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Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Health Service Executive (16 Oct 2025)

Grace Boland: I do not have any hospital to ask the witnesses about. I would like to say that the area I live in is one of the youngest in the country. Balbriggan is the youngest large town. It is the most culturally diverse town. Our primary care centre and CDNT are chronically understaffed, which has been a persistent issue for a long time. The waiting lists are from four to seven years. There are...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Health Service Executive (16 Oct 2025)

Grace Boland: I have a brief amount of time and I am sure this deserves much more. How will electronic health records integrate with the shared care records?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Health Service Executive (16 Oct 2025)

Grace Boland: Will they talk to each other?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Health Service Executive (16 Oct 2025)

Grace Boland: Are the voluntary groups signed up to the shared care record?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements 2024: Health Service Executive (16 Oct 2025)

Grace Boland: On the procurement of the electronic health record, and its management from an IT perspective, does the HSE have the competence and capability to do that?

Ceisteanna - Questions: Ukraine War (21 Oct 2025)

Grace Boland: Deputy, please confine your contribution to the question submitted.

Ceisteanna - Questions: Ukraine War (21 Oct 2025)

Grace Boland: Deputy Murphy-----

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Small and Medium Enterprises (21 Oct 2025)

Grace Boland: 104. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to detail the collaborative efforts between his Department and Enterprise Ireland in supporting SMEs to overcome trade barriers and expand internationally; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57070/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Small and Medium Enterprises (21 Oct 2025)

Grace Boland: 112. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the way in which Ireland’s embassy and consulate network is being utilised to promote SME trade opportunities abroad; if he will provide examples of recent initiatives or successes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [57069/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Air Corps (21 Oct 2025)

Grace Boland: 240. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will confirm the revised delivery timeline for the DART+ coastal north project; if he will clarify whether the project has been further delayed to Q2 2027; the reasons for any such delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56506/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (21 Oct 2025)

Grace Boland: 367. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department maintains data on the number of teachers currently assigned to special education needs classes who hold specific qualifications or accredited training in dyslexia support, structured literacy instruction, or numeracy interventions; if not, the reason for the absence of such data; and if she will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (21 Oct 2025)

Grace Boland: 368. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has assessed the extent to which unqualified or non-registered personnel are currently delivering special education support, including literacy and numeracy interventions, in mainstream schools; the rationale for permitting such practice; the safeguards in place to ensure quality and consistency; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (21 Oct 2025)

Grace Boland: 369. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department will consider introducing mandatory, accredited training modules in dyslexia support and numeracy intervention for all those assigned to special education needs roles in mainstream settings; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56478/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (21 Oct 2025)

Grace Boland: 370. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department has conducted a workforce planning analysis for areas of high population growth such as Fingal, specifically in relation to the availability of teachers with specialist training in dyslexia, literacy and numeracy support; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56479/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (21 Oct 2025)

Grace Boland: 371. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the mechanisms in place to monitor the quality and consistency of special education provision in mainstream schools, particularly in relation to literacy and numeracy support for children with dyslexia; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56480/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (21 Oct 2025)

Grace Boland: 372. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her Department tracks the uptake and impact of professional development programmes related to dyslexia and numeracy support among teachers assigned to special education needs roles; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [56481/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (21 Oct 2025)

Grace Boland: 405. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the progress of school building projects in Donabate, including any sites earmarked for schools as part of housing developments currently underway or planned; if she will outline the engagement to date between her Department, Fingal County Council, and relevant developers or construction companies regarding these sites; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Council of Ireland (21 Oct 2025)

Grace Boland: 407. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills for an update on the implementation of the proposed timebound provision for transferring teachers from route 3 to route 1 of the Teaching Council register; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [57079/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Council of Ireland (21 Oct 2025)

Grace Boland: 408. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware of ongoing communication challenges between the Teaching Council and applicants seeking to transfer their registration routes; the steps being taken to ensure timely, transparent and supportive communication with teachers who are actively employed in schools and awaiting guidance on their registration status; and if she will...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Council of Ireland (21 Oct 2025)

Grace Boland: 409. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will investigate reported inconsistencies in the Teaching Council’s handling of registration route transfers, particularly in cases where teachers with similar qualifications and experience have received differing outcomes; if she will ensure that all applicants are treated equitably and in a timely manner; and if she will make a...