport: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)

Grace Boland: I appreciate that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport: Rural Bus Transport: Discussion (15 Oct 2025)

Grace Boland: Will I put that in my diary?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Oct 2025)

Grace Boland: I have asked, repeatedly, for the NTA to be put on the programme. Could I get an update on if and when we are likely to see the NTA being put on the work programme?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (16 Oct 2025)

Grace Boland: I thank the Leas-Chathaoirleach. I apologise, I was at the children's committee.